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ofnumbersJun 23, 2010
People are starting to actually harass police over destroying valuable products instead of letting the Cops get away with treating it like they're melting down pistols and assault rifles. Good.
cyclonusripJun 24, 2010
Pistols and assault rifles are pretty valuable too imo. I think maybe there's a different distinction to be made there.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Pistols and assault rifles are what can be used to prevent the cops from destroying valuable products, thus making them valuable products themselves.
pabstyloudmouthJun 24, 2010
Pistols and assault rifles do not kill people, people do. Change the world you live in before you go trying to change the world. Pot is one thing, taking my ability to defend myself from a tyrannical government is quite another.
jarshtJun 24, 2010
Assault Rifles and Pistols C-C-C-COMBOBREAKER
kantenJun 24, 2010
http://www.firstmonkeyinspace.com/img/filmdesigns/guns/guns_lrg.jpg
ineedanewsn1992Jun 24, 2010
The right to bear arms is a little shaky at best. It needs revision, but again, that just leaves too much room for the material minded politicians to take advantage of such a situation.
Two words for those who will digg me down: road rage.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
gbates31Jun 24, 2010
Do you always put yourself in fantasy scenarios where you're helpless in the face of men who are bigger and more threatening than you only to have the strong, warm, and loving arms of the state swoop down and rescue you to safety?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
frostekJun 24, 2010
No more than you fantasise about being a hero by gunning down men who are threatening you in various vague scenarios.
hazardcJun 24, 2010
You guys talking down the 2nd amendment are no better than the assh**es who think the war on drugs is a righteous one. You're no better than those who support warrant-less wiretaps, free speech zones, etc etc.
Guns are perfectly fine for protection. Statistics don't lie. The only fantasy is that gun bans keep guns out of the hands of "bad guys".
Calling one of the main tenets of the constitution "shaky", what a joke.
hazardcJun 24, 2010
I live in Ohio, conceal carry. Many of my friends carry daily in their car. You're ignorant if you live in a CCW state and don't realize you're surrounded by firearms all day
How many times do you hear about a CCW holder getting road rage and shooting up someone else? I've never heard of a case.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Title corrected
"Plan To Burn 5,525 Pounds Of Marijuana Ignites Activists (99% digg users) "
lol potheads
Closed AccountJun 23, 2010
Seriously, why wouldn't they send it to a place where medical marijuana is legal?
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Because that would make too much sense.
chaon93Jun 24, 2010
Because it is contraband, even in states that allow medical marijuana if it is produced illegally it would probably be destroyed too. If some factory was illegally producing morphine or something else it would be destroyed the same way.
Right now its treated as a medicine, not as a legal recreational drug.
caramba421Jun 24, 2010
Even if they wanted to, that would be risky business because transporting it across state lines would automatically make it a federal offense. The solution is to elect a president that will grow a pair and reschedule it, or delist it altogether.
jordanmcJun 24, 2010
Dugg for the implication that Obama lacks a pair.
tnoyJun 24, 2010
Or nominate people to the Supreme Court that are not going to abuse the commerce clause.
zardayJun 24, 2010
Yes, because there are so many politicians to choose from who actively support legalization of marijuana.
Only 2 I know of are Ron Paul and Gary Johnson. Gary Johnson might have a chance in 2012.
caramba421Jun 24, 2010
@zarday
And Kucinich.
jgmcgowanJun 24, 2010
Not to mention the liability if there were contaminants in the marijuana or if a 3rd party were to concur damages upon themselves or others while using the state seized marijuana.
sarcasteakJun 24, 2010
You guys act like there is a shortage.
wicketrJun 28, 2010
Do you also eat candy from strangers? Then why would you take drugs from someone you don't know. It could be laced with some heavier s**t.
doodlethisJun 23, 2010
What A waste !!!!
gbates31Jun 24, 2010
That's what it is man: the cops are only burning that schwag and keeping the mids and dro for themselves. But still, just think of all the less fortunate people in developing nations that are going to go sober tonight...
zardayJun 24, 2010
I'll help them burn it.
