Ruggles Excused

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by ironyak

It is an interesting and complicated perspective you have Punatic007. I would only suggest that if you are concerned about health effects, then putting money into treatment and health care is a more effective and moral approach than paying prisons to confine people for 77 years.

http://bigislandnow.com/2018/01/29/inter...ollective/

While you might not agree with recreational use, I would hope decriminalization would at least make some sense to you.

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I already wrote that ironyak, I agree with you completely regarding decriminalization. However it seems some folks are playing with fire when a law still exist with imprisonment penalties and they break that law anyway. That is known as a criminal mentality. I know it's hard to contemplate that fact when it comes to weed, but your more successful growers thrive in the risk/thrill environment. For example, one neighbor did 10 yrs for growing weed, got out and was growing again within months, got caught and back to prison. His actions caused so much sadness for all of us. Our penal system is far from perfect but it's actually better than the great majority on the planet. Work with it not against it as you can see happening successfully all over the country with legalization.

There's big money in growing hence there has been a criminal element involved in the marijuana scene here for decades. They are more interested in the money than the cause. I've seen it all up close. I know a very successful grower who does NOT want the legalization of marijuana, he states the price will drop too much and he'll lose his big profits. And he loves to sing the praises of the sacred weed.

Bringing it back on topic, I don't know Jennifer Ruggles father and his particular struggle, but it's obvious his daughter has no problem working against our local government not with it.