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In reply to the discussion: White House: America's prisons more costly than helpful [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)115. I thought either it meant you were with the local media
or it was some kind of weird sexual exhortation.
Oh, well.
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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
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
there are like 60 million pot smokers in this country. Obviously putting them all in prison is
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#47
Arrested with 2.8 grams of marijuana. Is your point that he wasnt smoking it at the time?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#54
Why don't you spend 1/10th of that energy fixing the fucking system and law?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#56
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The truth is, the drug war is a failure and the clock is ticking on pot prohibition
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#80
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
Yeah, but "no one goes to prison for smoking pot!" STOP PICKING ON THE DRUG WAR!!!!!!
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#48
So the guy doing 13 years in Louisiana wasnt actually smoking it when arrested for the two joints.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#75
He wasn't charged with pot smoking. The pot smoking led to the possession charge.
Press Virginia
Apr 2016
#81
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
I live in a violent gang-ridden city with a large homeless population and serious drug problems.
hunter
Apr 2016
#22
FBI crime statistics don't support your claim about black vs white crime
Press Virginia
Apr 2016
#38
oh? So it's a conspiracy to make people think blacks commit crimes at higher rates
Press Virginia
Apr 2016
#40
oh no! I'm being mocked by someone whose beliefs aren't supported by facts
Press Virginia
Apr 2016
#42
The drug warriors know their gravy train is not popular anymore, hence the whining about this stuff.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#30