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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:00 PM
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Feds raid Lake Tahoe marijuana dispensary
Source: Lake Tahoe News

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Federal agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in South Lake Tahoe on Thursday.

At about 11 a.m., five agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency — joined by members of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, the South Lake Tahoe-El Dorado County Narcotics Enforcement Team and the South Lake Tahoe Police — served a federal search warrant on Patient to Patient Collective, located at 2314 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

Agents seized between five and 10 pounds of processed marijuana and a “small amount” of U.S. currency from the collective, said DEA Special Agent Gordon Taylor.

Police made no arrests on Thursday.

Taylor declined to comment on additional details of the raid, saying Patient to Patient Collective is part of an ongoing investigation.


Physician-approved marijuana use for medical purposes has been declared legal in California since voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996.




Read more: http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20090124/NEWS/901249995/1061&ParentProfile=1050&title=Feds%20raid%20Lake%20Tahoe%20marijuana%20dispensary




This editorial has a good perspective on the issue IMO

Does Obama Have Control of the DEA?
Perspective by Tim King Salem-News.com

Has the time arrived for Obama to take his gloves off and overhaul the DEA from top to bottom, or is it even an option?
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january232009/obama_dea_1-23-09.php

Most of the DEA members remain from the Bush Administration and they appear to still adhere to its policies, rather than those laid out by the new President.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The DEA is defying President Barack Obama's word that the Department of Justice would no longer be used to harrass and arrest owners and operators of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Obama has said he specifically does not support raids on cannabis dispensaries in states where laws have been passed making it legal. "I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana dispensaries; it is not a good use of our resources," then Presidential Contender Obama said, on August 21st 2007.

The group Americans for Safe Access reports that on Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Administration, still mostly comprised of officials from the Bush Administration, raided a medical cannabis dispensary in South Lake Tahoe, California.

"They did so knowing full well that President Obama has repeatedly pledged to end federal threats, arrests, and prosecutions of patients and their providers in medical cannabis states," the ASA's George Pappas said.

Obama has stated on more than one occasion that he is not interested in locking up non-violent drug offenders as felons which leads to no good prospects except drug dealing and other criminal activity. Obama said in September 2007, that he believes when it comes to offenders, "they become more locked into crime from being in prison."
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:02 PM
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1. No 1 issue on change.gov: legalize it
heard on On The Media this am. Lots of snickering about it with the implication that of course that ain't gonna happen. Until one of their kids get slammed for it, then suddenly they will wake the fuck up. Too late of course.
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Betsy Ross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:13 PM
Response to Reply #1
16. Change.gov
is shut down, transition complete. It now sends you to whitehouse.gov.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:36 PM
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20. You can also go to change.org
It is very similar to change.gov, only it's run by citizens. Legalizaing marijuna is in the top ten there, as well.
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Tyler Generation Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 04:02 PM
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25. There was a time before change.gov, or the revamped whitehouse.gov
Now people are directly putting input towards marijuana legalization. Sure it might not seem enough at the moment, but this is a pretty remarkable start to end this foolishness.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:43 PM
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45. can't wrap my head around..
how soooo many people still live in the dark ages!!! This absurd law against Marijuana has to STOP! In this society 'we' have so many ways to alter consiousness(needed) and many that are legal and justified are much more harmful than this particular herb. I can only shake my head and hope we grow up soon.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 09:26 PM
Response to Reply #45
55. It is very hard for the vast majority of people...
...to step away from "this is how it's always been" and look at things objectively. I wish there was a way to fix this. It would solve many, many problems.
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bjobotts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 10:24 PM
Response to Reply #1
61. Obama is dealing with a Police state filled with fanatics that will take years to de-Nazify
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:05 PM
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2. Is there a rash of this going on pending the confirmation of Holder?
Is this what's going on? (It's not the first report of a raid on medial marijuana since the inauguration that I've read of)
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:21 PM
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6. You are right. Last year it seemed pretty quiet but since Jan. 1st Google

is showing a slew of medical maryjane raids.

Appears the DEA is playing games.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 12:22 AM
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65. Assholes. nt
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:12 PM
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3. Legalize it, regulate it, and TAX it. Not too onerously, just "enough."
Sell it in packs of one, two, or five, pre-rolled and in varying blends.

