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North Shore Republican to Propose Legislation Setting Penalties of Up to 25 Years in Prison for Selling 'Kush'

Mon, Jun 15, 2009 2:41 pm


Source: chicagotribune.com

 

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will call for legislation Monday that would toughen drug-trafficking laws regarding a highly potent form of marijuana, with penalties of up to 25 years in prison for a first-time offense.
 

The law would target offenders who sell or distribute marijuana that has a THC content exceeding 15 percent, which is between 5 and 10 percentage points higher than average marijuana, according to Kirk's office.
 

THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main active ingredient in marijuana.
 

Drug dealers are increasingly cross-breeding plants to produce high-potency variants of marijuana, which are called "kush" in street slang when they have 20 percent THC, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curransaid.

 

Police have been turning up more of the high-potency marijuana in Lake County arrests, he said.
 

"When you amplify the strength of it, you are increasing the harm to the system," said Curran, who supports the legislation, which would amend a federal law. "They are more dangerous behind the wheel of a vehicle. It's not a good idea to have people that messed up."
 

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has reported that kush sells for as high as $600 per ounce, creating the same profit potential as crack cocaine, Kirk said.
 

The Republican North Shore lawmaker said he plans to release more information during a news conference in Chicago on Monday, where he will be joined by representatives from the Lake County Sheriff's Department, the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group and Waukegan Police Department.



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hisfirstime

Sep 9 2009, 8:05 am

lol... once again, some political trophy hunter makes a proposal and thousands of mary jane smokers abuse him.
sometimes I think countries make this stuff illegal just so a task force can be created and 1000 police and law enforcers can have a job.
lol... they probably sell the confiscated weed to cartels in mary friendly countries for a huge profit!
25 years in jail is the same sentence a murderer gets... go figure?

toto

Aug 11 2009, 8:15 am

Mark Kirk, you my friend are a fucking moron =]
Have a nice day

treehugger

Jul 8 2009, 8:21 pm

anon - with insight and wisdom like that, you really aughta get a pseudo - Kudo

treehugger

Jul 6 2009, 10:08 pm

b10 - Chinese? No thanks. I wanted Russian, but they said they are our arched nemesis, and the scourge of the earth.

I'm sorry, but, they've barely left their nation for 15 MILLENIA. Except for being partially responsible for poplulating the America's!!! Until the Christians showed...

Wasn't it the Christians that combed the earth, stole all the gold, killed anyone who didn't convert?
And you're scared of Russians? Time to leave the Matrix, you've been plugged in for way too long!

So, for anyone who thinks you can't graduate high school without taking a foreign language - YOU ARE WRONG, I DID.

Keep Puffin, don't cage penguins!

treehugger

Jul 6 2009, 7:29 pm

b10 - I gotta ask, Bomber or Vitamin?

treehugger

Jul 5 2009, 9:49 am

viva Puerto Rico, boriqua'

treehugger

Jun 28 2009, 7:31 am

Most technologically advanced civilization for 4 billion years, and we are still turning-out ignorant fucks like this? And elected them to Congress? 50% have or will have diabetes, 300lb 3 year-olds?

Good thing we erradicated pot, and got ride of all the pot-heads, cuz we're doin much better now.

anonymous

Jun 23 2009, 10:24 am

I don't see what the problem is with weed. George Washington said to sow it everywhere and make the most of it, Ben Franklin & Abraham Lincoln were alright with it too.
I think it was a racist guy in 1937 that 'taxed' marijuana which led to it being prohibited.
They legalized alcohol and went hard on the evil peaceful weed smokers. Saying how dare they get therapeutic value from a creature of God, without suffering and paying us for it? Thus we have all this great support for their ignorant, disrespect of the guidance of the earlier presidents of the USA.
It really pisses me off. Neither poppies, coca, peyote or marijuana are evil, yet these people want to eradicate these plants from the face of the earth, for what? Money.

