High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009

[Owl Mirror]

H.R.2848 - High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009

Introduced. High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced fines and prison terms for trafficking in marihuana with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of 15% or more.

Has this been in the news and I'm just hearing about it today for the first time ?
Is there anyone working on our behalf to stop this legislation?
What will this new restriction do to the medical quality marijuana many of us depend upon?

 

[igrowwitmatches]

umm .. more potent = smoke less = good thing??

 

[ureapwhatusow]

old u just heard it

counter argument imo is its better for a patient to smoke less for same result than more

 

[ItsAllOver]

Ah wtf is this?
So what? Now they are planning to test every batch that they seize to determine this? PITA and another waste of taxpayer loot. Most dispensaries don't have this capability. ARGH!
If we're going to get scientific with it, then how about we get reasonable and stop busting people for the weight of their fucking root systems and soil?

 

[SpasticGramps]

Punishing people for having better weed is retarded (I know there are a lot of good strains under 15%). This bill is retarded. Congress is useless.

 

[Sam the Caveman]

This is like making the penalties for yagermeister open container stiffer than budweiser open container.

Is this really all they can think of to put their efforts into?

I guess anything but discuss the elephant in the living room.

 

[Euphrates]

This actually hasn't passed yet, has it ? I read the bill and didn't see anything.

Personally I doubt such a law will pass, I think I might have actually heard of this before on these forums... this kirk guy is an attention seeking muppet whose probably related to this guy - http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=150476


ehh. Profound Idiot proposes...
‘(8)(A) Unless a higher penalty is otherwise provided in this Act, in the case of a violation of subsection (a) involving high potency marihuana such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 25 years and if death or serious bodily injury result shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 20 years or more than life, a fine not to exceed the greater of that provided in title 18, United States Code, or $1,000,000 if the defendant is an individual or $5,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both. If any person commits such a violation after a prior conviction for a felony drug offense has become final, such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 35 years, and if death or serious bodily injury result from the use of such substance shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, a fine not the exceed the greater of that provided in title 18, United States Code, or $2,000,000 if the defendant is an individual or $10,000,000 if the defendant is other than an individual, or both. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not place on probation or suspend the sentence of any person sentenced under the provisions of this subparagraph which provide for a mandatory term of imprisonment.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

 

[Euphrates]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=125563- Yeh I knew it.. this kirk guy is a fucking joke, an attention seeking whore.. I bet allot of his peers don't even like him... "oh god, here comes that tool kirk, he's such a douche bag". "quite, he'll hear us". “I don’t give a fuck anymore”.


Edit:

post by: MarquisBlack.

This is also the guy who wants to turn your Social Security card into an ID backed by yet-another database.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrsJVZe41Dg

He also admits to telling China recently not to believe US Budget figures. Pretty clearly undercutting Obama's administration and committing, in my opinion, light treason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvM14hrk8-A

 

[BurmeseDragon]

Never heard of it!

How many grows really get shut down by the FBI? Most of the time it's state laws that are applied, I could see this effecting growers that use national lands...but really, those fed laws are already so harsh...there is no way that they can use federal laws on eeryone.

The majority of the citizens would be in prison!

 

[quest]

Anybody bother to tell this guy that he will be waiting a looooooooooong time for someone to die from smoking weed?

I can see it now, prosecutor jumping up in court and saying the defendant's weed caused bodily injury to a "victim"

 

[quest]

New names for weed over 15%....

Green Room
Old Sparky
Gas Chamber
Death Row
Condemmed
Firing Squad
Hangman
The Noose

 

[kmk420kali]

Anybody bother to tell this guy that he will be waiting a looooooooooong time for someone to die from smoking weed?

I can see it now, prosecutor jumping up in court and saying the defendant's weed caused bodily injury to a "victim"

Yeah...when the gestapo rushed in and crushed his head under their jack-boots!!

 

[BurmeseDragon]

No, they would probably try a stretch by saying there was violence from the good bud....or someone being under it's influence....and nothing to do with the increased penalty or how some people just do not pay attention driving sober or were on some other drug.

They don't have a possession limit defining that new punishment, but I can see the FBI trying it out on some big operation....or just closing the noose on California. They would need a lot of new prisons to do more than just be dumb and make it look like Congress does something to earn that paycheck!

Imagine if stoners just passed fascist laws all day, like a mandatory minimum yearly harvest.

 

[goody420]

If they do that then they will have to bring down the time for people that get caught with dirt weed.

 

[kmk420kali]

If they do that then they will have to bring down the time for people that get caught with dirt weed.

Damn...you just got the Mexican Vote!! lol!!

 

[goody420]

Damn...you just got the Mexican Vote!! lol!!

 

[Cranberry]

Vote Vote Vote..

Can not believe all the silliness of our government, it has got to stop. So much going to crap, and this is what they waist "our" time on..

 

[ureapwhatusow]

New names for weed over 15%....

Green Room
Old Sparky
Gas Chamber
Death Row
Condemmed
Firing Squad
Hangman
The Noose

A fucking + material right there folks

 

[MagniKhan]

New names for weed over 15%....

Green Room
Old Sparky
Gas Chamber
Death Row
Condemmed
Firing Squad
Hangman
The Noose

Funny,,lol..

Heres some more:

Rape me Red
Bubba Crush
Soap tide Stick
Lock up Horror
San Quentin Sativa
Gas Chamber Haze
Rikers Island Indica
Cronic Injection


Thank you .....Thank you.....I'll be here all week....

 

[Pythagllio]

This bill was just political grandstanding IMO, and isn't likely to go anywhere. Last action was on 7/23 when it was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. The bill has no co-sponsors.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2848

"This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Nov 13, 2009 10:16PM]"