Closed AccountJul 1, 2010
Not if you know which way the wind is blowing...
Closed AccountJun 23, 2010
whut ? burning stakes of whales ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUScdrsMzpM
twillzJun 23, 2010
I have a small bowl they can burn it in!
scuba7183Jun 24, 2010
Hell, I have no problem with them burning it, as long as they invite everyone!
phosphiteJun 24, 2010
They should be vaporizing it!
manbatcowJun 25, 2010
yes, it would be less harmful to the environment
dhvyseJul 10, 2010
God I love vaporizers. Once you go vape, you never go back.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
You go ahead and smoke 5500 pounds of weed. Tell me how you feel after.
militiaman21Jun 24, 2010
I'll send a postcard from the clouds :)
kimballjJun 24, 2010
He'll be high for days, but it probably won't kill him. That's one of the wonderful aspects of weed, no LD-50.
sagegoku666Jun 24, 2010
the LD-50 is out there somewhere... lets try to find it!
trifoldJun 24, 2010
5500 pounds of weed won't kill you. The 900 bags of Doritos you'll likely eat? Inconclusive.
sagegoku666Jun 24, 2010
The weed they seized is hella seedy, look at it in the second pic on the article.. I'd take one good bowl over a 5500 pound schwag muffin
zonguyJun 24, 2010
Mmm. Schwag muffin.
nspriggsJun 24, 2010
FTA: "The marijuana, with a street value estimated by police at $20 million."
Let's do some quick maths...
20,000,000/5525 = $3620/lb
Over 3500 a pound for regs? lol
jwk4heelsJun 24, 2010
Yeah that's some seedy, nasty schwag right there. Their math puts it at just under $60 for a quarter ounce, which is waaaaaaaay too pricey for weed that looks like that. Maybe more like $20-30 for a quarter, not that I would ever buy that s**t anyways.
savageindustrieJun 24, 2010
Why would you want to put that nasty s**t in your bowl?!
tirauJun 23, 2010
Yet another example of how government is actively ignoring common sense and the wishes and well-being of its own constituents. The American Revolution was started due to interference in individuals' lives much smaller than what we're experiencing today with the War on Drugs, and at this very moment we're heading towards both aspects of another revolution pretty quickly (Legislative: medical and legalization initiatives, Violent: the disintegration of Mexico and the transformation of our border into a dangerous no-man's-land)
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Right. Let's just get rid of "government", including the police who helped enforce these drug laws and the police who helped enforce Arizona's recent immigration laws.
Because when the government does what you want it do regardless of how it's done, it's the government following the Constitution.
But when the government doesn't do exactly what you want it to, it's automatically a big, threatening government and must be destroyed according to the Constitution.
Hooray for all the convenient Christians, convenient Conservatives, convenient capitalists, dogmatic Democrats and logic-defying liberals.
jplolzJun 24, 2010
I like that you don't exclude anyone, because we're all doing it wrong since we still have this government.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
The government still exists because people on both sides continue to bitch about the end of the world if things don't go their way, and the 'solution' ends up somewhere in the middle instead.
Political compromise is when nobody likes the terms of the deal and everybody blames the other person for it.
speedsteamboatJun 24, 2010
I'm pretty sure that the American Revolution wasn't "started due to interference in individuals' lives." It was started because an illegitimate government overseas refused to give the colonies fair representation in parliament and wouldn't recognize the colonial representative government as legitimate.