You should take a look at the oxygen you breathe, and ask yourself what gives you the right to steal that breath from a creature that's millions of years older than you.

b10

Jun 22 2009, 2:56 pm

This is the origional article http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/il10_kirk/kush.html

This is where to email him & express your thoughts (add zip- 60030)
http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.shtml

Congressman Kirk believes that elected officials should hold themselves to a higher standard because they have pledged to defend the Constitution and uphold the laws of the United States. A breach of law by a Member of Congress is a serious offense that should have serious consequences- AND HE WANTS TO LOCK UP HIGH GRADE HERB SUPPLIERS FOR 25 YEARS??- ADULT SMMOKERS WANT MORE OF THESE PEOPLE, IDIOT.

Better Relations with China

Congressman Kirk founded the bi-partisan U.S. China-Working Group in June 2005 with co-chair Rick Larsen (D-WA). Link to this website here. Much of this century's history will be written between Washington and Beijing. To protect American interests and avoid future conflict, The U.S.-China Working Group seeks to build diplomatic relations with China and to make the Congress more aware of U.S.-China issues. The group hosts regular meetings to hear from key business, academic and political leaders about U.S.-China issues ranging from trade and economic policy to space exploration.
Based on the findings from a number of these meetings, Congressman Kirk and Congressman Larsen introduced the U.S. China Engagement Act of 2006, H.R. 5199. This bill would increase the availably of Chinese language training for U.S. students, increase exchange programs between the U.S. and China, and promote U.S. exports to China. - AND HIS PET PROJECT, BACKDOOR $ MOVE & CAUSE OF THE GOODY TWO SHOES SMOKE SCREEN ON THE HOMEFRONT.

LIKE THE TEXAS COP WHO TASERED A 72 YR OLD WOMAN CAUSE SHE GOT LIPPY NEEDS NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT - SO DO THE "DUMB & DIRTY" POLITICIANS THAT USE OUR HERB AS A POLITICAL TOOL OF DECEIT.

Boricua

Jun 22 2009, 11:07 am

yo how about we lock his ass for 25 years. shit wat da fuk is he thinking about fuk him wat he should be doing is trying to legalize this shit so we can live in a better world without dumbasses like him. its hard to get kush now in days and now he wants to lock everyone that serves high thc weed fuck him and the goverment.

steven in iowa

Jun 22 2009, 4:28 am

if this dumba** actually let people send him e-mail (which he wont) I would say this-first good luck getting re-elected again you moron!!! second-this bill in all practicality is an exercise in both stupidity and futility creating stricter penalties is only going to cost all parties involved greater amounts of time and money. to think that this is going to help is the worn out cry of an ignorant lawmaker and his misinformed followers. third-my suggestion would be for you to get your head out of your A** and get the facts right before you try putting such blaspheomy into law

gstlab3

Jun 21 2009, 7:37 pm

I AM STILL FUCKING MED AS HELL THAT THIS MOTHER FUCKER SAID THIS CRAP!! LIES AND PROPAGANDIST BULLCRAP!!! MR KIRK CAN USE A DOSE OF REALITY IN THE FORM OF A SWIFT KICK TO THE HEAD!! I MEAN COME ON??!!! CAN HE REALLY BELIEVE WE CAN LOCK PEOPLE UP FOR A QUARTER CENTURY FOR DEALING?! WHAT IN EFFECT IS MEDICAL GRADE MARIJUANA TO CONISIOURS AND MEDICAL PATIENTS?! BY THE TIME THE FIRST PERSON GETS OUT FROM THE FIRST BUST THEY COULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO LOCK UP AND KEEP LOCKED UP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE!!?? 25 FUCKING YEARS?! TO DO WHAT REHABILTATE THEM? OH YEAH SURE!! AFTER 25 YEARS I AM SURE YOU ARE VERY WELL ADJUSTED TO THE OUTSIDE!!! WHEN I GREW UP I KNEW AT LEAST 6 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME I COULD GET "KUSH"/CHRONIC/SINSEMILLIA/RED HAIR MEX GOLD etc.. NOWADAYS I AM SURE THERE ARE MORE HEADS/DEALERS THAN EVER?! I MEAN OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN SO AS A PERCENTAGE RIGHT? MR KIRK!!! YOU TELL LIES!!! AND SELL FEAR!!!

gstlab3

Jun 21 2009, 7:24 pm

BRAVO! TO; "KUSHMAN". YOU HAVE STUDIED!! YOUNG JEDI!!! WATCH THEM SPIN THIS WHEEL OF MORALITY ONE TOO MANY TIMES IN THE WRONG PLACE.,THEN WE WILL HAVE A REAL REAL PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS!! GOD FORBID!!

