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To: i-node who wrote (785536)	5/19/2014 3:10:33 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578901

Texas man faces possible life sentence for making and selling pot brownies By Travis Gettys rawstory.com Monday, May 19, 2014 13:35 EDT A Texas man faces a possible life sentence for making and selling marijuana brownies. Authorities in Round Rock charged 19-year-old Jacob Lavoro with a first-degree felony because he used hash oil to make the brownies. Texas law allows the state to factor sugar, cocoa, and other ingredients to determine the weight of the drug. “I’ve been doing this 22 years as a lawyer and I’ve got 10 years as a police officer and I’ve never seen anything like this before,” said Lavoro’s attorney, Jack Holmes. “Five years to life?” said Joe Lavoro. “I’m sorry. I’m a law-abiding citizen. I’m a conservative. I love my country. I’m a Vietnam veteran, but I’ll be damned. This is wrong. This is damn wrong!” Holmes said the charge would be a misdemeanor if the baked goods weren’t included in the weight. “If he did something wrong, he should be punished — but to the extent that makes sense,” said Joe Lavoro. “This is illogical. I’m really upset, and I’m frightened, I’m frightened for my son.” Watch this video report posted online by KEYE-TV:

To: i-node who wrote (785536)	5/19/2014 3:16:27 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578901

The three deadliest drugs in America are all totally legal vox.com

To: i-node who wrote (785536)	5/19/2014 4:14:08 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578901

On reflection, this is just about the most hypocritical thing I've heard here in the last 10 years. It is racism when Obama (the Affirmative Action president) is criticized for his blunders. Yet it is not racism when Rice is criticized for her extreme competence. I have never said its racism when Obama is fairly criticized for his blunders. Ultimately, the ACA website not being ready was his fault. When you all criticized him, I never once said you were being racist. I did say he will fix it and he did. Obama is human. He does make mistakes but they are mistakes that tend to be easily corrected and don't cost us an arm and a leg. Frankly, I do believe that you are not particularly racist and that your animosity for Obama transcends racism and has more to do with ideology and partisanship. However, I can not say the same for many of your R colleagues.