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Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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Re: Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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This is quite the comment. You want to lecture Geohotz about arrogance for using marijuana? Do you go around critiquing your friends for having a beer? Besides, what is "get his act together and help me change this world" aside from arrogance?

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Re: Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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what a fucking waste of money. don't these law enforcement officials have anything more useful to do?

As a lifelong resident of the south and a current resident of (Austin) Texas I can tell you.

No

You have to be very careful driving through the smaller towns. The cops have absolutely nothing else to do and the jursidictions make a lot of money of pulling out of towners over. Mostly for speeding butaparently narcotics busts as well too now

Re: Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws?

Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where marijuana decriminalization seems equally inevitable. Unfortunately we still have a ways to go.

Re: Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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post #15

what a fucking waste of money. don't these law enforcement officials have anything more useful to do?

As a lifelong resident of the south and a current resident of (Austin) Texas I can tell you. No You have to be very careful driving through the smaller towns. The cops have absolutely nothing else to do and the jursidictions make a lot of money of pulling out of towners over. Mostly for speeding butaparently narcotics busts as well too now

I have never seen so many cops by the side of the road as I have in Texas...

Re: Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW

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What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws? Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where mariju…

It likely is not going to take 20 years... at least, for states that aren't Texas. My state (Washington) is the front-runner to regulate the sale of marijuana in this year. I-502 polled with an 8 point lead last month, with 47% in favor, 39% opposed, and 15% undecided. [1] Of course, the initiative in California polled well last year and still failed, but this is almost certainly going to pass in less than twenty years on the west coast.

[1] http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_WA_2...

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