Quote Originally Posted by TheMetal1
Combined 46 hours for charges of simple possession. Apparently the survey missed me too :stoned:

One time because I was walking through a State Forest cleaning up trash and was spotted smoking by a group Forest service employees with an off duty Sherrif. In their defense... it isn't great to smoke in a wilderness area because you run the risk of fire, but the "fire risk" sign was green/low.

Ehh... the other time, I was in public and stupid (also too young to know better )

Like I said... 46 hours in a cell... thousands in fines... court ordered drug counseling (who said that me being there was a complete waste of time and money)... no chance for Federal financial aid until I was 25... not to mention I had to take a Defensive Driving course? :wtf: I wasn't even driving in either case, but I had to pay over $100 to sit in a room for 12 hours with people arrested for D.U.I. discussing why it's bad to drive a car under the influence. I was like "Yah... NO SHIT!!! That's why I was walking. Can I GO NOW?" So technically, it was 58 hours because of that driving class.

BUT, I think he is saying that they don't technically KEEP people in jail for years because of simple possession... but it is not fair at all to minimize the trouble that people face for those types of arrests. He seems to trivialize the whole thing... and even suggests that the laws on the books are not actually enforced. So, if the laws are so inappropriate that the Drug Czar admits they don't go by them... WHY DON'T THEY FUCKING CHANGE THEM!!!! FUUUUUUCK! I just got pissed off writing that line.
all the money you invested for court costs, etc, that's why marijuana's illegal...plenty of busting and people on deferred sentences and probation for marijuana offenses..which means lotsa drug tests and lotsa court costs..what more could they ask for..