Frankly, it would be easier to just do it across the country, federally, rather than state by state, doing it piecemeal, like they are now. If the states don't want it, the law can be written so that the states can opt out--like dry counties do.

Require federal tax stamps, and get people on tax law if they don't have 'em.

Sell it in liquor stores.

We'd be able to repair the infrastructure in no time, AND put those "south of the border" drug lords out of the pot business, anyway.

Massachusetts just fines people now. They get a ticket--don't even go to court. Easy revenue. Cops don't have to leave their beat to testify. Result is the same, less work on the courts, everyone is happier.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:26 PM
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8. $11 to $100 million pours into California in sales tax revenue from medical marijuana
http://www.examiner.com/x-1960-LA-City-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m1d24-11-to-100-million-pours-into-California-in-sales-tax-revenue-from-medical-marijuana-more-possible

The medical marijuana industry has already put $11-100 million in the state treasury, depending on whose numbers you use. In Marijuana Inc.Thursday night, CNBC reported California “collected more than 11 million dollars in sales tax revenue, 300 thousand from just one Oakland dispensary alone " Americans for Safe Access in California say their estimates are “one hundred million dollars in sales tax revenue” per year could be collected by the state from marijuana distribution points, or dispensaries, in the state alone.

It is hard to get accurate numbers as to how many dispensaries there are in the state today and how much revenue they bring in, BECAUSE of interference from the federal government in the last eight years.

“Part of the problem is the federal government has been continuing to exercise federal law in California,” said Kris Hermes, of Americans for Safe Access, headquared in Oakland. “In the last couple of years we experienced a significant number of raids on dispensaries, over a hundred throughout the state."

He says DEA agents “closed down a number of businesses. Then others open and want to avoid scrutiny.”


And this is just from medical marijuana. Just think of how much could be generated if the policy were expanded to recreational use.

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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:38 PM
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37. Your right
They should sell it like cigs and I would gladly spend $40.00 for a pack. Can't go wrong for $2.00 a joint. I've been saying this for years. They should legalize prostitution too. It would save a lot of marriages and make a shit load of money like pot.
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americanmutt Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 10:11 PM
Response to Reply #37
60. not to mention
Court costs and the policing of such stupid crime...
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:51 PM
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38. Agree completely with all . . .
Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 05:52 PM by defendandprotect
-- but wanted to add this . . .

AND put those "south of the border" drug lords out of the pot business, anyway.

The "Drug Lords" that concern me are in government ---

none of this trafficking could be happening without the assistance of high government

officials and police enforcement.

At the highest levels there has to be approval for this and it's a big gold mine of

wealth.



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AlexDeLarge Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:10 PM
Response to Reply #38
81. That's what made me think when I read
that no one was arrested. You raid a place and take away only the product and cash. Sounds like someone is either selling it for themselves or trying to intimidate competition. I know it was a small amount, but every little bit helps/hurts in this economy.
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empire we are Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:12 PM
Response to Reply #3
40. Makes too much sense.
Mouth-breather heads will explode. PHARMA will throw $Billions$ to further demonize it.
Obama can't touch this in his first term. We can only hope his DOJ sends a cease and desist memo to the criminals at the DEA.
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:23 PM
Response to Reply #3
49. Stop making sense!
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:20 PM
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4. Wouldn't that put the State and Local PoPo in direct violation of CA laws?
How many times to the have to be told?

Time for CA to set an example by firing some criminal cops.
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Royal Sloan 09 Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:20 PM
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5. K & R eom
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:23 PM
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7. States Rights
I've become more like John C. Calhoun in the last few years than I ever thought I would.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:45 PM
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10. They used that argument to keep schools segregated, though.
Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 02:45 PM by MADem
You have to be careful with that phrase!

I think we just need some courage in Congress. Barney Frank says "legalize it." All he needs is a few more high-profile advocates, preferably ones who don't use it themselves--that's how they got it down to a fine in MA. Police chiefs supported decrimialization because it was a waste of their officers' time having to fart around in court all day. Way easier to write a ticket and move on, collect the revenue, and collect the "goods," too.
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:41 PM
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9. Marijuana is a non-toxic herbal remedy.
It can relief nausea, chronic pain, and spasms. It has mental health benefits as well, as medical users are discovering. Because the feds won't reschedule cannabis and fund scientific studies, medical users, caregivers and growers are discovering and documenting the benefits themselves. It can help with bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and ADD.
Some research suggests that it could be a powerful treatment for brain tumors and other cancers.

