god damn i hate the news....

[Bud Spleefman]

As a parent myself, it's my responsibility to keep my kid safe and that means the little one doesn't get near the weed, much less have a chance at a brownie!!!!! If it's not the parents responsibility, who's is it? You can't blame the kid, right? It's similar to leaving your kid alone with a bottle of Cherry Codeine Cough Syrup, medicine is dangerous stuff, and although the kid didn't die, it's still not what the kid needed. I'm sure the little guy was scared to death! The kid who shot himself with the .22, again, although he was older, still the parent has to take the blame.

I don't like 9 News, either, but they're all pretty bad. It seems like CBS 4 is the most dis-interested in the MMJ scene.... they don't talk about it too much.

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

I wonder if some of the people posting here have even a basic level of reading comprehension.

"Investigators say they found a grow operation and a bucket of edibles in a shed in back of the home. Investigators assume the baby ate some of it."

So if that baby was able get outside, open the shed and get into the edibles and/or grow then you have a bigger problem in that your baby is able to get outside. AND investigators ASSUME the baby ate some, why? Was he drooling, speaking gibberish, wanting to nap? If you do not try to read between lines when you see or hear "news" you are foolish, news is a business and they have discovered that sensationalizing the story makes it sell.

 

[Bud Spleefman]

FYI Maj. Cottonmouth, if you live in Denver it's been on the news for the last day or so. I saw an interview with the kids aunt saying how bad she felt about the kid eating the brownie and they interviewed some neighbors who were saying what great parents they were. Both parents have been arrested. So some of us are commenting on more than what you ARE READING in the article.

Oh, and what's with your Elitist attitude? Maybe some people don't read that well. Maybe some if them are stoned?! Lighten up FRANCIS!

 

[kmk420kali]

FYI Maj. Cottonmouth, if you live in Denver it's been on the news for the last day or so. I saw an interview with the kids aunt saying how bad she felt about the kid eating the brownie and they interviewed some neighbors who were saying what great parents they were. Both parents have been arrested. So some of us are commenting on more than what you ARE READING in the article.

Oh, and what's with your Elitist attitude? Maybe some people don't read that well. Maybe some if them are stoned?! Lighten up FRANCIS!

Sorry, but I don't understand your beef...you have just said nothing...that wasn't in the Article--
So...how did this 10 month old get out of the house, around back, and into the shed??
Have they even determined if the kid had THC in his system?? Or are they still going on "Assumptions"??

 

[Bud Spleefman]

Yes, here's the WHOLE story. The one that I read, from the same News Source as the original post was referencing...

Authorities: 2 children
injured in homes with
marijuana grows

posted by Dan Boniface 2 days ago


KUSA - The father of an 11-year-old who shot
himself in the foot while at home alone with a .22
caliber pistol left on the kitchen counter, told
9NEWS he didn't leave his son armed to protect his
marijuana-growing operation.

North Metro Task Force spokesman Commander
Jerry Peters said police found 30 plants in the home.
The owner, who described himself to investigators
as a "caregiver," had licenses for some of the 30
plants.

"I think the 11-year-old was protecting the
marijuana grow," Peters said. "It's a lucrative b
usiness. We've seen home invasion robberies.
We've seen kidnappings. We've seen shootings at
these dispensaries. We've seen the lightening bolt of
crime surrounding these.

"So our assumption is, there is a gun accessible to a
child, why is the gun there?" Peters continued. "Why
is this child left unattended especially when there is
a marijuana grow or an illegal operation taking
place?"

9NEWS isn't naming the Broomfield man because he
has not been charged yet. Peters said police plan to
make an arrest Tuesday and charge the father of two
with cultivation of marijuana and child abuse.

Peters told 9NEWS the boy shot himself Friday night.
He is doing OK.

The boy's father told 9NEWS on the phone the
incident "was an accident." Both he and his son are
avid hunters, in fact, the .22 is his son's weapon.

"If a child is learning how to shoot in the presence
of their father, that can take place on a day-to-day
basis. The child should never be left alone with a
loaded handgun, especially an 11-year-old child,"
Peters said. "There's just too many circumstances
that could go wrong and did go wrong. It's hard to


tell when a child is responsible enough to maintain
a handgun."

North Metro Task Force is also investigating the
case of a 10-month-old in Commerce City who
overdosed on marijuana edibles and had to be taken
to Children's Hospital.

Commerce City Police arrested the boy's parents
Monday. Arturo Torres and Jessica Bacerra have
been charged with cultivation of marijuana and
child abuse.

Peters said their 10-month-old twins have been
removed from the home.

Police say Sunday, the parents noticed something
wasn't right with one child, he was lethargic and
sleepy.

While at the hospital, Peters said doctors diagnosed
him with THC overdose. According to Peters, the
child ate too much of a trail-mix type edible made at
the home.

Police came to the home Monday morning after
Children's Hospital reported the incident. They
found a marijuana-growing operation, about 27
plants, and arrested the couple.

The parents tell investigators they're not sure how
the 10-month-old got into the trail mix.

"I don't care if it's a legal marijuana grow or illegal when a child suffers from THC overdose, a child could die and that's something that concerns me not only as a parent, but as a law enforcement officer here in Adams County," Peters said.

Mary Hilko is a nurse and a poison specialist at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center. She told 9NEWS in 2009, seven children ranging from newborns to 6 years old were exposed to marijuana, this year three young children were exposed to the drug so far.

"Death is unlikely," Hilko said, but added, "[Young children] can get very severe drowsiness, sleepiness, their heart rate can go up. They can become frightened and not understand what's happening to them. They can lose their muscle tone. That sets them up for a fall and trauma from a fall. Rarely, they could go into a coma. Anything that would alter a child's mental status or their ability to stay awake, it could be a set up for serious things to happen."
According to Peters, the couple in this case also has paperwork for some of the 27 plants, but they don't believe all are legally grown.