Kushman

Jun 21 2009, 3:10 pm

The so called "war on drugs" is not a war on drugs. That's just a disguise, a wolf in sheeps clothing. The war is our governments attempt to monopolise the drug trade. These nutty politicians are just brainwashed pawns, robots and and they live on the budgets of drug enforcement likley through embezelment in many forms. They just don't know any better. They became politicans for the money and nothing more; however, they are manipulated in the name of the war on drugs. The huge drug seizures we are seeing lately are only propaganda. People in need of money being set up by the powers that be so they can be arrested and government can put on an anti drug show so it looks like they're doing the job to support the budgets provided to the war on drugs. The seized drugs will eventually end up on the US streets. Given the volume of recent seizures, it's likley that there will be a large influx of mexican weed popping up all over the place. After all, the government has so to sell it eventually. I hardly beleive the seized drugs get destroyed. Maybe small amounts for show but that's it. The rest is for revenue. The fight that we all see and feel over legalization is due to the fact the government doesn't want to loose a viable productive product line.

The war on terror and the war on drugs are one of the same not a war againt on an Islamic threat. The islamic threat could be better labeled as the Middle East drug trade lead by a very wealthy man named Osama Bin Laden. The war is one drug cartel to another.

The people, all of us, we've been blinded and brainwashed by lies and deceipt brought to us by our wonderful media and government.

When Marijuana becomes leagal, the prices will drop very low. What we'll see is an increase in the amounts of Cocaine and Heroine, courtesy of the USA. It'll need to be increased to make up for revenue lost to marijuana sales.

mrosee

Jun 19 2009, 5:41 pm

"When you amplify the strength of it, you are increasing the harm to the system," said Curran, who supports the legislation, which would amend a federal law. "They are more dangerous behind the wheel of a vehicle. It's not a good idea to have people that messed up."

They are more dangerous behind the wheel of a vehicle? Its not a good idea to have people that messed up?
How can someone who clearly has never taken a hit of weed tell me that I'm more susceptible to being "more messed up". How many people get "messed up" on alcohol everyday and drive drunk? Driving drunk and driving high are two completely different things. I would much rather drive after smoking a joint with "amplified strength" than take a few shots that had "amplified strength".
Its ridiculous to have someone who has no evidence or credibility on the issue to just throw out a quote like "its not safe to have people that messed up (cause of weed)". I mean come on. Its not safe to have a drunk driver on the road but its legal to drink. So therefore his argument, petty as it may be, is irrelevant.
I can stomach some anti- weed arguments but this is just pathetic. Just some republican spewing scary buzz words and spreading propaganda by saying "they're more dangerous behind the wheel."
Personally, I don't think that it safe having people who are so closed minded and ignorant around. They're the ones who are dangerous.