I don't want it to be put in the same class as tobacco or alcohol. This is not tobacco or alcohol. It is non-toxic. Nobody has ever died from an overdose of marijuana.

The only government involvement I want is for them to legalize it, then license growers. Let them sell it to people who don't grow it for themselves. Let those who grow for themselves continue to grow it. It belongs to us, not to the government.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:02 PM
Response to Reply #9
14. No kidding. They allow some stuff to be sold over the counter that will
mess you up. Nyquil will mess you up and if you're like me send you to the bathroom to have a good heartfelt conversation with EARRRRLLLLL! Holy smokes, I took a bunch of that shit once when I had pneumonia and I was never more sick or more loaded in my life.

Legalize it.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 09:35 PM
Response to Reply #14
57. Nyquil hell! Try a bottle of Jack.
$15 worth of hard liquor will fuck your shit up. I've never heard of anybody missing work because they were too high the night before.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 11:22 PM
Response to Reply #57
64. I've never heard of anybody missing work ....
Ever heard of a mean pot head who beats the wife and kids?

Ever heard of someone killing a family of 4 on the highway because they were stoned? (Though this may have happened...there is a ratio to consider)

No one has ever smoked themselves to death.

Remember, Heath and Anna Nicol had prescriptions for all the drugs that killed them.

But of course Pot is a drug and seems to affect short term memory and motivation...though I'm not sure if these effect linger after the high is gone.

But compared to, say Tylenol!....
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:07 AM
Response to Reply #64
71. Weed and work.
If we're gonna be completely honest though, there probably have been times weed has caused somebody to skip work so they could stay home and play Halo.
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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 06:45 AM
Response to Reply #71
74. It actually motivates me TO work.
Especially the mundane, mind-numbing chores like housework and laundry. The "pot makes you lazy" meme is and has always been a fallacy made up the the "pot will make you kill people" crowd. Don't buy into it.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #74
83. It's an enduring meme, because too many people are ignorant about the strains.
Indica makes you lazier. Sativa motivates you.

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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 05:01 PM
Response to Reply #74
89. I'm not saying it makes you lazy.
Just that it makes you want to enjoy yourself. To the point that playing video games (which as a gamer, I'm a bit offended that you consider that lazy, but it's OK) may be preferable to going to work.
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Wizard777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 08:22 AM
Response to Reply #71
75. The Nevada Constitution requires your employer to make a place for you to smoke your MM at work.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:48 PM
Response to Reply #75
84. Man, we don't even have job protection yet in Cali (thanks, Schwarzefucker)!
NT!

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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:32 PM
Response to Reply #71
80. It was Grace Slick who once stated...
It was Grace Slick who once stated that everyone she'd ever smoked pot with couldn't handle it in the long run, with but one exception (and she never said who that one person was/is).

I'm sure they're out there, but I know *very* few successful people who are pot heads (pot head being quite different than a person who may smoke one or two joints a year...). But then again, I'm sure a lot of people will turn right around and tell me about all the multi-millionaires they know who smoke three or four joints a day.

(Disclaimer-- I am neither admitting to or denying any possible pot use of my own)
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #80
85. Yeah, uh, you need to meet more stoners.
There are TONS of productive, successful daily users out there. Like me.

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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:51 PM
Response to Reply #85
86. I imagine....
We all have anecdotal evidence to better validate our preconceptions, I imagine.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:54 PM
Response to Reply #86
88. It's not a preconception. I know literally a dozen people like myself.
And it's quite easy for you to find other famous, successful users via Google.

Carl Sagan. Louis Armstrong. Just two examples off the top of my head.

But as long as you're not helping spread the lie that mj is dangerous, I don't care what you believe. no matter how wrong it is.

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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-09 10:12 AM
Response to Reply #88
91. Yes, of course you know...
Yes, of course you know literally a dozen of successful pot-heads.

Again, we all will use our own anecdotal evidence to better shore up our own beliefs-- no matter how wrong they are...




Not saying successful pot-heads don't exist, merely saying I personally don't know any-- nothing to get hung about. No big deal, right?

