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Warren DeMontague

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48. Yeah, but "no one goes to prison for smoking pot!" STOP PICKING ON THE DRUG WAR!!!!!!

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 05:27 PM

Apr 2016

Sure, cops wait outside the hydroponics store and follow granny home, then get a search warrant to find the plant in her basement she's growing to ease her chemo nausea, because oddly enough granny doesnt have her own black market weed connection, and then granny is sentenced to 10 years in state prison, but NO ONE IS GOING TO PRISON FOR SMOKING POT!

The system works!

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White House: America's prisons more costly than helpful [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2016 OP

Odd. I always thought prisons were places to put people when crime prevention failed Press Virginia Apr 2016 #1

So all these pot smokers in prison are a good thing in your opinion? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2016 #2

The President seemed to have a hard time finding those poor guys when Press Virginia Apr 2016 #3

"Nobody is going to prison for smoking pot in this country." Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #4

I stand by my statement. Press Virginia Apr 2016 #5

Who the fuck cares if they failed a drug test? Why are we drug testing? Oh, that's right... silvershadow Apr 2016 #26

The parole board that granted conditional early release to the convicted felon Press Virginia Apr 2016 #27

Yeah, or yakno, a medical marijuana granny growing the plant in her basement instead of wanting to Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #28

If you're trying to rebut what I said, you should actually address what I said Press Virginia Apr 2016 #36

So what, precisely, is your point? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #44

My point was that the claim made in the post I responded to Press Virginia Apr 2016 #45

there are like 60 million pot smokers in this country. Obviously putting them all in prison is Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #47

Find one person who is in prison for smoking pot Press Virginia Apr 2016 #49

Again, what precisely are you trying to defend? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #50

I responded to a false claim Press Virginia Apr 2016 #51

Okay, so, 13 years for 2 joints in louisiana. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #52

thats not for smoking pot Press Virginia Apr 2016 #53

Arrested with 2.8 grams of marijuana. Is your point that he wasnt smoking it at the time? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #54

4th offense, adjudicated under the felony habitual offender law Press Virginia Apr 2016 #55

Why don't you spend 1/10th of that energy fixing the fucking system and law? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #56

He's facing the time because he continually violated the same law Press Virginia Apr 2016 #57

You said find one, there's one. You were wrong, simple as that. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #58

I said find one in jail for smoking pot Press Virginia Apr 2016 #69

zzzzzzzzz Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #74

Did he make the choice to break the law over and over? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #76

So did you defend the Texas anti-sodomy statute that made it illegal for consenting adults of the Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #78

Nope. But if I had been arrested under it, it wouldn't have been because Press Virginia Apr 2016 #86

Way to move the goal post. Separation Apr 2016 #72

No. He was arrested for possession. Press Virginia Apr 2016 #73

Beyond the significant moral considerations of putting a father in prison for 13 yrs for 2 joints Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #82

Just as I'm sure you'd be pissed if a drunk driver got the same sentence Press Virginia Apr 2016 #87

I had a friend killed by a drunk driver, buddy. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #88

I'm not talking about vehicular homicide. I said drunk driving Press Virginia Apr 2016 #90

Getting behind the wheel inebriated endangers everyone else on the road. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #91

Smoking pot doesn't support an industry where people are routinely murdered? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #92

No, it doesn't. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #93

That family in Ohio must have been the first, huh? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #94

Having lost the previous argument- if you can call it that- you were trying to make Warren DeMontague May 2016 #95

Bahahahahaha! Like we put people in prison for cocaine snorting and alcohol drinking? Press Virginia May 2016 #96

Yes, we have people in prison for pot smoking, but cannabis prohibition is coming to an end. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #97

Sure we do. They're cell mates with guys who snorted a couple lines of Coke and Press Virginia May 2016 #98

I realize these transitions are tough for people who have built careers on incarcerating pot smokers Warren DeMontague May 2016 #99

Bahahahaha! but the cocaine snorters have to stay? What about the wine drinkers? Press Virginia May 2016 #100

Im sure the people on the drug war gravy train will find other careers that dont Warren DeMontague May 2016 #101

as soon as someone is convicted of smoking pot Press Virginia May 2016 #102

Us? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #103

Habitual Offender Felony Posession Press Virginia May 2016 #104

And again, apparently you think it is a good use of our taxpayer dollars Warren DeMontague May 2016 #105

People like him....well, let's take a look at his criminal history and see Press Virginia May 2016 #106

So he apparently dealt drugs.... in 1990. 26 years ago. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #107

He had a gun on him twice. That's how he got a Felon in Possession of a firearm Press Virginia May 2016 #108

You asked for someone in prison for marijuana- 2 joints, okay, but functionally equivalent to Warren DeMontague May 2016 #109

IOWs there is no one in prison for smoking pot and Press Virginia May 2016 #110

That tiny thing? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #111

My name references the WVU basketball team Press Virginia May 2016 #112

I thought either it meant you were with the local media Warren DeMontague May 2016 #115

