Hearst had a rather large part in making it illegal in the first place, but
I'm guessing it was politically expedient for a few people.
On Saturday, October 8, 2022, Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
> How did pot ever get put on sch 1 in the first place?
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:35 AM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time
>
>
> I talked to my nephew yesterday, and he told me it was a sting operation.
> His friend had 3 ounces, and the fed asked to "buy some". They sent him up
> for 10 years and he got out in 8. At the time he was 21 years old.
>
> IMO, the whole drug classification system is broken, and is mostly a tail
> wagging the dog operation.
>
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 10/8/2022 2:23 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> My guy was in Nevada state prison as I recall. He said it was due to the
> three strikes law and was due to pot possession. I presumed with intent to
> distribute. I always thought it was a shame. No idea if he was telling
> the truth. Was an employee, was on probation at the time. He was a thief
> and stole from the company but I handled that internally in an attempt to
> help him out. In the end he screwed himself.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 10:53 PM, Cameron Crum mailto:cc...@murcevilo.com
> wrote:
>
>
> I would tend to agree with this, steve. If you're in federal prison for
> marijuana it's because you got busted for a quantity that was enough to
> distribute. You may have pled down to simple possession to avoid having to
> go to trial where you probably would have gotten a much larger sentence but
> the feds aren't out making traffic stops and busting people for having a
> dime bag in their car. Anyway, presidents can pardon whoever they want for
> whatever reason they want. This is a vote buy plain and simple. If Congress
> wants to change the law then it's up to them, but this is pandering at best
> and does nothing to stop it going forward after this soft on crime
> administration leaves office. Congress should get off their ass and change
> the law or people should pay for doing the crimes. That's how it's supposed
> to work.
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 11:49 PM Steve Jones <st...@togservice.com> wrote:
>
>> Nobody goes to federal prison for just simple possession of marijuana. I
>> so hate that tripe. Just like the third striker who went up for life for
>> stealing a pack of gum. He went for committing too many crimes and still
>> stealing gum when he knew the consequenses
>> First of you go to prison for felonies, not misdemeanors. So theres no
>> "simple possession" it's a word game to make it sou d like Johnny quire boy
>> got 10 large for a joint. No, Johnny had carry weight and got nabbed cause
>> hes not very good at being a criminal.
>> I'll be glad when they decide whether the classification of marijuana is
>> a mid term or 2024 vote purchase so this is all behind us anyway.
>> It's sad that something that should ha e been changed decades ago keeps
>> being pocketed as a hail mary for a losing election team
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 9:05 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Brother of a friend got sentenced for simple possession, went to the big
>>> house and raped by white supremists.. joined them to keep from getting
>>> killed, got aids and then used as a pawn by same WS and convicted of
>>> threatening the governor.. So wrong on so many levels...
>>>
>>> On 10/6/22 5:29 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>>
>>> I know a guy that got life for weed under the three strikes law back in
>>> the late 1980s. Last time he saw me he said: “fuck chuck, you can kill
>>> somebody and only get 15 years. This is crazy” I don’t know if he ever
>>> got out.
>>>
>>> *From:* Darin Steffl
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 6, 2022 6:00 PM
>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: about time
>>>
>>> Took long enough. No one should be in prison for simple possession of
>>> weed. It turns non-violent criminals into something worse than that. I'm
>>> sure it's traumatizing for those incarcerated for something that didn't
>>> hurt anyone.
>>>
>>> Why put people in prison for weed but sentence people way less time, or
>>> not at all, for physical abuse, battery, sex crimes, etc? It's sick!
>>>
>>> We see too many black people in prison for weed but white people get
>>> charged less or are released on probation for rape with evidence.
>>> Particularly, young white men who "have a future" and the judge wouldn't
>>> want to ruin their life. Forget about the woman they raped, it's just boys
>>> being boys.
>>>
>>> Obviously not every judge is a shit head racist, but some of them are
>>> and they should be weeded out. The US incarcerates way too many people as a
>>> whole.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:44 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My nephew has a close friend who was sent up 8 years for possession of
>>>> 2
>>>> or 3 ounces of weed. I think he got a couple years off for good
>>>> behavior
>>>> or something, but the kid wasn't even 21.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-
>>>> releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/
>>>>
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