I also don't personally know any successful meth-heads, coke-heads, or heroin addicts-- but I imagine plenty of people will say they know literally dozens of them...
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:18 PM
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17. I've been doing a little research on drug scheduling
It doesn't really fit into any of the current schedules, certainly not Schedule I along with Meth and the like. IMO they should create a new schedule for drugs that are medically beneficial AND non-toxic. Cannabis may be the only drug listed, but at least it would finally fit the definition. It wouldn't even have to be officially legalized, just rescheduled.

I also wondered who schedules the drugs and apparently scheduling is the sole discretion of the DEA. That's obviously a major problem.

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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:52 PM
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11. Oh, for pete's sake, STOP THIS DEA MADNESS! WE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO
WITH OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS LIKE SAVING THE COUNTRY FROM COMPLETE MELTDOWN, FEEDING THE POOR, CREATING JOBS, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES!

This is so-o-o political and unnecessary and wasteful and retro and punitive and WRONG!

DEA, go back to Bolivia and stir up some fascist riots! NO, don't do that! Just mentioning one of your 'useful' occupations. HEAD FOR CRAWFORD and arrest a real criminal! Do something constructive, for godssakes!

Jeez, these people.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:28 PM
Response to Reply #11
19. well said. n/t
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colorado thinker Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:53 PM
Response to Original message
12. With all the other problems/crises going on in the
world, THIS is what the DEA is focused on? Good god, chaos reigns everywhere.

We are doomed, I tell ya.:wow: :grr: :cry:
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colorado thinker Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 02:59 PM
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13. And furthermore
they (the DEA still responding to Bush era policies) are being short sighed. If the populace has access to marijuana, perhaps we'll be less likely to take up the torches and clubs and storm the castle. . . . just saying.:banghead:
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:07 PM
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15. Can we give these people productive jobs?
I swear half of our economy is destructive, or nonproductive at best. Fear based economy.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:28 PM
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18. How stupid. What a waste of our tax dollars. When is the DEA going to go after big pharma?
Who are much more dangerous to people than some piddly marijuana farm.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:37 PM
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21. Our tax dollars at work - HURTING THE SICK
I'm totally in favor of legalizing marijuana 100%. But that's beside the point. I know people with AIDS. I know people with cancer. Marijuana is one of the ONLY things that can control their nausea. The govenment needs to LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE! Where are their priorities?!?! :mad: :grr:
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:41 PM
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22. Cut D$A funds to one quarter or less of what it now gets, which is in the
bullion's, adding up to hundreds and hundreds of bullion's which causes many more bullion's in wholesale ruination and careless collateral damage; which in turn is supporting fascist elements in our society, which are mainly pugs. Cutting them off at the knees would right a lot of ills and ruinous spending of this country being wasted for no good whatsoever.
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:41 PM
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23. New Mexico just passed Med. MJ legislation
we voted for it...I'm sure the state will run into these same issues.

Legalize it!
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 03:50 PM
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24. I found THE place
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 04:06 PM
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26. Showdown at the DEA corral
They either want to force Obamas hand, or they're so tone-deaf that they think this behavior is still ok.

I'll be interested to hear Obamas response.
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:18 PM
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33. I think both apply, Merlot. They are doing what they've been trained to do and enjoy
doing. Big raid with all their para-military gear on, looking like badasses, while they round up reefer and a few dollars from clerical/medical types. That would be funny if it weren't so sick.

Also they probably figure they might as well have as much "fun" as they can while they can.

The other element is the force-Obama's-hand part, which is probably an attempt to make this a high-profile "moral issue" (you know, drug addiction scary scary and all) so Limpballs and Orally and crew can work the fundies into a frenzy. They're hoping it'll cause the self-righteous public to turn against our new President.

Here's the irony: Lots of the freepers that I know smoke pot. I doubt they're gonna get all incensed (pardon the pun) because Obama wants to lighten up on the pot laws.

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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:52 PM
Response to Reply #33
52. freepers smoke pot? you know freepers? who'da thought???
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 11:16 PM
Response to Reply #52
63. Not only know, but also love some. Most of my family, bless their twisted little hearts,
are freepers, but DO NOT smoke the weed--anymore.

Work in the construction industry is rife with well-meaning, earnest, ill-informed bigots who call themselves christians and act like normal non-christians except when they go to church to ease the guilt about smoking the ganja, bro.

it got awful quiet about politics after Obama kicked butt on Nov. 4th. Hee Hee.

