yeah does this remind anyone of anything
Posted on 05/12/2005 6:41:16 AM PDT by freepatriot32
We're in the fight of our lives in Washington, DC. High-ranking members of Congress want to take the war on drugs to a whole new level.
They want to increase penalties for every drug offense. They want a mandatory 2-year prison term for anyone who knows someone is selling marijuana on a college campus and fails to report it to the police within 24 hours. They want a mandatory 5-year prison term for someone at a party who passes a marijuana joint to someone who has been enrolled in drug treatment at some point in their life. They want to expand the federal "three strikes and you're out" law to include new offenses, including mandating life imprisonment (with no possibility of parole) for anyone convicted a third time under the RAVE Act.
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These and other horrible provisions are inside Congressman Sensenbrenner's H.R. 1528 entitled "Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005". You helped us derail this bill last year, but now it's back - and it's longer and more draconian.
I'm not going to lie, we're up against the most powerful forces in the federal government. We hope you will continue to stand with us in this massive showdown. Some of you have already taken action in key congressional districts and it's had an impact. Once on the fast track, the bill has stalled in committee. Drug war extremists are regrouping, however, and it's only a matter of time before they strike back. We need to keep the heat on members of Congress to kill this bill.
In short, we're up against Goliath. But, we have tens of thousands of "David's" like you on our side. If we all work together we can put up one hell of a
(Excerpt) Read more at drugpolicy.org ...
Of all men, Black Elk, should be aware of the sacred herb and the blue man.
Thought crime alert...
It would be cheaper just to shutdown the colleges in this country.
yeah does this remind anyone of anything
The politicans and police just want an excuse, any excuse, to imprison anyone they don't like.
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Regardless of how you think/feel about marijuana, you can't possibly agree with the insanity in this proposed federal legislation if you care one whit about personal freedom. This is scary.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
How you promote a cause is often more important than which side you are on.
Letting adults addle their own minds is equally as stupid as exposing us all to more rapists and murderers? Not in my book.
Sensenbrenner's having a bad day at FR.
I'll write him and ask what the hell his problem is...
Find at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:1:./temp/~c109PtragB:e1184:
`SEC. 425. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who witnesses or learns of a violation of sections 416(b)(2), 417, 418, 419, 420, 424, or 426 to fail to report the offense to law enforcement officials within 24 hours of witnessing or learning of the violation and thereafter provide full assistance in the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of the person violating paragraph (a).
`(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to not less than two years or more than
10 years. If the person who witnesses or learns of the violation is the parent or guardian, or otherwise responsible for the care or supervision of the person under the age of 18 or the incompetent person, such person shall be sentenced to not less than three years or more than 20 years.'.
or plug HR 1528 into the window at http://thomas.loc.gov/
How is this any different from those on this board who propose legalizing marijuana and, in exchange, propose "really getting tough" on those who sell to minors?
Looks to me like legislation they would write.
my brother was poin ting out an interesting thing that i ddidnt even think about until he metioned it he says if you know someone is selling weed and you dont say anything you can get 2 years in prison but if you call the cops and they happen t o be bloods or crips selling it you can get tthe death penalty for reporting them.(wich is something they dont force you to do with crack dealers because they know for sure you will get killed before it goes to trial) so your screwed no matter what if this passes.
Bears repeating. (and punctuation!:)
Sorry I was so busy looking over my shoulder to make sure no one was selling marijuana that i didn't see the screen to put the punctuation :-)
Does it strike anyone else as odd that they are proposing making it a felony to not report a misdemeanor? Selling less then one ounce of weed is misdemeanor in every state and now if you don't report it they will charge you with a felony and the seller with a misdemeanor. politicians are the dumbest most retarded people on earth.
I understand and agree.
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