Burnsville man gets 10-year sentence for pot operation

A Burnsville man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in an Arizona-to-Minnesota drug smuggling operation that transported hundreds of pounds of marijuana at a time.

[Free Money]

Legalize it and tax it.

[Open eyes]

Free Money wrote:

Legalize it and tax it.

I agree -

[Dude wheres my car]

And then smoke it. Honey, could you pick up some weed since you're going to the grocery store? Thanks, baby

[ZenBirdist]

Open eyes wrote:

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I agree -

Legalization, taxation, and education. Been saying it for years.

[mrs sam smith]

legalization is the only way; won't make the supposed "black market dealers" go away but the gov't could TAX THE HE** out of it and GET THIS STATE OUT OF DEBT...

[LEGALIZE IT]

mrs sam smith wrote:

legalization is the only way; won't make the supposed "black market dealers" go away but the gov't could TAX THE HE** out of it and GET THIS STATE OUT OF DEBT...

Once it's legalized the bottom will fall out of the price and the black market will dry up since there will be no money in it. The only "black" commerce would be people who are good gardeners selling to their friends so that they can avoid expensive, taxed liquor store weed. And that homegrown price will be low enough that the government racketeers will be as disinterested as organized crime will be in trying to take a cut. But there will still be those who can't or don't garden and will provide ample tax revenue to the state. LEGALIZATION IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE OPTION.

[Momma Shoua]

yea let's put drug dealers away longer than child abusers because according to the system drug dealers are far more dangerous than baby beaters...sheesh
c'mon

[Dick In Dixie]

Give him a slap on the wrist and send him on his way. Make it legal, let out all the people serving time for pot offenses like this, and lock up real criminals that need to be behind bars.

[Bill]

Hopefully, he'll get out sooner with good behavior, say 6 years at most.

[Tommy Chong]

Reefer Madness!

[Bill Hicks]

Legalize it!

[Bill Hicks]

Meanwhile.....in another article.

Man sentenced to 30 days for beating child.....

Priorities people, priorities.

[Get Real]

What do you suppose they did with all the weed?
Cops all got the munchies now?

[But Who]

will our tax dollars go towards putting and keeping in prison then? come on...don't you know that big prison is a racket just like big oil?

[ok by me]

Mr V wrote:

<quoted text> Why do the libs think taxation is the answer to everything? This plan of yours would eventually go the same way as gas prices. Everytime the gov't needs to fund a pet project or things light light rail, a dog park, more medical care for the increasing invasion of illegals, whatever. They will add another half cent here a penny there, a nickel for a new ball park. It all adds up until the product, in this case marijuana, just keeps becoming more and more expensive until it becomes more affordable through a black market. Just like gas, marijuana would just become another revenue source, a tax source, to dig deeper into the consumer products. Enough with the taxes already. The loss of a free market society is killing the middle class. If there is a market for any product or project, free enterprise will meet that demand. We don't need more government involvement, in the way of more taxes, to meet the needs of government greed. Damnn you tax and spend democrats. Vote conservative for smaller government.

I agree...ok, lets not tax it and let the free market handle it....as long as you agree to not put the people in jail who are satisfying the market demand for this non-harmful drug.

[Epicurean]

"Burnsville man gets 10-year sentence for pot operation"

Some kind of "wow" doctor can operate on pot? Amazing!

[Freedom Lover]

Mr V wrote:

<quoted text> Vote conservative for smaller government.

Yes, like W and his small government and balanced budget. Hmmm

[JTY]

Freedom Lover wrote:

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Yes, like W and his small government and balanced budget. Hmmm

He didn't say vote Republican, he said vote conservative. The Republicans have not been conservatives in a long time (if ever).

[LAPD]

Christina and 420dude, what do you think of that!!

[Buttomfly]

Bill Hicks wrote:

Meanwhile.....in another article.
Man sentenced to 30 days for beating child.....
Priorities people, priorities.

This is just one....the list goes on and on. Drug crimes, incidents that should be misdemeanors all rake in the jail/prison time. Meanwhile the real criminals like child abusers, rapists and drunk drivers get a pass. Sad reality is,,,,no one cares one way or the other. The justice system says it is doing what the public wants. I keep wondering just who those public are.