Pot plants found with dead body cargo in Dublin traffic stop

A traffic stop became a little bizarre Wednesday night when police found more than 100 marijuana plants and a dead man's body inside a van they pulled over.

[MBP]

Who's to say they weren't using the Pot Plants to diffuse the stank from the dead body??

[FoMoCo427]

MBP wrote:

Who's to say they weren't using the Pot Plants to diffuse the stank from the dead body??

LOL that's a good one!!!

[MBP-CALI]

A dead body ground/chopped up is a great source of organic fertilizer.

[President Obama]

I thought pot was legal in California???These weren't Federal officers were they??

[Brentwood person]

It seems hypocritical that drugs are illegal. People have always used them. All the money involved with stopping traffickers, couldn't it be used for more important things? Although, no one should give it to kids as many dumb parents would do.

[Random]

Just another typical day in Dublin!

[MBP]

Legalize it!

[charlie]

MBP wrote:

Legalize it!

eww! yup!

[Mike]

Kind of sad that all you dope heads are thinking about is the weed...what about the poor dead dude...no questions or concerns about that? WTF?! Wake up and try to re-grow some brain cells!

[Livermore Person]

Mike, 100 pot plants and a dead guy. Sounds like another drug dealer, drug user or somebody tied to the drugs. So, no one has mentioned the dead guy because nobody cares about another drug casualty in a van full of dope. Get a band-aid for your bleeding heart.

[Joe B]

Well if any of you read the story... The two people in the van were supposed to be transporting the dead person from a mortuary to another. They just tried to use that time and van to move their plants...

As far as legalizing pot... eh. Maybe if the government can tax it and help get us out of debt.

[blessed4]

Brentwood person wrote:

It seems hypocritical that drugs are illegal. People have always used them. All the money involved with stopping traffickers, couldn't it be used for more important things? Although, no one should give it to kids as many dumb parents would do.

In response to Brentwood person..of course I know this is off topic as to what this forum was set up for...but, in response. Drugs do bad things to people. The government is spending money now in hopes to avoid a bunch of no good zombie brains later. Do you know how many people are living off the government because of drug abuse and alcohol abuse or how many people die from it daily. Many people don't have jobs because they get high and can't manage to get their lazy buts up for work or get fired because they can't pass the drug test. They spend so much time under the influence that they can't cope with the real world. All of us hard working non-drug abusers are paying for them. I have a couple in my family myself and that makes me sick. You know brain cells are being killed by drug use. I've seen it at work in family memembers, friends and even my immediate family. I'm not saying that some people don't hold jobs that do these things. What I'm trying to say is it is affecting their brains, daily. They won't realize it but the family does it takes a hard hit and then society does, and then the world does.
It's not parents usually providing drugs to kids it's the a$$'s the sell the stuff on the street because they can't make a living any other way. Selling drugs pays more lets face it, but then thats just creating more zombies that can't face the real world so they have to abuse drugs to get through the day. Medical use, yeah if it's really needed and it is more than likely that they couldn't work anyhow or they are dying from a terminal desease and won't be needing their brain soon...it's a sad but hard reality.

[DCA]

blessed4 wrote:

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In response to Brentwood person..of course I know this is off topic as to what this forum was set up for...but, in response. Drugs do bad things to people. The government is spending money now in hopes to avoid a bunch of no good zombie brains later. Do you know how many people are living off the government because of drug abuse and alcohol abuse or how many people die from it daily. Many people don't have jobs because they get high and can't manage to get their lazy buts up for work or get fired because they can't pass the drug test. They spend so much time under the influence that they can't cope with the real world. All of us hard working non-drug abusers are paying for them. I have a couple in my family myself and that makes me sick. You know brain cells are being killed by drug use. I've seen it at work in family memembers, friends and even my immediate family. I'm not saying that some people don't hold jobs that do these things. What I'm trying to say is it is affecting their brains, daily. They won't realize it but the family does it takes a hard hit and then society does, and then the world does.
It's not parents usually providing drugs to kids it's the a$$'s the sell the stuff on the street because they can't make a living any other way. Selling drugs pays more lets face it, but then thats just creating more zombies that can't face the real world so they have to abuse drugs to get through the day. Medical use, yeah if it's really needed and it is more than likely that they couldn't work anyhow or they are dying from a terminal desease and won't be needing their brain soon...it's a sad but hard reality.

