"Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possession."

mimo2005 · 10-21-2007, 01:09 PM

Missoula County attorney to police: Halt misdemeanor arrests for pot

http://missoulian.com/articles/2007/...cal/news02.txt

~~Nik00117~~ · 10-21-2007, 02:21 PM

I think this is a right step forward, i'd do the same thing in their shoes. Say sure federal law says this, however we will respect federal law, just take our sweet time to give the individuals a trail, lets say 70-80 year wait lines.

RedScott · 10-22-2007, 06:49 AM

This is a good idea but more importantly juries need to start nullifying these victimless crimes.

**EnglishPaul** · 10-22-2007, 12:37 PM

Wasn't it pot that was being transported in the military stand off on the Tex/Mex border?

If a crime is truly victimless, then I suggest that it ought not to be a crime.

RedScott · 10-22-2007, 01:02 PM

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If a crime is truly victimless, then I suggest that it ought not to be a crime.

Well we can't have that can we? How would our police forces actually make money if they couldn't confiscate profits from black markets? And what would they do all day anyway? They'd have to spend all their time actually going after real criminals like rapists, murderers, and thieves.

No, we can't do that. Especially not in a "free" country like America.

**Drew1369** · 10-22-2007, 02:49 PM

So my friend who died by buying a personal amount of pot that happened to be laced with PCP is victimless?

If the government wants to regulate the sale of pot like they do with tobacco and alcohol then I'm all for that... but don't you dare call any crime a victimless crime unless no one has ever died from someone breaking it.

**DumberDrummer** · 10-23-2007, 03:27 PM

We need to get rid of the billion dollar money black hole that is the ill-fated War on Drugs.... who cares what I do in the privacy of my own home?

Drug use is a victimless crime in and of itself.... PCP laced pot killing someone does not make drugs a crime with a victim, it makes the person who laced someone's pot with PCP and then sold it as pure a criminal. (If pot was legal, <TWIBAT> like that would still be illegal)

Don't you dare pretend that someone doing something wrong gives you the right to stand in your ivory tower and preach to the rest of us about something completely unrelated to the drug itself.

RedScott · 10-23-2007, 05:51 PM

Yeah, it should be pretty self evident that drug use is a victimless crime. But then the fact that the Drug War is a scam reminiscent of 20's era Prohibition should be pretty obvious to most folks as well and yet we're still wasting billions fighting it.

10-21-2007, 01:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
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~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi I think this is a right step forward, i'd do the same thing in their shoes. Say sure federal law says this, however we will respect federal law, just take our sweet time to give the individuals a trail, lets say 70-80 year wait lines.

10-22-2007, 06:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
RedScott Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 496 OS: Windows XP	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi This is a good idea but more importantly juries need to start nullifying these victimless crimes.

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EnglishPaul Still no avatar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,314 OS: XP SP2 Blog Entries: 9	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi Wasn't it pot that was being transported in the military stand off on the Tex/Mex border? If a crime is truly victimless, then I suggest that it ought not to be a crime.

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Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,431 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi So my friend who died by buying a personal amount of pot that happened to be laced with PCP is victimless? If the government wants to regulate the sale of pot like they do with tobacco and alcohol then I'm all for that... but don't you dare call any crime a victimless crime unless no one has ever died from someone breaking it. __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

10-23-2007, 03:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi We need to get rid of the billion dollar money black hole that is the ill-fated War on Drugs.... who cares what I do in the privacy of my own home? Drug use is a victimless crime in and of itself.... PCP laced pot killing someone does not make drugs a crime with a victim, it makes the person who laced someone's pot with PCP and then sold it as pure a criminal. (If pot was legal, <TWIBAT> like that would still be illegal) Don't you dare pretend that someone doing something wrong gives you the right to stand in your ivory tower and preach to the rest of us about something completely unrelated to the drug itself. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

10-23-2007, 05:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
RedScott Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 496 OS: Windows XP	Re: "Missoula county is not going to charge or enforce misdemeanor marijuana possessi Yeah, it should be pretty self evident that drug use is a victimless crime. But then the fact that the Drug War is a scam reminiscent of 20's era Prohibition should be pretty obvious to most folks as well and yet we're still wasting billions fighting it.