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scytherius Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 04:13 PM
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27. This is just ridiculous. This has got to be changed. n/t
nt
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 04:14 PM
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28. Pot and Steroids..
no wonder the feds are too busy to investigate corporate fraud.
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DiverDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 04:53 PM
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29. Legalize it, Tax it!
Watch the Documentary "Grass", I just was watching it again.
The amount of money spent since 1926 is just insane.

http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/grass.html
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:09 PM
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30. Whew; I feel SO much safer now. God bless the DEA
Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 05:10 PM by abq e streeter
I don't know about all of you, but I've been living in constant fear of all the mayhem that cancer patients alleviating nausea with a bowl of weed in their living rooms have been causing.
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:12 PM
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31. Eric Holder is needed right now !
Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 05:13 PM by jaysunb
The repukes have offered many reasons for holding up his confirmation, and this is just another example of the lawlessness of the Bush administration.

These raids are nothing more than legal robbery. When they did it at the local dispensary I go to, to owners told me that they were not even cited, but the money and the weed along w/ their records that verify customer status and info were seized.
The supposed order contained information of loud and rowdy behavior that occured and was observed more that 6 months before they move to the location.
The "judge" that signed the order has been retired from the bench for more than 3 years.

So, you be the judge.

I say it's nothing more than robbery.

:evilfrown:

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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:02 PM
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76. That is only if Holder is kept in check
Holder has a long history of supporting stronger punishment for marijuana, and he does not support medical use.
If Holder does it Holder's way, this sort of news will get more common not less. Obama has made a bunch of direct promises, but he has picked a lunatic drug warrior for AG.
Assuming Holder will be better is a mistake. Obama must be held to his word, not allowed to wander off with Holder down that rabbitt hole.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:16 PM
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32. As a patient (glaucoma), this is a deal-breaker for me.
Obama BETTER stop this shit, immediately. (And no, I'm not blaming him for THIS raid.)

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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 12:26 AM
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66. As the child of a former patient (pancreatic cancer) I could not possibly agree more.
I don't blame Obama for this either, but someone needs to put these renegades down asap. The people whose suffering this exacerbates cannot wait.
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NM Independent Donating Member (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:23 PM
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34. I hope Obama gets a handle on this issue, and soon.
Dispensaries will start showing up soon here in NM after they set the guidelines.
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:30 PM
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35. When will it end
I hope President Obama keeps his promise. But that thing with Lynn is very hypocritical. Raytheon is trouble for the legalization of Marijuana.



http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1fyji8
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FirstLight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:31 PM
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36. Bastards! I hate SLEDNET
there are plenty of folks up here (I have friends who work for the city govt, etc) who know that much of the stuff "confiscated" ends up in the hands of the SLT Police and such, for personal use...ESPECIALLY when no arrests are made and the investigation is "ongoing"

I have driven by the "patient to patient collective" several times, and never once knew they were a dispensary. They aren't advertising, no pot leaves on the front door or signage. In fact I thought it was a "free clinic" type of thing, which we desperately need because so many are losing jobs and there isn't alot of options for healthcare up here. Perhaps that IS where medical Marijuana comes in handy...on many levels.

Busting such a mall dispensary os just bullshit, flexing muscles to keept he population in fear...PURE propaganda, nothing more.

Pricks, can't they find some REAL criminals to go after?
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:08 PM
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39. How ridiculous! When will the U.S. finally yank its head out of its ass!
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:17 PM
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41. Looks like the DEA is conspiring with Republicans in Congress against Holder.
Is he supposed to say that he will not follow Obama's lead?
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Optical.Catalyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:28 PM
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42. As many problems as this country has, and the DEA is arresting people for selling weed
The DEA is arresting people selling a plant that grows wild in this country. I find it hard to believe that collecting a weed, burning it and inhaling the smoke is illegal.

