Just like the title says, a cancer patient was jailed because he ordered chocolate marijuana to self medicate. Note to the state-this dude had/has level four cancer. Level four. That's extremely serious and sadly, the outcome is never good. If he wanted to self medicate with marijuana, cocaine, or anything else, leave him the Hell alone. The biggest coward in this entire situation was the prosecutor, who didn't have the backbone to toss this one out because of his sickness.
Before we go any further, yes, people with cancer are still accountable for their actions. If you have stage four lung cancer but still decide to rob a liquor store, you should be charged for your crimes. But ordering chocolate marijuana bars is not the moral equal of robbing a liquor store.
Amen. That's just ridiculous. Even in ol' Texas, we are now a catch and release state. Why jam up the system fir a plant that has priven to be beneficial for people such as this poor soul? Even if he only wanted to get high, who cares?
ReplyDeleteExactly. You can make the personal choice to smoke weed or not, and that's fine. But for the state to even think of prosecuting this poor guy is madness.
DeleteIt better be house arrest. If the whole thing doesn't kill him, he at least deserves to die at home. Not in a cold cell.
ReplyDeletefrom what I've heard, his sentencing was delayed. Not good enough. He should have never been prosecuted or arrested in the first place. Our drug laws are Draconian.
DeleteThank you "war on drugs"...
ReplyDeletePreach my brother. It is without question one of the biggest mistakes in public policy our nation has ever done. We need widespread and massive criminal justice reform.
DeleteAgreed.
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