gstlab3

Jun 19 2009, 5:19 pm

LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGHN TIME!!!! DEAR MR. KIRK., YOU SIR ARE AN ARSE IN THE HIGHEST REGARDS OF THE TERM!! YOU HAVE LOST THE VOTES OF MANY BY YOUR STATEMENTS REGUARDING THE PENALTIES FOR MARIJUANA THAT IS OF HIGHER QUALITY THAN OTHERS.,THE MOST AND THE LEAST EDUCATED OF YOUR VOTERS CAN SEE THAT USING LESS DRUG TO REACH THE SAME EFFECT IS A LOT SAFER TO THE USER! UNLIKE THE PUNITIVE LAW YOU WISH TO ENACT UPON US WICH WILL DRIVE THE PRICES OF THIS COMMODITY HIGHER AND HIGHER TO THE POINT OF INSANITY AND TO A GREATER EXTENT THE POINT OF A GUN WEILDING GANGBANGER OR CARTEL LEADER WHO IS MORE THAN READY TO KILL YOU OR YOUR FAMILY TO GET HIS NOW BIGGER PAYCHECK AS IT WERE. TO YOU SIR I SAY BRILLIANT!!! I COULD NOT HAVE COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION TO OUR STREET VIOLENCE AND OUR CROWDED PRISONS AND OUR BROKEN FAMILIES AND ECONOMY!!! AGAIN SIR I SAY BRILLIANT! SINCERLY YOURS gstlab3., AND ABOUT 30,000,000 OTHER USERS OF THE MARIJUANA PLANT IN THIS COUNTRY!!!

bongbarian

Jun 18 2009, 11:05 am

Write Mark


Thank you so very much for taking the time to contact me. I received your communication, will review your concern and respond shortly. If you require immediate attention, or would like to follow up on this issue or any other matter directly with a member of my staff, please contact my office at (847) 940-0202.

You can receive updates on many key issues facing our community by visiting our website at www.house.gov/kirk. We also provide instant e-mail updates on breaking news and key votes for anyone who signs up for our e-newsletter, issue surveys and issue updates.

It is an honor to serve you in Congress.

Sincerely,



Mark Steven Kirk
Member of Congress
Your information was recorded as:

Name: Mr. Bong Barian
Address: 123 main street
chicago, IL 60030-
Phone:
Email:
Area of Interest: OTHER
Correspondence: I am a college educated xcon cannabis smoker that has had enough of the likes of you. There are millions of recreational & medicinal ADULT herb users in this country.CANNABIS USE HAS NO DIRECT LINK TO CRIME, IT IS ACTUALLY A CRIME DETERENT. Laughing, relaxing & eating a bad thing Mark? That why the wife is leaving? How about weeds effect on law enforcement, prison industry, economics(a masters in Econ.?)- all negative- because its illegal. People like you, who have used topics like this as a political trampoline, trouncing on concepts & values that made this country great, all for ??? Whats your angle Mark? At 1st i thought you were another political moron- but your an intelegence officer, multiple degrees & your clip on china shows your pretty bright. SO HOW COULD A POLITICIAN IN 2009 EVEN SUGGEST LOCKING UP PEOPLE FOR 24 YEARS FOR CANNABIS?? Kirk: “If you can sell Kush for as much as cocaine, you should face the same penalties” OUTRAGE!!! YOUR NOT STUPID, YOUR DIRTY. MONEY PROBLEMS?? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE? KICKBACKS FROM- PRISON INDUSTRY, PHARMACUITICALS(pirated the drug trade from the pirates), etc. or ARE YOU TRYING TO COVER YOUR TRACKS FROM THE SHADY DEALS IN CHINA? Whats the TRUTH Mark, lets hear it because we are all SICK & TIRED OF THE MARIJUANNA LIES, DESCRIMINATION & ABUSE. Please respond, we'ed love to hear from you. http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/5543

anonymous

Jun 18 2009, 10:10 am

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/il10_kirk/kush.html

umm

Jun 18 2009, 1:20 am

Citizens should pass new policies that make criminals serve 50 Years in Prison for Selling 'hate' & 'intolerance' to the sheeple.

AREIAL

Jun 17 2009, 11:43 pm

I WOULD THINK THAT STRONGER POT WOULD BE SAFER BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO SMOKE AS MUCH OF IT LOW THC POT YOU WOULD HAVE TO SMOKE MORE OF IT AND DOES MORE DAMAGE TO YOUR LUNGS.IF THIS PASSES WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE COPS WILL PLAY GAMES WITH TESTING NUMBERS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE POT THEY BUST YOU FOR HAS MORE THC THAN IT REALY DOES.

