1970's "Starsky" arrested for his CA medical marijuana in Kentucky

[Liberal_in_LA]

The actor who played David Starsky in the 1970s police drama "Starsky & Hutch" has found himself on the other side of real law enforcement in Kentucky.

Bowling Green police arrested 69-year-old Paul Michael Glaser of Venice, Calif., hours after he read an excerpt of his young adult novel, "Chrystallia and the Source of Light," to students at a middle school on May 10.

According to a citation, Glaser said he had medical marijuana prescribed to him in California.

Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force Director Tommy Loving told The Daily News ( http://bit.ly/KjhhbV) that Kentucky doesn't recognized medical marijuana licenses.

Glaser faces possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He is scheduled to appear in Warren District Court on May 31. Court records did not list an attorney for him.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/18/state/n051717D07.DTL#ixzz1vFKeRFOY

[Gregorian]

2. America you stupid bitch! What a waste of resources.

On a lighter note- Bowlin' Green; Sewin' machine!

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Arrested/Imprisoned for smoking a weed. Stupid for sure.

[K8-EEE]

3. The very definition of waste fraud and abuse

My daughter is a medical marijuana patient in CA -- guess she cannot travel? How ridiculous. btw this very mild medicine (she takes in the form of tea or tincture) has changed her life for the better and relieves her autism-related anxiety, panic attacks and self injurious behavior without side effects. They will pry her meds out of my cold dead hands!

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Paul is a good man.

Here is a link to a speech his late wife Elizabeth gave at the Democratic National Convention in 1992.

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[K8-EEE]

7. What an amazing woman she was.

Both she and his first-born daughter Ariel died of AIDS. Tragically she was not diagnosed and unknowingly transmitted the disease, which she contracted from a blood transfusion, to her daughter via breast milk. I'll never forget her tireless efforts to lobby the Reagan era political world to DO SOMETHING about AIDS, or even to SAY the word "AIDS." People forget what a monster Reagan was about this.

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Indeed, and at that time, there was no pediatric treatment available for Ariel, another result

of Reagan's bigotry and ignorance, of the years and lives lost. I will never forget what Elizabeth did, or what Reagan did not do.

[cynatnite]

14. He and his late wife also testified before congress, too. n/t

[midnight]

22. This is a great speech.... Health Care for the rich continues on.... Imprisonment for

those who die trying to get health care...

[progressoid]

6. Yep. That's state's rights for ya.

Good thing our leaders support that now.

[Taverner]

8. Just leave the pot smokers alone, OKAY??????

WTF did we ever do to you?

When's the last time you saw one of us start a fight, kill somebody while driving under the influence, or did anything even remotely anti-social?

[Gregorian]

11. That's just the problem.

This society relies upon bad behavior, poor health to subsidize a large portion of it's economy.

Until we change that we're not civilized.

[Submariner]

10. Bowling Green, KY - off topic

During field work a tick got into my ear canal and latched onto my eardrum. At the Bowling Green ER it was a tug of war between the doctor trying to pull the tick out with forceps, and the little f'ing tick hanging on to my tympanic membrane for dear life.

The discomfort of that experience will forever have a special place in my heart for Bowling Green, Kentucky.....NOT.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. ...and then you received a bill for $5,000?

[Uncle Joe]

12. Come on Kentucky pass MMJ or better yet legalize cannabis.

Thanks for the thread, Liberal_in_LA.

[cynatnite]

13. I hope he fights this. n/t

[bluedigger]

16. The hypocritical Blue Grass State.

Kentucky is second only to California in marijuana production. More than a half-million pot plants worth an estimated $1 billion are seized here annually.

But authorities estimate that an equal amount is successfully grown, harvested and sold.

The federal government designates the area the Appalachia High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Ed Shemelya is the marijuana coordinator.

"[Marijuana] is our No. 1 cash crop in the Appalachia HIDTA region," Shemelya said. "Tobacco, to corn, to soy beans, you name it. Marijuana is the cash crop. ... Not even close. No comparison."

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/kentucky-drug-trafficking-daniel-boone-national-forest/story?id=8935635#.T7av5kVYuVo

[TahitiNut]

17. Gotta love the conservocrites' love of the Constitution.

Particularly the "full faith and credit" clause.

[Comrade Grumpy]

18. Cops in Bowling Green actually respond to a report of someone smoking weed?

I guess they have nothing better to do.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

20. I'm from small town, Kentucky.

Anything that happens brings out the entire force. I've seen 5 cop cars show up at Walmart just to pick up one shoplifter.

Small town cops are bored enough to enforce every fascist law on the books.

[rwiliff]

19. A boy in Kentucky sure is lucky. nt

Robert

[cali]

21. ....