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September 24, 2023

Marijuana isn’t all Girl Scout Cookies and binge-watching SpongeBob — as fun as that may be. There are also generations of massive cultural and legal overreactions that are significantly more of a bummer, man. Stuff like…

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Candy Barr

In 1960, a famous dancer and porn star who went by the alias Candy Barr was sentenced to 15 years in prison... ...for hiding less than an ounce of marijuana in her bra. GRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Pass the herb... literally. A 13 year old boy was given a 55 day suspension and drug counseling for handing a classmate a bag SPICE of weed as a joke. The CLASSICS baggie turned out to and L be filled with OREGANO. WHOLE OREGANO Orégano Enterel N NTRESS NETO CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Mark Young didn't sell any marijuana. Mark Young didn't buy any marijuana. Mark Young did introduce marijuana farmers to marijuana buyers. One Time. Mark Young's sentence? CRACKED.COM LIFE PAROLE WITHOUT — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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What do all these beloved cartoon characters have in common? A Every single one of them appeared in Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue, a psychedelically bad 1990 TV animated special about the evils of marijuana. Somehow, the owners of all these characters actually believed this was a good idea. Screen legend George C. Scott voiced the evil Smoke. And this is what smoking marijuana will do to you! CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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In 2008 there were a record 847 863 Marijuana marijuana arrests made Arrests in the United States the vast majority, 58.8% 41.2% more than 80% Violent being for possession. Crime Compared to the arrests for all violent crime which is: murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault which combined had 594 911 arrests. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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CRACKED COM VIS There are more than two dozen people in the US serving life imprisonment, with no possibility of parole, for marijuana-related non-violent crimes, thanks to mandatory minimum sentence laws. Federal juries are usually not informed when a mandatory minimum is to be applied to a case. — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Tyrone Brown was sentenced to life imprisonment for smoking a single joint while on probation. BUDGE MoDEE Thankfully he was paroled... 17 years later. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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HOMELESS Leon and Mary Adams, an elderly couple in Philadelphia, had their home of five decades seized by police, with only 10 minutes of warning. Why? Their son, without their knowledge, sold $20 worth of marijuana to a police informant on LS the front porch. GU CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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18 year old Honor Student Justin Laboy was in LOVE The new girl in school CRACKED.COM was bewitchingly mature, in both body and attitude. For WEEKS he flirted. Не sang. Не danced. Не let her copy his homework. Не even eventually summoned up the courage to ask her to the PROM. But all she was interested in was WEED When drug-free Justin relented and found her a small baggie as a gift he was a little hurt she insisted he take her money. Justin's dreamgirl turned out to be an undercover police officer. Justin's gram of weed didn't get him — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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During the 1980s, the DEA used a highly toxic weed killer known as Paraquat- PARAQUAT VECOL 200S.L. which was banned from - Agricole - - being used on federal lands - -to eradicate marijuana VECOL plants on private properties. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Paraquat poisoning can lead to major damage to the internal organs and death. It was a serious hazard for workers who sprayed Paraquat, and could potentially sicken anyone who utilized marijuana contaminated by the poison. SCREW YOU HIPPIES Attorney General Ed Meese justified it by saying that the marijuana growers were a bigger — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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CRACKED.COM 1936 Movie Poster DARING SHAME DRUG HORROR EXPOSE DESPAIR MARIHUANA WEED WITH ROOTS IN HELL NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN WHAT SMOKE HAPPENS MISERY THAT GETS IN AT MARIHUANA YOUTH'S PARTIES? EYES LUST HATE CRIME SHAME DESPAIR SORROW WEIRD ORGIES-WILD PARTIES UNLEASHED PASSIONS We can't confirm that the weird orgies were weirder than normal because we've never been invited to one. However, we do know that pot was thought to be just dangerous as heroin back in the 1930's. — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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THE OGDEN STANDARD MAGAZINE SECTION MAGAZINE SECTION OODEN, UTAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1915. - STHE MEXICAN NATION LOCOED BYA DECULIAR- WEED THE PAPER WRAPPED POISON IS CONSUMED, UNTIL THE VICTIM IS IN A STATE OF WILD FRENZY. WHEN IN THIS Ciga CONDITION НЕ OFTEN GOES ON A RAMPAGE THAT Of the May BRINGS DEATH TO WHOEVER CROSSES HIS PATH. THE PERIOD OF TEMPORARY INSANITY LASTS FOR SEVERAL Insani HOURS AND IS FOLLOWED BY THE VICTIM FALLING Acc INTO A DEEP SLEEP THAT LASTS 24 HOURS OR MORE. Pustorica НЕ AWAKES WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT Poi HAS TRANSPIRED WHILE THE FULL — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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GRACKED.COM they're building MACHINES to detect your Whacky Tobacky AirGuard comes in both a plugin and handheld model and it will be sensitive enough to detect the smell of marijuana on a person's clothes. Bonus: It uses WiFi to alert your landlord, university, police, Batman, etc... — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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On September 22, 2014, an 11-year-old Bedford Middle Schooler was caught with a Marijuana Leaf. Не was suspended for 364 days. Except that after the leaf was tested 3 times, it was determined to NOT be a Marijuana Leaf. The school refused to lift the suspension. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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The first man to win a gold medal in Olympic snowboarding was disqualified for marijuana. Ross Rebagliati now owns a medical cannabis business called Ross' Gold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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The first thing bought and sold on the internet was a X bag of marijuana. Dolopoint 2200 In the early '70s, students at Stanford used ARPANET to arrange a sale to students at MIT. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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After The Who concert in 1976, more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted on the field. The L.A. mayor said, The economic situation at the stadium has not reached such a perilous point that we have to resort to growing marijuana. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Beekeepers