And to top it off, people who are sick want to burn this plant because it helps them.
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:03 PM
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46. that is precisely how I see it, a complete waste of federal resources
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Betsy Ross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:35 PM
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43. Please email the White House to stop the DEA from
pursing state-legal dispensaries. If the Feds will not decriminalize pot, they should at least leave it to the states to decide how to handle it.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 06:35 PM
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44. Maybe the "boys" needed a little stash of their own.
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FirstLight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 09:45 PM
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58. See my reply #36
...yep, it happens

10 lbs is SO small potatoes when meth and other problems are running rampant. THOSE are the drugs that bring voiolence into a community. People who need the herb for medicine are NOT criminals!
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quidam56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:13 PM
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47. Local news had a story on about how the farmers in East Tennessee are suffering.
Tune 'em in turn 'em on and let them grow both Hemp and Marijuana. The tractor company they interviewed said they usually make 1300 per year and have cut that down to 800 ! Green Jobs, and tractor sales need stimulating in East Tennessee. http://www.wisecountyissues.com I'd much rather see hemp and marijuana growing on what's left of our mountains instead of bombing and blasting them to smithereens.
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mrgerbik Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:15 PM
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48. they cant have these people breakin' in on the CIA's biz!!
its no wonder they act so stalinesque...
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:50 AM
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69. Exactly - everyone should see Kevin Booth's awesome movie American Drug War
The whole drug-war is not just bullshit, it's meant to keep us all down while giving the CIA tons of black-ops money off the books. But the movie is about more than that and is one of the best I've ever seen on the subject.

Get it here: http://www.sacredcow.com/index.php?pg=projects&pid=959

8.2/10 on imdb -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033467/
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downindixie Donating Member (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:39 PM
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50. Obama should go for this,
"Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attemps to control a man's appetite by legislation,and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes"

Abraham Lincoln
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 07:43 PM
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51. Nice!
NT!

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Dragonbreathp9d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 08:38 PM
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53. fuck the police
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 08:53 PM
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54. just want to point out-campaign promises are not laws, or executive orders.
agree with everyone here on this issue, just want to point out that the writer of that article is woefully uninformed if they think that people just go off and change policy based on every statement made on the campaign trail. stupid.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:10 PM
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78. Sorry kid
A man's word is his word, and a lie is a lie. He made direct promises, and gave the reasons for those promises. If he does not keep his word, he's a liar, who will say anything for his own agenda, and it is that simple. A campaign does not mean that when asked a question, the reply is meaningless or that the candidate is released from ethical and honest speech. A lie is a lie, and a lie told for personal gain is not 'politics' it is amoral.
So you can sit and say that a promise is of no value, but millions intend to hold him to his word, or remove our support from him. If he won it with a lie, it was never really his.
I dispise a liar, and one who rationalizes his lies even more. He breaks this clear promise, I will never listen to a word he says again. Trust gained can be lost. A liar is a liar is a liar. A lie is a lie.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:19 PM
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79. you completely misunderstood my post.
i am not saying that i think he is backing out. i am just saying that agency policy, or laws, do not change because a candidate made a statement, or a promise and is subsequently elected. either legislation must be passed, or an executive order must be issued in order for the agencies to change their policies. laws and policies don't just automatically change based on campaign promises.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 09:33 PM
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56. So much for States rights.
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tiddlywinks Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 09:50 PM
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59. Here's a link to some Amsterdam 'dispensaries'
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Oldenuff Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 10:48 PM
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62. Feds raid Lake Tahoe marijuana dispensary?

Wow...now I feel so safe and secure.Can't have people enjoying their lives now can we?

Now be good little Americans and obey the laws of the land,no matter how stupid those laws might be.
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Blue Dog Dominion Donating Member (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:11 AM
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67. I could have ski'ed in, placed a bet, got a prostitute then smoked that weed
I like convienance
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:54 AM
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70. LOL. And welcome to DU!
:party: :bounce:
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BrightKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:14 AM
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68. ...easier than fighting real drug crimes. -n/t
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DeltaLitProf Donating Member (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:15 AM
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72. Something you guys didn't notice
The DEA didn't arrest a single person.

They know damn well that Obama's US attorneys are not going to prosecute anyone over this.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 04:52 PM
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87. I guess the THEFT held our attention.
NT!

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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:52 AM
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73. And now the world is a safer place because of this.
Gee why do they keep harassing peoples like that?Can Obama flush the turd at the head of the DEA ?
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Romulox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 01:06 PM
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77. This should please Eric Holder and Joe Biden. nt
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 02:46 PM
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82. recent SCOTUS decision says FEDs don't trump states on pot laws. Why was this allowed?
Edited on Mon Jan-26-09 02:46 PM by librechik
President Obama? YOUR DEA is not following the law as interpreted.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-26-09 05:08 PM
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90. DEA Fuckers - I honestly hope they all get shot by drug lords
Legalize EVERYTHING
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