 

[Blue Dot]

Anything that would alter a child's mental status or their ability to stay awake, it could be a set up for serious things to happen."

Better investigate Big Pharma then, their job is to alter the mental status.

 

[Preacher]

Goddamnit.

"I don't care if it's a legal marijuana grow or illegal when a child suffers from THC overdose, a child could die and that's something that concerns me not only as a parent, but as a law enforcement officer here in Adams County," Peters said.

A human will pass out after consuming one-fourteenth of the LD-50 for THC (which is measured in density, weight of the drug per weight of the person). No a child could not fucking die. Even taking into consideration the slower delivery of eaten THC no human could ever get that high, which is probably why no human ever has in our history. Don't you just love how cops present themselves as being experts on things they know less about than you?

Yeah, fuck the news.

 

[kmk420kali]

"I don't care if it's a legal marijuana grow or illegal when a child suffers from THC overdose, a child could die and that's something that concerns me not only as a parent, but as a law enforcement officer here in Adams County," Peters said.

Bud...you think that there is no "Sensationalism" here??
Nobody has ever died from a Cannabis Overdose...PERIOD--
Preacher...nice call--

 

[Bud Spleefman]

Bud...you think that there is no "Sensationalism" here??
Nobody has ever died from a Cannabis Overdose...PERIOD--
Preacher...nice call--

Where did I say there was no sensationalism?

Do you think this is child abuse? I do, as I mentioned, in my first post in this thread. I think you're a friend of the OP and want to jump my shit for no reason, is what I think.

 

[teddybud]

the news is propaganda.

 

[kmk420kali]

Where did I say there was no sensationalism?

Do you think this is child abuse? I do, as I mentioned, in my first post in this thread. I think you're a friend of the OP and want to jump my shit for no reason, is what I think.

I think you should re-evaluate your thinking--
That is Lame man...gonna say I am a friend of somebody's...so I am attacking you-- What I said was not "Jumping your shit"-- I merely made a statement--
Did this kid get hold of some medicine?? Yes, obviously, since he tested positive for it--
But that does not mean that the Parents gave it to him...it may, but why jump the gun and say that, when it is still very possible that he got it through (yes...here is where you can scream abuse....they might have left something out inadvertently)--
The same as many kids get into things by accident...my son drank some grout cleaner when he was a year old...he spent 3 days in the hospital...and almost died-- There was no charges...it was an accident...Much as it seems this was...except, the kid was never in any physical danger....since it could do little more than put him to sleep--
Is that a li'l clearer??

 

[PharmaCan]

When you have kids you should be childproofing your entire house. Take the extra step or two to child and adult proof your grow.

Amen to that, bro! Jeez, all it takes is a little common sense. The crap most people keep under their kitchen sink is a lot more hazardous to kids than a grow op, but we don't stop cleaning the house just because a kid comes along.

PC

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

HAHAHAHHA ... cops trying to say that someone left a 11 YEAR OLD to guard a lousy 30 plant crop WITH A FUCKING .22 ?????


wadda load of shit... my .22s aint nothing but a bb gun. i sit in my yard and shoot cans all day wit it....

 

[pimpjuice]

-

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

why would you leave an 11 y/o home with a .22 on the counter? I'm sorry but dad looks like a dumbfuck. That's gonna play out great for him in court I'm sure.

well i doubt the gun was on the counter. but if you have kids you cant leave loaded guns around without some sort of safety device (gunlock or gunsafe). but as far as the cops saying that this kid was left to defend this "operation" is BEYOND ludacrious. im just tired of people who are supposed to be professionals flat out lying. its like the dea agents who say every little clone will yield a pound....

 

[bergerbuddy]

F those parents for even growing with small kids around.

FUCK THE SAME PARENTS FOR HAVING ANY ALCOHOL AROUND TOO..

RIGHT BLUE???

RIGHT??

 

[Directrix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7S5kB1hbq8

the federal communications commission regulates radio and TV, telephone and satellite transmissions
the concentration of media in the hands of few and fewer corporations isn't a news story but the changes in the last two decades have been remarkable

in 1983 90 percent of the major media were controlled by just 50 companies
by 1992 that number had been cut in half to just two dozen companies

and by 2000 the overwhelming majority of the mass media was owned by only 6 companies
6 companies
6 6 6 companies...

AOL
TIME WARNER
DISNEY
VICOM
BURGLESMAN NEW CORPORATION
AND VEVENDA UNIVERSAL

by 2006 all these companies were owned by one company

Clear Channel Communications

what you don't want

is to have so few owners in a community
that they can dominate the dialogue
and move it in any direction they might want to move it in without having the alternative
of competing ideas to ensure that they are diverse owners of media

the founders of this country figured out a way for there to be a fairness in the media - to make it possible for ordinary people to create media

that means that it isn't in the hands of very large corporations
(clear channel communications)
but just locally owned locally produced organizations to the folks who are consuming it

that's the answer
and right now we have a set of changes that will move us in exactly the wrong direction being considered
and still the vast majority of Americans no nothing about it

3/4 of Americans had absolutely no idea what so ever
NO IDEA WHAT SO EVER
people who did actually know about it were almost universally opposed
people do not have information given to them by the media.

we have enormous freedom
that's not a gift that was given to us it's a legacy that was left to us
by centuries of struggle centuries of people most of whose names are completely forgotten
the ones who created the freedom and the rights that we now have

and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them
sadly there is in fact a major effort to take them away right now.

 

[AceFrehley]

CNNN is a biased as SHIT. Like a Fox in wolves clothing. You cant believe a word of their version of the news.