Do you always just say that history is one thing or the other based on the argument you'd like to make?
sagegoku666Jun 24, 2010
Or so we're taught in elementary school...
yawehsdeadJun 24, 2010
@Sage: Read it: http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/explorers_history/USA_declaration_of_independence.jpg
snoogsJun 24, 2010
No one would smoke that s**t from a dispensary... you actually get good weed from there, and this is some of the s**ttiest weed you can find.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
They're more than welcome to do it in a small tent I have set up in my back yard.
one1plus1oneJun 24, 2010
That's got me smokin' mad I tell ya.
pantone109Jun 24, 2010
i can think of worse things to do to 5525 pounds of weed.
ygeoff421Jun 24, 2010
Like soaking it in gas and selling it to kids? Just saying, I guess that would be worse.
uvscwolverineJun 24, 2010
I didn't RTFA but I can think of one good reason not to make this available for people to get legally. Quality. Who knows where this came from...if it's mixed with anything, etc.
1fastdakJun 24, 2010
With that much money on on the line have the lab test it.
nspriggsJun 24, 2010
Mixed with anything? Like what? I hate when people say that weed gets laced. It may happen, by accident or on a rare occasion, but It doesn't make sense, economically, for drug dealers to mix weed with any other drug. They'd be giving the adulterant away for free, which seems like the exact OPPOSITE method you want to follow to become a successful drug dealer.
azraeldenverJun 24, 2010
10,000 grams is a lot to save just as evidence. Why can't they just admit that they're saving some for themselves?
wrilloJun 24, 2010
I don't know and don't feel like looking it up, but maybe 10,000 grams is the minimum amount they need to hang on to for a felony conviction or somethin like that? dunno?
stikytJun 30, 2010
what if they lost one gram of it?
hotcarlsanchezJun 24, 2010
They are just burning the leaves and saving the good stuff for "Evidence"
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
10,000 grams does sound like a a lot. But when compared to 5,525 lbs, its actually only 0.4% of the original bust.
sd70macmanJun 24, 2010
That's still a s**t load of pot.
imyourrealdadJun 24, 2010
Because if by some miracle the court doesn't accept the burned marijuana as evidence having 10,000 grams still gives them enough evidence to put the guy away for far too long.
mictheoristJun 24, 2010
Toss the activists into the fire.
errdayimhustlinJun 24, 2010
They are some s**tty ass activists, actually, which will be lost on Digg.
rmoanJun 24, 2010
This is going to be one heck for a July 4th party of the Cook County police department.
think4yourselffJun 24, 2010
That's enough weed to get 5 million people REALLY high or end all war in the middle east as we know it.
think4yourselffJun 24, 2010
You guys don't get really high from smoking half an eigth?
vanderkeifJun 24, 2010
Who want's to smoke 1.75 grams of schwag?
ugotownedoJun 24, 2010
Hell I get ripped off of half a bowl. It truly is ridiculous. My friends do a full bowl and kinda get high, I do half and get baked. I guess I'm a "lightweight" when it comes to weed. Not that it's a problem, the way I see it, I'm just getting the most of my money :)
anothersoldierJun 24, 2010
dugg. I laughed.
snoogsJun 24, 2010
End the war... maybe from headaches- that is some of the s**ttiest weed I've ever seen, and their "street value" calculation is off by about $15 million.
inkabadgerJun 24, 2010
I've seen vids of the cops weighing stuff they seized. When they get a grow op they weight the whole plant, dirt and all and calculate the street value from that.
akairennJun 24, 2010
"a lot of medicine that could have helped so many Illinoisans"
I lol'd. Oh, well, whatever bulls**t needs to be spouted in order to regain the ability for adults to put into their bodies what they wish is fine by me.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
briarmossJun 24, 2010
You know what would be poetic? If you developed MS.
tomleykisJun 24, 2010
That is just like happened in WW2 Germany when Nazi burnt piles of books and literature.
