Re: "It's just pot.": Double Standard?

"Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message

> > For all the defenders out there, how exactly was this guy supposed
> > to get home from this park he was toking out in?  Walk home?  I
> > very much doubt it.  No, he was just going to toke out and then
> > get in his car and drive home.  As in, under the influence.
>
> Bah, people who are high on pot don't generally have anywhere near the
> physical impairment of someone who is drunk.  The law may see them as
the
> same, and there are some good reasons for doing so under the law, but as
a
> practical matter most regular pot smokers can drive pretty well after
> smoking a joint.

I wouldn't try to make that argument, personally, but fair enough. But -- 
WTF -- are we thinking he didn't have a ride home? I go out drinking, I
take
a cab home. Why would this guy be different?

> > No it isn't.  Possession of marijuana is a crime.  USe of marijuana is
> > also
> > a
> > crime. So he is guilty of two crimes and a terrible lapse of
judgement.
>
> Actually, in that jurisdiction possession is an infraction, not a crime.
> Crimes are misdemeanors and felonies, this was neither.  As for whether
use
> is a crime, or an infraction, I don't know and obviously neither do you.
If
> you can find an actual statute in the criminal code, cite it.

I do. It's not a crime.

Curt