DEA chief: Pot is dangerous because it causes mold&water damage

[Ichingcarpenter]

Rep. Jared Polis mocks Colorado’s new DEA chief


Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado on Wednesday poked fun at his state’s new head drug enforcement agent, joking that the Drug Enforcement Agency’s new motto was “protecting America from mold and water damage.”

Barbra Roach, the chief of Denver’s Drug Enforcement Administration, recently told the Denver Post that medical marijuana was dangerous because it caused “mold and water damage” in the homes of people who grew it.

“That’s just a very strange thing to say,” Polis wrote on Facebook. “No doubt that some idiots have flooded their basements growing marijuana. No doubt that some idiots have flooded their basements growing tomatoes. I stained my tiles in my living room last year growing narcissus. Ok. So for this we need a federal cop busting people?”


“The fact that an opponent of medical marijuana uses arguments like ‘it causes water damage to homes’ shows how bankrupt that side is of facts,” he added.

Polis has previously called for an end to the war on drugs, proposing legislation to eliminate funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other bills.





http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/29/rep-jared-polis-mocks-colorados-new-top-dea-agent/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for Polis. He's skewering with the best here.

Unbelievable that the head of the DEA in Colorado would make such an argument. It's really stupid.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. I see there are two types of "dope"

One is called Barbra Roach.

Hey! Barbra ROACH? You gotta be kidding me, right?

[Angry Dragon]

3. "Don't Bogart that" Roach

[MrMickeysMom]

7. ...

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. President Obama has lied on this issue

I have noted many times how he said it was up to the states and the states have the right for medical MJ before his election.

But his DEA is going gang busters on medical MJ in fact Colorado is now on his shit list.



Although Colorado has legalized medical marijuana, those who distribute the drug still risk running afoul of federal law. The Obama administration’s Department of Justice has made a practice of not prosecuting medical marijuana patients in states where the drug has been approved, but it still considers distributors to be fair game for arrest.

In January, U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, warning them that they faced legal repercussions if they did not close down within 45 days.


He needs to change MJ from a schedule I drug like President Carter Advocated to Congress .

[MrMickeysMom]

8. +me, too

I didn't realize Carter did that.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. I posted Carter's address to congress

when the DEA started closing MJ in California... you can do a google on it
I need some more coffee right now..LOL

[Go Vols]

10. yep

[boppers]

14. "his DEA is going gang busters on medical MJ"

Not a single 100% legal shop has been busted.

Dealers skirting the law? In spades.

Sure, lots of "non-profit" shops with millions in the bank are complaining of persecution.

If you examine the above sentences, it's not that complicated.

[hobbit709]

22. Just keep on believing that.

[roody]

25. Not true in Mendocino County CA.

[boppers]

32. I heard about a shop in Mendocino getting busted that was turning a huge profit...

Are you talking about an actual non-profit?

[roody]

36. The County Supervisors and sheriff

spent hundreds of hours crafting and passing an ordinance to regulate medical mj. It was just abandoned since the feds have raided pot farms that went through the rigorous approval process.

[boppers]

38. No such thing as a legal pot *farm* there.

25 plants, and 2 lbs processed, maximum, per patient served, *and* no more than 25 plants on any single parcel of land, (for an indoor grow, you can use 100 sq. ft.), and the plants cannot be visible from public or private roads (etc etc.)

http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/mm/Ord4291.pdf
http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/mm/931SheriffsSummary.pdf
http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/pdfs/2009-04-03-No1_JN.pdf
http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/mm/stateAGAugust08.pdf

That's not a farm, it's a tiny greenhouse, or a garage. So yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the feds *and* locals raided pot farms, as those aren't legal there, according to the local laws.

[roody]

43. Call it what you wish.

They could have 99 plants before the feds started raiding. The feds raided legal grows.

[EOTE]

26. They're "not legal" because Federal Law still states that marijuana is illegal.

Which is exactly the kind of bullshit that Obama promised to stop. But he was lying his ass off. And he lost quite a few supporters for that. You can defend this lying bullshit all you want. Not many buy what you're shoveling.

[boppers]

31. Profiting off of it is illegal in most cases.

Hence, busts.

[EOTE]

35. So once again, Obama was full of shit.

He said that his DOJ would NOT be targeting MMJ facilities. He didn't say ANYTHING about whether this was applicable just to non-profits. Marijuana is illegal by federal law, PERIOD. We're not discussing legalities, we're discussing whether or not Obama can be trusted to keep his word. With his DoJ going crazy on MMJ facilities, we can be sure that his word is pretty much only used to garner political points. He's not trustworthy.

