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Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving.
#5781860 - 06/22/06 08:34 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"That the statute might apply to some persons who are not actually 'under the influence' of marijuana does not render the statute unconstitutional."
Michigan Supreme Court Upholds 'Zero Tolerance' Per Se DUID Law
June 22, 2006 - Traverse City, MI, USA
"It is irrelevant that a person who is no longer 'under the influence' of marijuana could be prosecuted under the statute," Court Rules
Traverse City: MI: The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 4-3 this week that the state's 'zero tolerance per se DUID (driving under the influence of drugs) law is constitutional, even if the statute might apply to drivers who are not under the influence of illegal substances. The majority held also that motorists could be prosecuted under the state's DUID law for having detectable levels of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in their blood - even though the presence of such metabolites are not associated with driver impairment, and are not defined under the statute as an illicit substance.
The ruling reverses a prior Appellate Court ruling that determined that the state had to demonstrate that the presence of a controlled substance in a driver's body was the proximate cause of an accident to move forward with a DUID prosecution.
Michigan's DUID law "does not require [driver] intoxication, impairment, or knowledge of that one might be intoxicated; it simply requires that the person have 'any amount' of a schedule I substance in his or her body when operating a motor vehicle," the Court opined. "It is irrelevant that an 'ordinary' marijuana smoker does not know that [cannabis metabolites] could last in his or her body for weeks. ... That the statute might apply to some persons who are not actually 'under the influence' of marijuana does not render the statute unconstitutional."
The Court further found that cannabis metabolites may be defined under the law as a Schedule I controlled substance with a "high potential for abuse," even though they have "no pharmacological effect on the body."
Michigan is one of 13 states that have enacted either per se or 'zero tolerance' per se DUID laws making it a criminal offense to operate a motor vehicle with trace levels of illicit drugs and/or drug metabolites in a driver's blood, saliva or urine.
Writing for the dissent, Judge Michael Cavanaugh opined: "Today's holding now makes criminals out of numerous Michigan citizens who, before today, were considered law-abiding, productive members of our community. Now, if a person has ever actively or passively ingested marijuana and drives ... he is [unknowingly] breaking the law, because if any amount of [cannabis metabolites] can be detected - no matter when [the marijuana] was previously ingested - he is committing a crime. The majority's interpretation, which has no rational relationship to the Legislature's genuine concerns about operating a motor vehicle while impaired, violates the United States Constitution and the Michigan Constitution."
The consolidated cases are Michigan v Derror and Michigan v Kurts.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5782323 - 06/22/06 10:58 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Now thats fucked up.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: GabbaDj]
#5782349 - 06/22/06 11:06 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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GabbaDj said: Now thats fucked up.
I second that.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5782636 - 06/23/06 12:36 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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At what point does a judge stop caring about justice... and after that point how do we get their sorry ass fired?
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5782665 - 06/23/06 12:46 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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doesnt look like ill be going to michigan anytime soon...
what i dont understand is that cannabis metabolites are not even included in the law...so did the court just change the law to include them from the bench??... EDIT ..more fun w/ drugged driving laws...such laws typically also include cases where the defendant is legally allowed to use the controlled substance.. ie a prescription painkiller...this means that you can still be convicted of a DUID offense without actually violating any laws...
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Annapurna1]
#5782850 - 06/23/06 02:35 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Does this sort of thing again set off alarm bells in anyone's mind here?
I mean, the system is getting pretty rotten when you can be convicted for Driving Under Influence of Drugs when the court doesn't even care if your actually under the influence of drugs.
And I imagine it's a shitter of a thing. Suspended licence, huge fine, criminal record, etc.
At what point will people start noticing the war on drugs has gone way, way too far? It's fascist in it's character.
So, if this happens to you, and you get DUID (cuz you smoked a joint last week), does that mean you are not allowed to get any student loans either (higher education act)? It it's you third offence in a three strikes state, are you going away for life?
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5782921 - 06/23/06 03:24 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I hope I'm not the only one who isn't surprised?
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5783183 - 06/23/06 08:16 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I can't believe they can get away with that. It boggles the mind. Really it does.
So by that rationale one can get charged for drink driving for that beer they had 36 hours ago? No? Ok.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5783402 - 06/23/06 10:31 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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What if teh driver has mariwanna flash bax! I know a guy that tish happenned 2!
Idiotic legislation.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5783484 - 06/23/06 11:06 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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So, if this happens to you, and you get DUID (cuz you smoked a joint last week), does that mean you are not allowed to get any student loans either (higher education act)? It it's you third offence in a three strikes state, are you going away for life?
you dont even have to have smoked the joint or otherwise used an illegal (or legal) drug...the only requirement is that you fail a drug test pursuant to a traffic citation..and drug tests have been known to produce false positives...
in practice..however..a drug test also requires a probable cause to administer..such as failing or refusing a field sobriety test...the text of the michigan case is available at ..
