Comments on: Deputies Stumble Across Potted Pot Plants

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:36:58 +0000

@ Make It Legal. I respect much of what you say, but if it’s made legal, who’s going to pay taxes on something they can grow in their backyard, closet, or porch? Also, the stuff that’s out there now will knock down a bull moose. I don’t want a backhoe operator, a car or truck driver, airline pilot, or train engineer high on that stuff. Colorado and Washington state are already having issues they didn’t anticipate when they legalized it. What if your Dr. was stoned while doing surgery on you? Maybe if they had bars that let folks come in and smoke or eat brownies that didn’t hold Captains, Pilots, or Medical licenses…. you’re asking for Pandora’s box, my friend.

By: Make it Legal

Make it Legal — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:21:27 +0000

Why don’t the make it legal?
Look at the space it would free up in our county jails and state prisons!
Look at the taxes the state/ Feds could make!
Look at how many smugglers would stop crossing our border with pounds of pot!

Have you ever heard of someone that had overdosed on pot?
Heck you can OD on aspirin, get alcohol poison from too much beer/whiskey!
Folks get drunk, put the pedal to the metal Crash and kill other folks!
Folks get stoned and drive slower and are more aware of their surroundings!
You hear everyday of someone killed by a drunk driver!
I’ve never heard of someone being high/stoned causing a crash resulting in death!

You hear of people saying it helps them with pain and other health problems
Why wouldn’t we want these folks using something natural instead of taking strong pain killers?

Researchers are doing studies on anything you can think of, lots of the studies are just plain Crazy!
Why doesn’t our Gov-ment share their studies of Pot?
If they made it legal would they loose to many ICE agents?

I think there is far more Good than there is bad!!!

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:14:17 +0000

@ Anna. Two part to my reply. Some have all ready commented about the burden of proof that the property owner was the grower. #2-My comment about the “head” librarian was a tongue in cheek pun because this dealt with weed. No one ever came forward to admit they had planted the reefer seeds in the planter box.

By: mnon

mnon — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:49:19 +0000

I would have been embarrassed and kicked myself for years if I got busted and jailed for a couple scrawny, sun-starved pot plants.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:12:21 +0000

Molino Jim~ Really? That’s not even within the context of my comment.

Reader~ You have a point. I assumed (my bad) that they were fairly close to the house, were they were easily spotted but that might not have been the case. Your right they could belong to a really bad neighbor or anyone who placed it on their property.

By: A friend

A friend — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:38:44 +0000

Mr Bashore is looking really serious and the other officer is like ” heck yea we just got their stash” good job men

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:15:54 +0000

I recall a few years back there were several nice pot plants growing in the planter box/flower bed in front of the Pace Library at UWF. I guess they should have arrested the “head” librarian.

By: Ben Thar

Ben Thar — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:07:27 +0000

I don’t know…maybe they ought to let them grow a little more and see if they sprout some hybrid tomatoes.

By: well

well — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

See, they will pick them up later, when they stumble across them.
No need to chase.
BULL

By: reader

reader — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:14 +0000

“I’m wondering why no arrest was made.”

You have to be be able to prove who the plants belong to. If I were your neighbor, I’d grown my plants in *your* backyard.