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Drug Task Force nabs 10 (including Libertarian candidate for Boulder County Commissioner)
Colorado Daily ^ | Thursday, January 12, 2006

Posted on 01/15/2006 10:21:13 PM PST by presidio9

The Boulder County Drug Task Force announced Thursday it had arrested 10 people in connection with selling drugs on or near the Pearl Street Mall, including Jeff Christen-Mitchell, a Libertarian candidate for Boulder County Commissioner in 2004.

Christen-Mitchell was charged with one count each of distribution of marijuana; conspiracy to distribute marijuana; possession of marijuana with intent to sell; possession of more than 8 ounces of marijuana and possession of a schedule II controlled substance.

Other defendants facing various charges include Donald McNeese, April Martinez-Laveta, Justin Boyer, Greta Duderstadt, Charles Weddle, Dallas Elviro Dilaura, Diana Stough, Kenneth Finney and Joseph Gulla.

Warrants for the arrest of Daniel Rogers and Jerimiah Jordan, who are at large, were also issued.

A press release from the BCDT said the warrants came as the result of a three-month investigation that “had identified several persons involved in the distribution, and conspiracy to distribute, marijuana and controlled substances.'”

The release said the investigation also netted three search warrants, about $7000 in drug proceeds, 50 ounces of marijuana, 1 ounce of psilocybin mushrooms, assorted prescription drugs and some stolen property.

Authorities said in the release that the Task Force targeted the Pearl Street Mall because of its status as “a shopping, social and work destination for people living in Boulder and the surrounding area” and because “this activity attracts an element of people that detracts from the positive atmosphere of the mall and negatively impacts most people's quality of lifeŠ”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
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To: presidio9
Your typical faulty libertarian logic is like saying the medical industry is failing because people still die.

Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.

Deaths caused by smoking marijuana 0.

Any questions?

81 posted on 01/16/2006 7:42:14 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: ActionNewsBill

Where are you getting your figures from?


82 posted on 01/16/2006 7:44:00 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: ActionNewsBill

It's not all about life and death. It's also about morality and quality of life as well.

Illegal drugs drag people down only, never up or sideways. There's no benefit of them besides becoming damaged in some way or becoming dependent.


83 posted on 01/16/2006 7:45:03 AM PST by Lauretij2
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To: Lauretij2
Care to try and back that up?

Gun Control and the War on Drugs

Many opponents of gun control support the war on drugs, and many critics and reformers of America's drug laws tend to believe in gun control. Conservatives tend to fall into the first category and liberals into the second.

In reality, these two issues are more similar than many people might think.

In both cases -- laws that restrict which guns people may buy, own, and carry; and laws that restrict which drugs people may buy, possess, and ingest -- what we're dealing with are possession crimes: victimless offenses against the state, whereby merely having something is branded a crime and punishable by fines and imprisonment.

Both types of laws are terribly immoral, as they are affronts to basic personal liberty. In a free society, all individuals own themselves and the products of their labor and exchange, and are free to do as they wish so long as they do not commit violence and fraud against other people. Arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating people for the weapons they choose to own or the drugs they choose to consume are immoral violations of the rights of self-ownership, and the corollary rights to control one's own body and property.

84 posted on 01/16/2006 7:48:31 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: Lauretij2
I have a concealed carry license.

You had to get permission to carry a gun?

How quaint.

85 posted on 01/16/2006 7:50:54 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: ActionNewsBill
Bill, instead of plagiarizing, why not just tell us what's going on in that fine head of yours. It's more fun for everybody that way.
86 posted on 01/16/2006 7:50:56 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: ActionNewsBill

Oh, well I guess you're either above the law or live in Alaska or Vermont. Those 2 states have nice systems, I'd like to have that here as well.


87 posted on 01/16/2006 7:54:56 AM PST by Lauretij2
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To: presidio9

Asked and answered.


88 posted on 01/16/2006 7:56:44 AM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: coloradan
Asked and answered.

Stop mumbling. What is the point that you are trying to make?