HU210

Jun 17 2009, 3:20 pm

Kick his butt with your comments!!

http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.shtml

unfortunately, you need to be part of his district to email him. just punch in 60030 for the zip and make up an address

His Northbrook address is

Rep. Mark Kirk
707 Skokie Blvd.
Suite 350
Northbrook, Illinois 60062

gamerBUDS

Jun 17 2009, 9:38 am

When u amplify the strength of it, u do more harm to the system?

So its ok to take pills with 100% thc but not to smoke 20%?

GRapes

Jun 17 2009, 2:20 am

What the fuck? Higer potencies. This guy is a fucking idiot. It is proven that marijuana with higher levels of THC is actually better for the user, because less weed is needed. Sorry to those from chicago, but your polititian fucking hates you guys. He is trying to make smoking weed as unsafe as possible. What a fucking conspiricy. You know what i say? OVERGROW THE GOVERNMENT! WHO IS WITH ME? SAY STEPHEN COLBERT!

gstlab3

Jun 16 2009, 2:49 pm

MARK KIRK!!! MARK KIRK IS A LIER AND A DECIEVER OF MEN!! MARK KIRK!! MARK KIRK IS A LIER AND A DECIEVER OF MEN!!! FLUSH HIM OUT THEN RUN HIM OUT OF TOWN ON A POLE!! MARK KIRK IS A LIER!! TELL HIM WE ARE LOOKING FOR HIM!!! TELL HIM WE WILL FIND HIM!!.,TELL HIM WE ARE AT HIS DOOR!! TELL HIM HE BETTER NOT SLEEP TOO DEEPLY ANYMORE BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS COMING TO GET HIM!!! ALONG WITH A MOB OF TRUTH SEEKING FREEDOM LOVING MEN!!! WE SHOULD NOT STAND DOWN AT TIMES LIKE THESE!!! THE GOVERNMENT IS WEAKENED BY FINANCIAL COLLAPSE AND POLITICAL BANKRUPTCEY!!! THEY HAVE NO MORAL COLLATERAL!!! THEY ARE THE BEUGEAU'GESE'., RICHES WITHOUT BIRTHRIGHT OR HONOR!!! THEY ARE ALL TRAITORS AT BEST AND INCOMPETANT AT LEAST AND ABOVE ALL THEY ARE LIERS!! GROW YOUR OWN REVOLUTION!!! GROW YOUR OWN!!!! DO NOT FEAR., FEAR!! BE STRONG IN YOUR FAITH!!!! GROW!! LET MY PEOPLE GROW!!!!!

militant

Jun 16 2009, 2:46 pm

we as pot smokers out number police and military,we should organize and overthrow ower bullshit goverment,who was put in place by the people anyway they forget,and create the goverment thats is for the people that should be running the contry anyway.

gstlab3

Jun 16 2009, 2:38 pm

PROPAGANDIST LIES!!! POLITICIAN LIERS AND POLICE BULLY RETATRDS TELLING MORE LIES!!!! FUCK YOU ILLINOIS!!

Pug

Jun 16 2009, 1:57 pm

wow that weak.... i feel horid for all you americans who gotta deal with A) your crazy gov. B) the prices you gotta pay.... i'm a med user in canada and am waiting to hear back about a grower from bc to grow kush and sour diesel for 100 bucks an ounce canadian... also part of a compassion club which I get top knotch inspected kush and kush variants for 336 dollars an ounce... keep fighting so your gov. caves in cause ours is scared of well whatever yours would do to make their point....

militant

Jun 16 2009, 1:46 pm

we as pot smokers out number police and military,we should organize and overthrow ower bullshit goverment,who was put in place by the people anyway they forget,and create the goverment thats is for the people that should be running the contry anyway.

