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Marijuana Grow House Bill Making Progress in Florida Legislature

Wed, Mar 05, 2008 11:55 am


MIAMI -- The ABC Action News Investigators were with undercover drug enforcement agents when they raided a million dollar home in Miami. Agents had a tip that it was a marijuana grow house.

As one agent told Action News investigative reporter Matthew Schwartz, "The information is the house is loaded, the whole house."

When no one answered the front door, agents, armed with a search warrant, broke it open. Inside, they found 230 marijuana plants, and an elaborate electrical set-up, allegedly used to cultivate the plants' growth.

A 40 year-old man who lived in the house returned while the raid was going on. He was arrested and charged with intent to distribute marijuana. This has been a regular occurance in South Florida over the past two years.

This week, Florida lawmakers will take another step towards passing a law that would make the penalties tougher for running a grow house.

Right now, it's only a third-degree felony if fewer than 100 plants are seized. The new law would make it a second-degree felony for getting caught with at least 25 marijuana plants, meaning mandatory jail time.

The bill has already passed one House committee, and is being presented to another tomorrow.

The bill's House sponsor, Rep. Nick Thompson (R, Fort Myers) says he expects the bill to become law and take effect on July 1, 2008.


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piss off druggies

Jul 5 2008, 8:13 pm

oh shut the fuck up you drug addicts some of you said that you will move to Amsterdam well go then , even them are getting rid of their welcome druggies view their laws are changing because they now have seen the light and found out that drugs are not good for the body so go to Africa find some hole in the ground build a crack house there and smoke all the shit you want but not here

kronicsmurf

Mar 21 2008, 6:45 pm

All this fuss over an innocent plant. a plant the government makes money off of but the stupid cunts would make more if they legalized and regulated it. but u can't teach that old dog new tricks. fuck the law i'll smoke when and where i want. sooner or later those assholes will be out numbered by potheads and then it'll be legal.

Hey wormy

Mar 7 2008, 12:56 pm

You aren't supposed to "get get high" ... thats the whole point . Haven't heard anything about efforts to legalize ...and shit ?

B1G W0RM

Mar 7 2008, 12:09 pm

This is bullshit hows a man supposed to make a living and get get high if that man cannot cultivate his own crop!?! Shiiiit.. fuck this government im going Amsterdam!

______

Mar 7 2008, 8:47 am

those fucking pigs. When will the government realize you can't control people's habits. Let us some our weed, and we will pay you some taxes or some bullshit. In the mean time, THIS is bullshit.

to below

Mar 7 2008, 6:23 am

Huh ? ?

Legalize Thc High

Mar 6 2008, 11:02 pm

If you are saying I have a brain, yeah, I have a brain and, what do brains do? Anyway, I am telling you square that, I got intelligence of a K9 dog. It requires alots of detective skills to have that kind of intelligence. If you want to be a joker, then, fine... Do I need your approval?

HU210

Mar 6 2008, 7:37 pm

1 lethal dosage should be allowed-at least 1.
Given that a lethal dose is said to be 3/4 ton (1500 lbs), consumed in 15 mineutes.
Well hell there should be no limit. Who is to determine what is a really great stash?
I mean check out a great wine collection for example.
See what I mean?

Gizmo

Mar 6 2008, 3:47 pm

INSEPID TWAT ?????

Isn't that some kind of S.T.D.
drum roooooollll CRASH

ah OOOOOOGA !!

I got a million of 'em folks !!!

MassHaze

Mar 6 2008, 3:46 pm

I never said grow for free, I said I dont give a shit when people get caught doing massive crimes. Are you saying that 230 plants isnt a large quantity? You would be wrong. I know there are bigger operations(there was a 33,000 plant bust or something like that here in AZ a while back) but that doesnt make grow houses any better.

230 plants is well over the pounds required to get charged with the biggest offenses, if my memory serves me correct. Not the most extreme, but it qualifies.

big baby jesus

Mar 6 2008, 2:52 pm

okla420/masshaze: yeah you guys are right. growers should just sell weed out of the goodness of their heart on a not for profit basis. i was totally wrong.

okla420: fyi you insipid twat, i only post under one and only one moniker. k?

masshaze: 230 plants the most extreme case? thats two large ez clones full in the eyes of the law. ooooo how extreme.

to below

Mar 6 2008, 10:19 am

so , you're saying you're a cop ? "It takes one to know one " ?

