LAist: Nearly 100 Busted for Pot, Ecstasy, Coke at San Diego State

BartlettPears

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:12:33 -0800

I agree with carrie Coke is a waste and we have the 80s as a result and if you are stupid enough to sell coke to an undercover cop who you know only because he texted you a secret word, you deserve what's coming and its at least 10-15 years. . . Amount of people killed in the past 100 years from marijuana: 0 Let's just be thankful we live I'm California where possession is ONLY a fine ( up to an oz) whereas in some states its a year minimum. Thank you mandatory minimum sentences.

jrb

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:04:17 -0800

College student's using drugs?!?!?! Whoda thunkit?!?! "I wonder if any of those arrested had medical marijuana licenses?" There is no such license TFB. Prop 215 passed in 1996. In Prop 215 it specifically asked the legislature to enact rules and regulations regarding medical marijuana and med mj dispensaries. In the past 12 years all any California politician has done is run away from the issue because it's an issue where they will lose voters either way, so they've done NOTHING. On the one hand they don't want to contradict the popular vote, (215 passed by 56% statewide), on the other hand they don't want to offend the religious zelots, and right wing the law and order types.

Carrie Meathrell

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:09:24 -0800

how about we lighten up on the pot laws and put that money into emphasizing that COKE IS BAD FOR YOU.

TrustFundBaby

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:32:46 -0800

I wonder if any of those arrested had medical marijuana licenses? That would make their possession of medical marijuana legal under California law. Apparently, if one is tried by the federal courts for marijuana possession the jury is not allowed to know that the prosecuted was within the bounds of their state law. This article also shows that our best and brightest use drugs revealing the curtain of hypocrisy most educated Americans (not including you educated neoliberal religious scum from that plague of ignorance called the Midwest) live with and recognize as truth. America's drug enforcement polices are based on Christian values, if our laws could only be made rational we might actually accomplish the higher aims of these laws; i.e. creating a more safe society. Instead, prohibition, just as the mobsters of 1920-32 gained a huge capital recourse with alcohol’s illegalization, creates wealthy crime societies who deal drugs but also expand their well-funded enterprises into other turf such as prostitution. Just as with alcohol and tobacco, regulation of these substances combined with taxation would actually make society more safe. These artificial laws have no place in American tradition, and they create more crime and ruin more lives than they save. Christian moral values encourage the law to interfere with personal choice, but negative-liberty, i.e. freedom from oppression, is one of the founding traditions of our republic! Our law system needs to be divorced from Christian moral values and realigned with its enlightened rationalist traditions in negative liberty. A rationalist moral code would be something like this, that which is good for the community and the individual is good, that which good for the individual and bad the community is evil, and that which is bad for the individual but harmless the rest of society is the choice of the individual!

Alexcantsee

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:32:31 -0800

Yet, Black men are the number one demographic of men in jail because of narcotics. These kids are gonna get a slap on the wrist and be mandated community service. Fuck those trust fund babies.

Andy Sternberg

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:30:51 -0800

Not sure if it was the homeland security trainee or the crim justice major, but perhaps they should have waited until AFTER they got their cozy fed jobs, at least according to this quote. "A sad commentary is that when one of these individuals was arrested, they inquired as whether his arrest and incarceration would have an effect on him becoming a federal law enforcement officer." -- Ralph Partridge, DEA special agent

Kevin Bracken

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:07:22 -0800

Geez, give them a break, they're in college! Legalize everything.

b3rti3

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:20:15 -0800

wonder if it was the Homeland Security Master's student who had a big grin on his face during the mug shot...they displayed mug shot during the ABC newscast

starsonesp

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:19:16 -0800

Well, I guess Burning Man's going to be a bit light on pre-sales in San Diego this year...