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    Mann sagt dem Gericht in Leitrim: „Es ist nur eine Tüte Gras – man hätte schwören können, dass es sich um eine Mordanklage handelt“


    Mann sagt dem Gericht in Leitrim: „Es ist nur eine Tüte Gras – man hätte schwören können, dass es sich um eine Mordanklage handelt“

    https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/crime-courts/man-tells-leitrim-court-its-only-a-bag-of-weed-yad-swear-it-was-murder-charges-im-up-for-8636876

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    1. evane123 on

      Probably taken more seriously than most violent crimes to cross that court room too

    2. Ready-Procedure-3814 on

      Taking people to court for a herbal plant. What a huge waste of time and resources.

    3. CthulhusSoreTentacle on

      And he’s right. The way this country treats cannabis is absolutely ridiculous. Just legalise the damn stuff and stop wasting time and money with petty court cases and arrests for cannabis.

    4. AdBoring9620 on

      125 previous convictions and already in jail for other offences. The €150 seems reasonable.

    6. BrokenTestAccount on

      In the meantime we’re letting people butcher ancient hedges, destroy habitats, and dump slurry into rivers killing everything it touches.

      We’re not a serious country.

    8. kendragon on

      He’s right. This so called „War on Drugs“ is basically just handy overtime for Garda at this stage. They’ve never once gotten ahead of it.

    9. MacheteBrizz on

      Man with A.I. CP gets a €400 fine and no jail time.

      Country is ran by a bunch of cunts.

    11. DT37F1 on

      He chose a 5 day holiday where he will probably be sent home in 1 or 2 instead of paying 150. If nothing else you have to say fair play he got it over and done with lol

    13. TomRuse1997 on

      >“Is that okay, Mr Stokes, 5 days in lieu of €150?” Judge Cunningham said. “I agree,” Mr Stokes replied.

      What type of savage are we dealing with here. You have to respect it

    19. NoBookkeeper6864 on

      Didn’t FF say if they got back in to government they will look at decriminalization of cannabis? Another bullshit promise 🙄

    23. decoran_ on

      Just came back from Spain and there’s a bunch of shops using a loophole to sell THC products. The stuff is „less than 0.2% THC (by weight)“ and somehow they are able to claim that it’s legal hemp. However, the actual dosage is what matters and it’s more than enough that you don’t need to join a „cannabis club“ if you want to have a smoke while there. The place I went to sells everything as „souvenirs“ but I didn’t bring any home with me lol

    26. Jamnusor on

      I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these stories where the „poor lad“ had no previous convictions.

    28. SilentSiege on

      Dead right for showing the legal profession up for being the posturing collection of overpaid, pious, pontificating arseholes that they are.

    29. ElectricSpeculum on

      Legalise and tax cannabis. We’d fund a thousand Leinster House style bike sheds all around the country within a month.

    32. Alcol1979 on

      Five days in prison vs €150 fine. The taxpayer came out of the hearing worse off.

    33. bucajack on

      He’s right. I’ve lived in Toronto for almost 2 decades. Weed was illegal here until recently but was always kind of de facto legal. Cops never bothered anyone over it. Canada legalized it a few years ago and it has been fantastic. I don’t like smoking it so the fact that I can go into a nice shop and purchase some gummies or a weed can is great. I can even order stuff online. The amount of revenue it generates for the government it crazy too.

      Now, we have had a problem with too many weed shops popping up but in recent years a lot of them closed down because there was just too many cannibalizing each other’s business. At one point my street had like 5 of them within a few hundred meters.

      Ireland should absolutely look at legalizing it.

    34. YF422 on

      Waste of time, waste of resources. There is literally no point in any of this other than vindictive punishment for the sake of it.

      Weed isnt even the worst thing, the ones getting high are CALMER and less hostile than say those drunk out of their hole and tending towards violence. Drunks are far far worse to deal with, at least someone high you can get to go away after a while because they’re in chill mode and relaxed.

      They really need to get rid of criminalisation of weed for personal use. It’s just an outdated and obsolete position to be having in this day and age. The only ones who should be up in court are those on charges related to violence or serious crimes. Not this.

    35. Craig93Ireland on

      It’s also weird to think everyone in that court room, including the judge, has probabled inhaled marijuana at some point in their lives.

      Then they all dress up and pretend it’s a very serious danger to society to be in possession of this plant that they all smoked. I wonder how conflicted ex stoner judges must feel handing out sentences for possession.

    39. seanmcmahon6 on

      How the most popular ( I assume ) drug in the country isn’t legalized so the government can get involved and get a cut of the money for themselves is beyond me at this stage. It feels like they won’t change their minds out of pure stubbornness and there’s no genuine reason behind it

    41. Jacksonriverboy on

      That’s definitely the type of charisma that will charm the judge. /s

    42. -SideshowBlob- on

      There’s absolutely no reason why Cannabis should be illegal. It has been used for thousands of years and only made illegal in the last 60. Absolute bollocks.

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