Men Teach Toddlers How to Smoke Pot

[Rhino]

Report: Second Suspect Arrested in Case of Pot-Smoking-Toddler Video

Sunday, March 04, 2007

WATAUGA, Texas — A second suspect was arrested in connection with a videotape that shows him and another man teaching a 2- and 5-year-old how to smoke marijuana, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Vanswan Polty, 18, of Fort Worth was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of injury to a child, a third-degree felony. He remained jailed Saturday on $150,000 bail, according to the paper.

Police arrested 17-year-old Demetris McCoy on Feb. 23 after finding the video which shows the two men giving marijuana cigarettes to McCoy's nephews......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256491,00.html

[libertyman]

What's the big deal? People let their little kids taste beer & other forms of alcohol quite often, so there's no need to folks to get their bowels in an uproar over this. I'm not saying that this was a good thing to do (of course not!), 'cuz the only responsible use of marijuana is done by adults in the privacy of their homes.....but this is making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use


http://www.norml.org/images/pdf_file.gif (http://www.norml.org/pdf_files/NORML_Principles_of_Responsible_Cannabis_Use.pdf)A dults Only (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417#adults)
No Driving (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417#driving)
Set and Setting (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417#set)
Resist Abuse (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417#resist)
Respect Rights of Others (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417#respect)When marijuana is enjoyed responsibly, subjecting users to harsh criminal and civil penalties provides no public benefit and causes terrible injustices. For reasons of public safety, public health, economics and justice, the prohibition laws should be repealed to the extent that they criminalize responsible marijuana use.
By adoption of this statement, the NORML Board of Directors has attempted to define "responsible cannabis use."

MORE (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417)

[Rhino]

Principles of Responsible Cannabis UseDon't.

[DeclinetoState]

Here's what happens if you let your kid smoke pot:

http://juniortosenior.typepad.com/quotidien_dun_junior/images/paris_hilton_what_is_she_smoking.jpg

[Phil Osophical]

If all drugs were legalized, some of the following things would happen:

1. Drug users could buy their drugs with a prescription from a pharmacy and wouldn't be mugging, burglarizing, robbing and stealing from us to pay for their inflated and expensive illegal fixes.

2. It would take the crime element out of drugs. Drug producers in Mexico and South and Central America would be forced out of business -- no market. No más! No más!

3. There would be no need for the so-called "War on Drugs," saving lots of taxpayer pesos.

[Rhino]

4. Thousands, if not millions, more would be killed on our roads by stoned drivers.

5. Drug users would indeed be mugging, burglarizing, robbing and stealing from us to pay for their drugs, simply because they'd rather not pay for them at all, and because most drug users can't hold down a job to earn money for them anyway. And, since there would be more drug users, such crimes are likely to increase rather than decrease, requiring far more taxpayer pesos.

6. Thousands of young kids would drop out of school, being unable to pass their courses while stoned, creating an enormous wave of populace unable to fend for itself, thus resulting in more demand for welfare and increased crime (more taxpayer pesos).

7. Thousands of adults would drop out of their jobs, being unable to work while stoned, creating an enormous wave of populace unable to fend for itself, thus resulting in more demand for welfare and increased crime (more taxpayer pesos).

[Phil Osophical]

8. It would wreck the economy. The illegal drug industry circulates more money and stimulates the economy more than Wal-Mart, GM, Ford and Chrysler combined.

I think you're right. Maybe we better just keep the illegal drug industry operating. The economy is not too healthy anyway.

[DeclinetoState]

9. Even more Democrats would be elected to office because more voters would be unable and/or unwilling to actually look at the issues.

10. Paris Hilton's career would take off, since most of her audience would be as stoned as she is and not recognize that she has little or no talent.

[Rhino]

10. Paris Hilton's career would take off, since most of her audience would be as stoned as she is and not recognize that she has little or no talent.And her little dog too! :evilgrin:

[Rhino]

I think you're right.Who is? You posted that little tidbit yourself. Not going schizo on us, are you?

[libertyman]

4. Thousands, if not millions, more would be killed on our roads by stoned drivers.

Thank God we don't have that problem anymore, due to the effective War On (Some) Drugs!

5. Drug users would indeed be mugging, burglarizing, robbing and stealing from us to pay for their drugs, simply because they'd rather not pay for them at all, and because most drug users can't hold down a job to earn money for them anyway. And, since there would be more drug users, such crimes are likely to increase rather than decrease, requirirng far more taxpayer pesos.

We've already got laws on the books against murder, mugging, etc.; let's enforce those laws even tighter than we do now, & increase the use of the death penalty!

Now, for those who can't hold a job, that's THEIR problem.

6. Thousands of young kids would drop out of school, being unable to pass their courses while stoned, creating an enormous wave of populace unable to fend for itself, thus resulting in more demand for welfare and increased crime (more taxpayer pesos).

Responsible marijuana & other drug use doesn't include minors (I would say limit the age to those above 25)....besides, kids ALREADY drop out of school, so get used to it. ELIMINATE the Welfare State, so those folks can't get on the public dole!

7. Thousands of adults would drop out of their jobs, being unable to work while stoned, creating an enormous wave of populace unable to fend for itself, thus resulting in more demand for welfare and increased crime (more taxpayer pesos).

Fire employess who have drugs in their blood system....blood testing is the best way to go. Eliminate the Welfare State & punish violent crimes, including the death penalty!

Problem solved.

[Rhino]

Responsible marijuana & other drug use doesn't include minors....But, your response to the article about kids was "What's the big deal?"

Seriously though, I can't say for certain that what I posted would necessarily happen, just as Phil can't say the same for what he posted. It's all conjecture, really. I was just pointing out that this isn't a simple 'black and white' issue.

[Riverboat]

Here's what happens if you let your kid smoke pot:

http://juniortosenior.typepad.com/quotidien_dun_junior/images/paris_hilton_what_is_she_smoking.jpg
You grow tits and your ear develops a cyst that looks like a cell phone?