WTF? Seems like the great detectives in some small back ass Texas dump have arrested Snoop Dogg for possession of weed. You might remember these were the same crack investigators who suspected that Willie Nelson's tour bus might contain some of the offending drug. Can we all agree that like Willie, the Snoopy Dog is a chronic and a delightful chronic at that? When the man cooks on TV with Martha Stewart he has reach a level of sheer awesomeness that we can forgive the occasional roach in his ashtray.
He did a concert in my home town a few years back and the papers printed that he told people to 'smoke 'em if ya got 'em' and many did partake as did the Snoopster and his band. No RCMP sirens coming to save the poor children that night. The next day it was reported that everyone had a good time. A good mellow time. And that is really my point.
In all the years that Snoop Doggy Dog has been music artist he has made no secret of his love for the ganja or as the kids call it, 'mary jane'. He sings about and talks about it to anyone who will ask him the question. I never hear about him making trouble or being a dickhead or slapping some woman around. When he did his family reality show he showed that he is also just a joint smokin' family man who despite his wealth and fame, raised a nice group of kids with their heads on straight.
Aren't there enough REAL drug kingpins for these numnuts to chase after? Didn't I hear something about there being a little issue with drug killings on the Texas/Mexico border?
FREE SNOOP DOG or as in this case, have him pay a meaningless fine and go on his way.
I can just imagine the conversation they are having with themselves in that Texas police station. They sould just put lawnchairs on the border and stop every tour bus that comes through. That's money in the bank, son.
If it’s your job to plan the touring schedule of rebellious rock, hip-hop and country musicians, you might consider organizing future itineraries to avoid the Sierra Blanca highway checkpoint near El Paso. It was there, The Associated Press reported, that the rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested on Saturday for a misdemeanor drug charge, which might not be newsworthy in and of itself, except that Willie Nelson was busted at that same border crossing in 2010.
In the case of Snoop Dogg, the hip-hop star was done in by a real snoop dog, which sniffed out some marijuana cigarettes on his tour bus after a border agent smelled pot on the vehicle. A little more than two ounces of the drug were turned up, The A.P. said, and the rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and released. Judge Becky Dean-Walker of Hudspeth County told The A.P. that these cases are usually resolved by a no-contest plea and a mailed-in fine of up to $500.
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Legalize the weed already. Much less dangerous than alcohol anyway. I have 2 friends from the distant past that were killed because of booze. We all smoked weed (lots) and nobody died. A few run-ins with some cactus out in the desert at night, but that was it. Another disapointment concerning Obama. He has actually stepped up the war on weed.
The bow will break soon when all of these idiots age out. I hope I will live long enough to see it.
I'm too close to the end but hopefully you will.
Naw you will never die. We may have to pop you into the freezer for a bit but I'll make sure you are plugged in until we can bring you back. Think of how much fun that will be. EEEP.
Definitely agree about legalizing pot. It is much safer than drinking.
once they figure out how to control it's distribution, and how to tax it, they'll legalise it. then, we'll all have to pay through the nose for a pack of twenty ropey red lebs.
I think the law's a bit sterner over the pond than it is here in the UK. over here, if you're caught growing it, or selling it, you can be done, but I haven't heard of anyone being arrested for possession in years. I think the worst that can happens to you these days is that the police take it off you, and send you on your mightily-cheesed-off way. it's not that it's legal, it's just that nobody really thinks of it as a particularly bad thing, any more. hell, I happily walk down the street, taking away, almost every time I leave my house. which isn't a lot. on account of my being stoned, a lot.
The US is insane with the way they stuff their prisons with minor drug offenders because Prisons are an industry in that country and money can't be made and crops can't be picked without prison labor.
Canada has all but approved personal use. It's no secret that the 4:20 ers who smoke up at city hall once a year will not be arrested.
It's such a generational issue. Those of us born in the sixies or later just have a totally different interpretation on the dangers of this natural product.
Do I sound like an advocate?
Marijuana needs to be legalized. It's just stupid that it's not. Thousands of studies have proved it safer than cigarettes and alcohol. We are overcrowding prisons with stupidness. I've never partaken but I really understand why we're still holding out with this stuff being illegal.
And it mellows people out and cools their rage. I also thing weed should not ever be a jail offence (at personal use), you can do all kinds of more productive things with the offenders. I am so glad that in Canada it's such a low priority to the police.
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