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legislation to increase the penalties for selling kush.

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danimal7

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I was just reading the wiki page on Kush and this is what I found....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kush_%28cannabis%29

Congressman Mark Kirk, a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, introduced legislation to increase the penalties for selling kush.[5] The High-Potency Marijuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 2848)[6] increases the penalties for the possession with intent to distribute, manufacture, importation and exportation to maximum fines of $1 million for an individual and $5 million for a group, with a maximum sentence of 25 years from the standard sentencing for marijuana which calls for a maximum fine of $250,000 for an individual, $1 million for a group and up to five years in prison.[7] Kirk said that as kush may sell for up to $600 (USD) per ounce these increases are justified, saying that "if you can make as much money selling pot as cocaine, you should face the same penalties." [7]
 
opt1c

opt1c

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hehe..... i can imagine the court and jury determining what is "kush"... expert witnesses would be called no doubt... that could be a nice job now that i think about it
 
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danimal7

sorry , I meant to put this in the legal / political section but alas this hindu kush ,so potent (like cocaine) ,has turned my brain upside down......
 
GrnMtnGrwr

GrnMtnGrwr

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It's funny... but then you realize how scary it is, that ignorance like this is what our laws are currently based on. :badday:
 
flubnutz

flubnutz

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LMFAO that won't clear the first trial, a lot of people HERE couldn't identify "kush", how the hell is a judge or jury?
 
TBL420uk

TBL420uk

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The only penalties regarding Kush should be against the people who claim its from cali & the people who think its the best weed in the world. In the UK Skunk is the generic word for hybrid canna regardles of the strain, sounds like Kush is the US version of Skunk.
 
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danimal7

so I was asking myself "what is kush " and then checking out other landrace strains . does anyone know of a good thread here on IC about landracers
 
DiscoBiscuit

DiscoBiscuit

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The bill stated (last year's congress) that any mj over 15% THC would receive the higher penalty and sentencing.

I went to this guys (house) website. Apparently he's pretty proud of the bill but doesn't seem to mention it in his senate (yes, he's running for US Senate) site.

http://kirk.house.gov/
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To toughen penalties for dealers of a new type of “super-marijuana” hitting the northern suburbs Congressman Kirk introduced H.R. 2828, the High-Potency Marijuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009. “Kush,” street slang for a strain of highly-potent marijuana contains twice as much tretrahydrocannabinol (THC) as the average seized marijuana in 2007 and five times as much as in the early 1990s.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than 25 million individuals ages 12 and older used marijuana in 2007. This figure is significantly more than any other drug on the market. In 2005, the United States Department of Justice approximated that 74 percent of eighth graders, 65 percent of tenth graders and 58 percent of twelfth graders surveyed were at “great risk” of smoking marijuana. Local law enforcement reports that Kush users are ‘zombie-like’ because of the extreme THC levels.

This legislation increases federal fines to $1 million for an individual, $5 million for a group and sentences up to 25 years for the trafficking of high-potency marijuana, marijuana containing 15 percent or more of tretrahydrocannabinol (THC).

Higher fines and longer sentences aren’t the total solution to our nation’s drug problem. But our laws should keep pace with advances in the strength and cash-value of high-THC marijuana. If you can make as much money selling pot as cocaine, you should face the same penalties.
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danimal7

DiscoBiscuit said:
The bill stated (last year's congress) that any mj over 15% THC would receive the higher penalty and sentencing.

I went to this guys (house) website. Apparently he's pretty proud of the bill but doesn't seem to mention it in his senate (yes, he's running for US Senate) site.

http://kirk.house.gov/
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thanks DB...you beat me to it:yeahthats
"Kush" is such a "buzz" word .....haha ...pun intented
 
DiscoBiscuit

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Thank you, danimal7. Any legislator that plays the fear card is interesting, whether one agrees with their politics or not. I'm not so down on his fear of good pot but the bs statistics and propaganda he relies on to spread more fear. Next thing you know, he'll say it's liberal or socialist to advocate reform, lol.
 
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SoCaliSmoker

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In San Diego, everyone is trying to cash in on the Kush craze!!

No doubt, even with all the shit weed that is being grown by people in all parts of California who want to get in on the marijuana game and are flooding the streets with garbage, the Kush can still get you top-notch prices. You should see what the Kush market has turned into:

Headband Kush
Mystery Kush
Cheese Kush
Phantom Kush
Lemon Kush
213 Kush
O.G Kush
O.G Kush Haze
A.M.F Kush
Silver Surfer Kush
Larry Kush (and there's Irene Kush too)
Grapefruit Kush
Hindu Kush
Magic Kush
Venom Kush
Wonder Kush
Strawberry Kush

and the list goes on and on....


I mean - HONESTLY MAN!! WTF!!! You should be sentenced just for naming your bud stupid names, and all the names above are not exaggerations either! People are dying to get into this Kush game from tip-top Northern Cali all the way to the Mexican border in Southern Cali.

Kush is KING right now.
 
bombadil.360

bombadil.360

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they show their true colors every step of the way... these simpleton ignoramuses of leaders the U.S has are unreal...

lets educate these idiots: Kush is simply a generic name to refer to any plant gathered in the region of the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan and Afghanistan, period.
 
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rootfingers

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Lol, with the teabagger movement and the lack of a formidable opponent from the dems this guy may actually be a senator by this time next year! IL still has a long way to go in some ways.
 
steppinRazor

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with this logic a crack dealer should get lighter penalties for peddling stomped on product..
the only weed crime going on here is people selling compressed leafy stemmy herb - you know the stuff that has more beaners than a mexican clown car
 
mriko

mriko

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lets educate these idiots: Kush is simply a generic name to refer to any plant gathered in the region of the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan and Afghanistan, period.
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Don't ever mention it, could give some the idea to set up some eradication campaign overthere, so as to get rid of the source of this deadly plant. Their minds are fucked up enough for such a thing to pop in their rotten brains.
This is worrying news...

Irie !
 
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