QUestion 1: Since medical Marijuana is now allowed in the state of california, (and please ignore the federal guidelines for a moment).. and since Police officers are granted the same coverage by the ADA, in theory.. can they use marijuana for "medicinal" uses and be protected against prosecution and or losing their jobs? (fyi, santa cruz and san mateo counties do not prosecute when u have a med card for civies.)ANyone with knowledge in this area.. please respond. \n\nPart 2: Police officers and depression/anxiety. Lots of them have it. How are they protected by the ADA and their own unions ?
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ok i dont know but i have question for you \nwhy are the police people now a days are like 20 feet tall and as skinny as a broom?
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When considering the circumstances of an arrest you should try to never consider RIGHT versus WRONG.  These are words of opinion.  Try instead to consider the arrest on the basis of LEGAL versus ILLEGAL.  These are words of fact.\n\nI have been a police officer for over 11 years.  There are alot of laws out there that I personally do not support - personal use of marijuana being one of them.  That being said, I enforce the law - arrest and cite people for marijuana possession - because it IS the law.\n\nSo, to answer your question, was the arrest right?  That depends on who you ask.  Was the arrest legal.  Sure sounds like it.
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This is an excellent question: \nThe country i am representing is Russia.\n1. It will be allowed by the government, but will not be tolerated by the people.\n2. It will be allowed by the government, but will not be tolerated by the people.\n3. Will not be tolerated by the local police. (Ever heard of police brutality?)\n4. Will not be tolerated by the government. (Will go to jail)\n5. Will not be tolerated by the government. (Will go to jail)\n6. No one will speak to you much less tolerate your requests.\n7. Not allowed but happens all the time.\n8. Will be denied by the government. (Requests for free education, health care if you are not a Russian citizen will probably have a negative effect on your health from the local police)
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I think that you're wrong and your information is incomplete. If you mean to say that medicinal marijuana laws have been passed in the states that you've mentioned, then say so. Could you not hold a thought together long enough to pound it out coherently on your keyboard?\n\nYour information sucks. Your spelling sucks. Your grammar sucks. If I were a marijuana advocate, I'd be ashamed to have you on my side.
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The whole world has decriminalized marijuana, except the U.S. The Police and gov't use it as a means of invasion and control. They use it as a means to fill their prisons. They use it as a means to steal and confiscate and redistribute wealth to themselves. They use it as a means to get into your pockets and to search every crevice of your privacy. They use it as an excuse to monitor your phone and email. They use it as a means of entry when they "smell" it. There is no human right that stands in their way when an "informer" reveals there "might" be marijuana present. It is an excuse for them to do everything for our "protection" and to protect our children.\n\nWhy on earth would gov't want to legalize or even decriminalize marijuana. They got it goin' on.\n\nAfter smoking marijuana for 30 years, I am now afraid of all drugs. It chose my friends, my music, and what I did with my time. I somehow managed to finish college, but I did not excel, and it kept me away from the best students, out of the best groups, and I would never be hired by the best companies or work for the highest salary. I accomplished very little aside from what I had to. I managed to raise three lovely girls, but the divorce was largely over marijuana use. I've lost two jobs because of it. \n\nIt gets ahold of you psychologically, and controls your life. You spend untold amounts of time smoking it, or trying to smoke it, or trying to find it, or trying to make money so you can buy some. It drains your time, your energy, your memory, and your pocket book. The resources lost to marijuana must be incredible.\n\nDecriminalize it yes. Nobody should go to prison and be branded a criminal because they can't control their drug use. It is like a disease that should be treated, not by isolating the person and destroying them and their family, but by helping them to understand their dilemma, and giving them treatment. \n\nIf you want new facts about marijuana, and some fuel for your arguments, check out the reference.
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Marijuana DOES have medicinal purposes. My Mom hasn't had any complications from her liver disease from it, my Dad uses it for help with his glaucoma and my boyfriend and I both use it to help us with our chronic migraines. We don't smoke it just to feel good, but to help us because we have health problems that only marijuana can treat. That is just a stupid rumor: it is not a gateway drug. My Mom has been smoking it for 30 years and never had the temptation to use ANY other kind of drug. My Dad, boyfriend and I haven't done any other kinds of drugs either. It's a scientific fact that tetrahydracannibonol, (THC) the resin crystals on the leaf base and buds at the peak of blooming that gets you high when smoked, really does have medicinal purposes. I don't think it should be legalized to the general public, but only made available to those who need it for their ailments, like the laws already in California and Oregon. And I have never in all my life have ever heard  a story about any REAL person that died because of marijuana, and neither has my Dad, and he was a teenager in the 60's. My Mom grew up in the 70's. My boyfriend may be 20, and I'm only 17, but I am positive that I will never try another drug, and so is my boyfriend.