89 posted on 01/16/2006 7:58:06 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: ActionNewsBill

That reminds me Bill. You haven't answered my question from post 42. I'll ask you again. Should it be legal for a law abiding citizen to purchase and own a stinger anti-aircraft missle? Why or why not?


90 posted on 01/16/2006 8:01:24 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: sausageseller
What does your post have to do with living a self inflicted, drug induced, fake life?

War or not, it is a crappy way to live.

I like cannabis (sometimes). It is nice to get a buzz and meditate, have conversation, lift weights, yoga and it makes sex about twice as good. One of the things about cannabis use that I enjoy that anyone who has never used it wouldn't know is that it allows one to "virtually" step out one's normal life and look back from a different perspective. I have made some most useful observations via this means.

Now - are you willing to dedicate billions of tax dollars per year to try and stop me from enjoying my private life in the way I choose?

91 posted on 01/16/2006 8:03:50 AM PST by winston2 (In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity.)
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To: winston2

Yeah yeah, I've read all the erowid style cheerleading over drugs.

And yes, morally we must do everything we can to minimize drug use. Just like have an obligation to educate our kids. People need direction. Sometimes it's needed with punishment, sometimes now.


92 posted on 01/16/2006 8:07:51 AM PST by Lauretij2
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To: winston2
it makes sex about twice as good

Don't bother renewing your subscription to Hustler. Prolonged marijuana use disruptes acetylcholine based parasympathetic nervous functions and leads to permenant impotence.

93 posted on 01/16/2006 8:08:50 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: Lauretij2
And yes, morally we must do everything we can to minimize drug use. Just like have an obligation to educate our kids. People need direction. Sometimes it's needed with punishment, sometimes now.

I'm thinking of starting a "ban alcohol" thread. You know the substance that causes about 1/2 of the traffic deaths in the U.S. Do you want to get in on it?

The Price of Alcohol: More Than 63,000 Deaths Linked to Excessive Drinking
http://www.washington.edu/alumni/uwnewslinks/200409/article_alcohol.html

BTW -How many deaths are linked to excessive cannabis use?

94 posted on 01/16/2006 8:18:34 AM PST by winston2 (In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity.)
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To: Lauretij2
It's also about morality...

There is nothing immoral about RESPONSIBLE drug use, just as there is nothing immoral about RESPONSIBLE alocohol use.

...and quality of life as well.

You control freaks need to get your own lives in order before you lecture others on how to live their lives.

Mind your own business and let the rest of us determine the quality of our lives.

95 posted on 01/16/2006 8:20:47 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: presidio9
Prolonged marijuana use disrupts acetylcholine based parasympathetic nervous functions and leads to permanent impotence.

I don't believe that- but since we seem so willing as a nation to murder unborn children- what's the big deal?

BTW - I've had the big V and have been shooting blanks for years so it's a moot point for me.

96 posted on 01/16/2006 8:22:52 AM PST by winston2 (In matters of necessity let there be unity, in matters of doubt liberty, and in all things charity.)
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To: presidio9
Bill, instead of plagiarizing, why not just tell us what's going on in that fine head of yours. It's more fun for everybody that way.

Gee...can you be just a little more patronizing?

97 posted on 01/16/2006 8:23:09 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: Lauretij2
Oh, well I guess you're either above the law or live in Alaska or Vermont. Those 2 states have nice systems,

Nope...neither one.

I just don't belive you need "permission" to exercise a God-given, Constitutional right.

98 posted on 01/16/2006 8:25:00 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: winston2

Did I say "impotence?" I meant ED. With ED it won't matter whether you're loaded with blanks or not, because the gun's broken. And this connection is not open to debate. It is accepted as well-documented.

Oh, and could we please try to avoid inane libertarian "two wrongs make a right logic" in the future? Thanks so much.


99 posted on 01/16/2006 8:26:26 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: ActionNewsBill
Gee...can you be just a little more patronizing?

I promise to try to be more patronizing if you promise to share what's going on in that tiny head of yours.

100 posted on 01/16/2006 8:27:49 AM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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