Zimmerman's lawyer said that pot has been known for aggressive behavior.

[trumad]

Snarf--- what---fighting over a Little Debbie?

[DetlefK]

1. Damn cop-punching hippies.

[Drale]

2. DAMN IT TACO BELL, YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME ALL MY TACOS!!

NOW I MUST BURN YOU DOWN!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!

[BainsBane]

39. DUzy!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. And there will be at least moronic juror

who believes him!

[msanthrope]

16. No---pot's not coming in. nt

[Sekhmets Daughter]

17. That's a relief! n/t

[tblue]

4. Umm. Not in my experience.

I just giggle uncontrollably, eat, get bed spins, and fall asleep.

In my previous life. I don't do it anymore.

[Bluzmann57]

5. Pot causes aggresive behavior?

What kind of pot has this guy been smoking? In my experience, pot has never ever made anyone more aggressive. In fact it's quite the opposite.

[HillWilliam]

29. Unless...

someone nabbed the last chicken wing or scarfed up the last crumbs from the Doritos bag.

[BainsBane]

40. DUzy!

[Egalitarian Thug]

36. Pot, PCP, it's all the same down in Floriduh. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

6. As a 40-year pot-smoker

believe it or not, he's correct. There are a VERY FEW people in which pot has the opposite effect and makes them aggressive. I've known two of them; HOWEVER, that is a VERY VERY VERY small percentage of pot smokers. Most of us use it to have a little mellow buzz throughout the day and no, I don't touch Little Debbies or Doritos or any of the other MYTHS about smoking pot. Having said that, he's going to have a very difficult time proving it.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Idiotic statements about pot are the basis of our marijuana laws, nice to see that come under

question for once. Usually such statements are taken as being utterly true. Thousands are in prison because of such nonsense.

[Orrex]

8. Does he have any thoughts about racism-induced paranoia and aggression?

IMO those are much more relevant to the case at hand.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Has he been watching "Reefer Madness" again?

[uppityperson]

10. Reefer Madness link, in case anyone hasn't seen it

[LanternWaste]

11. I'd guess that if you're a Twinkie or a left-over bowl of lasagna...

I'd guess that if you're a Twinkie or a left-over bowl of lasagna, a stoner's actions may come across as rather aggressive indeed.

[premium]

12. Huh?

That's not my experience with pot smokers, whenever I ran across them, they were mellow, cooperative and usually, pretty hungry.

[Chisox08]

13. Strange the only side effects I had were

Hungry, happy and sleepy. What kind of weed was that lawyer smoking.

[hobbit709]

15. Probably some PCP laced stuff.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. I thought O'Mara was a better lawyer

[msanthrope]

18. O'Mara's an excellent lawyer with a shit client. He's playing to the jury pool. nt

[bettyellen]

27. He's an idiot or a bad liar. No knowing about George's money and his wife's perjury? Then shilling

for donations as he reverses his decison to go pro bono? He is an empty suit.

[Autumn]

19. He's right.

I can tear the hell out of a box of Ding Dongs and a pizza.

[NCTraveler]

20. The only way this statement would make sense.

Is if his own lawyer is saying that his drug use is the reason he was angry enough to chase, confront, and shoot Trayvon. I know that is not what he is saying, but it would make more sense.

[hughee99]

21. Sure, but agressive toward a bag of Doritoes or Taco Bell,

not toward other people.

[nobodyspecial]

22. Pot smokers are the mellowest people I know

Alcohol is what brings out craziness

[Rex]

23. Yes, stoned couch potatoes have been known to

have violent outbursts of slap fight over a misallocated bag of gummy bears. These fights usually last 3 or less seconds as can be heard the war screams of, 'come on man!' and 'you stop!'.

[BainsBane]

41. DUzy!

You get the point DUzy awards. This thread is ripe with material.

[kestrel91316]

24. I'm trying to figure out how a pot user gets up the motivation to be aggressive........

[klyon]

34. take away his cannabis

some aggression may occur when smokers don't smoke but they were probably aggressive before they ever started smoking so they are reverting back to their original state

[Blue_Tires]

25. I know it's a different country (Holland), but he could be alluding to the Jason Halman case...

And yes, I know Zim's attorney is just blowing his daily smokescreen of non-relevant bullshit, and that Holland does justice differently than the USA, but the Dutch court's "official" reasoning for letting him off the hook still stinks to high heaven...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8316892/court-acquits-brother-seattle-mariners-greg-halman-fatal-stabbing
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8286055/seattle-mariners-gregory-halman-days-leading-death-hands-brother-jason

http://deadspin.com/5935321/brother-of-former-mariner-greg-halman-will-not-face-jail-time-for-gregs-murder-because-of-marijuana+induced-psychosis

[EC]

26. Oh so Trayvon was shot

because Zimmerman was trying to steal his skittles? Is that what the lawyer is saying?

[kpete]

28. LOL

!

peace, kp

[Just Saying]

30. On some level this is just a way to smear Tryvon.

Like "oh he's a DRUG user!"

I saw this when I sat on a jury for a rape (at gun point) trial. The defense attorney brought up that the victim smoked pot on her front porch before. Now, mind you not that night or anything anyway. Thankfully to the credit of my fellow jurors, only 1 out of 12 seemed to think it mattered at all.

[Arkana]

31. Really? Cause all my friends did was lie around and giggle inanely at Simpsons episodes.

[olddots]

32. This lawyer should be emptying porto potties

If he is playing to a jury that ignorant our system of law is doomed .

[librechik]

33. I've noticed other righties trying to push this absurdity

we must fight them at every attempt--it's another lie they would have us all be ruled by!

[Egalitarian Thug]

37. OMFG, your .gif sig is great! You made this stop into DU worthwhile.

Thank you.
(of course, you do now owe me a new keyboard and I think the mouse might have been drowned as well)

[librechik]

42. thank you, I will speak to my accountant.

can't sue me for a dead mouse. Let the cat get it when it's done playing with the roomba.

[Inkfreak]

35. Yes.

Right after I hit my bong I go out and shoot people.

[BainsBane]

38. DUzy!

[AAO]

43. He's right

If you drink a fifth of whiskey and then smoke a doobie, you could become aggressive.

[liberal_at_heart]

44. I thought it was ironic when the defense wanted to present a picture of Travon with a gun.

Hello? Zimmerman carried a gun and Zimmerman actually killed somone with that gun! Why would he want to show Travon with a gun?