Del. Garrett’s Sythetic Marijuana Bill Approaching Passage
By Steven Osborne | Saturday, February 26th, 2011 | PolicyDelegate Scott Garrett’s bill regulating synthetic marijuana is expected to pass soon and due to emergency clauses contained within the bill, it will go into effect relatively quickly.
As a physician, Scott Garrett is very qualified to speak to the health issues associated with synthetic marijuana which include instances of a rapid heart rate and well as seizures. He has spearheaded a bill that correctly addresses the drug problem. Synthetic marijuana has escaped the regulations that are currently in place for other similar substances and are often sold legally at both stores and on the internet.
The bill includes provisions which include making posessions of the substance a misdemeanor, first time offenders will qualify for probation at the judge’s discretion, someone who provides the substance to a friend can be charged with a misdemeanor, and those who distribute, sell, or manufacture of the substance can be charged with a felony.
A final version of the bill is expected to be voted on today.
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Steven Osborne is a grassroots conservative activist from Central Virginia. He is currently furthering his education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition to writing for Bearing Drift he is also a columnist for the Christian Law Journal.
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7 Responses to "Del. Garrett’s Sythetic Marijuana Bill Approaching Passage"
Man, this whole bill is, like, really messed up. I… Ya know…
Shit, I forgot what I was gonna say. Anybody got any twinkies?
yes, because the war on drugs has been a smashing success…
I assume they just rolled the other half dozen bills on this into this one? Nice tough on drugs brochure bill for election year.
This law is already out of date, not to mention practically unenforceable. The specific compounds listed under the amended schedule I have already been replaced with other compounds that trigger the same “high.” The amended Schedule I only includes some of the CP’s (which were rare), a handful of the JWH’s (which were popular, but other replacements have been found) and HU-210 (which is considered an analog of THC and therefore already illegal.) That leaves at least 2 other “families” and several hundred more JWH’s. You would have to meet at least weekly to keep up with outlawing the new compounds.
If the lawmakers are truly concerned about the safety of “synthetic marijuana” there is a simple solution: legalize the real thing. The use of this stuff would end overnight.
Scott S,
What the matter? Haven’t you seen “Reefer Madness?”
Personally, I think that they should completely legalize MJ for adults–as long as it is loaded with paraquat. Now that would end the use of this stuff overnight.
HR- hmmm death penalty for pot smokers.
What have you been smoking?
SV,
There is a big difference between the death penalty and just letting someone who is a drag on society self-terminate. For example, I am also in favor of replacing methadone maintenance programs with ones in which the patients are provided with pure heroin for free.
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