Drug paraphernalia was decriminalized in the state, even if it contains drug residue, but the reform did not change an existing law that treats bong water as a controlled substance.
So yeah, if you are of strong view that possession of drugs including meth should be legal (and I know some people are) and you understand that 7 years or less is what is the likely punishment, I think informed resistance to that can be valid. Unfortunately the article title (and it being posted in a weird news community here) is trying to frame it as “pot water = 30 years” for anyone who just skims.
30 years? You down voters can bite me. If the product is pure and she was a drug dealer I still say so what.
Addiction is not a crime. Our community being such low level that we have literal crack heads and schizophrenia diagnosed people, members of our communities without a place to even sleep, let alone live in peace and find themselves and heal, this is the criminal act.
This should be higher up. Still not cool to send people to prison 30 years for this, but waaaaay more understandable.
Not that it’s still agreeable, but sentencing guidelines seem to suggest 7 years for a guilty on the charge.30 years is an absolute max. Given the variables of the details and lawyers involved, a diversion program with a suspended sentence seems possible to me as a semi-informed layperson.
So yeah, if you are of strong view that possession of drugs including meth should be legal (and I know some people are) and you understand that 7 years or less is what is the likely punishment, I think informed resistance to that can be valid. Unfortunately the article title (and it being posted in a weird news community here) is trying to frame it as “pot water = 30 years” for anyone who just skims.
Its not my view it just makes a lot more sense than “woman goes to prison for 30 years because bong water”
So what?
The headline is pulling a bait and switch.
30 years? You down voters can bite me. If the product is pure and she was a drug dealer I still say so what.
Addiction is not a crime. Our community being such low level that we have literal crack heads and schizophrenia diagnosed people, members of our communities without a place to even sleep, let alone live in peace and find themselves and heal, this is the criminal act.
Ahh the old sesh-b-q. Serving up snowcones on the daily.
So what?
So what?