Minnesota Court Rules Bong Water Illegal

DdC · 10-24-2009, 08:35 PM

Dump out that bong water

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that police can include the entire weight of bong water that tests positive for the presence of a drug when computing the amount of drug possession.

The case involved meth, but you can imagine that they’ll immediately start using it to jack up the amounts for pot possession as well. One cup of water weighs just over 8 ounces.

In a sharply worded dissent, Justice Paul Anderson said the majority’s decision “does not make sense, and borders on the absurd.” He said it isn’t consistent with what the Legislature intended when it wrote the state’s drug laws. And he blasted Rice County authorities for charging Peck with such a serious crime.

"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts
when you have forgotten your aim."
-- George Santayana, "The Life of Reason"

Minnesota Court Rules Bong Water Illegal
Bong water can count as a controlled substance, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that raises the threat of longer sentences for drug smokers who fail to dump the water out of their pipes.

"We.. say that on the medical evidence available,
moderate indulgence in cannabis has little ill-effect on health,
and that decisions to ban or legalise cannabis
should be based on other considerations."
The Lancet,
vol 352, number 9140, November 14 1998

Pot Accounts For 75% of Police Seizures by Jeremiah Vandermeer
Many Canadians think police don't pay much attention to marijuana, and instead focus on busting people for "hard drugs". Think again.

Cutting money to health services will not cut services…
let’s try that with jails and police? by Kirk Tousaw
Re: B.C. health cuts no harm to services: minister

Facts and statistics that relate to police priorities by David Malmo-Levine
I went through the Vancouver Public Library's "Police Brutality" files a while back (I think they have been discontinued by now - budget cuts) and picked out a few quotes ... and rather than have this stuff go to waste in some corner of my archives I thought I would share it with all of you!

cantSEEme · 11-05-2009, 09:23 PM

wow. this would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and horrible.

natedogg316 · 11-05-2009, 10:24 PM

I guess if the popo comes, dump tha water

Mercury · 11-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by natedogg316

I guess if the popo comes, dump tha water

but then would that make the carpet illegal? the carpet in my old apartment would get me like life in prison.

Flamingnun · 11-06-2009, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DdC

The case involved meth, but you can imagine that they’ll immediately start using it to jack up the amounts for pot possession as well.

How do you figure that? Methamphetamine is soluble in water, THC is not.

**SageTree** · 11-06-2009, 10:55 AM

booooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Mydriasis · 11-06-2009, 01:18 PM

I wonder if bong water contains any other cannabinoids?

If only I had some TLC plates and some bong water.

kitch · 11-06-2009, 01:33 PM

do you make all those jpegs yerself? they're really hard to read

10-24-2009, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,117 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 51 Thanked 607 Times in 399 Posts	Minnesota Court Rules Bong Water Illegal Dump out that bong water The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that police can include the entire weight of bong water that tests positive for the presence of a drug when computing the amount of drug possession. The case involved meth, but you can imagine that they’ll immediately start using it to jack up the amounts for pot possession as well. One cup of water weighs just over 8 ounces. In a sharply worded dissent, Justice Paul Anderson said the majority’s decision “does not make sense, and borders on the absurd.” He said it isn’t consistent with what the Legislature intended when it wrote the state’s drug laws. And he blasted Rice County authorities for charging Peck with such a serious crime. "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." -- George Santayana, "The Life of Reason" Minnesota Court Rules Bong Water Illegal Bong water can count as a controlled substance, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that raises the threat of longer sentences for drug smokers who fail to dump the water out of their pipes. "We.. say that on the medical evidence available, moderate indulgence in cannabis has little ill-effect on health, and that decisions to ban or legalise cannabis should be based on other considerations." The Lancet, vol 352, number 9140, November 14 1998 Pot Accounts For 75% of Police Seizures by Jeremiah Vandermeer Many Canadians think police don't pay much attention to marijuana, and instead focus on busting people for "hard drugs". Think again. Cutting money to health services will not cut services… let’s try that with jails and police? by Kirk Tousaw Re: B.C. health cuts no harm to services: minister Facts and statistics that relate to police priorities by David Malmo-Levine I went through the Vancouver Public Library's "Police Brutality" files a while back (I think they have been discontinued by now - budget cuts) and picked out a few quotes ... and rather than have this stuff go to waste in some corner of my archives I thought I would share it with all of you!

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,019 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	wow. this would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and horrible. __________________

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Mydriasis Do Not Resuscitate Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,293 Thanks: 840 Thanked 431 Times in 298 Posts	I wonder if bong water contains any other cannabinoids? If only I had some TLC plates and some bong water. __________________ ۞

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