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- fuzed, on 02/03/2009, -4/+130Considering they can't prove anything illegal happened, I'm calling *****.
- J0hnnyBlaze, on 02/03/2009, -10/+67another example of greedy authority figures trying to capitalize on the hard work and fame of others.
- nanowerx, on 02/04/2009, -3/+59A picture might help in a murder conviction, but no ***** way it should be held accountable in anything related to charges against somebody for smoking weed. Who's to say he wasn't smoking tobacco? What if it was just a fun picture and he doesn't even smoke?
How many pictures have we seen over the years of Willie Nelson and Snoop smoking joints and blunts? Its quite absurd to even consider legal action against this man. - alexsk8ca, on 02/03/2009, -3/+44If you could go after anyone with a picture of them using a bong or smoking a joint, you'd think those guys at high times would have ran into trouble a little while ago.
- Joest23, on 02/05/2009, -3/+36Remember kids: smoke weed and you too will go to the Olympics and win 8 gold medals in various swimming events.
- Nowheredan, on 02/05/2009, -2/+32Unless that photo can prove that there was marijuana in the bong and not tobacco, they have no case.
- DankNugzPlz, on 02/05/2009, -3/+33Such a waste of police resources and tax dollars.
- LOGNATR, on 02/05/2009, -2/+28How can Amy Winehouse and Paris Hilton get away with having thousands of pictures of them snorting and puffing away on illegal substances on-line everyday, yet Phelps could get busted for ONE picture? And it's pot, a drug no worse than alcohol.
This country is cracked. - inactive, on 02/05/2009, -5/+23I'm going to sleep more soundly tonight knowing that this slacker will soon be taken off the streets.
- inactive, on 02/03/2009, -3/+18Most of the recent headlines from the War on (Some) Drugs are all saying the same thing: we [law enforecement] are losing badly and are taking more desperate measures rather than accepting our defeat.
As I typed that, I wondered what would happen if every pothead mailed a joint to the Richland County Sheriff's Office. Wouldn't they have to investigate every instance of that heinous act? That would really tie up a lot of their resources now, wouldn't it? What would happen if potheads did the same thing to every law enforcement agency in the country? - BullBearMS, on 02/04/2009, -5/+20He didn't inhale.
- Frankyfan3, on 02/05/2009, -1/+15Seriously... and Pineapple Express would be a huge federal case!
- buchhomr, on 02/05/2009, -1/+15Exactly. This is absolutely stupid. What are they going to do?
COP: "Excuse me, son, you were wasted at that same party right? Did Michael Phelps inhale?"
KID: "Uh, probably"
COP: "Okay! That's all the evidence I needed! Michael Phelps, you are arrested because some kid said you smoked pot!" - Frankyfan3, on 02/05/2009, -1/+14Jury Nullification Opportunity!
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
- Abraham Lincoln
Mayor Laguardia (you know, the guy they named the airport after):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=293_1221673221& ... - kiiwii, on 02/05/2009, -1/+14I hope he lights up a joint on the diving board, inhales, starts the race, smashes a record, and after he touches the wall... exhales.
- Lactar, on 02/05/2009, -2/+15Marijuana Pipe? LOL
- rnawky, on 02/05/2009, -0/+13There was tobacco in that bong.
- JamesWjRose, on 02/05/2009, -0/+13and give up our precious? No way! ;)
- mfc5200, on 02/05/2009, -0/+12I hope he goes to the olympics in 2012 and owns...Just to spite all the anti-drug critics/liars.
- veriix, on 02/05/2009, -0/+12Make sure you eat 12,000 calories a day too.
- guiltyblade, on 02/05/2009, -3/+15LEAVE MICHAEL ALONE! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!! :(
- darkened, on 02/05/2009, -1/+12He will never be charged, drug use isn't illegal, drug possession is. The proof went up in a puff of smoke.
- Budkin, on 02/05/2009, -2/+12Give me a ***** break. The guy is an adult and a national hero who smoked a little weed. This is got damn absurd.
- doctechnical, on 02/05/2009, -1/+11The thing I find most hilarious about this (assuming Phelps didn't just start smoking weed yesterday or whatever) is how easily it puts to lie that pot makes you lazy and un-motivated. This son of a bitch smokes chronic AND wins Olympic Gold by the fistful. Up yours, Sheriff Reefer Madness.
- EffinRiot, on 02/05/2009, -2/+12Why don't they just spend their time catching criminals instead of this charging Phelps crap!
