Time is going really, really, slow…
This is great. I don’t smoke marijuana, nor have I ever tried it, but I at least know you cannot over dose on that stuff.
If I know this, you would think a cop would, too. And lets not forget the fact that this cop openly admitted to confiscating the dope and cooking it within brownies. Priceless.
News report of the incident:
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911 call in its entirety
After the hilarity of the incident, there is one thing that bothers me. I am not one to smoke marijuana, but I do know very well it happens to be a lot safer for you than drinking or smoking cigarettes. Lets ignore the fact that it is illegal for no apparent reason and focus on the punishment this cop was given.
If he was an average Joe Smoe on the streets, he and his wife would have been arrested and put into jail for at least 30 days for possession of marijuana. If Joe also admitted to stealing the package, his time may have been greater — or at least with greater fines.
Now, I don’t mind the punishment the cop received. What I don’t like his how everybody else is not let off as easily. What his wife received, a slap on the wrist (if that), should be the same punishment everybody should receive. After all, marijuana is less harmful than smoking cigarettes. Our drug use policy in the US is so as backwards, it is unreal. People should have free choice to screw their bodies up if they want to. We also should not take on so much compassion for somebody that consciously chooses to screw themselves up. It’s nothing but a waste of time and money.
