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dotymed

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3. I am in my 50's and

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 02:08 PM

Nov 2014

most of my friends know that cops have the best weed.Many, at least those from my generation, enjoy it. They seize it from scared teenagers who are more than happy if they don't get prosecuted, to hand it over. A lot of the cops still arrest people for pot, just some of it never makes it to the evidence room....They think it is hilarious.
I think they are assholes to arrest people for doing something they view as harmless.

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1 pot arrest per minute in 2013, FBI reports [View all] Newsjock Nov 2014 OP

Those numbers are going down. It was 800,000 a year not so long ago. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #1

Civil forfeiture in action. Cops cleaning up at the expense of innocent citizens. nt valerief Nov 2014 #2

I am in my 50's and dotymed Nov 2014 #3

Police Use Department Wish List When Deciding Which Assets to Seize jakeXT Nov 2014 #4

police = extortion and shakedown. the local cop is now the enemy of the people nt msongs Nov 2014 #5

Called accounting skills according to Serpico jakeXT Nov 2014 #7

Talk about clogging the court system with nonsense! hedgehog Nov 2014 #6

'good' americans heaven05 Nov 2014 #8

Don't step on the grass, Sam Strelnikov_ Nov 2014 #9