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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

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Between Monday, Aug. 1, and Sunday, Aug. 7, the sheriff’s office made the following arrests:
David Kyle Amerson, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana;
Erasto Guzman Barragan, failure to maintain lane and driving without a license;
Byron Raynard Bell, driving while license suspended or revoked;
Tiffiny Nichole Cruce, failure to maintain lane, driving while license suspended or revoked, operating vehicle without a tag and no license on person;
Novarn Amon Ervin, violation of parole or probation;
Gerard Kentriell Harvey, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana;
Marquis Rashad Holmes, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana;
Jason Lamar Lain, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and window tint;
Philip Graham Morris, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and expired tag;
Heather Michelle Stephens, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana;
Ashley Marie Teal, warrants pending;
Jamie William Teal, sale of schedule II controlled substance and sale of schedule III controlled substance.

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#1 a-no-no on 08/14/11 at 01:20 PM

I guess you can not buy more than an ounce of marijuana in Pike.

#1.1 Smaller is better on 08/16/11 at 02:11 PM

Sure you can. Being in possession of an ounce or higher just puts you at risk of being charged with a felony.

#2 Sheila Tolley on 08/14/11 at 06:14 PM

We do not even fool with plants in Pike anymore. We just grow joints. Will you harvest my fields?

#2.1 Bubba on 08/16/11 at 02:13 PM

I will harvest your field if you will shake my tree.

#2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 05:49 PM

We can shake, rattle and roll...baby!

#3 Morals on 08/14/11 at 08:55 PM

How many more people have to have their record ruined over marijuana? This is ridiculous, I want one person to give me a legit reason marijuana should not be legalized.

#3.1 Bunch of Legit reasons on 08/15/11 at 09:10 AM

Taxes
Fines
New fast patrol cars
Longer weekly Sheriffs Report
Law enforcement officers go to marijuana bust school @ UGA Continuing Education
Black combat gear for sheriffs
JOB Paper sales @ Pike gas stations (SPLOST TAX)
Music sales;
I'll never smoke grass with Willie again.
Don't Bogart that joint my friend.

#3.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/16/11 at 02:44 PM

Marijuana SHOULD be legalized. Why don't you put your name out there so that people know you are serious with your opinion. I have never used marijuana but have many friends that do. The lack of legalization only causes two things to happen. A tremendous waste of time from our law enforcement and a tremendous waste of time in courts. Marijuana is the new alcohol. People made moonshine in my Mother's day and people grow marijuana today. The smartest move in my Mothers' day was to allow the making, selling and taxing of alcohol.

The same should be done for marijuana today. What is the main drawback? Additional tax revenue?

#3.2.1 Your real name on 08/16/11 at 03:18 PM

lady you are so frigin stooooopid. if i was as dumb as you i would tell people that i have smoked my whole life so they would just think i was a pot head instead of a straight up idiot.
after all the drug users post their real names on here whats next? drug dealers? theives? loan sharks?
waste of time from law enforcement? do you have any idea how many cars, boats, motorcycles, houses, and other items are seized by the police from people selling weed. and the cash!!! you are clueless.

#3.2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 04:31 PM

Sometimes I call people idiot, just softly, casually, meaning no harm. But you my dear, are an IDIOT. Read my post again and see just how stupid you are..............Are you afraid to voice your opinion on a question that is being asked all over America? These states have already decriminalized marijuana.

Alaska
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon

#3.2.1.1.1 Really? on 08/18/11 at 07:07 AM

Decriminalized? Marajuana is illegal in every state you have listed. It has been allowed to be prescribed by a doctor only for medical use. Not for recreational use. So with your sense of reasoning loritabs, morphine, and oxycotin, and all other schedule II and III substances are decriminalized because they can also be prescribed by a doctor? You are wrong as usual. Are you so desperate to appear educated about this topic that you now resort to telling half truths?

#3.2.1.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 08:36 AM

You are probably right, no name. I bet every one of those people who get the marijuana have cancer, don't they? I want you to google .....marijuana vending machines........then with a straight face, tell me that you honestly believe only cancer victims get to this herb. If you think that is true, crawl back under the rock with the Geico caveman and go back to sleep.

I am only sure of one thing after reading your "flash mob mentality comment".........YOU ARE AFRAID THAT LEGALIZATION WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA.

But....roll you one and relax sweetcakes.....it took a few years for people to lose interest in making moonshine after alcohol was legalized.

You will have a few years to continue your dealing and distribution. By then, obama will have ruined the country to the point that you will have no reason to work or make decisions. He will make them all for you. Your previous Happy Weed Acres in the woods will be controlled by your obama "CHANGED" government.

So...peace out baby.........roll you up another one.

#3.2.1.1.1.1.1 Now ya tell me! on 08/19/11 at 12:37 PM

Too late! Already do not have to work or make decisions.
@Life begins when you are finished trying to make a living@

#3.2.1.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 05:08 PM

I cannot figure out how all these seizures of property relate to my saying that marijuana should be legalized. Can you enlighten me on that?

