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Texan

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Looks like all of you old Woodstock hippies can fire up a big fat doobie when you get to Denver. :p :wink:

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Panel recommends no arrests for pot possession next week
By Tom McGhee
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 08/21/2008 07:37:21 PM MDT


A panel set up to review Denver's marijuana policies has recommended that police refrain from arresting adults who fire up during the Democratic National Convention.

Police will have to deal with numerous security issues next week when thousands of people — from protesters to delegates — descend on Denver, said Mason Tvert, leader of a group that sponsored a law mandating that marijuana be a low-enforcement priority.

"It is absolutely absurd for the police to be spending any of their time worrying about adults using a drug that is less harmful than alcohol," he said today.

Tvert, who also sits on the Marijuana Policy Review Panel, said he would deliver the recommendation to Mayor John Hickenlooper, Police Chief Gerald Whitman and Denver City Council president Jeanne Robb.

The panel was formed to gather statistics on marijuana arrests and has no legal authority, said David Broadwell, Denver assistant district attorney. "Any citizen can make a recommendation," he said, adding that police have no obligation to follow it.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said officers will continue to enforce a state statute barring possession and use of marijuana despite the voter-approved city ordinance making small amounts of marijuana the "lowest law-enforcement priority."

"We can't relax the laws; we have to enforce the laws on the books. If an officer witnesses a wrongdoing, he is responsible to take action," Jackson said.

Police and the mayor's office weren't immediately available for comment today.

The panel recommended that police not arrest, detain or issue a citation to anyone over 21 who possesses up to one ounce of pot for private use during the convention.

In 2005, city voters approved a referendum that mirrors the panel's recommendation, but arrests continued as police continued to enforce state law.

In 2007, voters approved making marijuana the city's lowest law-enforcement priority.

But in the first six months of this year, Tvert said, 927 adults were prosecuted for possession.

"The people of Denver have made it clear they do not want adults in this city punished for simply possessing a drug less harmful than alcohol," said Tvert. "Now a panel appointed by the mayor of Denver has echoed that call, and we hope police will not defy the people of this city or its mayor when the international spotlight hits the Mile High City next week."



http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10265799
 
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Anonymous

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Yep-- and the Repub convention wants to defer prosecutions on all pill poppers in honor of their heroes Cindy and Rush :wink: :lol: :p
 

Texan

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Oldtimer said:
Yep-- and the Repub convention wants to defer prosecutions on all pill poppers in honor of their heroes Cindy and Rush :wink: :lol: :p
:lol:

Which party has nominated someone who has admitted to using illegal drugs as their candidate for the highest elected office in this country? Hmmmm.... :roll:
 
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Anonymous

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Texan said:
Oldtimer said:
Yep-- and the Repub convention wants to defer prosecutions on all pill poppers in honor of their heroes Cindy and Rush :wink: :lol: :p
:lol:

Which party has nominated someone who has admitted to using illegal drugs as their candidate for the highest elected office in this country? Hmmmm.... :roll:

You mean GW :???: Oh wait he couldn't admit if he was using coke or not because he said he was too stoned to remember- so took the Reservation 5th in case somebody proved he was.... :wink: :lol: :p
 

Faster horses

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I don't think GW ever said that. Others have, but he has never said that.

Obama said it about himself.

Gosh, OT, you just never give it up.
 
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Anonymous

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From Scott McClellans book:

Writes McClellan: "'The media won't let go of these ridiculous cocaine rumors,' I heard Bush say. 'You know, the truth is I honestly don't remember whether I tried it or not. We had some pretty wild parties back in the day, and I just don't remember.'

"I remember thinking to myself, How can that be? How can someone simply not remember whether or not they used an illegal substance like cocaine? It didn't make a lot of sense."

That sounds like the Reservation 5th to me - "Duh I was too drunk to remember if I stabbed her- I could have tho "
 

Texan

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Oldtimer said:
From Scott McClellans book:

Writes McClellan: "'The media won't let go of these ridiculous cocaine rumors,' I heard Bush say. 'You know, the truth is I honestly don't remember whether I tried it or not. We had some pretty wild parties back in the day, and I just don't remember.'

"I remember thinking to myself, How can that be? How can someone simply not remember whether or not they used an illegal substance like cocaine? It didn't make a lot of sense."

That sounds like the Reservation 5th to me - "Duh I was too drunk to remember if I stabbed her- I could have tho "
Everyone except for the most radical of you hard-core liberals has already discounted McClellan's accusations as being those of an outsider with an ax to grind.

But...even if the accusations are true, are you now saying that instead of 'change' you want somebody just like "GW?" I really wish you'd make up your mind. :lol:

You and the other libs have made plenty of comments about President Bush's alleged drug use, but you seem to be awfully silent about your Messiah's admitted drug use. That would be kinda funny if it wasn't so pathetically hypocritical.
 

loomixguy

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Let's see.....Voted FOR infanticide....Sought friendship and mentoring from the most notorious American terrorist in history (and bomber of the Pentagon, who also preached to "kill your parents!'), attended services for over 20 years of a pastor who preaches racisim and hatred, and ADMITS use of illegal drugs......hmmmmmm....Sounds like a candidate a real law and odor guy ought to support! :shock:
 

Larrry

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loomix you nailed it, two peas in a pod.

Maybe there is a SC nomination in this also, after all who needs experience other than a few days of JP. Heck around here they used to hand out JP jobs about like they handed out those advertisement baseball caps
 

Sandhusker

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loomixguy said:
Let's see.....Voted FOR infanticide....Sought friendship and mentoring from the most notorious American terrorist in history (and bomber of the Pentagon, who also preached to "kill your parents!'), attended services for over 20 years of a pastor who preaches racisim and hatred, and ADMITS use of illegal drugs......hmmmmmm....Sounds like a candidate a real law and odor guy ought to support! :shock:

Well, I can't think of even a village board member with that kind of pedigree, and they are all chanting "Change...Change...Change". Change is right...... :roll:
 
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