Good gravy. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #59

Facts are facts Press Virginia Apr 2016 #63

Yes and you seem unable to admit to being wrong when the facts are there for everyone to read. Rex Apr 2016 #64

Where was I wrong? I said no one is doing 13 years for misdemeanor possession Press Virginia Apr 2016 #67

What a waste of time right? Rex Apr 2016 #65

Who needs substance when the truth is on your side? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #68

The truth is, the drug war is a failure and the clock is ticking on pot prohibition Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #80

Great. But he's in prison because he broke the law. He made a choice to Press Virginia Apr 2016 #84

Yep. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #89

Interesting that he missed the guy who just got 20 years for growing 17 plants in New Jersey Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #29

The guy should have had a prior conviction and been a felon in possession of a gun Press Virginia Apr 2016 #35

The President can only pardon federal prisoners ohnoyoudidnt Apr 2016 #43

Yeah, but "no one goes to prison for smoking pot!" STOP PICKING ON THE DRUG WAR!!!!!! Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #48

No one does. I didn't bring up pot smokers Press Virginia Apr 2016 #70

So the guy doing 13 years in Louisiana wasnt actually smoking it when arrested for the two joints. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #75

That's like saying Ted Bundy was executed for a traffic violation. Press Virginia Apr 2016 #77

Yeah, because pot smoking and serial killing are totally analogous. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #79

He wasn't charged with pot smoking. The pot smoking led to the possession charge. Press Virginia Apr 2016 #81

13 years for 2 joints. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #83

Habitual offender. He clearly didn't care to follow the law Press Virginia Apr 2016 #85

Americans are about seven times as criminal as Canadians Fumesucker Apr 2016 #6

The proper comparison would be crime rates not incarceration rates Press Virginia Apr 2016 #7

Why are Americans so much more criminal than Canadians? Fumesucker Apr 2016 #8

Inceration is based on criminal convictions and the crime committed not Press Virginia Apr 2016 #9

The cops in Canada are all incompetent and the place is overrun with criminals Fumesucker Apr 2016 #10

Or the Canadien crime rate is lower, with the types of crimes committed most often Press Virginia Apr 2016 #11

That's what I said initially and you disagreed Fumesucker Apr 2016 #12

No. You compared incarceration rates Press Virginia Apr 2016 #13

"Americans are about seven times as criminal as Canadians" Fumesucker Apr 2016 #14

A claim you made based on incarceration rates. Press Virginia Apr 2016 #16

Why are Americans so much more criminal than Canadians, eh? Fumesucker Apr 2016 #19

I must be missing your point Press Virginia Apr 2016 #21

Punishment is a useless solution to any problem. hunter Apr 2016 #15

Maybe we could just give them big hugs and wet, mushy kisses? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #17

I'm no sweetheart in the "real world." hunter Apr 2016 #18

what thugs are you referring to? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #20

I live in a violent gang-ridden city with a large homeless population and serious drug problems. hunter Apr 2016 #22

Prisons are the consequences for poor choices made by people Press Virginia Apr 2016 #23

Oh bother. "Don't make any poor choices, dear!" hunter Apr 2016 #24

Why not teach people to be accountable for their own decisions in life? Press Virginia Apr 2016 #25

A disproportionate number are in jail because the system isn't fair. hunter Apr 2016 #37

FBI crime statistics don't support your claim about black vs white crime Press Virginia Apr 2016 #38

I said "corrosive to the social fabric." There was a reason for that. hunter Apr 2016 #39

oh? So it's a conspiracy to make people think blacks commit crimes at higher rates Press Virginia Apr 2016 #40

Must be something about "personal responsibility." Yeah, that's the ticket. hunter Apr 2016 #41

oh no! I'm being mocked by someone whose beliefs aren't supported by facts Press Virginia Apr 2016 #42

Nice black and white world you live in. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #61

Break the law or don't break the law Press Virginia Apr 2016 #62

Not at all, they are enjoying this small amount of attention. Rex Apr 2016 #66

Hahahahaha! Concern trolling? For correcting Press Virginia Apr 2016 #71

The drug warriors know their gravy train is not popular anymore, hence the whining about this stuff. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #30

That's a funny picture Victor_c3 Apr 2016 #31

to be fair, it probably doesn't require tip top physical prowess Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #32

Your point is all too correct n/t Victor_c3 Apr 2016 #33

It's interesting seeing the arguments in the thread above Victor_c3 Apr 2016 #34

Americans have never wanted their prisons to be rahabilitative davidn3600 Apr 2016 #46

Obama is spot on GOPblows431 Apr 2016 #60

K&R Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #113

This is a consistent story. Adrahil May 2016 #114

Yeah, a lot of things would make sense. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #116

We need to stop filling prisons with pot smokers. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #117