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OH MY FUCK!!!! I told you people that EVERYONE smokes weed. Here's an article from my local news stations website (wzzm13.com) about a prominent sports reporter from my hometown Grand Rapids. This is some funny shit. I gotta go toke up now I hope you enjoy the article. I threw in some of the peoples comments as well.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- A sports columnist at The Grand Rapids Press is accused of growing marijuana at his home.
Forty-eight-year-old David Mayo was arraigned Wednesday in Grand Rapids District Court.
He's charged with possession with intent to deliver between 5 and 45 kilograms of marijuana and maintaining a drug house at his northeastern Grand Rapids home.
The possession charge is a felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years. The other charge is a two-year misdemeanor.
Defense attorney Bruce Block says the felony is a "one-size-fits-all" statute and he's not aware of any evidence that Mayo sold any marijuana.
Mayo has been at the newspaper since 1985 and specializes in boxing coverage. Press Publisher Dan Gaydou declined to comment on the charges.
33 year old Bradley Cook, also of Grand Rapids, was charged with possession of marijuana. Both men have posted bond.
Authorities say two other individuals, from a separate grow operation, will be indicted in federal court.
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rockfordd00d wrote:
coffeesnob, who is to say he is the exception? there are tons of closet weed smokers out there who manage their illegal past time very well. as a child i never knew many of my friends parents smoked pot..some were blue collar..some where white collar...and a couple lived in half-million dollar houses..i never knew until i was older that these people smoked pot and it never effected their daily function and obligations
2/11/2009 10:01 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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OhSusanna wrote:
Did he have a prescription? Maybe he was growing it for medicinal purposes. He needed to supplement his income; being a sportswriter how much could he make; he's not Ray Barone.
2/11/2009 9:44 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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coolfred wrote:
Percoset can be habit forming if taken in high doses or over a prolonged period of time. It is a narcotic of the opioid family not even close to the cannabis family.
I didn't realize you were searching for an IQ enhancing drug, I hope you find it and it helps your spelling.
The prevailing argument here is for the Government to stop jailing people for non-violent crimes and to quit persecuting it's citizenry for their personal choices. I'd rather have a family member that smoked pot in the basement than one I have to visit in prison because he got caught with marijuana.
2/11/2009 9:23 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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NationUnderLies wrote:
That picture looks like Peter Ross.
2/11/2009 8:47 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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WaxMan wrote:
Another man who should be called "entrepreneur" and not "criminal".
2/11/2009 8:46 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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F0REM4N wrote:
Illegal drug fund crime. Legal drugs fund governments. The choice is clear for that reason alone to me.
- Bingo! And lets not forget the legal cigarette drug. Unlike weed, highly addictive by design. I wish I was mentally hooked on weed ratherthan mentally AND physically hooked on cigs. Go figure.
2/11/2009 8:44 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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WhiteTrashMoron wrote:
GRISSMALL wrote: "Someone should look into the Whiskey Lounge on Godfrey and nab Mike Vorce's pot pedaling buddy Sonny"
I'll be sure to look into that... Would you happen to have his number, I'm running low?
2/11/2009 8:40 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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NationUnderLies wrote:
Who cares? Even Jesus smoked the chronic. Of course only when he wasn't riding on his pet dinosaur.
2/11/2009 8:14 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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GRISSMALL wrote:
I think people would be surprised at all the prominent Grand Rapids people that sell drugs. Someone should look into the Whiskey Lounge on Godfrey and nab Mike Vorce's pot pedaling buddy Sonny
2/11/2009 7:47 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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F0REM4N wrote:
Any adult should be able to ingest anything he pleases. His body is sovereign. It is his inalienable right.
Prohibition is the period from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned nationally as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
As Prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the Great Depression, especially in large cities, repeal was eagerly anticipated. On March 23, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of certain kinds of alcoholic beverages.
The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed with ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, on December 5, 1933.
Many social problems have been attributed to the Prohibition era. A profitable, often violent, black market for alcohol flourished. Racketeering happened when powerful gangs corrupted law enforcement agencies. Stronger liquor surged in popularity because its potency made it more profitable to smuggle. The cost of enforcing Prohibition was high, and the lack of tax revenues on alcohol (some $500 million annually nationwide) affected government coffers. When repeal of Prohibition occurred in 1933, organized crime lost nearly all of its black market alcohol profits in most states (states still had the right to enforce their own laws concerning alcohol consumption), because of competition with low-priced alcohol sales at legal liquor stores.
2/11/2009 7:06 PM EST on wzzm13.com
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- A sports columnist at The Grand Rapids Press is accused of growing marijuana at his home.
Forty-eight-year-old David Mayo was arraigned Wednesday in Grand Rapids District Court.
He's charged with possession with intent to deliver between 5 and 45 kilograms of marijuana and maintaining a drug house at his northeastern Grand Rapids home.
The possession charge is a felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of seven years. The other charge is a two-year misdemeanor.
Defense attorney Bruce Block says the felony is a "one-size-fits-all" statute and he's not aware of any evidence that Mayo sold any marijuana.
Mayo has been at the newspaper since 1985 and specializes in boxing coverage. Press Publisher Dan Gaydou declined to comment on the charges.
33 year old Bradley Cook, also of Grand Rapids, was charged with possession of marijuana. Both men have posted bond.
Authorities say two other individuals, from a separate grow operation, will be indicted in federal court.
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rockfordd00d wrote:
coffeesnob, who is to say he is the exception? there are tons of closet weed smokers out there who manage their illegal past time very well. as a child i never knew many of my friends parents smoked pot..some were blue collar..some where white collar...and a couple lived in half-million dollar houses..i never knew until i was older that these people smoked pot and it never effected their daily function and obligations
2/11/2009 10:01 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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OhSusanna wrote:
Did he have a prescription? Maybe he was growing it for medicinal purposes. He needed to supplement his income; being a sportswriter how much could he make; he's not Ray Barone.
2/11/2009 9:44 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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coolfred wrote:
Percoset can be habit forming if taken in high doses or over a prolonged period of time. It is a narcotic of the opioid family not even close to the cannabis family.
I didn't realize you were searching for an IQ enhancing drug, I hope you find it and it helps your spelling.
The prevailing argument here is for the Government to stop jailing people for non-violent crimes and to quit persecuting it's citizenry for their personal choices. I'd rather have a family member that smoked pot in the basement than one I have to visit in prison because he got caught with marijuana.
2/11/2009 9:23 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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NationUnderLies wrote:
That picture looks like Peter Ross.
2/11/2009 8:47 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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WaxMan wrote:
Another man who should be called "entrepreneur" and not "criminal".
2/11/2009 8:46 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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Anti_Herd wrote:
F0REM4N wrote:
Illegal drug fund crime. Legal drugs fund governments. The choice is clear for that reason alone to me.
- Bingo! And lets not forget the legal cigarette drug. Unlike weed, highly addictive by design. I wish I was mentally hooked on weed ratherthan mentally AND physically hooked on cigs. Go figure.
2/11/2009 8:44 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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WhiteTrashMoron wrote:
GRISSMALL wrote: "Someone should look into the Whiskey Lounge on Godfrey and nab Mike Vorce's pot pedaling buddy Sonny"
I'll be sure to look into that... Would you happen to have his number, I'm running low?
2/11/2009 8:40 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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NationUnderLies wrote:
Who cares? Even Jesus smoked the chronic. Of course only when he wasn't riding on his pet dinosaur.
2/11/2009 8:14 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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GRISSMALL wrote:
I think people would be surprised at all the prominent Grand Rapids people that sell drugs. Someone should look into the Whiskey Lounge on Godfrey and nab Mike Vorce's pot pedaling buddy Sonny
2/11/2009 7:47 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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F0REM4N wrote:
Any adult should be able to ingest anything he pleases. His body is sovereign. It is his inalienable right.
Prohibition is the period from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned nationally as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
As Prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the Great Depression, especially in large cities, repeal was eagerly anticipated. On March 23, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of certain kinds of alcoholic beverages.
The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed with ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, on December 5, 1933.
Many social problems have been attributed to the Prohibition era. A profitable, often violent, black market for alcohol flourished. Racketeering happened when powerful gangs corrupted law enforcement agencies. Stronger liquor surged in popularity because its potency made it more profitable to smuggle. The cost of enforcing Prohibition was high, and the lack of tax revenues on alcohol (some $500 million annually nationwide) affected government coffers. When repeal of Prohibition occurred in 1933, organized crime lost nearly all of its black market alcohol profits in most states (states still had the right to enforce their own laws concerning alcohol consumption), because of competition with low-priced alcohol sales at legal liquor stores.
2/11/2009 7:06 PM EST on wzzm13.com
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