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this world has become way too PC (politically correct). and it's mainly due to head off crazy lawsuits. it's totally nuts! man, if that works, maybe i should talk to my boss about smoking weed at work. if they don't let me i could sue them. makes about as much sense as the scenario you listed.
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Good Lord.  And this is what our public schools are putting out.\n\nLet me try to answer some of this but you're going to have to fix your question because some of it is truly impossible to understand with the way you have written it.\n\nIf you're asking why the FDA has the right to arrest you in your residence, you're humorously mistaken.  The FDA does not have the authority to arrest anyone, period. \n\nThen you start talking about Prop. 215 which, for those who don't live here, is the Compassionate Use of Marijuana Act (the legislation that made marijuana legal for medical purposes).  \n\nSo I'm thinking you want to know why the FDA can arrest you in your residence if you are a medical marijuana user.  And the answer, of course, is that they can't.  \n\nThen you're asking about raids on cannabis clubs, and frankly, because of your extremely poor writing skills, I'm just not sure what it is you want to know about raids on clubs.  Please tell me you're still in grade school because if you're any older than six, you really need to get some help with your abilities to communicate in writing.
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A)  You don't have a prescription for marijuana.  You might have a written or oral recommendation, but you don't have a prescription.  \n\nB)  You are subject to drug tests by your employer if you are subject to drug tests by your employer.  The fact that you are taking a particular drug (codeine, aspirin, marijuana, or penicillin) doesn't excuse an employer's requirement for you to be tested, unless your employer excuses it as a matter of their policy.
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go to two places  (your state.gov) and also the federal site.  You will need to know state AND federal laws since Federal Laws can be used to overrule any local and state laws (trafficing across state borders - which becomes a federal issue for the DEA).  I would also go to your local police station as they should have info on the drug laws and penalties.  Finally I would check any books in your lawyers office or a public defenders office as they will need to have the info inorder to defend you.  But don't be stupid and take drugs.  Spend your money and time more wisely,
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Nop the DID NOT LEGALIZE ANYTHING!!! \nI am going to explain what happened exactly: In Mexico the possession for personal and imediate use of Drugs has been always legal. This was permited in the penal code. The Drugs issue is a federal issue according to the health law. Now, There is a huge problem with drug dealing in small amounts in discos, schools, etc... And because this is a federal issue, the local police can not fight this kind of small drug dealing. So, what the Congress of Mexico did is 1) open the possibility of concurrent faculties between federation and local governments to fight drug dealing and 2) to determine the exact amount of drug allowed for personal and immediate consum. The last is legal ONLY when it is proved that you are a Drug Adict and you have a medical prescription for the usage of the permited amount of Drugs. This means that NO. there was no legalization of Drugs in Mexico. Actually it was a reform to help the local governments fight small drug dealing and to sharpen the laws in order to avoid legal arguments for small drug dealing. I have already answered to this question somewhere else, and i had other info. But now i say i agree totally. And by the way, the persons that need drugs are sometimes also ex-soldiers or sick people (of cancer for example). that are drug adiccts because of pain killers. I find this human and correct.\nSo. Again. Do not state something with out knowing what is it about. In Mexican news there is no big issue about this theme...look Reforma, Televisa (esmas) or la Jornada.
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- Not doing anything wrong? He was using UCLA equipment without proper ID in a place where this is a known policy.\n\n- Leaving when police tasered him? Sorta. He was leaving, but police wante to question him, probably to determine if he was trespassing or if charges should be filed. At that point, he began to resist.\n\n- Since his name was not released, his 'medical condition' is just based on his statement. He did not specify what the condition was supposed to be, and claims of vague medical conditions are common to avoid being held or restrained.\n\n- Common situation? Obviously not. The fact that the incident has the power to shock and outrage us proves that it is pretty rare. \n\n- Police brutality? The video does not prove much, but can just as easily represent a student desperately trying to get out of a bad situation the way people always do on COPS, etc.\n\nCalling it police brutality is pretty judgemental without knowing the full story.
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For a really eye opening different perspective, read an issue of Men's health from about 6 months ago. they did an article called Blue Juice or something like that where they investigated the rampant steroid abuse of police officers. They even gave tips on how not to be a victim of police rage...it was really interesting.
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Talk to as many people as needed to get the results you want.  The police officers have supervisors.  Teachers, school administrators, and parents.  Colorado’s Attorney General, now Congressman, led a focus group to deal with such issues.  Go as high and as far as needed, but do not take “no” or “we can’t do anything” for an answer.  Look into a restraining order.  What ever it takes.
