i'm surprised by some of those #s although i've never rly thought about it. i do know we do like our drugs, despite outward appearances, like the war on drugs and people saying they don't.

i wonder how much of that resulted from the war on drugs eh. the you told me i can't so i am going to anyway thing.

well, that's the part that doesn't make sense right, why did they chose to make a big deal outta this guy smoking weed in his own apartment? and why did they ultimately not prosecute the suspected cocaine dealer if he was inititially so bad a dude they had to go busting down doors to get him? those 2 things don't jibe eh.

Back when I was a kid/teen/young adult (pre-Reagan era), nobody would hardly EVER go to jail over weed. You had to be growing a farm of it, or dealing pounds of it before anyone gave a shit. I've told the story many times of being an altar boy and father mike firing up a bowl in the church rectory basement. It wasn't even illegal then. Nobody gave a shit because it made you hungry and sleepy. It is a totally different thing now.

i agree that cops should and need to be able to use all 5 senses while serving their communities but it's pretty sucky to think all of our rights have been lessened now because some dude was smoking a bowl in his apartment at the wrong time and the cops guessed wrong.

FAIL!

even louisiana was going forward with legal weed in 70s, they even set up Marijuana Board and created the tax stamp for it, but quickly changed it to mandatory sentencing, craaaazy

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"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."
-- Louis Brandeis, in Olmstead v. United States (1928)

how is the weed in louisiana? can y'all grow the dank there?

at least arnold did something right & decriminalized it here.

Yep, the way the constitution reads is that they have to have "probable cause" to even ASK for a search warrant.

Our founding fathers never wanted cops busting into people's homes without a search warrant (or even searching our person)

Fifty no causes !!!!

Priceless !!!!:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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People they dont make that rules to protect us, they make them to fuck us

That never works. Cops pull cars over for shit like "you screeched your tires" with no way to prove they heard screeching tires. The reason they get away with it is because generally if it's word of cop vs. word of citizen, word of cop wins.

Exactly the problem.

Police state is the end game. Period. Never thought I would see the day when the powers to protect were the same to possibly injure, or worse, kill mine based on a construded human sense that has error without accountability. Law, has given the police the keys and they will abuse this power as history shows, without recourse they Will abuse it to best of their ability.
Arm yourselves, trust yourself and those close to you. This shit is gonna get weird real quick.

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Supreme Court Folks!!! This is going to be the new norm (law), not good, not good for all! They no longer will require ANY truth, just a hunch......

Not sure about American law but in Canadian law, the smell of burnt marijuana isn't enough by itself to allow a search, the reason being that burned marijuana is already burned and there is no proof that the person is in actual possession of the drug. Last time I checked at least.

But the Conservative majority coming into power means a lot of that might change :(.

I'm not advocating the legality of using pot, but I think this decision sucks for our fundamental rights.

Does this mean cops can now bust down someone's door claiming rape because their wife/girlfriend is a screamer in bed or claiming child abuse because someone's baby is crying?

I can't comprehend this thread 100%, guess it's time for bed. :upsidedow

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CROWN POINT, Ind. ? According to Newton County Sheriff, Don Hartman Sr., random house to house searches are now possible and could be helpful following the Barnes v. STATE of INDIANA Supreme Court ruling issued on May 12th, 2011. When asked three separate times due to the astounding callousness as it relates to trampling the inherent natural rights of Americans, he emphatically indicated that he would use random house to house checks, adding he felt people will welcome random searches if it means capturing a criminal.

Speaking under the condition of anonymity, a local city Police Chief with 30 years experience in law enforcement directly contradicted the Newton County Sheriff?s blatant disregard for privacy & liberty, stating that as an American first, such an action is unconscionable and that his allegiance is to the Indiana and federal Constitutions respectively. However, he also concurred that the ruling does now allow for police to randomly search homes should a department be under order by state or federal officials or under a department?s own accord.

http://smargus.com/indiana-sheriff-i...rches-we-will/

I have been saying this since 2003 no one will listen until they see it first hand. America is NOW weak ass cowards who will not fight for their rights.
However, we sit and say how cool it is to go into other countries and kill as many as we can, we hile our freedom is being stripped right out from under us.

dont forget that now even basic right to form armed militia is falsehood, any patriot act type of anti terrorism law can be used against ANY AMERICAN MILITIA :2 cents:

tinfoil hat here ....

Why not start taking blood samples at the airport for drug screening?

More TSA Jobs, go me!

Im fighting for the right to buy a big mac on food stamps.

where i live now, a previous renter said there was marijuana odor in the hallways, which isn't closed you can see the parking lot and lake on each side, because some neighbors were smoking joints. Someone called the cops and since the hallways are shared the cops went on spree entering apartments - naturally they had to go in and search her apartment as well while trying to figure who the pot smokers were.

No warrant, no anything. Just based on smell cops enter looking for drugs because your neighbors are potheads! Pretty screwed up

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