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Craig Hunter's Smoke Screen With Haidl's Pot

Red County is at it again. Every time it looks like Bill Hunt is gaining momentum the Hunter/Schroeder wannabe posse attempts to ride his coattails. This time, like always, the Hunter/Schroeder Public Trust Wrecking Crew dredges up the Gregory Haidl pot incident as if it were some major drug deal that was covered up. The only thing major about it was that Greg Haidl was involved and that Carona and Jaramillo repeatedly attempted to cover it up.

Recently, I found a short set of transcripts from the USA vs. Carona trial in my email's inbox. The parts I received pertained to Gregory Haidl and very loosely to Bill Hunt. The one person who supposedly was told by Hunt to NOT arrest the suspects that night has since died. When Sgt. Downing died, he took with him the truth about what Bill Hunt said. Since the beginning, Hunt's story has remained the same. Further if anyone had a shred of evidence that Hunt did something illegal, why didn't the U.S. Attorney go after Hunt in the indictment with Carona and his posse? Because there is no evidence that Hunt did anything illegal. In fact, the California Attorney General's report says as much and goes further to say that Hunt did not break departmental policy with his role as chief of police services. The one guy who really botched up the field work and subsequent reporting and evidence booking was Sgt. Downing. Everything Roche had to say about Hunt was regarding Roche's claim that he was ordered to omit facts from his report which was debunked by Sgt. Gaffner's signed statement that supports Hunt's side of the story.

No, I am inclined to believe Gaffner and Hunt over a pissed off deputy who had his toes stepped on by all of his supervisors; first by his sergeant (Downing) and second by two other supervisors (Gaffner & Hunt). I still think it was Roche who violated departmental policy by leaking the audio and video recordings to the media. Roche was the one with the chip on his shoulder and wanted to get even with management. The only problem is that it's his word against two supervisors, one of which (Gaffner) was independent of the rest of the incident. Not helping Schroeder or Hunter are the facts found by R. Scott Moxley of OC Weekly when he pulled the phone records and found that Carona had lied about his hand in the Haidl affair.

As whoiscraighunter.org has reported, Schroeder was Carona's puppet master as he is now Hunter's. That means Schroeder and his wife (who works in the DA's office and is now the DA's Chief of Staff) had access to sensitive information and unique opportunities to tip off Carona about what the Grand Jury and DA's Office were doing when it came to investigating him and his posse. It wasn't until the Feds got involved that we started to see what was really going on. So, let's recap that thought: Schroeder had Carona and the DA in his pocket. Carona specifically asked the attorney general to NOT investigate. Carona walked free throwing everyone in his posse under the stage coach until he was the last man standing. Then the Feds caught him on tape saying some pretty bad stuff. Of course the Feds were a little out of reach of the Schroeders' grasp and eventually Carona was indicted on the somewhat minor charge of witness tampering (minor considering what Carona was charged with).

And of course, Schroeder et al are back with their pot laced smoke screen buying off the Red County boys (and maybe girl) to get their guys, Craig Hunter and Mike Schroeder, into the Sheriff's Office so we can have Mike Carona reincarnated in the Osborne Building.

All this over a small bag of dope!  But we have to keep in mind that the kids at Red County are just doing the job that they are paid to do. 

Teen Pot Use Linked To Psychoses

(from CBS News)

Australian Researchers Have Identified A Possible Link Between Long-Term Marijuana Use And Psychoses in Young People

(CBS) An Australian study of nearly 4,000 young people has found a possible link between long-term marijuana use and increased risk of hallucinations, delusions and other psychoses.


In the study, whose findings were released Monday, March 1, 2010, and published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the University of Queensland followed 3,801 people born in Brisbane between 1981 and 1984.

About 17.7 percent reported using cannabis for three or fewer years, 16.2 percent for four to five years and 14.3 percent for six or more years.

Those who had six or more years of use were twice as likely as those who never used cannabis to develop a psychosis, such as schizophrenia, and four times as likely to get high scores in clinical tests of delusion.

Of the 1,272 subjects who had never used marijuana, 26 (2 percent) were diagnosed with psychosis. Of the 322 who had used it for six years or more, 12 (3.7 percent) were diagnosed with the illness.

The authors point out that further study is needed as their research did not take into account such factors as family history and a predisosition to psychosis before marijuana use began.

For more details see The Archives of General Psychiatry.
 
 

 

Taxpayer-Subsidized Dope

Think I’m kidding? Think again. Proposition 215 created an exemption for the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Here is the text of what we voted on:

"Proposition 215

This initiative measure is submitted to the people in accordance with the provisions of Article II, Section 8 of the Constitution.

This initiative measure adds a section to the Health and Safety Code; therefore, new provisions proposed to be added are printed in italic type to indicate that they are new.
PROPOSED LAW
SECTION 1. Section 11362.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
11362.5. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
(b)(1) The people of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 are as follows:
(A) To ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the person's health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief.
(B) To ensure that patients and their primary caregivers who obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes upon the recommendation of a physician are not subject to criminal prosecution or sanction.
(C) To encourage the federal and state governments to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting persons from engaging in conduct that endangers others, nor to condone the diversion of marijuana for nonmedical purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no physician in this state shall be punished, or denied any right or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical purposes.
(d) Section 11357, relating to the possession of marijuana, and Section 11358, relating to the cultivation of marijuana, shall not apply to a patient, or to a patient's primary caregiver, who possesses or cultivates marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician.
(e) For the purposes of this section, ''primary caregiver" means the individual designated by the person exempted under this section who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of that person.
SEC. 2. If any provision of this measure or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the measure that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this measure are severable."

There are really only two sections which are affirmative. First, Section 1(b)(2)(c) exempts physicians from prosecution or other sanctions for recommending marijuana to a patient for medical purposes. The second important section is Section 1(b)(2)(d) which exempts those who possess marijuana for medical purposes of the patient who “possesses or cultivates marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician.” (Emphasis added)

So anyone with any illness which might be relieved by the use of marijuana can grow, purchase, and use marijuana without fear of prosecution. I like the idea that a cancer patient or other sick person might find comfort through the use of any drug but I’m not so sure that ANY ILLNESS as the law notes is a good basis. All teens go through a period of anxiety while going through puberty. Since anxiety is suppressed with marijuana does that mean teens should all smoke a little dope to mellow out? I know a few parents who would gladly give their kids marijuana if it would make a positive difference. The problems, though, are many and using marijuana to cope with life situations is the same as getting drunk to deal with troubles at work. It is the same as using amphetamines to stay awake when your body needs to rest.  Of course we can trivialize marijuana use with graphics like these:

Aside from the obvious abuse of marijuana as a “medical necessity” we need to consider the impact of socialized healthcare, the use of this powerful drug, and who will pay for it all. Will our new and improved government provided medical care cover costs associated with marijuana? Imagine paying a special income tax to specifically cover marijuana for anyone with any illness…

Here is an excellent read on the violence behind legalized marijuan.