filed under Marijuana | the law
High Time Somebody Did Something
2:01PM ON
05/01/2009
BY
Kevin Reardon
While going through the Rhode Island section of this morning’s Projo I noticed something that made me do a double take. On page B-4 in the upper right hand corner sat an article, “Marijuana Centers Bill Headed For House Vote“, which addressed the upcoming vote in the Rhode Island House of Representatives on the creation of medical marijuana dispensaries or “comfort centers”. The measure has already passed in the Senate.
Ironically, in the bottom left corner of the same page, sits the headline “Police Seize 1,500 Pounds of Marijuana“. A truck out of Texas was stopped and searched by state police in Scituate, who confiscated fifteen hundred pounds of pot (with the help of a drug dog named Axel).
The juxtaposition of these two stories on the same page is a perfect illustration of America’s love/hate relationship with pot.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:08PM
Ben Doherty Says:
Hear hear for covert legislative action!
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May 2nd, 2009 at 1:49AM
Ben Jones Says:
I love the police supplied $2 million street value.
Unless I’m mistaken, 1500 pounds of what is probably crappy brick weed equals 24,000 ounces of what has street value of maybe $200 an once, if folks are breaking it into some $10 a gram rip offs.
$480,000 street value tops - versus how many hours of enforcement, prosecution, imprisonment.
All of which goes to perpetuate the criminal organizations and environmental degradation involved in the Mexican drug trade.
Rhode Island should make hemp legal for cash crop on our rock farms, legalize growth for personal consumption, and regulate growth and sale within specific confines (PKL? Pawsox games?) to take money out of the hands of Mexican drug cartels, put money into the hands of Rhode Island entrepreneurs, lessen violent crime, and our tax burden at the same time.
How much more reefer madness will we endure?
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