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Pot Busts Triple After Voters Make Marijuana Lowest Priority for Police (youtube.com)

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[–]duffmanhb 35 points36 points ago

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This upsets me. Essentially the cheif of police is acting like a political player... The citizens say stop worrying about pot and the chief goes, "well I personally hate marijuana and I don't care what the community wants, I'm going to increase the busts to make a point"

[–]greenwizard 15 points16 points ago

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Insanity over substances provides police with a lot of special powers and excuses, including seizure where they straight just steal shit and sell it for cash.

[–]duffmanhb 0 points1 point ago

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The police are good in theory, but since the whole legal system is intertwined it seems like there is no real oversight. If you get away with suing the police, essentially the state just lost the money, and that means cutting some jobs etc... There is an incentive to just let them be abbusive with their powers until it becomes a huge public event, only then will it get properly dealt with. maybe.

[–]shockfactor 0 points1 point ago

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Individual police officers need to be liable for their actions when on the job that are not direct orders, not the police department or state.

They should have to go through the exact same court and legal system that a non-police officer would, not have it reviewed by other cops and brushed under the rug.

[–]duffmanhb 0 points1 point ago

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Just yesterday I saw a cop pull up to 711 diagonally infrong of the store taking up 2 spots and his front half was taking up a no parking section. I thought there must have been some small theft going on or something.

In reality he just went in for some tea and a hot dog...

I was so mad when I saw this, how come he isn't held up to the same laws we all have to uphold. Everyone is equal in this country, he is no exception. I knew even if I recorded him and showed it to the police they wouldnt charge him on a damn thing like they should.

But soon as I slowly roll a stop sign on my campus when it's completely dead and safe, I have to pay a 450 dollar ticket

[–]jumpy_monkey 38 points39 points ago

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I love the Mayor's assertion: changes in local pot law enforcement need to also come from the "federal level" - and he says it all with a smirk.

I can't help but think this dipshit would be screaming to high heaven (PTP) if someone asserted that some other federal law restricted the local police department's state or local law enforcement on a different matter.

Regardless of what anyone feels about pot laws we clearly have a law enforcement "problem" is this country when the police and politicians believe they can selectively enforce the laws or simply ignore them if they please.

[–]lofi76 17 points18 points ago

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And when they are gleeful about harassing people who seek to feel better.

[–]2600hz 9 points10 points ago

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changes in local pot law enforcement need to also come from the "federal level" - and he says it all with a smirk.

Ah yes, the law enforcement equivalent of the evangelist's cry of "we answer to a higher power."

[–]Atario 14 points15 points ago

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If pot is their lowest priority, and they're actually doing more about it, that must mean they have too much free time and resources. Time to cut their funding!

[–]protoopus 2 points3 points ago

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if i had my way, you'd have the top comment in this thread.

[–]kayems 1 point2 points ago

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+1

[–]ubergeek404 12 points13 points ago

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This is simple, but hard to really get your head around.

The legal system is all about the low lying fruit. It's easier to bust some stoner pot head than an gun toting crack kingpin with a civil rights lawyer.

Look at it this way - punish the innocent, protect the guilty.

[–]Merriwanna 39 points40 points ago

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Fuck pigs.

[–]ZxEfR 23 points24 points ago

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...and their owners.

[–]Merriwanna 8 points9 points ago

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Fuck barns.

[–]Psionex 8 points9 points ago

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Buck farns

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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YES

[–]robotlou 16 points17 points ago

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That is just absurd. Everyone relax about your weed smoking so we can bust you easier.

[–]applejak 8 points9 points ago

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The last sentence of this report is the most important: protocol has skewed the numbers higher.

[–]Kardlonoc 5 points6 points ago

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What bullshit, laws work their way up in this country not downwards.

[–]Crackorjackzors 3 points4 points ago

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Lame.

[–]MarvinMarks 2 points3 points ago

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scumbag cops

[–]gbeebe 4 points5 points ago

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That's so much bullshit, I'm enraged.

[–]Bipolarruledout 4 points5 points ago

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Of course the ONLY explanation is that there are now three times more users. /s

[–]sickicarus 11 points12 points ago

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FYI, you don't need the /s here on reddit like you did on digg.

[–]OriginalSyn 8 points9 points ago

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At the end of the report they attribute it to the fact that police are required to include marijuana, if found, in the report even if it has nothing to do with the actual arrest

[–]jjesusfreak01 0 points1 point ago

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Which is apparently a new thing, probably started by the police chief and mayor. Lucky for everyone, those are elected positions.

[–]myangryinch 1 point2 points ago

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To server and protect, unless there's more money to be made in screwing you over.

[–]Oryx 2 points3 points ago* 

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What's the deal with joints? I've always thought they were dirty smelly wasteful things. Pardon the pun. Why not just use some blown glass?

