Cops seizing synthetic marijuana

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Wednesday, March 28. 2012

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Sheriff's investigators have begun seizing synthetic or herbal marijuana from convenience stores here in Lamar County.

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#1 SHELBA HILMER on 03/28/12 at 11:48 AM

Why don't these old folks just legalize weed. Look at the stats. Weed has never killed anyone and the taxes they will collect off of it would ease the budget crunch. Cigarettes and alcohol are way more dangerous than weed but they still sell it, and let the cigarette companies spray chemicals on them to keep you addicted. Its time to end the Prohibition. I can think of several reasons to legalize it and only one not to.

#1.1 Julia Heidbrink on 03/28/12 at 03:47 PM

Looks like this weed did kill.

#1.1.1 Yeu Kno Hu on 03/28/12 at 11:00 PM

So, one case it might have been linked to a death out of thousands of people that smoke it. Yet, alcohol kills people first hand and second hand on a regular basis and it is legal if someone produces and ID that convinces the seller they are old enough.

Don't misunderstand me. I do not think any mood altering substance should be legal. What I fail to understand is the duplicitous society we live in were we make one dangerous substance illegal and yet another one is legal.

The death of this one young man is awful, but what about the deaths, great bodily harm and tremendous property damage caused by drinking? Why isn't the governor and/or state government jumping on outlawing alcohol.

Does anyone else get this?

#1.1.2 Fed Up on 03/29/12 at 06:16 AM

I think they ment the all natural stuff.

#1.2 barnesville native on 03/28/12 at 05:13 PM

Did you not read the news mentioned above:

"The substance has been sold in convenience stores as Spice, K2, Black Mamba or Potpourri. Use of the substance caused the death of 16 year old Chase Corbitt Burnette of Peachtree City earlier this year."

Get a clue. I do not want my kid buying it and getting high at 16 because it is over the counter for sale at the above mentioned convience stores. You must not have kids or must be one yourself to make that ridiculous comment.

#1.2.1 Yeu Kno Hu on 03/28/12 at 10:39 PM

But, I am sure you ok with beer, wine, liquor, etc, being sold in stores and your kids getting a hold of that, eh? Oh, and you say they can't buy it at 16? Yeah right...

#1.2.1.1 barnesville native on 03/29/12 at 03:37 PM

What makes you think I would be okay with my child drink at age 16? Your intelligence or lack of it is sickening. The synthetic marijuana was available for anyone to purchase at the stores. Having a required age limit for alcohol does cut down on purchasing. However, I do know that kids still get by with fake i.d.s and getting older kids to purchase it for them, but it does make it harder than just being able to walk into a store and buy it themselves.

#1.2.1.1.1 Yeu Kno Hu on 03/30/12 at 10:42 AM

Yeah, go ahead. If insulting me makes you feel better, have at it. Typical response. But, before you think too quickly that age limits really cut down that much on young people drinking, think of all of the places they have access without having to show IDs. How about in your own house? Keeping beer, wine or liquor around? Do they have friends or acquaintances that are old enough to buy it for them? How about the stores in the area that are a little looser about the whole ID thing? How about the parties your children go to? How about the parents of children your children hang out with that aren't as careful with their beverages?

You are the one missing intelligence and denying what is going on. After teaching a youth class at church for some time I can tell you first hand that out of a class of 20 I had only three children that did not regularly drink when they were out away from their parents (ages 12 to 18 in my class, by the way). And before you write them off as bad seeds or having parents that don't care, these are, for the most part, what we would call good kids from good homes. But, because alcoholic beverages are easily available, they have access to it. It was this way when I was young and remains so now.

Since you are obviously too ignorant to get the point, I will spell it out for you. My point in bringing up alcoholic beverages was that people are all up in arms about drugs (synthetic or otherwise) and then head right out and support the alcohol industry. People will read this article while popping open a beer or tossing back a shot. And even though you insist otherwise, age restrictions provides a very limited deterrent (more like a speed bump). Again, it didn't stop us when I was a teen and it doesn't now.

As long as alcoholic beverages are available, children and teenagers will get their hands on it. And as long as adults keep buying it, it will be available to young people. If you buy beer, wine or liquor, you are part of the problem because you won't give it up or take a stand against it. Instead, you'll resort to weak attempts at insulting people that call out hypocrisy. Want to make a real difference, have the guts to take a stand and not support the alcohol industry. Or, if people won't do that, stop being hypocrites. If the problem is that the young people have to easy of access to this synthetic stuff and you think age limits help, then why not push for age restriction laws? They won't work (because they don't for alcohol or cigarettes), but have at it. At least that would be consistent and non-hypocritical.

#2 Yeu Kno Hu on 03/28/12 at 02:58 PM

In other news, sales of alcoholic beverages continue at a record pace...

#3 Toni Dobbins on 03/30/12 at 07:36 AM

Some of the gas station in town need to be checked out too. I have seen this
Stuff in a few of them..

#4 Lorraine Lassiter on 04/05/12 at 12:36 AM

I heard you can buy more than just gas and chicken wings at the RM.

#5 Michael Green on 04/05/12 at 09:46 AM

Far too many people turn a blind eye to the dangers that our children face every day. If it's not alcohol, it's pills or whatever the next thing is. I have 5 children and I don't let them go anywhere without me. Call that what you will but my "primary" purpose as a parent is to protect my kids. There are too many people that have kids (notice I did not call them parents as there is a difference), that let their children do whatever, go whereever, & hang out with whoever. Bottom line is, Mom & Dad have too much going on to be concerned about the kids. They TRUST them....."My kids wouldn't do that". Who are you fooling. Your kids are sinners just like everyone else. You better step up to the plate and make some tough decisions or we might just be reading about one of your "babies" one day.

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