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/mich...or3jan06-op.pdf
in this case..there was more than enough probable cause for a drug test..and in all probability the defendants were properly under the influence...
what is disturbing about this case..however..is that the court has apparently legislated from the bench and changed the law to include metabolites that were excluded under the original DUID law...
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Annapurna1]
#5786068 - 06/24/06 08:02 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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the crazy shit is that as someone already said, metabolites are not drugs, or anything of the sort. they are just tiny clues that tell someone that you had thc in you at one point, but its no longer there.
having metabolite will not affect you in anyway, and there are so many false positives, its crazy to think how they would try to enforce something like that....
thats fuckin crazy
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: kotik]
#5788317 - 06/25/06 12:41 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hrm, that's so messed up it makes me glad I don't live in the States. Or drive, for that matter.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5788756 - 06/25/06 07:15 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thats pretty fucked up. It is a perversion of a law intended to (sensibly) make it an offense to be in control of a vehicle while your judgment and co-ordination are impaired.
If its just traces of metabolites associated with Schedule I substances, they are on patchy ground. Apart of legal medication there are a number of other innocuous things thats could put traces of metabolites in your system.
I would think twice about eating a poppy seed bagel in Michigan. 
However I could understand if the levels required were used to show intoxication at the time of arrest, as it is not always possible to obtain a sample in time to detect the active compounds. If the burden was to show that you had been intoxicated say within 6 hrs I could accept that.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: psilomonkey]
#5789079 - 06/25/06 10:34 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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It is a perversion of a law intended
This is what lawyers have forced on us. The judge is probably sick of kids with lawyers getting them off with just a slap on the wrist even though everyone around knows they are guilty.
Judge took things way too far but Im sure he did it because someone needed to be punnished.
The law is such a funny thing. A person who gets caught in the act, admidts to a crims can still go free.
I think we should call it OJ Justice.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5789084 - 06/25/06 10:39 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Let's see what the U.S. supreme court has to say. This is only going to fuck the system up in Michigan.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5789241 - 06/25/06 11:56 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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the SCOTUS ruled in indianapolis v edmonds (2000) that police cannot arbitrarily stop a vehicle to look for drugs ("ordinary criminal wrongdoing")...however..in michigan state police v sitz (1990) the SCOTUS upheld such stops to check for alcohol intoxication...as such..the standard used will be if police have a probable cause for intoxication at a sobriety checkpoint or ticket stop...they cannot..however..stop your vehicle purely for the purpose of administering a drug test...so the best defense is simply to drive carefully...
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Annapurna1]
#5789279 - 06/25/06 12:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, but if some other asshole hits you, you can go to jail and face heavy financial losses due to no fault of your own.
The best defense is to stay the fuck out of those retarded states that have DUID laws. Especially zero tolerance DUID laws..
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4516
Avoid the states that have a little car in them..
Read here about DUID laws..
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6492
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: psilomonkey]
#5789392 - 06/25/06 01:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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> If the burden was to show that you had been intoxicated say within 6 hrs I could accept that.
Why make it difficult... the cop gives you a road side skill test and if you fail it, you get a driving while impaired charge. Doesn't matter if you fail because you got hurt in a football game or if you fail because you are driving on a valid prescription or if you fail because you smoked a bowl an hour ago... if you fail, you fail. If the impaired person disagrees, use a camera to record the test and let a jury decide. No magic numbers, no breath tests, no blood tests... a simple skill test, pass or fail on the spot.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
#5789424 - 06/25/06 01:28 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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use a camera to record the test and let a jury decide.
And where do you suggest poor people get such a camera? This is always what I find amusing about people who feel protected by the law. They always know they have money to hire a decent lawyer and can use the latest technology to their benefit in a court case. Yet in reality very few have that luxury, most of us would have to rely on a public defender which are next to worthless. Nor could the majority of people affected by such asinine laws ever afford a camera to record the test, let alone have a snowballs chance in hell at winning a trial by jury against a govt prosecutor.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5789431 - 06/25/06 01:34 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Maybe the cops should be required to record these tests and provide them at trial?
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5789588 - 06/25/06 02:59 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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this is why driving sucks. everyone gets arrested in cars.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5789593 - 06/25/06 03:02 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, but if some other asshole hits you, you can go to jail and face heavy financial losses due to no fault of your own.
thats not necessarily a probable cause for a drug test...but the potential for abuse still exists..especially in cases where there is a financial incentive to do so (below)...to date..however NORML reports no widespread pattern of abuse...
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Avoid the states that have a little car in them..
funny that some states should have the little car right next to the little marijuana leaf...can you say "kickbacks"??...
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5789766 - 06/25/06 04:13 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think that's what Seuss was implying.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5790042 - 06/25/06 05:49 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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> And where do you suggest poor people get such a camera?
With burden of proof being upon the state, the cop would be required to provide the camera and evidence to the jury showing that somebody was indeed impaired.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#5791007 - 06/25/06 11:32 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5791302 - 06/26/06 01:17 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Zero tolerance" (n)- a system wherein policymakers have established a legal excuse to avoid the effort of fair arbitration over criminal matters. The standard of judgement is that if an official might have to put forth the effort to think, then the suspect is guilty. This system is popular among policymakers, as it frees them from responsibility for the injustice they subsequently wreak, in addition to absolving them of the requirement to work.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
#5791376 - 06/26/06 01:43 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Seuss said: > And where do you suggest poor people get such a camera?
With burden of proof being upon the state, the cop would be required to provide the camera and evidence to the jury showing that somebody was indeed impaired.
I disagree. I don't think the burden of proof is on the state at all. The burden is on you to prove that the case against you is bullshit. And all the while they will dangle a nice deal in front of you if you cop a guilty plea. Plead innocent and they will kindly remind you of the maximum penalty compared to the deal they are offering.
And how much does it cost to fight a case in court effectively? Even something as trivial as a DUI? 2000? 5000? How many people can afford that? So basically entrust your fate to the maximum penalty if your public defender fails (who has zero incentive to care about the outcome of your case) or plead guilty and take the deal they are offering. Especially for someone who is broke or has a prior record, the choice is obvious.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5791633 - 06/26/06 04:27 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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> I don't think the burden of proof is on the state at all.
Fortunately, the US constitution disagrees with you.
> The burden is on you to prove that the case against you is bullshit.
Please take a liberty and law class before engaging in this sort of debate. Assuming we are speaking of the US law system, you are very ignorant (in the true sense of the word, not meant as a flame).
The burden of proof is always on the accuser in the US court system. If the accuser doesn't show up to court, and you are the defendant, then you walk free. If a cop claims that you were driving while impaired, then it is up to him to prove that you were impaired.
I'm not interested in any perceived corruption in the system. Compared to any of the other countries I have lived in, the US justice system is the least corrupt of them all. That isn't to say there aren't problems, but this thread is not about corrupt courts but rather stupid politicians passing stupid laws.
My original idea still holds: Rather than making up magical "over the limit" numbers and stupid "zero tolerance" rules we need a simple "driving while impaired" roadside skills test. Anything from an injury to a drug can cause impairment. If one cannot pass the roadside test, the jury gets to watch the cops dashboard camera and decide if the person should be convicted of a crime or not. Simple, easy, and fair.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
#5792427 - 06/26/06 12:46 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well I'm glad you think the american public defenders do such good work that they can be depended on to get you an innocent verdict. But something tells me you have never had to use one, nor will. Poor people and people with prior records are fucked in the courts every single day.
You can sit back and have a perceived idea that our govt gives a fuck about the constitution and I can sit back and watch the numbers in our jails continue to rise. This is a prison planet and the courts are handing out the sentences. Pretty soon they will be coming door to door testing for drugs and locking anyone up who fails the test. Or how about a drug test to get a drivers license? To apply for a loan?
I still stand by my original statement, that the burden of proof is on the accused. Sure the prosecuter has to show up, but they do that every day, it's their job. They'll be there and if you want an innocent verdict (barring extremely rare circumstances) you have to dish out lots of cash for a decent defense. And without a decent defense, you are surely to be found guilty. But that assumption falls on the premise that public defenders are worthless, which if you believe they can provide adequate defense, then I guess from that point of view, the burden is on the state.
A public defenders job, is to offer you the prosecutions deal, anything more than that and you are in for an unfortunate surprise.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5792457 - 06/26/06 12:56 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're both right.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: RosettaStoned]
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> Well I'm glad you think the american public defenders do such good work that they can be depended on to get you an innocent verdict.
Please quote any line of mine in this thread that has the words "public defender" in it, other than this one. I am always amazed how people can read my mind. 
> I still stand by my original statement, that the burden of proof is on the accused.
Then you still lack a fundemental understanding of how the US court system works. I have a friend that walked from a DUI, in Arapahoe County Colorado, because the cop that arrested him didn't show up for court. His public defender asked the judge to drop the case because the accuser was not present, and the judge did. (Other police that showed up on the scene as backup were in court, but the original arresting officer was not. *laugh* Wanna talk about some pissed off cops; it was beautiful! I thought the one older guy, a supervisor, was gonna have a heart attack the way his face turned red.)
I have personally been through the court system, on the wrong end of the stick so to speak, twice. Both times with public defenders. Once for a minor charge and once for three major felonies (not drug or violence related). I got off with a fine/no record on the minor charge and with a three year suspended sentence on the major felonies. After three years, the charges went away as if they had never been. Since then, I have worked for the federal government and passed a very invasive security check, I have puchased firearms after passing the background check, I have a CCW permit (again required a background check), etc. In other words, my record is clean. You may think the system is corrupt beyond reason, but having been through it myself, I know that it is not always so.
Don't get me wrong, there are certainly problems with the system. I have always felt that lawyers should be restricted to civil suits and that ONLY public defenders should be allowed for criminal cases with both the defense and prosecution being given identical budgets for the case. Of course, since you can read my mind, you knew this already... I also don't think that any confession, or guilty plea, should be allowed in court. Even if the person admits guilt, I think the state should be required to prove it, before a jury of peers, as well. And in case you are curious, I am against the death sentence.
Finally, if we didn't have so many non-violent drug related charges in the system, then maybe, just maybe the over worked public defenders would be able to do a better job. Blame the politicians, not the courts... of cousre, most politicians come out of the court system... don't get me started kvetching about lawyers.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
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I have always felt that lawyers should be restricted to civil suits and that ONLY public defenders should be allowed for criminal cases
A recepie for certain disaster. The Public Pretender is paid by the MAN, works for the MAN, and answers to the MAN...
Not to you.
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Microcosmatrix]
#5792831 - 06/26/06 03:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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A defense attorney does not answer to the government, regardless of whether they are a public defender or not. I have had a n enormous exposure to public defender and the court system, and I can assure you that these men and women have nothing but the best interest of their clients in mind.
Not everyone involved in gov't is a corrupt, lying scumbag; just most of them.
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zappaisgod
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Redstorm]
#5792857 - 06/26/06 03:22 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Once for a minor charge and once for three major felonies (not drug or violence related)."
What, did you try to rob a bank with a banana? That you stole with a getaway car? That a baby was in?
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Seuss
Error: divide byzero


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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: zappaisgod]
#5792959 - 06/26/06 03:58 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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> What, did you try to rob a bank with a banana?
Nah. I had a very experimental mind as a youth. Certain law enforcement agencies, such as the ATF, didn't appreciate the loud percussive noises that I was creating. Turns out they have a lot of regulations regarding the creation of, transportation of, use of, and storage of... some things regardless of the science one has in mind. They happily ignored the "I'm a minor" bit and tossed the proverbial book at me. Three years later, I was squeaky clean. It wasn't all bad. Many years later, I landed a job in a real lab testing the properties of new, experimental explosives; hired largely because of my previous experience. In todays world, I would have been tagged a terrorist and carted off to some hidden prison. *shiver* How times have changed.
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zappaisgod
horrid asshole

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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
#5793061 - 06/26/06 04:29 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm glad to hear you escaped the pervasive lack of humor so endemic these days. I, myself, could have had some interesting law enforcement issues in a similar vein, had I been caught, as a sprout.
As a side note, I consider you to be the only reliable source for an understanding of anything scientific who posts in PA&L. If you say it I believe it. Everybody else seems to have Social Scientist Disorder. Now there's an oxymoron, Social Scientist.
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Microcosmatrix
Spiral staircasetechnician


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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Annapurna1]
#5793102 - 06/26/06 04:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
funny that some states should have the little car right next to the little marijuana leaf...can you say "kickbacks"??...
Yeah decrim + DUID = greed
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Seuss
Error: divide byzero


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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: zappaisgod]
#5793197 - 06/26/06 05:08 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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> If you say it I believe it.
Be careful there. I have made mistakes, though I try not to for the most part. Sometimes, with the conspiracy crowd, I will leave one or two in on purpose to see if anybody picks up on it or not. Seldom am I called... and when I am, it is usually by W_S. Never on anything important, at least intentionally.
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zappaisgod
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: Seuss]
#5793442 - 06/26/06 06:27 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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There is a surprising paucity of science knowledge here. I trust you not to lie and to apply a level of rigor above that of the social "scientists" who over step their.....what? nonsense? fantasies?
Little tests for W_S? Now that's funny.
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hunnybunny420
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. [Re: carbonhoots]
#14317239 - 04/19/11 12:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I dont like to drive anywhere unless I have at least one blunt to smoke
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Phred
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Re: Drive weeks after smoking weed? Get convicted of drugged driving. (moved) [Re: carbonhoots]
#14317259 - 04/19/11 12:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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