Edit: note to DIGG refugees: on Reddit it's considered really douchebaggish to downvote simple questions and honest opinions.

[–]gehringer 9 points10 points ago

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They're portable and fairly easy to hide.

[–]Oryx 4 points5 points ago

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That's a really good point.

[–]AngryData 5 points6 points ago

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And you can eat them if you get pulled over and smell like pot.

[–]2600hz 0 points1 point ago

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Which ends with you being even higher a couple hours later at the station...

[–]nolemonnomelon 3 points4 points ago

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doesn't work that way...

[–]AngryData -1 points0 points ago

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The weed hasn't been activated and won't do anything to you. It has to be heated at least once before it can really do anything to you.

[–]2600hz 0 points1 point ago* 

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Unless you recently ate a high fat meal. d9-THC is lipid soluble, and while the most common way to get it from cannabis is to heat it to above 315F, consuming plant matter at the same time as something high in fat will indeed allow you to absorb a portion of the compound.

It's not a question of needing heat to "activate" weed -- instead it's basic biochemistry: the d9-THC found in cannabis has rather poor bio-availability, so you either need to heat said plant matter to the boiling point of the compound (approx 315F IIRC) or immerse it in a solvent (in this case, fat) so as to extract the desired substance from its surroundings.

That said, my original post was something of a joke, but I apparently failed to make that clear...

[–]ahfoo 0 points1 point ago

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I undersand what you're referring to in theory but the practical fact is that you can get a monster buzz of of uncooked bud. It needs to be cured, not necessarily cooked. If you eat a fresh bud it won't do much, but if it's been cured for a while you'll get plenty high.

[–]JeffTXD 2 points3 points ago

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Not to mention it just feels like a more organic experience.

[–]MarvinMarks 7 points8 points ago

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I prefer pipes - not just because they waste less, but because I'm too lazy to roll a joint.

[–]SC2MASTER 3 points4 points ago

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I feel they are much safer while driving or while walking my dog, and I like to keep one in my cigarette pack at all times :)

[–]SumErgoCogito 2 points3 points ago

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My girlfriend and her friend used to get a pack of cigs and take out about 5 of them. They would empty them out and repack them as spliffs, then put them back into the pack in a random spot. Surprise, spliff!

[–]SC2MASTER 2 points3 points ago

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Haha great idea, until you accidentally bum out one of your spliffs

[–]imakeshitup 6 points7 points ago

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I asked some guy for a cigarette once, after he left I lit it up and started smoking it. It was just a regular cigarette, but that would have been cool if it was spliff.

[–]Gothiks 1 point2 points ago

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You got me.

[–]SumErgoCogito 1 point2 points ago

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Ohhhh, good point. I suppose you could try to smell it, though it may look strange to the person you're bumming one to. <Sniff> <sniff> <Looks up> "You can have this one."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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i agree they're wasteful, but there's nothing better than sinkin back into a couch or grassy knoll or car seat or what-have-you with a joint.

just isn't the same with blown glass.

for the record, i mostly use blown glass and almost never use joints. i still think they're great.

[–]2600hz 1 point2 points ago

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I've always thought they were dirty smelly wasteful things. Pardon the pun. Why not just use some blown glass?

Portability mainly.

That and convenience. If one is to stumble upon some unexpected drugs, it is easier to find a pack of rolling papers than it is to happen upon a decent piece.

[–]boowana 0 points1 point ago

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stop thinking about busting someone with pot stop thinking about busting someone with pot stop thinking about busting someone with pot

[–]fuckkarma 0 points1 point ago

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Organized criminal syndicates do that shit. Get over it.

[–]supersaw 0 points1 point ago

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They be duking the stats again.

[–]kingsway8605 0 points1 point ago

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Pot should be illegal. I sleep safe at night knowing nobody in my neighborhood is getting really high, really creative, and really hungry. Would somebody please think of the children?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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The War is Over . if you want it.

[–]syntaxgs -2 points-1 points ago

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This a Seem scarey too me tthe drug,,,, what the drug that every have then the,,,,, soicietey,,,, noise dives too hole in groud full o drug

[–]SkunkMonkey 1 point2 points ago

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Yay! A familiar sight! You've still got the magic syn.

For those that don't know, syntags is a Digg legend. Now that syntags is here, prepare to have your brain put in a vise while trying to read his posts!

[–]mysteryteam 0 points1 point ago

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Jaywalking is the lowest enforcement priority, but it's still against the law. Jaywalking arrests have TRIPLED since 2003!

[–]dosomethingtoday -3 points-2 points ago

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Police : Amidoinitrite?

Those who voted to put enforcement on bottom tier : FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......Facepalm.

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