#3.2.1.2.1 Mayhem on 08/17/11 at 06:24 PM

Thats a simple enough question. Law enforcement makes so much money off the illegal drug trade police departments (GPD) are driving around in confiscated corvettes and hummers. The court system is just like any other business. It needs customers to generate money and create jobs. Get a clue lady.
Here is something to thing about. All these users getting busted and and no dealers. When you see that scenario it means law enforcement is getting it both ways. From the people they allow to sell dope and from the ones buying it. Its what some would call a "win win" situation.

#3.2.1.2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/18/11 at 07:37 AM

Another major reason for it to be legalized. Why are all you morons on my case? The problem is that counties do not want crime to be lessened. If the general public could vote on the issues, marijuana would be legal and taxed appropriately in less than a week.

Coffee would be illegal in ten days. We would not want to tick Juan Valdez off would we?

Say it ain't so, cup o' jo.

#3.2.1.2.1.1.1 Stint Buster on 08/18/11 at 10:40 AM

A little grass is just job security for Sheriff's Deputies and big shot DEA. No one in government is worried about the border but there is John Q. with a roach! Raid his house, take his car and put enforcement on the news. What a waste of time and tax dollars.
JOB Strawberry Papers are the best.

#3.2.2 DEA on 08/16/11 at 05:18 PM

Why don't you put the names out there of your many friends that use marajuana first.....just to know you are serious with your opinion.

#3.2.2.1 Mayhem on 08/16/11 at 10:19 PM

Thats the best way to get that lady to shut up. Just ask a her a simple question.

#3.2.2.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 05:04 PM

Because I am a friend. You and the rest of my friends know that.......which is why you trust me. If I smoked marijuana, I would have absolutely no problem "putting my name out there." The DEA is not going to pull me over and say, "I read on the blog that you smoke marijuana."

You are mighty paranoid.....you should leave the cocaine alone.

#3.2.2.2.1 Stupider than a Smoker on 08/17/11 at 06:07 PM

Told ya so. Just ask a simple question and she flips the script. I do see why you do not smoke but your friends do. They have to smoke to get "stupider". And once they do I am sure you all have a whole lot of opinions in common with them. Actually you are still dumber because you said you would post your real name if you smoked and the smoker's you hang with have the sense not to.

#3.2.2.2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 08:45 AM

They just know how to pick real friends.

Did you divide your pot from the other drugs like you promised? Two of my guy friends (you know who) are afraid to buy from you when you have all your contraband in the same warehouse.

Get with the program......when they install the new vending machine at the washerette, your business income $$$$$$$$ are looking at a real drop.

You may have to raise your DEBT CEILING.......

#3.2.2.2.1.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 08:52 AM

Read your last sentence............see what I mean:

Marijuana obviously makes a person smarter, huh?
Another reason to legalize the happy weed.

We could even end up with some intelligent elected officials....never mind.....My mistake, it obviously does not work on them.

Peace out, I will be back to continue this Logistics 101 Class. I must go and instruct the Seniors in "Mopping for Dummies."

#3.2.2.2.2 a-no-no on 08/17/11 at 06:26 PM

I think we should have a vote from the legislatures to legalize marijuana. They should cast their vote with a drug screen. If one test positive for an illegal substance then their vote should be an automatic yes for the legalization of marijuana.

#3.2.2.2.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 02:26 PM

No, no.....a-no-no, we don't need to get the legislature involved. We will go straight to the top and get our Mighty Muslim to write another Executive Order on his midnight walk through The Oval Office. You know, just like he did obamacare.

Snakes crawl at night.

#3.2.2.2.3 High Times on 08/17/11 at 07:26 PM

leave the cocaine alone? why i think it should be legalized

America is doing so great right now just imagine if we all smoke weed. More car crashes, more on the job injuries, school bus drivers will be cranking the radio, it will be friggin awesome. Plus teens today are so friggin motivated they need something to slow them down.

And then we can get the government to make dont smoke weed commercials like they do for ciggarettes. After all who is going to foot
the bill for the lung cancer it causes?

You said you never smoked weed Tolley. So what do you know about it? Heck come on over. You can smoke you a blunt and snort you a line. At least you would actually have first hand knowledge about what you are promoting. Who knows when its all over with you might change your mind about the weed and want to legalize cocaine.

#3.2.2.2.3.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 01:51 PM

It took me 40 years to change my mind about marijuana..........so my approval of cocaine will not happen in my lifetime.

Neither will abortions for the wrong reasons.

#3.2.3 Anonymous on 08/16/11 at 05:45 PM

my children read these posts. please stop promoting the use of mind altering substances.

#3.2.3.1 Anonymous on 08/16/11 at 07:57 PM

Why would you allow your child to read these post? Should HBO stop showing rated R movies because you can not regulate your child?

#3.2.3.1.1 fat bass tard on 08/17/11 at 01:41 PM

amen anonymous. parents won't keep their kids from trashing the school; but, we can't let the little precious ones read about controlled substances.