G

Jun 16 2009, 12:52 pm

Ignorance is the real enemy. Kush a street slang? lmfao Does anyone study accent culture anymore?

iblowminds.com

proposterous

Jun 16 2009, 11:17 am

this is a disgusting display of ignorance in the usa . WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO "THE WAR ON DRUGS IS OVER" it may ot b legal but what the fuck is this. i know what happend this guy decided to try n smoke and he got the rong stuff n he gota lil too stoned but thats his problem

burn it 420 KR3W

Jun 16 2009, 11:17 am

I say we just start a fucking revolution fuck these dumb fucks they rely on us without us the people who do they have? when shit gets tough n they dont have money or technology to rely on whose gonna have power? us cuz we have dealt with it all of our lives and we the people can take over our country within a split second

BONGBARIAN

Jun 16 2009, 11:14 am

HOW & WHY. Post WW2 dominance is coming to an end; ramifications of the Drug War have escaladed prison populations(non violent) off the charts; big business & industry has either been outsourced or become incompetent; embezzling/cooking books/theft/paper magick has become the motto of the american way; horrendous federal leadership & its associated ills; unemployment w/no viable answer; massive budget deficits; global peace issues; environment; etc. etc.- HOW & WHY CAN ANY POLITICIAN SPEND ENERGY ON DEMONIZING WEED W/ALL THE LEGITIMATE ISSUES ON BOARD?

1) MONEY- You Mr. politician will financially gain by discriminating against Adult Herb Smokers because you will gain from?- Prison industry? Federal grants? A slush fund you are eyeballing? Kickbacks anyone, who is sliding you cash for spreading insanity you scum? HOW & WHY, WHATS YOUR ANGLE, LETS FIND OUT, WOULDN’T THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY.

2) SECURITY- Manipulating the Sheep again to get votes to keep your job because beyond politics the only thing you are capable of is scouting the bushman ranch in texas for would be terrorists & acting as a sounding board for gw’s brainstorms? I think not as weed isn’t really an issues w/the sheep as they are more concerned about personal financial issues at the moment, but no telling what’s going thru the melon of an anti-herb political worm. BUT LETS JUST EDUCATE THE SHEEP ANYWAYS, & REMOVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR YOU.

3) PERSONAL- Vendetta against the weed clan? Wife was corn holed by moonbeam & stardust @ a dead concert 30 years ago & has had subsequent anal problems ever since, blaming it all what she smoked? (she was a drunk whore screaming for more) Stoner kids messing up your lawn cause your such a douche bag? So many possibilities for someone such as yourself.

STOP THE INSANITY- ASK HOW CAN YOU & WHY WOULD YOU
REMOVE THE POLITICAL ANGLES BY STOPPING THE LIES & EXPOSING THE LIARS.

burn it 420 KR3W

Jun 16 2009, 11:12 am

this is the dumbest thing i have ever fucking heard! our system is so fucking ignorant n nieve shove your legislature right up ur ass. for being our countries "leaders" they r a bunch of dumb fucks.

Zach

Jun 16 2009, 10:53 am

you know, they got to start shipping cops like this to Holland, and just show them that pot is safe, god isn't this kind of paranioa a little old? like twenty years? This guy must still think Ronald RAYGUN is still our pretender in Chief.

HU210

Jun 16 2009, 10:10 am

Even this guys wife thinks that he is an asshole. Check it out

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/06/us-rep-mark-kirk-wife-divorce.html?obref=obnetwork

HU210

Jun 16 2009, 10:05 am

Off Topic

I am going to start watching Letterman.

I wouldnt piss in Sara Palins asshole if her guts were on fire. Her skank daughters either. Probably catch somthing pissing on those whores!

CtheB

Jun 16 2009, 9:21 am

@#$%ing MORON !

Only in IL

Jun 16 2009, 8:33 am

Im ashamed to live in this state. Once considered the heartland of America and supposedly representing "true American values", this is just a disgrace. (Maybe, with the potency increased, it may just have higher benefits to patients who actually need a stronger strain to ease their sufferings?)

