Police seize $1 million worth of pot plants from San Jose home ...

[Becky Johnson]

Was the person who got shot in any way connected to the grow inside the house?

[Kat Pittle]

Firstly, if you still think a million dollars is a lot of money you probably have not been a productive working member of society for the past 10 years. Secondly, pot heads are pompous, disillusioned, unproductive slackers and we don't need even more of these free-loading fools by legalizing pot. "I just want to hang out dude". The only people in favor of dope are the ones that use it, go figure. Pot makes you stupid and I can't stand being in the company of stupid people. Network television is about as close as I need to come to stupid people.

[Ace]

Fact is that chasing down pot users is a total waste of resources.
If there wasn't grant money available, the cops would't lift a finger.
And busting meth labs is dangerous. No cop wants to be in danger, so they avoid it at all costs.
They want nice, safe, mellow busts like pot smokers.

[Hugh G Rection]

Ace wrote:

Fact is that chasing down pot users is a total waste of resources.
If there wasn't grant money available, the cops would't lift a finger.
And busting meth labs is dangerous. No cop wants to be in danger, so they avoid it at all costs.
They want nice, safe, mellow busts like pot smokers.

Sounds to me like your "Fact" is actually just your "opinion." There is a difference...

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[Pamparius]

jarbee wrote:

"...massive drug bust resulting in the seizure of $1 million in pot plants, according to San Jose police."
A Million bucks, really? 500 indoor plants @ 1 oz each = 31.25 lbs. 31.25 lbs. x $3000/lb.=$93,750
If the growers successfully harvested and sold all of their pot, they would make less than $100,000. That's quite a bit, but a far cry from a $1,000,000. I wonder why kids think the cops are full of it?

DEA weigh the stems, AND the dirt the pot grows in to bloat the figures on paper to seem like their war is more successful. But if they are enforcing the laws, then they'd be hypocrites if they knew which part of the plant is actually useful.

[Pamparius]

Kat Pittle wrote:

Firstly, if you still think a million dollars is a lot of money you probably have not been a productive working member of society for the past 10 years. Secondly, pot heads are pompous, disillusioned, unproductive slackers and we don't need even more of these free-loading fools by legalizing pot. "I just want to hang out dude". The only people in favor of dope are the ones that use it, go figure. Pot makes you stupid and I can't stand being in the company of stupid people. Network television is about as close as I need to come to stupid people.

I'm for legalizing it to extent (like the regulation of alcohol) for a myriad of issues not pertaining to "just smoking". and I can't stand smoking it.

Though I agree with potheads being total freeloaders. Ever been to Chill Out? Their food is awful cause they are too stoned to work, and their slogan prides on it. I think what bothers me is that stoners think they are okay to drive while stoned, as if its better than driving drunk. I have been in 2 accidents, each one, not at fault, and each time the driver was stoned out of their mind. Hallucinogens while driving are no good.

[hmmm]

howmuch wrote:

If pot were legal and it cost say $50 of oz.(big tax like alcohol) nobody would be shot in the street. There would be no money in pot.

Exactly

Kat Pittle wrote:

I can't stand being in the company of stupid people.

Then why are you hanging out here all the time?

Hugh G Rection wrote:

Most of the grow houses are rented by either Vietnamese or illegal Mexicans.

The only grow houses I've known of were staffed by young white men. And how do you expect to be taken seriously with that handle? Do you use that on porn sites, too? LOL

[Hugh G Rection]

hmmm wrote:

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Exactly
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Then why are you hanging out here all the time?
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The only grow houses I've known of were staffed by young white men. And how do you expect to be taken seriously with that handle? Do you use that on porn sites, too? LOL

Who said anything about being taken seriously? Most people posting on these forums are as-swipes whose views I completely disagree with. So why not have a little fun pissing them off (Becky Johnson, Chicana and all the others...)

And for what it's worth, the only grow houses I've known are from illegal wetbacks and Vietnamese. Now what...

[Jordan]

The guy that said you only get one ounce of a weed plant obviously doesnt know what hes talking about. An average weed plant can get from a quarter pound to two pounds of weed and at about 3000$ per pound that is alot more than 100000 dollars.

[palmspringsbum]

Kat Pittle wrote:

Pot makes you stupid and I can't stand being in the company of stupid people. Network television is about as close as I need to come to stupid people.

That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
Y'are Blanche. Y'are.

[palmspringsbum]

Jordan wrote:

The guy that said you only get one ounce of a weed plant obviously doesnt know what hes talking about. An average weed plant can get from a quarter pound to two pounds of weed and at about 3000$ per pound that is alot more than 100000 dollars.

Maybe OUTDOORS it can.

Indoors you're doing good to get 1/4 pound from a plant. 1-2 ounces is more like it.

[pat kittle]

yeah indoor plants are tiny. kinda like me.

[THE BaYaReA]

i love san jose!!!!!

[Zen Cat _ Mill Valley _CA]

LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWERS ? Watch the documentary by Kevin Booth called " An American Drug War "! The war on drugs in this country is a sham, start to finish. It is an industry, designed to remove competition, incarcerate people, remove our civil liberties, and waste billions of dollars. People should be allowed to smoke pot, or consume the drug of their choice. What makes someone morally superior, who drinks 2 fifths of vodka a day, or smokes 3 packs of cigarettes ? Drugs aren't illegal in this country, only certain drugs ! Our drug policies are as inhumane as our leaders are !!!

[skateboard]

Pat Kittle wrote:

a stupid mexican got shot and he lived unfortunately to overbreed. all the wets grow in empty houses thats why they have 19 people in each house..They use it, destroy it and then cell it to a gook or a dunecoon. my country is dying.

You're a total idiot if you think 19 people can live in a house and grow pot there at the same time. Grow houses are usually not used for living in, certainly not for more than a couple of people. Your racism is obstructing your ability to think.

[ditto]

Of course, I realize you are not Pat Kittle. He only posts after logging in these days. Too many jokers like you hijacked his account. He prefers embarassing himself rather than letting others do it.

[LEAP]

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