#3.2.3.1.1.1 Tard says say yes to drugs! on 08/17/11 at 06:16 PM

Sure turd make sure you let your grand children aware that you support marijuana use. Or maybe it would be even more convincing if they are taught smoking weed is good in Sunday school. Heck maybe they can smoke with my neighbor. He likes to suprise folks with a little pcp or crack in his joints. But hey, live and learn right? If your grandkids are as bright as you I am sure they will figure it out when the sober up.

#3.2.3.1.1.1.1 fat bass tard on 08/18/11 at 09:08 AM

i can tell you this, my left toe has more sense than you.

#3.2.3.1.1.1.1.1 fat toe terd on 08/18/11 at 02:41 PM

That must be the toe that believes in water walkers. Let me guess the right toe is the one that believes in the Easter Bunny?

#3.2.3.1.1.1.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 01:57 PM

My joints crack also..I thought it was old age.

#3.2.3.1.2 Anonymous on 08/18/11 at 06:49 AM

I do not have HBO because I have children in the household. It's just sad to see so many "grown up's" promoting a dangerous, illegal drug.

#3.2.3.1.2.1 a-no-no on 08/18/11 at 09:20 PM

I have HBO but my child would never watch it without my permission. I don't have to stop things that I enjoy so my child won't do it he won't do it because I tell him not to. I support the legalization of marijuana and I have never smoked any. I believe people have the right to choose and I also believe that as a parent I can teach my child there are things that grownups can do that children can not do and that includes watching HBO. I do not even have to use the parental code because my child knows better. By the way is your child a Senior at PCH?

#3.2.3.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 05:52 PM

Roll you up another one.....

#3.2.3.3 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 02:13 PM

Your kid is in another room sucking on his daily supper of french fries, milk shake and triple decker hamburger. He is waiting on you to come and feed him because it is almost impossible to talk on his cell phone and play computer games at the same time. He is also pretty ticked at his Dad for not finishing that computer desk extension that his belly fits under so he can sit close enough to read the screen.

He told his buddy at the last AAA meeting that he is "real close to calling DFACS and having both his parents arrested."

#3.2.3.3.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 02:38 PM

If you see three A's in my above comment rather than two..............PUT DOWN THAT DRINK!

#3.2.3.3.1.1 Lucy on 08/19/11 at 03:34 PM

Are you much into fashion Sheila? I am wondering if this black top looks good with this tan skirt.

#3.2.3.3.2 AAA on 08/19/11 at 02:39 PM

At least you learned something from the Bible. Satan's love for going after children. None of my children have any connection with the Automobile Association of America. You are stupid but I really needed the laugh today!!!

#3.2.3.3.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 04:30 PM

I am here to please.

#3.2.3.3.2.1.1 DownWithTheDevil on 08/21/11 at 06:37 PM

Satan thanks you for your support. Its Baptist's like you who keep him pleased!!

#3.2.4 CHIP on 08/16/11 at 06:13 PM

California agreed with your opinion also Ms. Tolley. In a five year period before legalizing weed there were 631 fatal traffic accidents caused by drivers smoking weed. In the five year period after the legalization that number jumped to 1240 fatal accidents due to drivers who were high on weed.
I do not agree with you or California. I agree with all the families who were affected by these 1871 fatal accidents caused by drivers smoking weed. That has always been your problem Sheila. You always fail to see the whole picture.
Just think about all the accidents where people didn't die. The ones that now have to live off the system because they are disabled and can not work.
California has already proven that the tax benefit does not even come close to covering the economic loss. It only takes one cop to write a ticket. It takes a whole lotta cops to work a fatal accident scene.

#3.2.4.1 Tim Leary on 08/17/11 at 06:19 AM

Also during that same period the number of illegal aliens increased a hundred fold, the number of unlicensed drivers jumped almost 20% and, don't forget this part, the population of the land of fruits and nuts increased also(some say due to the increase of dope smoking illegals). But the one arrest that just tickled me was being charged with less than an ounce and windhield tint. Especially when the shurff has cars with windows so dark the depuddies driving them need flashlights to find the dashboard! Go figure.

#3.2.4.1.1 Protect & Serve on 08/17/11 at 03:04 PM

I'm glad your "tickled" by the window tint citation. You need to share your humor with the family of slain New Jersey State Trooper Phillip Lamonaco who was shot to death on the side of the highway because he was unable to see inside the killers vehicle due to window tint.
Take a ride through Jersey with your windows tinted and you will not only get a citation, you will also get some art work etched into your illegal percentage of tint with a state troopers car key.
Window tint on police cars keep the interior of the police car cooler which is pretty important when an officer has to spend his whole day in the vehicle. And most important it doesn't put anyones life in danger.

#3.2.4.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 06:00 PM

Most marijuana users average 11 MPH. They must have been struck by coke heads.

I do not believe your facts in your comment. It is actually funny.