Suffering from IL stupidities.

anonymous

Jun 16 2009, 5:57 am

blaaa ur stupid

wanagethigh

Jun 16 2009, 5:53 am

kush is a god dam strain u dumb ass like(silver haze, blueberry, white widow, northern lights, G-13, Ak-47, kali mist,)... these are all different plants of weed and all can reach a potency of over 20% so go to your local barns & nobel and get your self a high times and do some reserch so u dont look like a complete idiot. fuck its people like u that need a good kick in the ass so go drink your booze and shut the fuck up once again hers another person that has no business being in office how dumb do u have to be to become a politician i bet u never even smoked weed so shut the fuck up.... asshole

steven in iowa

Jun 16 2009, 5:09 am

i think bongbarian has the right idea

steven in iowa

Jun 16 2009, 5:01 am

DAMN!!!!!!! and I though walters was bad!!!
this guy needs 2 things- to get the facts before rushing to city hall for a new blaspheomous law about prohibition anda cat scan what an ignorant asswipe

hmmm

Jun 16 2009, 1:43 am

dam 600 dollars no weed in Oregon sells for more then 300 an OZ or 320 unless its super chronic what the hell are they flippen out about in lieing for theres no reason for them to lie in sell there propaganda the only reason its 600 dollars is due to the black market driving the price up cause theres no chronic in that area of the east these people are stupid in i hope who ever printed this looses there job for lieing in selling propaganda

oops...:)

Jun 15 2009, 9:17 pm

"hear" it is inflation...not "here"

Just a SIMPLE question?

Jun 15 2009, 9:15 pm

Who is setting these astronomical prices?

I sure as hell don't want to here it is inflation!
It never made that much of a difference.

Who else but the DEA and the police, why?
To make it look and sound like a big and profittable business that needs to be controlled, and as was stated a few months back...give them an inch and they take a mile.

I can recall when great Hawaiian was $100 an oz and Gold was 35-45 an oz.

If they went and raided a house that grew say a pound a plant at prices back then, you think it would sound so dramatic to the press...NEWS FLASH...."Police raid a house that was producing $1,000 worth of cannabis!" compared to "Police raid a house that they assume was producing $25,000 worth of cannabis every 3 months!"

I know what headlines would give me more funds to pay for my next house with!

Decrease the price and take away their inflated underground market value and watch them scream.

Or as was a great plan...just use it to trade for different types of smoke and there is no money trading hands..no more profit no more control.

Kushman

Jun 15 2009, 8:52 pm

I'm confident that there are close to as many people that use Marijuana as there are people with very active sex lives. We'll never really know until the Marijuana stigma reaches the same levels as that of sex or masturbation. Many years ago people would not discuss sex or masturbation with their friends, family etc. Now there's television ads of personal massagers for women that fit on the finger tip. People just need to keep the Marijuana issue public and be open about it, present facts and benefits and the stigma will eventually go away or drop to a minimal level. Those who are againts it are a minority and they cannot win. Try to convince as many people as you know and get the word spread around. Things will change.

Kushman

Jun 15 2009, 8:37 pm

I find it difficult to understand how anyone that has been educated enough to be a politician or high ranking public official is absent of individuality having been programmed or brain washed by the media and government propaganda. They cannot figure out or weigh the benefits of a God given medication vs. a highly deadly and toxic man made medication and why the propaganda has come to be in the first place? It has nothing to do with "what's good for the people" it has everything to do with greed, personal benefits and annual budgets. I get annoyed by robots.

Cartel Supporter

Jun 15 2009, 8:30 pm

When someone suggests something this stupid,they must be getting paid by the cartels to insure that the green market stays open.
Don't they realize that anything you do that continues the prohibition,continues the cartels and underwrites their existence.
I just hope that the people of Chicago vote this ignorant bastard back on the soup line.

Kushman

Jun 15 2009, 8:28 pm

I guess they don't know what hash is.

gstlab3

Jun 15 2009, 7:36 pm

LIES LIES LIES!! AND MORE LIES!!! STRONGER POT MY ASS!!! I HAVE SEEN REALLY GOOD POT AND REALLY BAD POT FOR OVER 25 YEARS!!!! IT IS ALL GENETIC AND SOMETIMES STRAIN SPECIFIC AND ENVIROMENT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE QUALITY OF DRUG GRADE MARIJUANA. THEIR IS NOTHING TO ARGUE ABOUT EXCEPT FOR THE LIES LIES LIES

gstlab3

Jun 15 2009, 7:32 pm

IGNORANCE FOLLOWED BY...,

idiot

Jun 15 2009, 7:10 pm

yea, lets kick a rapeist out of prison so we can make room for this weed pusher for the next 25 yrs

LB Dude

Jun 15 2009, 6:35 pm

What a bunch of dumb mutherfuckers! Stop ELECTING dumbasses like this shithead!

bongwater

Jun 15 2009, 5:50 pm

and this shit will continue until we,the drug culture,decide to make it a war...

