Quote Originally Posted by Markass
But you're missing what my point is...We SHOULD NOT be arrested for anything cannabis related, distribution or not, brother. How would you like it if the person that you were getting your smoke from got busted for 'trying to turn that plant into a little profit.' Bottom line for this one is that you get arrested, you lose your smoke and whatever you were smoking out of, you get a tag on your record, and you get fined money. That's bullshit. Yes, be as responsible as you can and you might not get caught, but there's always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. You never know when it could just happen...And that's why we need to change the laws. Because you could be that innocent pot smoker being taken to jail for one night and being charged $1,500 total fines and court costs just because you had the dried flower from a fucking plant? This country was founded on freedom and independence from governmental control...Well what the fuck was it turned into today? The right to smoke and grow a plant is being free. If we can drink alcohol, get drunk, and run your car off the road because you blacked out and had no idea what you were doing..and even less of an idea of what was going on. But it's okay to get shit-ass drunk in America because it's a free country, eh? Why can't we get stoned? We should have a safe alternative to alcohol, which in my opinion is marijuana. It's not a crime in any way, and it definitely shouldn't be considered one by the government dicks who haven't ever even smoked it...
Okay.. I'm not disagreeing with any of that.. Jeez, if people would just actually read the posts here before going on a rampage, this would be a much better place. I'm not saying that the laws are in good shape, and I'm not saying Marijuana use should be considered a crime. But currently, they are, and I'm saying that they are not as incredibly harsh as some make it out to be. I initially only argued that the small time drug posessions are not the ones serving prison times, its the ones turning it into a profit. Yes, there can be some heavy consequences for even small/moderate posession, but its still not jail time!