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Originally Posted by RyZ
I'm in the camp that it depends how much of each he had. If he had a large amount of LSD and a little bit of pot then throw his ass in jail. If it was 99% pot and a sheet of LSD it's not a big deal. Pot sits in the same group as alcohol and tobacco for me, so who cares.
Poor guy though, sounds like he just got caught up in a bad situation at the wrong time.
I also have a problem with how the police put a dollar value on "street drugs". If he drove that $25,000 stash to a big time drug dealer and sold him what was in the car it probably would be worth 1/3 of the police dollar value. You probably couldn't fit what would really be $25,000 worth of pot in a van, let alone a car.
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Its great that pot sits in the same camp as alcohol and tobacco but it is still illegal. I don't see how whether it should be legal or not fits in this argument. It isn't legal. Selling/growing pot contributes to elements of society that are harmful and dangerous to the public, so it should be targeted.
Even if the amount of pot was $5,000 in terms of real value he should be punished. That is much more than anyone needs for their own use and not an amount you just have lying around.
Again why do people want to continue to make excuses for this guy? I don't see anything that should make someone feel bad for him. To me it seems that he made bad choices and hung around with bad people. It seems that it was brought on by himself and is fully his own fault. He deserves all the punishment that comes to him. Hopefully, it encourages him to change his lifestyle but that doesn't mean he should escape punishment.