King Kilroy
New Member
So i decided to write a post about my experience of getting arrested for possesion of marijuana. I live in california and was in possesion of marijuana within 1000 yards of a school when i was serched. The total amount of what i was carrying added up too; 7/10ths of a gram, a small pipe and mini-bong.
After being lectured by the officer for an hour i was relesed. But a few months later i was in court for it. My public defender, If you could call him a defender, didnt even read the whole case. I had to come back to court two more times because of his ignorance before i was finaly sentenced with six months of probation, including the tradtional Bi-weekly drug tests and 15 hours of community service, a 150 dollar defender fee and a 50 dollar "Victims Restitution" fee.
Now that last part stuck out the most to me. Who was the victim? It wasnt the county, the police or anyone else. I was the only victim in this situation. At least 5 hours spent in court/ with my defender and plus the 15 hours of community service. Money i needed gone. All for less then one gram of all natrual marijuana.
I just cant get my head around why stuff like this has to happen. We are supossed to be the best country in the world, not to mention california is "leading the nation". If so then why is it still illegal. Prop 19 might pass but that wont stop the federal government from raiding innocent lovers of the plant. This nation is stuck on the wrong track going the wrong way and when we try to turn around our own people bring us even farther down. We need to free the plant, It is the start to a better country.
And as my subject of this post say, This arrest just lead to me wanting to stop the spread of ignorance about marijuana. I will remain a marijuana activist until the day i die.
After being lectured by the officer for an hour i was relesed. But a few months later i was in court for it. My public defender, If you could call him a defender, didnt even read the whole case. I had to come back to court two more times because of his ignorance before i was finaly sentenced with six months of probation, including the tradtional Bi-weekly drug tests and 15 hours of community service, a 150 dollar defender fee and a 50 dollar "Victims Restitution" fee.
Now that last part stuck out the most to me. Who was the victim? It wasnt the county, the police or anyone else. I was the only victim in this situation. At least 5 hours spent in court/ with my defender and plus the 15 hours of community service. Money i needed gone. All for less then one gram of all natrual marijuana.
I just cant get my head around why stuff like this has to happen. We are supossed to be the best country in the world, not to mention california is "leading the nation". If so then why is it still illegal. Prop 19 might pass but that wont stop the federal government from raiding innocent lovers of the plant. This nation is stuck on the wrong track going the wrong way and when we try to turn around our own people bring us even farther down. We need to free the plant, It is the start to a better country.
And as my subject of this post say, This arrest just lead to me wanting to stop the spread of ignorance about marijuana. I will remain a marijuana activist until the day i die.