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11-05-2009, 08:10 PM | #1 |
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Lincecum busted for marijuana possession
Lincecum cited for marijuana possession - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Lincecum was fined a total of $622 for driving at 74 mph in a 60 mph zone, and for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Both are misdemeanors. |
11-05-2009, 08:11 PM | #2 |
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Lincecum busted for pot
San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum cited for marijuana possession - ESPN
Keep it in your house, and then there is no problem. Don't know why you would risk speeding with a pipe and weed in your center console though. Will this subject him to increased scrutiny from MLB with regards to drug testing? |
11-05-2009, 09:02 PM | #3 |
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Merged the threads for you.
+1 Oh, and if you're surprised by this you were probably also surprised to learn A-Rod did roids.
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I thought weed was more or less legal in California?
There are more marijuana clubs in California now than in Starbucks. And why should marijuana even be groups with PEDs? If anything marijuana is a performance depressing drug. |
11-06-2009, 11:06 AM | #5 |
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No, no there isn't, and it shouldn't be.
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11-06-2009, 02:12 PM | #6 |
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He was arrested in Washington state so California's laws are irrelevant anyway. Under 40 grams in Washington might as well be legal, it's just a minor misdemeanor carrying only a fine. In this case he's getting hit with a $622 fine, but when he goes to court, it'll probably be reduced and possibly dropped. In the end, there's a chance he pays more for driving 74 in a 60. Not a big deal at all.
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I'll bet that millionaires smoke some heavy sh*t.
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Who had October 30th in the pool?
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According to this article, there are around 800 cannabis clubs in Los Angeles. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/us/20clinic.html That's way more than the number of Starbucks in Los Angeles. It's hard to pin down the total number of Starbucks though, if you want to count licensed stores, like those in Targets or grocery chains.
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It's the similar situation in San Francisco:
Ed Rosenthal: SF GATE: More Medical Marijuana Dispensaries than Starbucks in San Francisco Please note that the San Francisco number is from months ago. There are probably even fewer Starbucks and even more cannabis clubs now. But of course, both San Francisco and Los Angeles cannabis club numbers include estimates of illegal ones. So it's hard to pin down the real situation. Those are government numbers nonetheless. Not some crazy out of thin air numbers.
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To update what I said previously, his plea agreement would drop the drug possession charge and hold the drug paraphernalia charge, a $250 fine. It awaits approval from a judge, but pretty standard for a cooperative first time offender. He also has to pay $122 for speeding. |
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Here is a blog article from the SF chronicle. I would have to think that this trend holds true across the state. City Insider : Marijuana hotspots vs. Starbucks -- who wins? That is from last Nov The article Maher quoted is probably much more recent. Marijuana is de-facto legal in California now. California continues to lead the US is terms of progressive legislation. But a lot of that is largely moot since I did not bother to read the article and all of this happened in the state of Washington. However what I said is true about cannabis clubs vs Starbucks |
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My money is on your thinking being wrong. There are cities and towns that have no dispensaries. Bakersfield for example because the Sheriff ran all the dispensaries out of town after his son was arrested for possession.
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Bakersfield is also a small city with less than a dozen Starbucks. If the Los Angeles numbers are true, then there is a 500~600 surplus of cannabis clubs just in Los Angeles alone. That's enough to make up the deficit for 50 Bakersfield already.
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Or we can look at it this way. Some court data I found on the net showing there were 1400 Starbucks in California in 2006.
According to the city, there are about 800 cannabis clubs in Los Angeles right now. It really shouldn't be hard for the total number of cannabis clubs to be more than Starbucks. But of course, 1400 didn't include the licensed ones.
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