Alcohol and tabacco kill more brain cells then weed does. Nobody has ever died from smoking pot..yet people die all the time from tabacco and alcohol..yet I hear nobody trying to outlaw those.

[DCA]

blessed4 wrote:

<quoted text>
In response to Brentwood person..of course I know this is off topic as to what this forum was set up for...but, in response. Drugs do bad things to people. The government is spending money now in hopes to avoid a bunch of no good zombie brains later. Do you know how many people are living off the government because of drug abuse and alcohol abuse or how many people die from it daily. Many people don't have jobs because they get high and can't manage to get their lazy buts up for work or get fired because they can't pass the drug test. They spend so much time under the influence that they can't cope with the real world. All of us hard working non-drug abusers are paying for them. I have a couple in my family myself and that makes me sick. You know brain cells are being killed by drug use. I've seen it at work in family memembers, friends and even my immediate family. I'm not saying that some people don't hold jobs that do these things. What I'm trying to say is it is affecting their brains, daily. They won't realize it but the family does it takes a hard hit and then society does, and then the world does.
It's not parents usually providing drugs to kids it's the a$$'s the sell the stuff on the street because they can't make a living any other way. Selling drugs pays more lets face it, but then thats just creating more zombies that can't face the real world so they have to abuse drugs to get through the day. Medical use, yeah if it's really needed and it is more than likely that they couldn't work anyhow or they are dying from a terminal desease and won't be needing their brain soon...it's a sad but hard reality.

Actually alcohol and tabacco kill more brain cells then weed does. Nobody has ever died from smoking weed...yet people die all the time from alcohol and tabacco...yet nobody is complaining or trying to outlaw those.

[DCA]

Sorry ..double-posted

[81 Hater]

Actually DCA, if you did your homework instead of blindly posting your opinion as fact, you might have a different response.

First, a marijuana joint is equal to approximately 10 cigarettes as it is unfiltered smoke entering your lungs. So, although there is no study on the death rate of "marijuana" users, based on those facts, smoking only marijuana could kill you fast, especially if done in conjunction with cigarettes. Second, we have all heard of marijuana as a "gateway" drug. Of course, there is no specific study, but there are facts regarding a multitude of people who started with weed and move on to more serious drugs. So, how many deaths can you attribute to when considering the heroine, cocaine, meth, etc. deaths from people who started with weed. Third, how many deaths are attributed to people driving DUI while high on weed. Oh, lets not forget those drug dealers, cops, federal agents, etc. who have died as a result of the drug trade (marijuana specifically). Yep, no ones ever died from weed...dumb!

So you see, I understand where your atypical thoughts come from, but you probably smoke weed and think its great. Unfortunately, weed has also destroyed lives and will continue... just like alcohol and tobacco.

[blessed4]

DCA wrote:

Sorry ..double-posted

Actually, I wish that they would ban all of it. It's all discusting and habit forming. As a former junk food junkie, I wish they'd ban junk food as well....if they only could.

[blessed4]

81 Hater wrote:

Actually DCA, if you did your homework instead of blindly posting your opinion as fact, you might have a different response.
First, a marijuana joint is equal to approximately 10 cigarettes as it is unfiltered smoke entering your lungs. So, although there is no study on the death rate of "marijuana" users, based on those facts, smoking only marijuana could kill you fast, especially if done in conjunction with cigarettes. Second, we have all heard of marijuana as a "gateway" drug. Of course, there is no specific study, but there are facts regarding a multitude of people who started with weed and move on to more serious drugs. So, how many deaths can you attribute to when considering the heroine, cocaine, meth, etc. deaths from people who started with weed. Third, how many deaths are attributed to people driving DUI while high on weed. Oh, lets not forget those drug dealers, cops, federal agents, etc. who have died as a result of the drug trade (marijuana specifically). Yep, no ones ever died from weed...dumb!
So you see, I understand where your atypical thoughts come from, but you probably smoke weed and think its great. Unfortunately, weed has also destroyed lives and will continue... just like alcohol and tobacco.

