[Ryan]

The DEA is addicted to arresting people:

Well I guess I was wrong about the Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA) going crazy and arresting people left and right. Today a local (Las Vegas, NV) Medical Marijuana Activist was arrested after authorities raided his Green Valley home, because apparently the rise in crime around Henderson and Vegas hasn't given them anything better to do.

So feel safe that there's one less sick person sitting at home... Trying to get over their sickness and help others do the same. These people are apparently the ones who corrupt Las Vegas's society, not prostitution not gambling not gangs, but people smoking a plant in their home. Unfortunatly for Pierre Werner, 34, who uses marijuana to treat his bipolar and schizophrenia disorders it is unlikely that they will allow him to smoke marijuana in jail to ease his pain. His attorney Ryan Mortier says "The last time he was taken into custody he was hospitalized."

Any sane person knows what's about to happen, here's what I find funny though. The first time he was arrested the neighbors had called 911 because he was standing outside holding a marijuana plant... What... The Fawk.. Now, I'm no botanist... But, im pretty sure marijuana plants don't shoot bullets or posion gas or anything at all actually, so exactly what was the danger here? I guess they thought, from all the commercials of their day, that if he smoked the marijuana he would turn into a crazed bipolar schizophrenic maniac; funny how life works out isn't it?

Lets let the DEA explain:

Rogene Waite, who is a spokeswoman for the DEA had this to say, lets see if it changes your mind about the current situation. "We don't go after the sick and dying. We go after the large-scale organizations, traffickers and distributors." Not only does this statement completely contradict what is happening, but Angel Raich will likely die if she doesn't smoke marijuana throughout the day, and Pierre is, well... Sick... On to the second sentance, "We go after the large-scale organizations, traffickers and distributors." Oh really? Because when you first arrested Pierre he only had two ounces of actual sellable marijuana in his posession (the rest were plants) that's not much at all, especially for a man with a medical licence to posses marijuana.

Don't worry though she keeps talking, "People should not be breaking the law. There's always a possibility they could come under the radar." said Rogene Waite. Well I say, the law should not be breaking people. The law is, for the laziness of me finding a better word, stupid; that's why we are able to change laws. The constitution was written on hemp paper for christs' sake, get with the program folks. When you arrest people who use marijuana for medical purposes, cause them pain and in some cases even death, then trust me, the law is causing them more harm than any marijuana plant ever will.

Also, I'm sorry for ranting so much lately, just exercising my right to free speech while it still exists.

All quotes are from the Las Vegas Sun.

[TacoJoe]