Marijuana mercy: Pardon John Ray Wilson
The state Attorney General’s Office believes we have to get John Ray Wilson off the streets. He was caught growing marijuana behind his Franklin Township home — enough to make him, in the eyes of the law, a pot producer, a drug distributor. Heck, some of the plants were taller than an NBA point guard, cops say.
After a helicopter spotted the weed, police swarmed Wilson’s neighborhood and arrested him. He was charged with maintaining or operating a drug-production facility, a first-degree crime, along with other offenses, and could face up to 20 years in prison.
Whew! Another hard-core drug offender swept from New Jersey’s streets with help from the National Guard. We can all sleep soundly tonight.
Except that Wilson has multiple sclerosis and was growing the marijuana, he says, to treat his condition. He’s hardly the Gotti of Ganja, the Dillinger of Dope, the Cannabis Kid.
Wilson was caught growing 17 plants. That makes him subject to prosecution as if he were dealing, but attorney James Wronko insists "there’s no evidence of that whatsoever." Wilson, he says, is a novice and "had no idea" how many plants he needed to make enough pot for personal use.
Sens. Nicholas Scutari and Raymond Lesniak (both D-Union) have asked Gov. Jon Corzine to pardon Wilson, who declined an offer to plead guilty in return for a three- to nine-year sentence and is scheduled to go on trial Dec. 14. The senators want Corzine to throw out the first-degree charge, so Wilson can enter pretrial intervention on the lesser offenses. They have called the charges "inappropriate" and an "inhumane application" of the law.
Dude, they’re right, this is totally bogus.
With the Legislature probably close to passing a bill that permits medical marijuana use, pardoning Wilson from the serious charge makes sense. Otherwise, the state could spend tens of thousands of dollars to try this case and possibly throw this guy in prison, where it will cost us even more money.
What are we, high?
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/11/marijuana_mercy_pardo...
After a helicopter spotted the weed, police swarmed Wilson’s neighborhood and arrested him. He was charged with maintaining or operating a drug-production facility, a first-degree crime, along with other offenses, and could face up to 20 years in prison.
Whew! Another hard-core drug offender swept from New Jersey’s streets with help from the National Guard. We can all sleep soundly tonight.
Except that Wilson has multiple sclerosis and was growing the marijuana, he says, to treat his condition. He’s hardly the Gotti of Ganja, the Dillinger of Dope, the Cannabis Kid.
Wilson was caught growing 17 plants. That makes him subject to prosecution as if he were dealing, but attorney James Wronko insists "there’s no evidence of that whatsoever." Wilson, he says, is a novice and "had no idea" how many plants he needed to make enough pot for personal use.
Sens. Nicholas Scutari and Raymond Lesniak (both D-Union) have asked Gov. Jon Corzine to pardon Wilson, who declined an offer to plead guilty in return for a three- to nine-year sentence and is scheduled to go on trial Dec. 14. The senators want Corzine to throw out the first-degree charge, so Wilson can enter pretrial intervention on the lesser offenses. They have called the charges "inappropriate" and an "inhumane application" of the law.
Dude, they’re right, this is totally bogus.
With the Legislature probably close to passing a bill that permits medical marijuana use, pardoning Wilson from the serious charge makes sense. Otherwise, the state could spend tens of thousands of dollars to try this case and possibly throw this guy in prison, where it will cost us even more money.
What are we, high?
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/11/marijuana_mercy_pardo...
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Permalink Reply by TheLasersShadow on
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Anyone who believes in the drug war needs to take a fresh new H1N1 vaccine bottle and a fresh new seasonal flu vaccine bottle. Grab a big veterinarian size 100ml syringe and inject yourself. Bet ya won't live to see your next birthday while a junkie will live to be 80. I don't condone drug use but at the same time laws for drugs are not needed.
True freedom is not what most people even in this movement want, just ask them about drugs...
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Permalink Reply by Starbuck on
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...and meanwhile more and more serious felons get let out on the street, due to the overcrowding of our prisons with people whose only issue was smoking grass! I do not know about the rest of the world, but I rather have a joe- pot-head living next door then a Ted Bundy.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Green on
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In the coming bad times and they are coming, your health is going to be one of your best assets. With Obamacare health services will be cut. My advise is start living a healthful life-style, if you all ready don't. If you are on any meds, try to get off as many as possible. I am 68 years, take no meds, try to eat right, take vitamins-minerals, not over-weight and exercise. I don't smoke or drink. The one's in the best health will have a much better chance than others. No Pot or other drugs.
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Permalink Reply by whatawonderfulworldJethroClampet on
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some turd named fdr made pot illegal in 1936-was congress also democrat then?
the constitution of the usa was probably printed on hemp
usa is only nation that doesn't grow industrial hemp
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Permalink Reply by Anthony Kimbrough on
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I resorted to it while doing chemo last year. I had several people tell me to use it and caved in after a 70 year old cancer survivor talked about it. Shortly after buying some along with a vaporizer to use, the doctor prescribed Marinol (spelling ?). I was so sick and in so much pain I would have tried anything. The stuff works and I'd recommend it to anybody going through cancer treatments. My wife freaked out and said I would get busted to which I said three votes. 1st vote, deciding they would come bust me. 2nd vote, who is going to come. 3rd vote is who will come and get whoever they sent.
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Permalink Reply by bryan l on
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the grass will always grow. it just helps when you don't have swat teams burning it.
Joe Green said:In the coming bad times and they are coming, your health is going to be one of your best assets. With Obamacare health services will be cut. My advise is start living a healthful life-style, if you all ready don't. If you are on any meds, try to get off as many as possible. I am 68 years, take no meds, try to eat right, take vitamins-minerals, not over-weight and exercise. I don't smoke or drink. The one's in the best health will have a much better chance than others. No Pot or other drugs.
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