#3.2.4.2.1 M.A.D.D. on 08/17/11 at 08:16 PM

over 30 percent of all dui's is caused by pot funny to you? you really are sick!

#3.2.4.2.1.1 Anonymous on 08/18/11 at 09:26 AM

Pot can stay in your system for months. Just because a driver tested positive, it does not mean he was high at the time.

#3.2.4.2.1.1.1 Factoid on 08/18/11 at 04:27 PM

True, true. It takes witnesses to testify that they were in the car with the driver smoking marijuana soon before the crash or maybe some one at the "party" who witnessed the driver smoking before he entered his vehicle for a successful conviction. A car reeking of marijuana and a driver in possession has also been known to persuade a jury.
So in reality the pecentage of DUI marijuana accidents would be much higher. But as you state they are very difficult to prove in court. So all we have to go on is the 33% of marijuana drivers who have admitted using or the evidence was overwhelming enough to convict.

#3.2.4.2.1.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 02:58 PM

Washington, DC: Police arrested a record 829,625 persons for marijuana violations, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. This is the largest total number of annual arrests for pot ever recorded by the FBI. Marijuana arrests now comprise nearly 44 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

So there you have it, boys. Legalize pot and our cops and courts will have 44% more time to spend on serious crimes.

Of coarse, impeding the traffic will become a really serious offense. That 11 miles per hour is just not going to cut it!!!

#3.2.4.2.1.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 02:45 PM

Debra Oberlin, a former president of a chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was arrested by the Gainesville, Fla. police - for drunk driving, according to the Gainesville Sun.

Check out her mug shot. If I had to look at that face in the mirror when I sobered up...........I would have stayed drunk!

#3.2.4.2.1.2.1 The pot & the kettle on 08/19/11 at 03:36 PM

Uglier than your FaceBook photo? I gotta see this!

#3.2.4.2.1.2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 04:45 PM

Is that me on my facebook photo? I can no longer trust Snopes, why should I trust facebook.

#3.2.5 puff lady on 08/21/11 at 04:44 PM

If nothing else.. in the state of Ga. pot should be de criminilized. I was busted for growing a few plants for my own use a few yrs back. Paid a hefty fine..served my 80 hrs community service,lost my drivers licence for a year,lost my right to ever vote again and can NEVER recieve food stamps. I understand that I broke the law and I paid my price..but to never be able to vote and never be able to get state help when I may need it one day in the future to me is not right!

#3.2.5.1 borne, razed, & skooled in pike on 08/21/11 at 06:31 PM

broak da lawe and PAID a price? wow! is tat how it werks? i had no eyedear that corts cud actchoally prafit from cryme. n i thoght day busted me cause day realee cared bout my well bein. money huh? who wooda thunk?

#3.2.5.2 jimbo on 08/22/11 at 11:13 AM

what a shame. now that you have extra time being you can not grow plants anymore go out and get a job and pay cash for food like the rest of us. there are many on this site who support legalization of marijauna so with any hope one day people will be able to grow weed and still get food stamps.

#4 Anonymous on 08/15/11 at 11:42 AM

Are they busting for roaches and seeds now ??

#5 morals on 08/15/11 at 11:45 AM

If that's how you feel about it go for it.

But I have something for you all to watch
it's quite interesting and all I'm asking is for you to watch it and atleast get the other side of the story...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007#

#6 a-no-no on 08/16/11 at 05:29 AM

Did you know that you can not go the rehab for marijuana but you can for alcohol?

#7 morals on 08/16/11 at 11:02 AM

You should seriously watch the video I posted, it has a lot of good information and reveals the truth about marijuana through scientific proof. It's a very interesting documentary and I suggest it to anyone who wants to see the other side of the story.

#7.1 sense of reasoning on 08/16/11 at 02:19 PM

Sounds interesting. But I chose to live my life as a Christian and have learned scientific proof is wrong. People can walk on water! Virgins can give birth! And folks rise from the dead all the time!

#8 Pike Patriot Homeowner on 08/16/11 at 02:11 PM

Might have been OK at one time but the big deal now is steeling watermelons for fun. Hummmm, can you smoke watermelon leafs? I've tried Kudzu but it just gave me a headache.

#9 Sheila Tolley on 08/16/11 at 03:04 PM

This speech was made in 1952 by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a young lawmaker from the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is on the subject of whether Mississippi should continue to prohibit (which it did until 1966) or finally legalize alcoholic beverages.

My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:

If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.

But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.

This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.

Today the same speech applies to marijuana. Check out the charges in the report above. 6 of the 12 charged with having less than an ounce of marijuana. Go back and look at other sheriff reports. You will find the same kind of percentages.

People will freak out when they read this opinion but GET WITH THE PROGRAM people.......tax the purchase and drop my land taxes.

Nothing at all has been accomplished by catching these half dozen people. Nothing except wasting tax dollars in court. If you think it has made a dent in crime or sin......forget it!

#9.1 Phil on 08/16/11 at 05:50 PM

Tolley:
Check out the charges in the report above. 6 of the 12 charged with having less than an ounce of marijuana. ... tax the purchase and drop my land taxes.