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None of those asian countries listed have medical marijuana prgrams and all are VERY strict on even possesion of small quantities.  I think medical marijuana is a good idea but seems impossible to regulate with many people just paying a doctor a few hundred bucks to get a cannabis club card, sick or not.  So i think they should just go ahead and legalize it already, its practically decriminalized already here in california (if you get caught with under  an ounce, its like an 80 dollar ticket with no arrest or jail.) Im counting on you arnold to get it done!
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Law enforcement and people with severe mental illnesses\n\nSUMMARY: A natural outgrowth of a mental health system that withholds needed treatment until a person with a mental illness becomes dangerous is that police officers and sheriff’s deputies are forced to become front line mental health workers. The safety of both law enforcement officers and citizens is compromised when law enforcement responds to crises involving people with severe mental illnesses who are not being treated. In 1998, law enforcement officers were more likely to be killed by a person with mental illness than by an assailant with a prior arrest for assaulting police or resisting arrest. And people with mental illnesses are killed by police in justifiable homicides at a rate nearly four times greater than the general public.\n\n* * *\n\nLaw enforcement officers are the first responders\n\nThere is no question that law enforcement officers are increasingly the ones responding to people with mental illnesses who are in crisis. Most state laws permit law enforcement officers to take these individuals into custody and transport them to hospitals if they meet the legal criteria for psychiatric evaluation.1\nIn 1976, the New York City Police Department took approximately 1,000 "emotionally disturbed persons" to hospitals for psychiatric evaluation. By 1998, this number had increased to 24,787.2\n\nA survey of sheriffs in Virginia disclosed that virtually all survey participants had encountered arrestees with psychiatric illnesses.3 Sheriffs in California reported that 9 percent of emergency calls were related to a mental illness crisis.4 The number of police responses to complaints about “emotionally disturbed persons” in New York City rose from 20,843 in 1980, to 46,845 in 19885, to 64,424 in 1998.6\n\nIn Florida, law enforcement officers respond to people with mental illnesses who are in crisis by having them assessed under the state’s mental health treatment law, the Baker Act. In 2000, there were 34 percent more Baker Act cases (80,869) than DUI arrests (60,337). Florida law enforcement officers alone initiate nearly 100 Baker Act cases each day. That is comparable to the number of aggravated assault arrests for the state in 2000 (111 per day) and 40 percent more than the arrests for burglary (71 per day).7\n\nSafety of officers is jeopardized\n\nIn 1998, people with mental illnesses killed law enforcement officers at a rate 5.5 times greater than the rest of the population.8\n\nIn 1998, law enforcement officers were more likely to be killed by a person with a mental illness (13 percent) than by assailants who had a prior arrest for assaulting police or resisting arrest (11 percent).9\n\nSince 1998, six law enforcement officers have lost their lives in encounters with assailants with mental illnesses in the Washington, DC metropolitan area alone.10\n\nSafety of people with mental illness is jeopardized\n\nPeople with severe mental illnesses are killed by police in justifiable homicides at a rate nearly four times greater than the general public.11\n\nIn Phoenix, incidents in which police used force with mentally ill people tripled between 1998 and 2003, continuing to rise despite a training program introduced in 2001 to teach officers about mental illness and how to appropriately respond to a mentally ill individual in crisis. In 2002, 30 chronically mentally ill people had confrontations with Phoenix police that ended with force, from physical restraint to shooting.12\n\nNearly one third of those killed in police shootings in New York City in 1999 were mentally ill.13\n\nA review of 30 cases of people shot and killed by police in Seattle disclosed that one-third of the people showed signs of being emotionally disturbed or mentally ill at the time of the incident.14\n\n“Suicide by cop”\n\nThere are also many cases where individuals with mental illnesses provoke police into killing them. This is now commonly called “suicide by cop.”
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The same questions they ask me.  Drivers license and proof of insurance.  If I don't have that, it's get out of the car.....I'm toted off to jail and my car impounded till I can provide the documents that are necessary.  I've had them shine a light in my car and hold my art eraser till it was determined it wasn't contraband.  I got some deal on my ticket for disrespecting an officer because I busted out laughing while he was sniffing my eraser.  I've had my car searched for no other reason than an outed tail light.  I've randomly had to be subjected to sobriety tests and a pat down.  Been in a car in which we were pulled over because the police thought the driver "looked funny".  We agreed, but the police officer didn't think it was funny.  I have been pulled over as a youth and had my parents called to see if they knew where I was.  I have been repeatedly pulled over time and time again by a cop because I drove a van that was considered the "type of vehicle" a drug trafficer would drive.  I've been pulled over because they wanted to be sure I wasn't being abducted since the passenger was a black person.  I've also turned a corner without putting on a turn signal and been let go.  I've had police officers help me when I was stranded on the side of the road without a question asked.\n\nI'd like to know when you aren't required to have your license on you when you are driving a vehicle!  I thought that was a basic rule#1.