Meathead Republican Commissioner Busted
May 28th, 2009 by Russ
They sure don’t make civil servants like they used to. As evidenced by his ’skills’ as a panelist, Georgia’s Fayette County Comissioner, Robert Horgan, isn’t the brightest bulb in the bunch. Horgan outdid himself last weekend when he was busted for weed posession by a local sheriff’s deputy.
Originally pulled over for his expired registration, Horgan was found blazing up in his car during the traffic stop. To make matters worse, Horgan then came just short of trying to bribe the cop into letting him go. Horgan put on his best shit-eating grin and asked whether:
if there was anything that we could do to resolve this right here, right now?
Unfortunately for Horgan, the local deputy was not well versed in the rock, paper, scissor school of roadside summary judgment.
Narconon’s “The More You Know” Shit Pile
May 20th, 2009 by RickThis video irritated me beyond words. As usual the same marijuana “facts” are listed to give it that outlaw rebel status. The words “bad drugs” were used half a dozen times as it slowly began to ring in my head by the end of the clip.
The main philosophy that comes from the video is derived from the international organization Narconon, whose manifest centers around drug rehab and prevention. Their source of methodology comes from the work of L. Ron Hubbard, part of the same work that fueled the cult religion of Scientology.
The irony and sheer audacity behind this video is that they emphasize their attack on marijuana and not meth, which runs rampant in the state of Georgia. The story that the girl tells sounds like a meth story. They even have a website that they show at the end of the clip that deals with meth. The production was spearheaded by the Douglas Sheriff Department and like typical law enforcement they focused on the dreaded “bad drug,” marijuana.
Thanks to them, the producers have a bright future in replicating crap like this for Fox. Talk about meth and its effects in the next video clip and marijuana will seem like a recreational drug that happens to alleviate certain medical conditions.
Apparently Georgia Has a Meth Problem
April 13th, 2009 by TraciiIn response to its growing meth problem, Georgia is joining seven other states in launching its own privately-funded anti-meth campaign. The Georgia Meth Project will combine community outreach programs with an aggressive PSA campaign urging Georgians not to do the drug “not even once”.
According to recent RAND Corporation statistics, meth abuse costs Georgians around $1.3 billion per year and accounts for 51% of all drug treatment admissions in the state.
Sandra Conton, Drug Counseling Coordinator for Advantage Behavioral Health Systems in Georgia said:
The drugs themselves are not the problem. The addictive potential is the issue.
She likens the rise of clandestine meth labs to moonshining during the alcohol prohibition era, and she’s not the first to make that comparison.
Despite the infamous “Faces of Meth” campaign and the horror stories circulating the media, many first-time users are surprisingly uninformed about the consequences of meth abuse, often equating it with softer drugs like marijuana and alcohol. (Another result of drug war propaganda perhaps? Just saying.)
Montana has seen a 70% decrease in meth abuse since the inception of the program in 2005. If handled properly, The Georgia Meth Project could prevent a lot of people from succumbing to the epidemic, though many would argue it should’ve never happened in the first place.
83-Year Old Man Gets 20 Years for Distribution
April 7th, 2009 by Rick
Down south, in Rome, GA, at the U.S. District Court, 3 men have been sentenced to federal prison for their part in distributing hundreds of kilograms of marijuana in northwest Georgia and Tennessee. One of these men, 83-year-old Paul Faulkner, was given a virtual death sentence of 20 years.
Faulkner’s lawyer claimed that Faulkner was not a major part of the conspiracy and that 24 months would have been a more appropriate sentence due to his client’s age and health.
Judge Robert Vining said a mandatory minimum sentence was handed down to Faulkner because of his involvement in bootlegging in the 1940s and that he was last jailed on marijuana-related charges in 1999. Judge Vining said it was the most unreasonable sentence he has ever handed down, but he couldn’t go outside the statute. Execution of the sentence was stayed until August 1st.