Hey Tolley, you might be on to something!
Do you remember that FX Network crime show about the drug task force? Vic Mackey and his street wise coppers made plenty of busts and recovered mucho pounds of maryjane, heroin and cocaine. Here's the rub, when the arrest reports were submitted for follow up prosecution, only a fraction of the confiscated drugs were signed into the evidence room. I'm not saying anything "funny" happened in these cases. It just seems strange regarding the circumstances. It's "lots o' folk, for so little dope".

PS: Why are you so wimpy about these potheads? It simply can't be for revenue enchancement. Are you a closet toker or closet legalized pot supporter? jus askin'.
Put your over-taxed barren land to good use. Form a partnership with that knowledgeable mayhem guy, hire educated Tobby Vickkers as your grunt and raise Pikey Tabacky.

Over time, you will able to enjoy your own homegrown "mystery powder" laced blunts like relaxing mayhem does out on his nice gazebo. Your purse would ultimately be flush with lots of green moola-moola for you to spend around town like you was a rich Rockefeller.

Call up Jimmy T and run the Tolley-mayhem business plan by him for revue. Good luck.

#9.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/17/11 at 04:41 PM

Hi Dr. Phil.........I am not required to run my opinions by anyone for approval. You may need some "atta boys" in order to form an opinion. I do not. So you think once a person is caught with less than an ounce of the happy weed they never smoke that nasty stuff again, right? You think law enforcement and courts should be tied up dealing with something that a person can grow in their own backyard, if they are sneaky enough?
If that is the biggest problem Pike has....I got news for you............the Amish are coming!

#9.1.1.1 Shelly Fooly on 08/17/11 at 05:58 PM

yeah tolley with that long list of arrests where will the court ever find the time. LOL! give it up fool!

#9.1.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/18/11 at 07:41 AM

Bésame el culo

#10 Morals on 08/16/11 at 08:19 PM

I've seen some pretty interesting topics on here to discuss about marijuana....

First off, marijuana would actually bring a lot more revenue into the system then you could imagine. The DEA spends $60,000,000,000, yes sixty billion dollars fighting the war on drugs. Now I do agree that har drugs should stay illegal (Things like heroin, crack, meth, etc.) But marijuana is something that just can't be stopped with a magic wand, it's a plant for God's sake (Genesis 1:29, for the Christians out there.) And a large portion of that sixty billion is spent on keeping MARIJUANA illegal.

Onto the next subject, about "drug dealers". Most of my experience with people that sell marijuana I will admit is quite sketchy, but it's because of the black market it is in, with it being illegal it is thrown into the batch with things that will actually ruin your life. Statistics actually show that people under the age of 21 say that getting illegal narcotics is a lot easier than getting alcohol. Wait, an illegal substance easier to obtain than alcohol? That's insane!! Actually if you think about it, it's not. The strict regulations imposed on people who distribute alcohol makes sure that alcohol does not go to minors, and a drug dealer, being their sketchy self, doesn't mind who buys what they have as long as they have the cash. You could probably ask your own child what would be easier for them and they would respond the same way.

Responding to CHIP, now I agree driving under the influence of ANY mind altering substance is a HORRIBlE and possibly LIFE ENDING decision, but the problem with knowing if someone was under the influence of marijuana or not when driving is that the only test they have to see if they were traces back 2-3 days. Granted some if not many of those fatal accidents may have been caused by someone driving under the influence of marijuana, it's very hard to judge if they really were "under the influence" due to poor testing available to us at this time. And if you just don't want to agree with me and want to continue to troll, I guess I might say let's discuss the issue of how many alcohol related fatal accidents happen, but I don't want to get on that topic to be quite honest.

My stand is to legalize marijuana, tax it, and make it the true cash crop it is. The revenue could be used to set up rehab for people on harder drugs, to fight the production of other chemical based drugs, and lower the amount of good citizens that are sitting in jail cells at this moment wasting OUR tax dollars.

This is my belief, and I will continue to support it. This young generation has seen how nondistructive marijuana is, and the grief alcohol creates, so either way if you open your eyes or shut them, the 800lb gorilla is still sitting in this room, and I believe it's time, with the amount of debt our country is in, to stop restricting what we could produce and become what we once were, a powerful country that exports more than it imports. It used to be because of tobacco, why not marijuana?

#10.1 Morals?!?LOL on 08/17/11 at 03:08 PM

Heroin and crack also come from "God's" plants. I see your one of them Christians that like to pick and choose what fits YOUR opinion. You must sit next to Fat Bass Tard in church.

#10.1.1 Anonymous on 08/17/11 at 06:28 PM

Heroin and crack has to be altered, marijuana does not.