And this has been the inappropriate Nazi analogy of the day, stay tuned for more inappropriate Nazi analogy in Arizona Pro-Illegals threads!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
travelsonicJun 24, 2010
You do know that NOT ALL invokations of Nazi Germany parallels / references are Godwin worthy, and that invoking it can be in of itself a fallacy of relevasnce when proper parallels ARE being drawn, right?
calber1111Jun 24, 2010
Stop being such a Godwin's law Nazi. Jeez.
ee001Jun 24, 2010
They should burn it. Chances are, it was grown by idiots contaminating it with heavy metals. The only difference between tobacco and marijuana is tobacco has a s**t load of cancer causing chemicals, let's keep the marijuana death rates at 0 and burn that crap.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
legalskepticJun 24, 2010
Can we have some of what you're smoking then?
theamazingkortJun 24, 2010
f**k.
dscanJun 24, 2010
The activists are going to forget what their cause is after they begin the burning.
dscanJun 24, 2010
inb4 the simpsons did it
wontstoptalkingJun 24, 2010
Too late...they already did.
palindrome12Jun 24, 2010
Frikkin potheads.
inactiveuserJun 24, 2010
The same potheads you work with? The same potheads that serve you coffee in the morning?
The same potheads that deliver your pizza and stock beer at the local? The 200 or so on the train in the morning?
Would you prefer they were all drinkers?
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Goddamn boozers and fag addicts.
jordantneffJun 24, 2010
FTA: Police said they are planning to incinerate all but 10,000 grams of the pot, saving that amount as evidence.
Oh suuuuure... "evidence" lol
metaliqJun 24, 2010
So, uh... where are they, uh, burning this devil grass?
jkmyoungJun 30, 2010
Dugg for Fahrenheit 451 reference which few people seemed to get.
sarchosisJun 24, 2010
I would love to stand down wind of that.
jantikJun 24, 2010
In other news:
Large numbers of people sign up for "Breathe Deep", a hastily organized bus tour to celebrate the event - by circling the burning marijuana pile until it is extinguished.
livefromheavenJun 24, 2010
I'd like to buy 3 tickets please
slashdotordiggJun 24, 2010
i am sure only few will be left to see the fire extinguish by itself.
jhdawgJun 24, 2010
Better throw in that barber hair Lou.
zeibenJun 30, 2010
Circling... for the first few minutes maybe...
errdayimhustlinJun 24, 2010
""What we have is a very narrow piece of legislation that avoids the problems of dispensaries like those in California.""
I'm so sick of this bulls**t from MPP. They are huge pussies for pretending like California isn't the only state that IS working. Patients can get the grass BECAUSE of dispensaries, not in-spite of them. These 'activists' should get new jobs.
janineeeJun 24, 2010
Seriously. The problem is imagined, there are tons of dispensaries, the thing is, they aren't causing problems. Didn't crime go down in the areas with dispensary "problems," not up like people claimed it would?
assassyn360Jun 24, 2010
Bulls**t! I demand to know where this burning will take place and what the winds will be that day!
lormendiJun 24, 2010
C'mon Chicago, lets legalize it before Miami Beach does!
ryanwbJun 24, 2010
Once the baby boomers start to die off and Generation X becomes the majority of the voters and the majority in the Government, laws and perceptions will change. The level of backwards thinking is this country is insulting.
tenderloveponyJun 24, 2010
because your parents are soo dumb right? everyone smoking weed will benefit the country more than what the previous generation accomplishd right? you work at subway.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
immuneJun 24, 2010
It's not about everyone smoking weed. It's about the government limiting people's freedoms and rights which is wrong.
The founding father's would be pissed if they saw today's America.
tsothaJun 24, 2010
It's hard to know what you mean by that. The baby boomers were the hippies. Remember hippies? Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll? As a generation they did a lot more drugs than "Generation X" could even imagine.