So true and well stated. I'm not great with words but you said exactly what I wish I could have, Thanks!!

[DCA]

Actually 81, I have done lots of homework on the subject. Here are the facts:

None of the medical tests currently used to detect brain damage in humans have found harm from marijuana, even from long term high-dose use. An early study reported brain damage in rhesus monkeys after six months exposure to high concentrations of marijuana smoke. In a recent, more carefully conducted study, researchers found no evidence of brain abnormality in monkeys that were forced to inhale the equivalent of four to five marijuana cigarettes every day for a year. The claim that marijuana kills brain cells is based on a speculative report dating back a quarter of a century that has never been supported by any scientific study.

Moderate smoking of marijuana appears to pose minimal danger to the lungs. Like tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains a number of irritants and carcinogens. But marijuana users typically smoke much less often than tobacco smokers, and over time, inhale much less smoke. As a result, the risk of serious lung damage should be lower in marijuana smokers. There have been no reports of lung cancer related solely to marijuana, and in a large study presented to the American Thoracic Society in 2006, even heavy users of smoked marijuana were found not to have any increased risk of lung cancer. Unlike heavy tobacco smokers, heavy marijuana smokers exhibit no obstruction of the lung's small airway. That indicates that people will not develop emphysema from smoking marijuana.

In 1972, after reviewing the scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded that while marijuana was not entirely safe, its dangers had been grossly overstated. Since then, researchers have conducted thousands of studies of humans, animals, and cell cultures. None reveal any findings dramatically different from those described by the National Commission in 1972. In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research editors of the British medical journal Lancet concluded that "the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health."

Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs. What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistic association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and LSD, are likely to have also used marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug. Indeed, for the large majority of people, marijuana is a terminus rather than a gateway drug.

Do you think nobody ever died as a result of selling/distributing alcohol back in the day when it was illegal? It's the same thing...and yet we legalized that..and alcohol not only makes people violent but also destroys their health and families. Have you ever seen an "Intervention" - where the abusers drug was Marijuana? I don't think so. Have you ever heard of a person becoming violent or killing anyone after using marijuana? I don't think so. Have you ever heard of anyone using alcohol or tabacco for medical reasons? I don't think so.
And -instead of being an a$$ and blindly ASSUMING things about me - you may want to do some homework of your own...as I do not smoke weed, tabacco - or even drink alcohol.

[81 Hater]

DCA - wow, a college thesis on marijuana smoking with a little name calling toward the end. I'm seriously impressed. I find it hard to believe that one who does not partake is willing to write a dissertation on it's defense. Regardless, I think you missed the point.

We can sit here and quote theories and studies and opinions all day, but let me ask all of you a question. Have you ever talked with a person, you know, the droopy eyed, kinda "duh" individual who makes you say to yourself "this guy / girl has got to smoke weed". Most of the time your right, they do? And we all know that experience. So, with that being said, is that what you want your kids using?, is that what you want the guy in the next lane on 580 using?

I don't give a damn about rhesus monkey's, I care about human beings. I love how you reverse harder drug users as having used marijuna, but not the other way around (great theory). You answer my question about deaths (cops, dealers, people) by relating it to prohibition. Really???

DCA, Marijuana is destructive. I've watched it turn a quick witted, smart, bright and intelligent young person into a slow droopy eyed, lazy, loser. So, where's the studies on that. Your a fool for writing a lengthy document supporting a destructive chemical.