#10.1.1.1 More Marijuana Facts on 08/17/11 at 08:13 PM

Growing marijuana in water with no soil under artificial lighting to increase the THC to record high levels is not altering it? For once being a pot head has made me smarter about something than most. This is fun!! I might just have to run up to the sheriff's department "drug task force" and tell them where all the weed is coming from in Pike County!!! I might can even surprise that big cocky Zebulon cop. But why take the thrill of the hunt away from them? They need something to do anyway. I will just sit back and watch them try to figure it out for another 15 years. If it wasn't for the weed it would have been what? 5 arrests this week? Is that still to many cases for Pike to handle. Virgil would have never became rich if this is all the sheriff department was doing about dope back in his day. What's the matter? Without Virgil it isn't worth the arrest.

#10.1.1.1.1 A-no-no on 08/18/11 at 07:24 PM

Water and light is an altering agent?

#10.1.1.1.1.1 HYDRO on 08/19/11 at 01:03 PM

Yes. The key to growing some of the best weed. Best because the THC content is off the charts. Hydrophonic's iI believe its called.

#10.1.2 Morals on 08/17/11 at 08:09 PM

Heroin comes from opium, but the processes that are used to create heroin make it almost unrecognizable from it's original state, same with coccaine, which is how you make crack. If you would like to see how these drugs are made watch the history channel when they are going through one of their drug phases rather than their Hitler phase. Or currenTV, which will sometimes have very good documentaries about different types of drugs. And if you didn't notice I did point out negatives about marijuana, I'm just stating the facts, but it is obvious no one on here wants to learn anything they'd rather stick to what they were told and fight to the grave with it. I'm open to anything, if you give me legitimate proof, like CHIP, I will actually have a good debate with you. But from here on I'm done with the ignorant social levels of the "adults" on here. It's quite ridiculous how you guys are on here, some what of an embarressment to Pike County if you ask me.

#10.2 Anonymous on 08/18/11 at 08:30 AM

$60,000,000,000 on jobs and the equipment it takes to do them. While America is struggling to create jobs it seems you are trying to take them away. You gotta be a republican.

#10.2.1 Goldmember on 08/18/11 at 10:21 AM

For each government job created, the private sector loses 2. So your premise is incorrect. If we eliminate the department, we will double the amount of jobs created.

#10.2.1.1 Confused on 08/18/11 at 02:45 PM

So if we can eliminate 1 police officer he and his unemployed brother can go where to work? He his willing to resign if it means getting his brother work.

#10.2.1.2 Curious George on 08/18/11 at 04:41 PM

Interesting Goldmember. Such an interesting statement. Care to elaborate more on the topic? I am sure I am not the only one that is curious about this.

#10.2.1.3 Anonymous on 08/19/11 at 04:27 AM

thats is the stupidest thing i have heard in a long time. if we fire all the county workers we can hire twice as many at the same cost? with thinking like that you must also be one for legalizing all that weed you smoke.

#10.2.1.3.1 Platinum Member on 08/19/11 at 12:30 PM

I keep telling you all. All you have to do to get an idiot to shut up is ask a simple question!

#10.2.1.4 Goldmember on 08/19/11 at 01:11 PM

Heritage foundation study on the cost of growing government. Look it up yourself.

#11 Mayhem on 08/16/11 at 10:12 PM

"spend money around town like you was a rich Rockefeller"

Thats one of the top three things that will get you busted as a dope dealer. Seems like Phil needs to quit watching T.V. and get out into the real world. I have retired long ago and am not looking for a business. A very wise man told me life begins when you are finished making a living.
But before anyone calls Jimmy I would first try to see if someone is already selling dope in Pike County. If so Jimmy will not need to review (revue?) your plan. That means he already has one.

#12 911 on 08/17/11 at 07:00 PM

I would like to hear Keith Rader's opinion on legalizing marijuana.

#12.1 Nott Damayah on 08/17/11 at 09:04 PM

Rader's silences on these blogs are deafening! One can assume the good officer was advised by higher ups not to wrangle back and forth with the likes of Tolley, mayhem, Alcars, FBT and the anonymous bloggers. Things weren't looking good and he disappeared. Perhaps he is spending his free time sipping sweet tea at Ruths and posting as one of the anons. He was O.K. according to mayhem, who is known to stretch things.

#12.1.1 Nuts have came out again on 08/19/11 at 05:25 AM

Didn"t disappear, just saw that the people who post on here have no idea of what life really is and that they are in their own little bubble of life.

#12.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 05:09 PM

HEY hey, YOU you,..get outta my bubble.

#12.2 Top Gun on 08/18/11 at 06:27 PM

Dewey gave Keith a spanking for blogging on here. He will no longer be joining us. It is said to be Dewey's fair city now. Not Rader's.

#12.2.1 D, Rader on 08/19/11 at 05:34 AM

Just an FYI Top Gun, 911, and Nott Damayah, I am married to Keith and no one has given him a spanking or told him he can't express his views or opinions on any blog, no matter where it may be. The one time that he has EVER posted on here was about the Senior pranksters. He gave his personal opinion about the prank and how it was indeed handled by the Pike County Sheriff's Department, the administrators at PCHS, and Dr. Duncan. As for legalization, he upholds the law as he has for the last 28+ years and leaves those decisions to the government. Please make sure that you are WELL informed before you post about something you have no idea about.