[boppers]

37. He said he would not be targeting legal mmj.

States have non-profit laws, distance from public parks laws, worker payment laws (etc.) and MMJ doesn't get exempted from all state and federal laws solely because of the product they sell.

Care to offer an example of a place busted for 100% legal MMJ sales?

Or perhaps, point me to where Obama said that you can commit federal tax evasion (or any crime, for that matter), without fear of arrest or prosecution, as long as you have a MMJ storefront?

[EOTE]

39. Once again, there is NO SUCH THING as legal MMJ from a Federal perspective.

So when he said that he wouldn't target them for prosecution, he meant just that.

Extremely few of these dispensaries are being targeted for tax evasion, almost to a T, they're being prosecuted because they dispense MMJ. Almost all of the dispensaries are being targeted because they're breaking FEDERAL LAW.

Obama was full of shit, I can't believe there are some here who are still defending this egregious action.

[niyad]

4. now here I was, thinking that non of the pols here in CO had done or said anything really

embarrassing today (I mean, dougie IS in prison) and then I have to read this.

we can't even use the "altitude moment" for her-- oh, wait, Denver IS known as "the mile HIGH city"

[socialindependocrat]

6. That's why they call them "DOPES"

Because they don't need to do any drugs before they say stupid things!

"Gee, why is it, every time I try to think, I get the munchies!"

[fishwax]

11. lol

[Rex]

12. Yeah that is the sound one makes when

grasping at straws...pretty much illuminates the whole sorry lot that hates pot for existing.

[DearAbby]

13. But I like Mold and water damage

[Rex]

15. Actually I take it back, moldy bongwater is

no laughing matter...that smell never comes out of the sofa if you spill it!!!!

[Warren Stupidity]

20. Hey, Moldy Bongwater is my stage name. Careful what you say about him.

[Uncle Joe]

16. That just shows you how desperate the DEA is, in coming up with any logical, rational argument

for waging the insane prohibition policy against cannabis, I've heard of grasping at straws but this is ridiculous.

Thanks for the thread, Ichingcarpenter.

[eShirl]

17. They're grasping at stems now.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Barbara Roach. "Yess, This is Drug Chief Barbarrra Rrrrroooach...

...the request lines are now open open open open open"

[Posteritatis]

19. So Roach is clearly in favor of banning plumbing. (nt)

[Life Long Dem]

21. Water is the cause of mold

So they need to ban water.

[Hubert Flottz]

23. (.) this is your ass on drugs.

(0) this is your ass in jail!

[Fuzz]

24. Whoever thought of that talking point was high.

[felix_numinous]

27. Why can't there be an intelligent debate about drug policy?

This is like trying to debate with an annoying child. The establishment in this country says anything just to keep doing what they're doing, and do not care if it makes no sense, as if they are just buying more time.

"Oh let's run this nonsense up the flagpole and see how long it flies."

Can we PLEASE have a discussion with some real adults that care?

[One_Life_To_Give]

28. Holms on Holms had an episode on this

Trying to turn a residence into a Hidden Hot-House will cause Mold and Humidity damage. Not to mention that it accompanies theft of thousands of dollars in electricity. But that is because one is trying to Hide it. An aluminum framed glass greenhouse could properly do all of that with the exception of keeping itself hidden from the authorities.

But we can't end prohibition. The drug cartels would have to build a new Vegas if we did that.

[snooper2]

29. Did you watch the episode?

There was minimal water/mold damage from the grow up, just a little mold on some exposed drywall from watering.

When they started getting into it the whole damn house was a mold trap before the grow op was even there LOL. You never know what you find when you start peeling those walls back.

[One_Life_To_Give]

42. Maybe I need to watch again

Thought it was the Industrial Humidifiers that caused the mold behind the Drywall. Don't remember anything about it being there before the grow-op started.

[angel823]

30. oh yeah

word.

Angel in Texas

[Withywindle]

33. I guess now it's time to "invest" billions into a War on Rain. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

34. Barbra Roach is a parasite on the taxpayer dollar.

People such as Barbra Roach do not have what it takes to go after child sex trafficking.

[L. Coyote]

40. At least he did zero in on the best argument they have

for growing outdoors in large fields

[JNelson6563]

41. High-ons growing hydro

Very dangerous.

[crimsonblue]

44. fuck MMJ

give me real, legal pot. life (aka work bc work feels like your only life) sucks donkey balls some days, and a little bit of green would make it so much better.

[mdmc]

45. ..