Legalize Thc High

Mar 6 2008, 6:11 am

Cops toke Weed, I know it. It takes one to know one. I definitely suspect Cops arresting people's drugs for themselves.

jesus_vs

Mar 5 2008, 11:44 pm

deberian legalizar la mariguana y hacer ilegal el alcol
deberia ser al reves todo

MassHaze

Mar 5 2008, 6:51 pm

It certainly sucks that mass producers are getting pinched, but there is certainly no need to feel sorry for them. Someone who is obviously exploiting every facet of law to make mass profit instead of keeping a regular job(which he most likely didnt) needs no sympathy. Sure, large stashes supply this state but if they get arrested, there is no look of surprise crossing my face. Maybe sober anguish, if anything...

Do you really feel sorry for people who commit the most serious offenses in any case of law? It sucks when someone gets busted going 3mph over but who gives a shit when a drunk driver going 115 gets pinched? A bar fight arrest is pretty stupid and shitty for the most part, but someone beating someone to death and getting caught is definately not on the good list for santa anymore, nor going to get any cries from me. My heart bleeds for no one who sees it coming and continues to do so.

It is all relative. People should enjoy their exploitations and advantages, but dont be surprised when the cops let you know that it is still in fact ILLEGAL. Shit happens... in mass.

HU210

Mar 5 2008, 6:36 pm

Legalize? and ruin half of the fun of getting high?
Come on, anyone here thats honest enjoys the getting away with a little somthing feeling-eh?

It has always been part of the kinship in my social arena.

Yea, we all been busted a time or two. Done time too. Just part of the cannabis consumer lifestyle.
Sucks yes. Seems that the day when tens of thousands or millions of cannabis consumers rise and claim their rightful place within our society will never occur however.

:(

Mar 5 2008, 5:15 pm

flordia and its old occupints r moving in the worng direction... shame on them.

kinder

Mar 5 2008, 4:53 pm

To OKLA420:
WELL PUT.

okla420

Mar 5 2008, 4:44 pm

Ya, some growers DO grow for personal use and some DO get busted because they are stupid and tell someone. You can't tell ANYONE you are growing given what is going on with the drug laws in our society. You probably live in some state with progressive drug laws that don't punish you that much for growing..in Oklahoma you could get LIFE in prison for ONE FUCKING PLANT so don't tell me I'm "full of shit" and don't know what I talk about.

Secondly, I know where my weed comes from and it definitely doesn't come from someone who is exploiting prohibition to make a profit.

Look at all the fuckin Drug Cartels that make money off of drugs..do you think they want drugs to become legal? of course they don't! Neither do people who have two hundred fuckin plants in their house who don't pay any taxes. I agree that drug laws in this country need some changing but to ask me to have sympathy for someone who is making money off of how screwed up the laws in this country are is just horse shit.

People that due get busted for growing small amounts for personal use usually do so because someone rats them out or they made some mistake. Very rarely do cops use actual "police work" to figure out someone has a few plants in their closet.

So fuck you big bad baby fuck face. You are great at twisting around what other people say and have always been good at it, based on every other bull-shit post I've read of yours on here.

Go ahead and flame with all your various aliases you use on here, I don't care.

big baby jesus

Mar 5 2008, 1:59 pm

john doe: tru dat, it is americas wang

okla420: youre so full of shit. most growers grow for personal use, including most of the ones who get busted. and so what if he was growin for sales? where do you think everyone gets their weed from? someone has to grow n sell the shit. you act is if you smoke, but then you say "its all his fault he got busted" when its really the unconstitutional, immoral drug laws themselves. so are you a hypocrite or a poser?

avoiding detection only depends on the second half of what u said. this guy just told some half assed friend his business.

okla420

Mar 5 2008, 12:40 pm

The laws suck, but this guy was taking advantadge of prohibition to make money. Sucks to get busted but if he had just been growing for personal use he probably wouldn't have got busted..

And the other thing...NEVER EVER tell ANYONE your growin. Telling one person is like telling fifteeen. Especially when you have an operation like this...

John Doe

Mar 5 2008, 12:19 pm

This isn't the only reason why Florida sucks .

shit swamp

Mar 5 2008, 12:15 pm

It seems like this whole country is taking steps forward in cannabis law reform, and here you have this backwards ass state always taking steps in reverse.

We'll all be better off when this state is under the sea.

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