#12.2.1.1 goose on 08/19/11 at 07:43 AM

I guess he's hiding behind his wife now. Or is this his "life partner"?

#12.2.1.2 Slappy on 08/19/11 at 12:32 PM

Come on D. I am sure you have given him a spanking once or twice before.

#12.2.1.2.1 Anonymous on 08/19/11 at 02:48 PM

I bet she has too. She's a mean woman!

#12.2.1.2.1.1 alternative law enforcment on 08/19/11 at 04:06 PM

mean with no sense of humor it seems. i will no longer post comments about Rader as it may lead to further spankings. but even as his wife your testimony really doen't mean a whole lot unless you follow him around 7 days 24 hours a week. i wonder what makes you so confident? i think it was all those years of him working under his lesbian sargeant.

#13 Mayhem on 08/17/11 at 07:55 PM

Impaired Driving

Even low doses of marijuana affect your concentration and perception and delay your coordination and reaction time. It also causes difficulty to judge distance and reaction times to signals and sounds.

Marijuana is second to alcohol in the leading causes of car crashes.

33% of all DUI's is due to marijuana.

Marijuana and alcohol combined can increase your BAC level three times.

Data shows people who smoke weed lack the same coordination as drunk drivers.

Health

In 2005 215,666 emergency room visits were caused by marijuana.

Doctor's have found evidence that marijuana changes the brain similar to cocaine, heroin, and alcohol.

Marijuana is linked to increased anxiety, panic attacks, suicide, and depression.

Marijuana has the same cancer causing chemicals as tabacco.

Figures both FBT and Tolley would support something so destructive. And they both claim they know whats wrong with America? They remain clueless as usual.

This is what we need to educate people on. Especialy children. And due to my many years of "marijuana college" I can vouch for all this information first hand. These aren't opinions they are facts. And they are not even half of the negative effects caused by this drug.

#14 Anonymous on 08/17/11 at 08:06 PM

HISTORY FACTS

*Hemp has been grown for at least the last 12,000 years for fiber (textiles and paper) and food. It has been effectively prohibited in the United States since the 1950s.

*George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper.

*When US sources of "Manila hemp" (not true hemp) was cut off by the Japanese in WWII, the US Army and US Department of Agriculture promoted the "Hemp for Victory" campaign to grow hemp in the US.

*Because of its importance for sails (the word "canvass" is rooted in "cannabis") and rope for ships, hemp was a required crop in the American colonies.

INDUSTRY FACTS

*Henry Ford experimented with hemp to build car bodies. He wanted to build and fuel cars from farm products.

*BMW is experimenting with hemp materials in automobiles as part of an effort to make cars more recyclable.

*Much of the bird seed sold in the US has hemp seed (it's sterilized before importation), the hulls of which contain about 25% protein.

*Hemp oil once greased machines. Most paints, resins, shellacs, and varnishes used to be made out of linseed (from flax) and hemp oils.

*Rudolph Diesel designed his engine to run on hemp oil.

*Kimberly Clark (on the Fortune 500) has a mill in France which produces hemp paper preferred for bibles because it lasts a very long time and doesn't yellow.

*Construction products such as medium density fiber board, oriented strand board, and even beams, studs and posts could be made out of hemp. Because of hemp's long fibers, the products will be stronger and/or lighter than those made from wood.

*The products that can be made from hemp number over 25,000.

SCIENTIFIC FACTS

*Industrial hemp and marijuana are both classified by taxonomists as Cannabis sativa, a species with hundreds of varieties. C. sativa is a member of the mulberry family. Industrial hemp is bred to maximize fiber, seed and/or oil, while marijuana varieties seek to maximize THC (delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana).

*While industrial hemp and marijuana may look somewhat alike to an untrained eye, an easily trained eye can easily distinguish the difference.

*Industrial hemp has a THC content of between 0.05 and 1%. Marijuana has a THC content of 3% to 20%. To receive a standard psychoactive dose would require a person to power-smoke 10-12 hemp cigarettes over an extremely short period of time. The large volume and high temperature of vapor, gas and smoke would be almost impossible for a person to withstand.

*If hemp does pollinate any nearby marijuana, genetically, the result will always be lower-THC marijuana, not higher-THC hemp. If hemp is grown outdoors, marijuana will not be grown close by to avoid producing lower-grade marijuana.

*Hemp fibers are longer, stronger, more absorbent and more mildew-resistant than cotton.

*Fabrics made of at least one-half hemp block the sun's UV rays more effectively than other fabrics.

*Many of the varieties of hemp that were grown in North America have been lost. Seed banks weren't maintained. New genetic breeding will be necessary using both foreign and domestic "ditchweed," strains of hemp that went feral after cultivation ended. Various state national guard units often spend their weekends trying to eradicate this hemp, in the mistaken belief they are helping stop drug use.

