Sadness blankets our area

Yeah, I believe they do, but the crops dont seem to be as big each year for the photo for some odd reason. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

I don't think that there will ever by a tried and true solution to the drug problem. But, it seems that the residents (voters) have the power to demand to know what is being done about this problem and the law enforcement politicians tend to listen more in election years. Yes, more needs to be done. Unfortunately, most drug offenses seem to be nonviolent, so they get pushed to the backburner as far as punishment goes. I am concerned over the fact that there seems to be newer and better ways to get and use drugs. Whether they are illegal, prescription, or fall into another category, the use and abuse of drugs is the biggest concern to me. I'm a drinker, but what prevents me from being an alcoholic or moving on to more powerful modes of impairment? How can some of us that were party animals in our younger days slow down and be reasonable while others can't or won't? Just makes me want to throw my hands up and concede that there is no answer and that there will always be tragic stories like this one and that people will continue to make poor decisions that may end up killing them or someone else. I haven't even mentioned the psychological toll that this problem causes to those who live with people who are substance abusers. I'll save that for a different sermon.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sup-rbeast</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Come election time in Scott Co, there will be another pic of Sheriff B. posing with a throng of pot plants...always seems to be anyways. I've always wondered if they kept the pot in storage to use as props for the pre election pic..lol.. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

Now that's a goodun there, I don't care what you say...[img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] LMAO

YEah, that is freakin helarious

They are Sheriff B's groupies...lol

ut1 when you gonna have your pot picture in the paper for campaign purposes?

There is no solution fighting drugs. But, in this country, everyone is always whining about overcorwded jails, payin for convicts etc. I think the solution is to legalize drugs (let folks kill themselves with them if they wish, but at the same time tax them heavily but not so much that dealers can still compete), set standards in accordance to what can constitute a lawsuit (to weed out the friviolus), and set the age of consent at 16 or 17 (so we quit filling our jails with 20 year olds that got with a 16 year old thinkin she was 24..lol..at the same time make stiff mandatory penalties for any offense with someone under the age of consent)..these measures alone would decrease our jail population by almost half IMO, and would provide revenues to be used elsewhere in our economy. I'm not trying to sound insensitive to this thread, just my practical view of how to solve these problems.

Sounds good to me, I will vote for you for President if you run [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]

I just think it is time that crybabies get handcuffed from suing for every little thing, and then ya have folks being set to jail to be housed over using drugs...not to mention guys going to jail for getting with girls who dress like sluts, look twice their age, and entice them. Lawsuits should have to have merit or the person that brings them should be penalized. Drugs are drugs...take the taboo away and many prolly wouldn't use as much..and at least they would be regulated and taxed. And as far as the thing about girls go: I was always taught that if it looked like a slut, talked like a slut, and behaved like a slut...it was a slut. Society seems to almost condone the way young women dress and act nowdays, so they shouldn't penalize young men for falling for it...just my opinion.

I always thought it was talked like a slut, smelled like a slut, taste.........