Comments on: Text Message Error Leads To Pot Bust

Ky. Teacher Sent Text Messages To Trooper Instead Of Dealer, Police Say

[lily_ayanami]

this is an example of why smoking pot is bad for you. it addles your brains such that you send your pot requests to law enforcement.

[phil-in-fin]

"And if pot were legal, we could tax it and bring down the burden of overall taxes for the general population. Certainly we could, at the very least, reduce out budget deficit. Legalize marijuana."
Posted by scott4261

I m wit u pal.

'N well were at it, less legulize coke.

Sur mak allotta $$ 4 da gov't, and brng that 'ol det ever1 is talkin' aboat.

[phil-in-fin]

"It's absurd that marijuana illegal. Alcohol is a million times more dangerous and destructive."
Posted by oleander8

And how do you know that?

This woman is a criminal.

"I have smoked with lawyers, including a district attorney, policemen including the town sheriff, and the spouse of a state congressman."
Posted by revdanbar

Would love to be around the day you all get busted by a police officer with integrity.

You had better hope that none of your "friends" suddenly gets the urge to black-mail.

[gabulldog66]

Some of these comments are interesting.

In the first place, she did break a law. Why don't some people expect her to accept the consequences of her actions?

It is not unreasonable to expect a sworn law officer to enforce the law. He is not being vindictive, simply doing the job the taxpayers expect him to do.

If marajuana should be legal, then why don't the majority of the citizens demand it. It's real easy to sit at your computer and complain. It's quite another to stand up for your belief and work for change. That is if you can stand up.

[bobgee_1999]

It was not entrapment; the teacher "approached" the cop, whether by accident or not. Whether it makes sense or not, pot is illegal. As for being a "gateway drug," that is purely stupid. One could as easily say that about cigarettes or booze. The comment by VictoriaRum is absolutely hillarious! An obviously religious person deriding ANYTHING because it serves "to boost your own self-esteem up a notch because a natural high isn't good enough" is utter hypocrisy; sounds like one is describing the farsical belief in the Supreme Daddy to me. Incidentally I don't smoke pot; dopers bore me.

[oleander8]

It's absurd that marijuana illegal. Alcohol is a million times more dangerous and destructive.

[willyn3]

What a waste of valuable police time and taxpayer money. It's about time we all says NO! to the "Just Say No" scammers. Pot should be as legal as alcohol and you should go to jail for selling cigarettes and/or ripping off the taxpayer with our insane Drug War..

[bildooreilly]

Educate yourself about "Jury Nullification" 60% of alcohol cases during prohibition were found in favor of the obviously guilty because the juries disagreed with the law itself. Go do 10 minutes of research on this at wikipedia etc, courts are not required to and will not give you this information. Make sure you always volunteer for jury duty when called upon but never mention anything about your knowledge of jury nullification or they won't let you on the jury.

[btans1]

Vicky-

what does the bible have to do with this?

smoking pot is not a sin...it may be illegal in this country, but then again so is entrapment

[victoriarum]

And the purpose of smoking pot is for what use; to boost your own self-esteem up a notch because a natural high isn't good enough.

It's a blessing to hear of an officer who has the smarts that is working with the law instead of against it, not wearing his/her badge part-time. They use their intelligence to do the ethical thing instead of dismissing it as a prank.

"Everyone that sins breaks the laws, in fact sin is lawless.%u201D 1 John 3:4

God Bless

[revdanbar]

Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans per year. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States after tobacco use which is estimated to kill 350,000 Americans a year. It is not a question of whether we should have pot or not. Pot is here. Millions of Americans smoke it. I have smoked with lawyers, including a district attorney, policemen including the town sheriff, and the spouse of a state congressman. It is a question of should we criminalize behavior that is less harmful than many permitted behaviors. Can we serve cocktails at state dinners and pay farmers to grow tobacco while busting pot smokers. If our government demands that our children must pledge allegiance to a flag that promises %u201Cliberty and justice for all%u201D should it not have to provide liberty and justice for all. These are my thoughts, what are yours?

[revdanbar]

Thank God we have taken another dangerous criminal off the street. Marijuana is the most powerful substance known to man. It is the only herb that can cause insanity in people who do not use it. Now that this drug fiend is off the streets we can rest easy, sit back, smoke a cigarette and sip a cool vodka martini secure in the knowledge that our justice system is working. The valium can stay in the medicine cabinet today. But let us not forget to thank God for sending brave men and women to protect us from the first gift he ever bestowed upon us. "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth". Genesis 1:29
Part two to follow

[ladyephesus1]

Well at least we know she is not a Math Teacher..hahahaha

[scott4261]

That really is too bad. Marijuana should be legal for those over 21 anyway. Prohibiton never worked for alcohol and it is never going to work with pot. Some communities don't even actively bust someone with less than one ounce. And let's be real here: the one of many reasons the drug war has failed, especially with marijuana, is that too many well connected people smoke it. Prohibition is not working and will not work.

Busting for marijuana possession is really a waste of time and energy. It is a distraction at the least and takes the focus off of more dangerous problems. We have a meth epidemic that is out of control and most law enforcement are and should be focusing on that. And one could argue all day about how "pot is a gateway drug...." or whatever. I don't buy into that. And if pot were legal, we could tax it and bring down the burden of overall taxes for the general population. Certainly we could, at the very least, reduce out budget deficit. Legalize marijuana.