- VinnieDaMac, on 02/05/2009, -0/+9Hopefully they do charge him, that will get some exposure on this situation. He could become the Rosa Parks of marijuana laws.
- crgnetworks, on 02/05/2009, -0/+9Sounds like a good idea, as long as they put me in control of evidence...
- viytale, on 02/05/2009, -2/+11South Carolina authorities apparently need real things to do.
Or to get over the media hype attention they seem to want so badly. - glockman69, on 02/05/2009, -1/+10He never admitted to smoking it, although he did apologized for "regrettable behavior"
- amcnair, on 02/05/2009, -1/+10Possession? Illegal
Trade? Illegal
Use? Not illegal - inactive, on 02/05/2009, -0/+9They want to get Marijuana associated as close to crack as they can, hence the wording.
- Smokeydabear, on 02/05/2009, -0/+9How do you know? Did you put the weed into the bong? He could have been smoking dog turds, which isn't illegal.
- hawkspur, on 02/05/2009, -2/+10Smoking weed itself isn't illegal. This is just an example of some no-name Sheriff who wants his department's name in the papers for a few days.
- andersleet, on 02/04/2009, -0/+8lets do it!
- darkened, on 02/05/2009, -0/+8In my book this makes him even more of a hero.
- bradharrelson, on 02/05/2009, -2/+10Won't stick. Only for a media circus.
- Nowheredan, on 02/05/2009, -0/+8I predict a very lucrative deal with Cheetos
- dafragsta, on 02/05/2009, -0/+7yep... paid in political collateral. It's useful when appealing to your churchgoing kickers of ***** demographic when you run for sheriff.
- worseforwine, on 02/05/2009, -1/+8also: *****
- TalenGTP, on 02/05/2009, -3/+10As a Southerner myself and as much as I hate when people refer to us as such, I can't help but say, "***** Hillbillies"
- inactive, on 02/05/2009, -0/+7Ironically, probably the ones prosecuting are the type of people who also believe the stimulus package is "wasteful".
Seriously, let's make Jesusland a reality, give them their own country made up of Texas an all other red states, keep east and west coast, merge with Canada and call that United States of Blue America.
Then let's see how long it takes for Jesusland to ask for help because high-power corruption has grown completely out of control and they live in a fascist system... and now they envy the freedoms and super-developed technology, education, science and entertainment industries of Blue America. Someone should make a study on that. - Smokeydabear, on 02/05/2009, -0/+6Can I call it a smoking lamp?
- amcnair, on 02/05/2009, -0/+6@ CalcProgrammer1: "If possession and trade are illegal, how is use not illegal?"
It's an important distinction. If a policemen enters a private residence where 10 people are sitting around getting high, if one individual says the weed is his, the others cannot be prosecuted for possession. Remember that the burden of proof is on the state. That's why laws are written so that a prosecutor has an opportunity to prove a case beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Possession is easy to prove: "You have it there in your hand. I'm arresting you for possession."
Dealing is also easy: "You accepted money for marijuana. I'm arresting you for dealing."
But to prove use, you would have to actually witness the action of using the substance. (Unlikely in most cases.) Most jurisdictions just never bother to write a law against something you can never prosecute.
You could be arrested for public intoxication, maintaining a common nuisance, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, etc., but not for toking. - gttim, on 02/05/2009, -1/+7Is Phelps suddenly an expert on pot? How does he know what he was smoking? A good lawyer gets this tossed right away. Prove he was smoking pot, not just hitting off a bong.
- MadN, on 02/05/2009, -1/+7I wonder how many robberies, rapes and murders are going unsolved due to the sheriffs neurotic fixation?
If that sheriff has time to do this, I would assume all the real crimes in his area are solved?
Of course it is easy to go after someone honest, especially if you can't seem to solve any real crimes.
I say to the people of his district, Vote the lout out. - BoneStamp, on 02/05/2009, -0/+6ZigZag sponsorship!
- 3drage, on 02/05/2009, -2/+8It's a tobacco pipe and they can't prove that marijuana was being smoked at the time. What a screwed up country we live in, these people are total idiots.
- amcnair, on 02/05/2009, -0/+6I'm pretty sure that was a work of fiction, but I see where you're going there.
- inactive, on 02/05/2009, -0/+5Convince them of what? There is no possession charge. Case closed.
- tbizzle01, on 02/05/2009, -0/+5So the charges are going to come out with nine albums and tour the world?
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