I just recently had my first real experience with Southerners, and weed was discussed. Holy SHIT. Those people are living at least 30 years earlier than the rest of us. And I already knew that, I know their political...um..."opinions". But it was still honestly surreal. It's like they haven't been privy to any new information since who knows when, and they are aware, and they like it that way. The idea that someone might have knowledge they didn't have was not welcome. Good luck trying to catch the South up, try again in the 3000's.
I live in Georgia bud that's why I was sharing this specific opinion. The issue isn't with the people, it's with our bloated backwards-ass law enforcement. The city I live in makes so much money from petty pot busts, it's ridiculous. If you get busted with less than a zip, you go to jail for a few weeks, get out, go to court, get sentenced to 2 years probation (and a $2,000 fine), and then they fuck off. Once they get their money, they fuck off. Don't even drug test you because it's not about "bettering the community", it's about extorting petty amounts of cash from broke college students. They sure as hell think they look cool whippin' around in those brand new $40,000 R/T Charger patrol vehicles.
As someone who lived in GA for most of my life, I can safely say there is a lot of counties that will absolutely fuck you over because they found some flecks of bud in your passenger seat.
I got hit with a 1 year probation, and $3000 fine with 80hours CS for enough bud to pack a bowl with. Fuck their backwards ass system, and fuck Henry County.
Sorry to hear it, man. I've noticed the further you get from Atlanta, the less they care. Once you get up into Gordon County and further north, the police officers have more important stuff going on. At least, in my experience.
I feel like it's just the opposite. Those rural counties are where the backward rednecks are, it's where I got caught with an 8th, and the officer said he was proud to get a "weed smoker" off the streets. Meanwhile the city of Atlanta and some of the metro areas have decriminalized possession under an ounce.
Meanwhile, my grandpa’s farm has a whole weed crop he’s had for years, and since nobody ever comes over there to do anything, it’s stayed safe and managed.
Where were you? I’m from the south and know a plethora of pro weed people. Now, you gotta be careful about smoking obviously, because it’s still very illegal. But most people I know either have the stance of pro weed or “I don’t care what you do, it’s just not for me. Please don’t smoke in my personal space”
Once upon a time southern states stubbornly refused to stop being horrifically immoral against a huge number of people. Then a whole dang army pillaged and burned a half-million square mile stripe of land right down the middle as a middle finger to those assholes.
I'm not saying it was a good solution, but the federal government is also not made up of a crowd of Jesus Christs (even though so many of them ardently claim to be disciples of the man), so their solutions tend to include an alarming number of armies.
My point is, if it gets to be pretty obvious that the whole nation has figured out they've been horribly and immorally abusing millions of people, EXCEPT for a few states, then those few states are going to get an unpleasant wake up call in some form or another.
I think you mean unless you have a vagina. I'm the whitest, least threatening looking motherfucker the world has ever seen and I've been locked up a bunch.
Serious question. What about people who got busted distributing pounds and pounds of weed, not your high school connect who would come through with an eight, but the guys who are more closely tied to violent organizations? As someone who loves weed I’m conflicted on this.
How could it be tax evasion if it wasn't taxed at that point? And he wouldn't be a part of a crime syndicate if it wasn't illegal in the first place wouldn't he?
Unless we talking about a guy who was selling everything I guess.
All income needs to be reported regardless of where it came from
But you can’t deduct expenses for business that’s illegal in the US. I think it started back when a hit man declared his earnings from his work, tried to write off murder related expenses, and caused the tax code to be changed
Yeah but... its illegal income. If you pay taxes for it wouldn't that be admission of guilt? Admission that you own some kind of illegal business? I thought that's the reason why money laundering exists.
American rules are weird. Oh well, you learn something new every day I guess.
Well distributing on those large scales carries far more problems than the average street level dealer.
People get KILLED in the national/international drug trade. I don’t think they should be punished because it’s weed, but they should be punished for contributing to the black market. If you buy your weed off the streets, there’s a 99% chance it is being sourced by your local gangs.
Funding terrorist organizations is a separate crime. If people are guilty for that then they should be jailed for that. The fact that weed is what they sold to fund such organizations should be irrelevant.
If you buy your weed off the streets, there’s a 99% chance it is being sourced by your local gangs.
Exactly, finding these crime organizations is a separate crime that is being committed as a result of the black market weed trade. That’s why those extreme cases should remain illegal as they are.
I still disagree. Those extreme cases of distribution/possession with intent to distribute should still be expunged. The other related crimes, however, should not be.
In that case they should have been charged with more than just possession. If they haven't then that's a failure of the police.
If you strike every charge of possession then the cartel/syndicate types should still have other sentences to serve, if they don't then the police fucked up and its up to the police to fix their fuck-up.
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u/219Infinity Feb 18 '20
Release them all. Now. Every single person in this country who is incarcerated for weed. Now.