Paul Lagoon

Jun 15 2009, 5:31 pm

It just like the sentencing disparities between crack and powdered cocaine. The very laws they were trying do away with. Now they're using the sacred herb. When will this nonsense end?

?

Jun 15 2009, 5:06 pm

And if i was to buy marijuana, how would i know if i was buying kush or not? How could i possible know the percentage of THC contained so as to avoid facing more penalty? Also...wasn't the main argument of anti pot movement that they cant effectively control the dosage of pot? Thus it being an "uncontrolled" substance? Alcohol containers have % or proof.... couldnt this method of rating the % of thc contained in pot be used to make pot use safer instead of just smoking random bags?

HU210

Jun 15 2009, 4:45 pm

Must have to use a chicago-north shore- zip code to send this asswipe an email, from the NORML site

sneezeburger42

Jun 15 2009, 4:41 pm

how could dey hate da kush? who is dem

freedom420FTG

Jun 15 2009, 4:35 pm

FTG! THIS OUR COUNTRY,IMPEACH,VOTE OUT ALL THE SOCIALIST MOTHER FUCKERS

gstlab3

Jun 15 2009, 3:56 pm

IGNORANCE FOLLOWED BY..........

gstlab3

Jun 15 2009, 3:55 pm

LIES LIES LIES AND MORE LIES!!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT!?? THERE ARE MORE VARIETIES OF DRUG GRADE MARIJUANA THAN THERE ARE CARS FOR SALE AND DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL OR MAN MADE DRUGS LIKE COKE AND METH!!! JUST ONE TIME CAN THE POLICE STATE OF CHICAGO MY HOME TOWN TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH WITHOUT PUTTING THE WIND BEHIND IT FROM CITY HALL??!! THE WINDY CITY INDEED!! THEY CAN BLOW ME!!!!!!! GROW YOUR OWN!!!!

bongbarian

Jun 15 2009, 3:53 pm

Tar & Leaf the political worm

toker

Jun 15 2009, 3:27 pm

It's amazing to see what kind of stupid garbage comes out of their mouths to keep the lies going and they are allowed to make shit up and lie without evidence but since it's the government they can lie and not be held accountable.

420Viper

Jun 15 2009, 3:24 pm

Paul Armentano has an excellent rebuttal to this government tool on norml.org.

Thanks, Paul!

Dogpissjones

Jun 15 2009, 3:24 pm

he should worry about the north shore then worry about potent pot. their just upset they collect no kickback from the sale of it.

420Viper

Jun 15 2009, 3:19 pm

The only system that it will harm is the prison-industrial system. Notice he's getting the aid of the lawbots at the end of the article.

If I had weed that good, I know enough already to titrate my dose(take a hit, wait 10 mins., repeat until stoned to satisfaction) and NEVER, EVER get behind the wheel of a car.

Why doesn't he also increase penalties for posession of Everclear or Bacardi 151? They are stronger drugs compared to beer and wine. Once again, what system is this "kush" supposedly harming anyway?

Kirk is just another government-corporate fascist tool.

kinder

Jun 15 2009, 3:16 pm

HA,HA,HA,HA,HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk about a breathing problem.

oregon420

Jun 15 2009, 3:14 pm

one thing kush dont mean its good its just a strain and two what dumbass pays 600 a ounce tha will damb neat get me three

blizzybong64

Jun 15 2009, 3:05 pm

its assholes like this that keep this fantastic herb illegal..
FUCK HIM! seriously someone should SMITE him!

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