NYC beekeepers noticed their bees made red honey, leading to a huge sting operation. An investigation discovered the city's largest marijuana farm underneath a Brooklyn cherry factory. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Paul McCartney

In 1980, Paul McCartney was arrested for bringing marijuana into Japan. Не spent nine days in jail. Не was carrying a half pound bag, an amount large enough to warrant a smuggling charge. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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A Girl Scout sold 300 boxes of cookies in 6 hours outside a weed dispensary. / UND 606 SUGAR FREE Chose كار Chic A I Ann I I I The nine-year-old and her wagon of Girl Scout cookies found their perfect demographic. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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The FBI has struggled to hire cyber security. repress BUREAU F.R ШИ DEPARTMENT JULIIN Most hackers don't qualify because of the hiring rule that the applicant must not have used marijuana during the last 3 years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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CRACKED.COM In 2010 patricia Spottedcrow was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling $31 worth of marijuana to an undercover cop. Her mother, Dee Starr, was arrested as an accessory but given a suspended sentence and 30 years of probation, only because sending her to jail also would leave patricla's four children as wards of the state. — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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This is an actual ad from 2014 against Florida's Amendment 2-which would have legalized medical marijuana for people with diseases like cancer and AIDS: Will the new face of Date Rape look like a Cookie? Marijuana Cookies Vote NO on 2 There is no evidence linking marijuana usage to date rape. In the end, the amendment failed by 2%. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Jodie Israel *Not a marijuana user. *No previous arrests. *Married to a Rastafarian. Due to the marriage, FBI assumed she knew about the trade. Sentenced to 11 years in prison, three months in federal, on conspiracy charges for her assumed knowledge. Their four children, ages one to nine, were taken by DCFS and sent to four different families. GRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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CRACKED.COM The Vicious Part that Potent Marihuana Plays in Stimulating Certain Melody Makers to Fantastic M Heights of fear THE the - - Inspiration by - and the ales BLACK сгк. Efforts NEAT VERO mai Máde to EOU due SIDE the OF Eliminate KA ... FAT the Evil ** THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF AN ARTICLE SWING PUBLISHED IN 1938, TRYING TO CONNECT THE USE OF CANNABIS WITH THE BLACK POPULATION AND THEIR CULTURE — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Dwayne Perry, a Georgia retiree, was greeted one day with a low-flying helicopter and fully armed deputies... ...because his Okra garden resembled Cannabis plants. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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The 0.003g are clearly visible under the electron microscope. Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, jailed for four years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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CRACKED.COM Johnathan Magbie, a quadriplegic since he was a kid, was arrested for marijuana and firearms possession. DC Superior Court Judge Judith Retchin acknowledged Magbie's condition and gave him a mere 10-day sentence, apparently unaware that Magbie needed 20-hour care from his private nurse every day. Magbie died four days later because of inadequate medical support, and the punitive 10-day sentence became a death sentence. — Source: The 23 Worst Overreactions To Marijuana

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Two pounds of marijuana were found in a 2,700-year-old grave. The Gobi Desert grave has the world's oldest known stash. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Muggle Meaning

In the 1930s, a muggle used to mean a joint. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Harry Potter. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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In the 1976, a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of marijuana crashed in Yosemite. x The US government tried to secure the drugs, while many people made trips to take as much as they could. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Willie Nelson

After getting pneumonia a few times, Willie Nelson knew he had to give up cigarettes or pot for his health. Не gave up cigarettes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Bill Murray was pre-med in college but dropped out after being arrested for marijuana posession. Не joked about having bombs in his luggage at an airport but actually had five two-pound bricks of marijuana. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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Marijuana

Four Americans legally receive high-grade joints from the federal governnment. X U.S. DEPT. OF STATE FEDERAL AGENT They are the remaining patients from a 1976 court settlement and have received a total of 584 pounds. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

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