People get more socially conservative when they have kids and when they get older. All the generations have done it - yours will too.
troypdxJun 24, 2010
Yep, I've become seriously disappointed with the baby boomers. They loved to cut loose in their teens and 20's, but now that they're middle aged and in power they're creating a police state that rivals the worst of them.
kotiyaJun 24, 2010
I dunno... I know baby boomers who were hippies and baby boomers who weren't, and there is a stark difference even when they got old. The hippie ones still settled down and raised their families, but they instilled greater moralities and open-mindedness.
janineeeJun 24, 2010
Why does everyone think all babyboomers were hippies? It was a generation where hippies existed, not a generation made up just of hippies.
Anecdote: The people I know from that generation were mostly born near the beginning of it and are extremely conservative. EXTREMELY and not because they changed, because that's how they have always been. They are also extremely religious.
idoitonlineJun 24, 2010
I echo those sentiments! I also feel that the religious right are a big part of that problem. Even so, I'm excited and confident that younger generations will continue to progress. I'd even venture to say that it's inevitable.
As you might have guessed, I'm a huge proponent of the outright legalization of marijuana, and I have a hard time believing that anyone really believes in it's supposed medical benefits. I'm willing to play along, though; as this is all means to progressing to the next phases of legalization.
Take the time to appreciate this. The fact that we are able to pass these bills into law speaks beautifully that the will of the people ARE prevailing!
PS - did you notice that the words "this" and "s**t" use the same letters? Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
idoitonlineJun 29, 2010
It looks like both of you will be going home a winner today!
jcia2006Jun 24, 2010
qft
ptastyJun 24, 2010
you don't change peoples minds, you just wait for them to die.
clearmediumJun 24, 2010
I've though this so many times. So happy I am not alone in feeling this way.
calber1111Jun 24, 2010
If you replace the word "officials" with "college students" and "activists" with "conservatives" this becomes a story about how marijuana is ruining our country.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
sagegoku666Jun 24, 2010
oh no, if everyone smokes pot they might start thinking for themselves and questioning things. quick! banish this evil dangerous devilish scourge
hmyauhnoJun 24, 2010
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTT they are gonna replace half of it with cat nip then serve it back out to the streets
rudeturnipJun 24, 2010
5,525 pounds? Where are they going to keep the 4,000 pounds of cannabis in the meantime? They'll have to have a lot of security on hand to keep guard of 2,000 pounds of cannabis.
russ3Jun 24, 2010
I see what they did there...
atroaciousJun 24, 2010
Ya than these activists will make it hard to burn all 500 pounds of it
osabr22000Jun 24, 2010
Just burn an equal amount of the English...
zenmojoJun 24, 2010
In other news, the largest coordinated skydive in the history of Illinois to be organized as soon as the location is announced.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Face Palm == Government
wrilloJun 24, 2010
Syntax error: use of "=="
Desc:
Here you want to use the assignment operator "=" to assign the Government a Face Palm. Otherwise you're saying that the Government is equivalent "==" to a Face Palm.
andrewe323Jun 24, 2010
Does the math in this story bother anyone else?
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound so the police seized 88,400 pounds of marijuana. The quality of the weed looks pretty s**tty (schwag) which means it will sell for anywhere between $50 and $75 an ounce depending on location. (It's $50 in Texas and when I was in NYC last time it was somewhere between $60 and $70.)
So the total amount seized had a street value (at least by my calculations) of somewhere between $4.4 and $6.6 million which is WAY lower than the estimate the cops provided. I think these kinds of numbers games only perpetuate the myth of law enforcement success in the war on drugs. Dealers think this s**t is funny but it's just insulting to everyone else.
However, I admit I could be wrong about my numbers and am curious to see what anyone else has to say....
tfindlayJun 24, 2010
They are probably overstating the quality of the marijuana.
andrewe323Jun 24, 2010
Yeah, that's what I figured too... However...
If they calculated the quality based on hydroponic prices (which is, conservatively, like $300 an ounce) then the total figure is over $26 million and A LOT more if it's sold in eights and grams.
