"Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
news:20531$MATZDOBRE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> No, he was less than 1,000 feet from a day care center, (that's
 EH>   about RS> 1/5th of mile from a place he probably didn't even KNOW
 EH>   about,) and had RS> he .6 of an ounce less pot, he would have been
 EH>   charged with a RS> misdemeanor.

 RS>> 35 years.

 RS>> Yet if the same guy had 40 ounces of booze or malt liquor?
 RS>> No charges.

 EH> Booze and malt liquor are legal in Texas, moron.

That is exactly the point.

He wasn't harming anyone.

He wasn't shooting up heroin, smoking crack or meth. And both of those are
not only physically addicting, they can alter a person's actions, too often
towards violence.

He wasn't drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, which is also physically
addicting, (ever hear of the "D T's?") and can cause violent actions.

No, he was smoking a little weed, which is not physically addicting, and
unless altered (like with angel dust,) does not cause violence.

It's an arbitrary designation from our government "for our own good," based
on hysteria.

--- Xnews/5.04.25