*A 1938 Popular Mechanics described hemp as a "New Billion Dollar Crop." That's back when a billion was real money.

*Hemp can be made in to a variety of fabrics, including linen quality.

LEGAL FACTS

*The US Drug Enforcement Agency classifies all C. sativa varieties as "marijuana." While it is theoretically possible to get permission from the government to grow hemp, DEA would require that the field be secured by fence, razor wire, dogs, guards, and lights, making it cost-prohibitive.

*The US State Department must certify each year that a foreign nation is cooperating in the war on drugs. The European Union subsidizes its farmers to grow industrial hemp. Those nations are not on this list, because the State Department can tell the difference between hemp and marijuana.

*Hemp was grown commercially (with increasing governmental interference) in the United States until the 1950s. It was doomed by the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which placed an extremely high tax on marijuana and made it effectively impossible to grow industrial hemp. While Congress expressly expected the continued production of industrial hemp, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics lumped industrial hemp with marijuana, as it's successor the US Drug Enforcement Administration, does to this day.

*Over 30 industrialized democracies do distinguish hemp from marijuana. International treaties regarding marijuana make an exception for industrial hemp.

*Canada now again allows the growing of hemp.

ECOLOGY FACTS

* Hemp growers can not hide marijuana plants in their fields. Marijuana is grown widely spaced to maximize leaves. Hemp is grown in tightly-spaced rows to maximize stalk and is usually harvested before it goes to seed.

*Hemp can be made into fine quality paper. The long fibers in hemp allow such paper to be recycled several times more than wood-based paper.

*Because of its low lignin content, hemp can be pulped using less chemicals than with wood. Its natural brightness can obviate the need to use chlorine bleach, which means no extremely toxic dioxin being dumped into streams. A kinder and gentler chemistry using hydrogen peroxide rather than chlorine dixoide is possible with hemp fibers.

*Hemp grows well in a variety of climates and soil types. It is naturally resistant to most pests, precluding the need for pesticides. It grows tightly spaced, out-competing any weeds, so herbicides are not necessary. It also leaves a weed-free field for a following crop.

*Hemp can displace cotton which is usually grown with massive amounts of chemicals harmful to people and the environment. 50% of all the world's pesticides are sprayed on cotton.

*Hemp can displace wood fiber and save forests for watershed, wildlife habitat, recreation and oxygen production, carbon sequestration (reduces global warming), and other values.

*Hemp can yield 3-8 dry tons of fiber per acre. This is four times what an average forest can yield.

HEALTH FACTS

*If one tried to ingest enough industrial hemp to get 'a buzz', it would be the equivalent of taking 2-3 doses of a high-fiber laxative.

*At a volume level of 81%, hemp oil is the richest known source of polyunsaturated essential fatty acids (the "good" fats). It's quite high in some essential amino acids, including gamma linoleic acid (GLA), a very rare nutrient also found in mother's milk.

*While the original "gruel" was made of hemp seed meal, hemp oil and seed can be made into tasty and nutritional products.

#15 Stint Buster on 08/18/11 at 08:21 PM

In the 5th grade we baked it in brownies. Now we bake it in biscuits. What a great way to start off a Sunday morning. Pass da biscuits plezzzze.

#15.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 05:16 PM

Don't you just love the smell of THC in the morning?

#16 Drunks Against Mad Mothers ( DAMM ) on 08/19/11 at 01:07 PM

Actualyy Mr. Rader is not hiding, nor has he been spanked - unless he likes that kinda thing. He is taking the advise of one our group's members who adivsed to not get in battles of wits with unarmed persons. There is never a "clean shoot" in those situations.

#16.1 Ned on 08/19/11 at 01:25 PM

Is this still his wife or is it his mom?

#16.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 05:18 PM

Shoot slow Rader.....they are only going 11 MPH.

#17 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 01:52 PM

Don't make me get out my Rader detector.

#18 Sheila Tolley on 08/19/11 at 05:31 PM

JIM STAFFORD
"Wildwood Weed"

The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed
I didn't gave it much thought...
One day I was out there talking to my brother
Reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then everything was gone
I Didn't know what happened
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin' burlap

I come to and my brother was there
And he said, 'What's wrong with your eyes?'
I said, 'I don't know, I was chewing on a weed'
He said, 'Let me give it a try'
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night
Trying to find my brother, Bill
Caught up with him 'bout six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, swinging on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy

The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put 'em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed 'em up and we cleaned 'em all
And put 'em in the corncob pipe
Smokin' them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We didn't see no harm
We thought it was kind of handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm

A big ol' puff on the wildwood weed
Next thing you know
We's just wandering behind the little animals
All good things gotta come to an end
And it's the same with the wildwood weed

One day this feller from Washington come by
And he spied us and he turned white as a sheet
And he dug and he burned
And he burned and he dug
And he killed all our cute little weeds
Then he drove away
We just smiled and waved
Sittin' there on that sack of seeds
4ckuz
Y'all come back now, ya hear

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