Either way, I'm not sure how they got their $20 million number. So I figured it was just bulls**t
tenderloveponyJun 24, 2010
wow you know prices of illegal drugs.. so cool. congrats bro.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
tenderlovepony, I scoped your comments. Don't be a hater man! Find some buddies to smoke a j with, chill out and discuss politics or something. You're probably a smart guy but don't let ignorance get in the way of something good.
tsothaJun 24, 2010
They always assume high quality - it makes the headlines better and there's an informal competition between police agencies to get the biggest numbers.
Besides, who's gonna call 'em on it? The stuff they find is never going to market, so they can say whatever they want.
skeeordyeJun 24, 2010
it happens every time cops seize drugs. They always estimate high, their logic being that if it was all sold by the gram or some bs like that; Also higher numbers mean more potential for extra funding and bonuses.
janineeeJun 24, 2010
And that's an estimate without price breaks for bigger amounts.
moshingmonsterJun 24, 2010
That's just wrong.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2010
Relax citizens. This is just the government maintaining it's control of marijuana trade. They're doing it for your benefit. Move along. Nothing more to see here.
trisbucklesJun 24, 2010
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
marcio8roconJun 24, 2010
So, uh... where are they, uh, burning this devil grass?
And I wonder how many of the officials burning this stuff are Guy Montags.
nerfdudeJun 24, 2010
$226 an ounce for that seedy s**t? not likely.
andrewe323Jun 24, 2010
Yeah, I figured their figure based on the quality of weed should have been closer to $4.4 or $6.6 million... which places the price per ounce between $50 and $75. Way more realistic
tsothaJun 24, 2010
Why are people assuming it's low quality stuff? I didn't see anything about quality in the article.
flashypooJun 24, 2010
Because we looked at the picture in the article and know what s**tty dirt weed looks like.
nerfdudeJun 24, 2010
to be fair, it could be mids, so do the math at more like 100-130/oz to be a little more generous, if you want. but you can clearly see a few seeds in the closeup, so you're NOT getting more than that, end of story, unless the police estimated for selling 5500 pounds of weed in nickel bags.
wontstoptalkingJun 24, 2010
A fair proposition:
Invite anyone who wants to go to the burning.
ringorulesallJun 24, 2010
I don't know, keeping 22lbs of marijuana for the sole purpose of "evidence" sounds reasonable to me....
lowe0Jun 24, 2010
As usual, The Onion writes it before reality gets around to it:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/huge-quantities-of-primo-s**t-incinerated-by-feds,656/
anothersoldierJun 24, 2010
the Onion was more a potato back in 1999 - dry and bland
namtarJun 24, 2010
its a sad day when onion news gets it right
dabigguy1Jun 24, 2010
YOUR DOING IT WRONG.
wormsgetsoldJun 24, 2010
You've done it wrong.
grumpymonkJul 3, 2010
You're awesome.
roguebladeJun 24, 2010
So judging by the title, the activists are on fire?
selfarchitectJun 24, 2010
I say test the stash to make sure its not laced with anything and is safe for medicinal consumption, if its safe let it be accessible to the people that really need it.
michaelaranaJun 24, 2010
looks like brown weed
ysidykhJun 24, 2010
I don't see the problem these activists have.
...Just stand in the wind... It's f**king 3 tons of weed.
meribianJun 24, 2010
2.75
pabstyloudmouthJun 24, 2010
Cops always burn pot, what are you people f**king stupid. I would gather form the 20-30 cities world wide I have lived in they pretend to burn it to make a point, and then roll up a big fatty after the reporters go away, same here. Cops laugh at you for you ability to get caught. They are no different form you but the are given the ability to judge others by law and use that to their own means everyday. Do not trust anyone that work in civil service anymore, they rape the payroll with vacation days and then come to work the next shift for overtime. Guns are not the problem, retarded people are.
wkrausmannJun 24, 2010
I'm not as concerned about the quality of the stuff as I am about what's in it. It's pot, sure. It's medicine, yep. But no one knows how clean it is. I wouldn't trust it.