This drug could potentially ruin your life.
So we will ruin your life to prevent that potentiality.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2024
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It's never about concern over the person's addiction -- it's about enslaving the "undesirables" in society
And anyone convicted of first-degree possession crimes could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, a fine of no more than $1 million, or both
I don't care what was in that bong water. This is gross for a paraphernalia charge, no matter how you look at it.
Whats supposed to be punishment for Execs that pollute the earth and cause human suffering is being doled out to people who happened to transport some drug paraphenalia.
Yep, and instead those psychopathic suits get multimillion dollar bonuses and pays, and they're nearly completely untouchable by the law
bong containing water that tested positive for methamphetamine was found in her car.
So what?
The headline is pulling a bait and switch.
30 years? You down voters can bite me. If the product is pure and she was a drug dealer I still say so what.
Addiction is not a crime. Our community being such low level that we have literal crack heads and schizophrenia diagnosed people, members of our communities without a place to even sleep, let alone live in peace and find themselves and heal, this is the criminal act.
This should be higher up. Still not cool to send people to prison 30 years for this, but waaaaay more understandable.
Not that it's still agreeable, but sentencing guidelines seem to suggest 7 years for a guilty on the charge.30 years is an absolute max. Given the variables of the details and lawyers involved, a diversion program with a suspended sentence seems possible to me as a semi-informed layperson.
So yeah, if you are of strong view that possession of drugs including meth should be legal (and I know some people are) and you understand that 7 years or less is what is the likely punishment, I think informed resistance to that can be valid. Unfortunately the article title (and it being posted in a weird news community here) is trying to frame it as "pot water = 30 years" for anyone who just skims.
Its not my view it just makes a lot more sense than "woman goes to prison for 30 years because bong water"
Ahh the old sesh-b-q. Serving up snowcones on the daily.
So what?
So what?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A North Dakota woman pulled over by deputies in Minnesota could face up to 30 years in prison after a bong containing water that tested positive for methamphetamine was found in her car.
Deputies allegedly smelled marijuana coming from her car and searched the vehicle, the outlet reported.
Beske wrote in court documents obtained by NBC News that she was found to be in possession of three pieces of drug paraphernalia that tested positive for meth.
The deputies allegedly found a bong, a glass jar containing a “crystal substance” and pipes, the Minnesota Reformer reported.
But, according to the Minnesota Reformer, the changes did not roll back an existing law that treats bong water as a controlled substance.
And anyone convicted of first-degree possession crimes could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, a fine of no more than $1 million, or both.
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