Search for man who fired gun leads to marijuana pot plants discovery in NH

[basquebromance]

the smoking gun was...the smoking gun!

http://www.unionleader.com/crime/Se...ds-to-pot-plants-discovery-in-Auburn-10262016

The search for a man who police believe fled an Auburn home after a resident fired a gun during a break-in Wednesday morning led police to marijuana plants allegedly growing inside.

Police removed several plants and other evidence from the home at 56 Wood Hill Drive following a search that began when authorities responded to the residence shortly before 8:30 a.m. to investigate a report of shots fired during a burglary.

Auburn Police Lt. Ray Pelton said police later learned that the homeowner’s son had a confrontation with an intruder inside the home at 56 Wood Hill Drive.

At some point, Pelton said the son, who wasn’t identified, fired a gun. No one was injured.

The intruder ran into the woods, police said, prompting an extensive search in the area that focused on a nearby rail trail.

As police investigated, a search warrant was issued for the home, where Pelton said they discovered the marijuana plants in the basement.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Arrest them for firing the gun, but leave them alone for the marijuana plants.

Recent research has shown that marijuana may possibly work as a treatment to wean people off of heroin, because it helps with nausea, pain, and helps to stimulate their appetite.

Currently, there is a treatment facility in NH that is looking into this as a viable treatment. For those who have completed the program? So far, it looks like they have around a 60 percent success rate, and if you know anything about heroin addiction and their relapse rate, you would know that is outstanding for treatment.

Leave the marijuana alone, ESPECIALLY in NH.

 

[MikeK]

Arrest them for firing the gun, but leave them alone for the marijuana plants.

Recent research has shown that marijuana may possibly work as a treatment to wean people off of heroin, because it helps with nausea, pain, and helps to stimulate their appetite.

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I knew someone back in the seventies who was weaned away from impending alcoholism by marijuana. This fellow was drinking away his paychecks when his brother introduced him to marijuana. The last time I met him he hadn't had a drink in years, didn't miss the booze and was perfectly healthy.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know Mike, the more that people use it and test it out, the more beneficial that particular plant becomes.

It's really a shame that it was made illegal in 1939 by some racist asshole named Anslinger.

 

[MikeK]

You know Mike, the more that people use it and test it out, the more beneficial that particular plant becomes.

It's really a shame that it was made illegal in 1939 by some racist asshole named Anslinger.

It certainly is a shame. As for Anslinger, there is some interesting, little-known information about him and his anti-marijuana effort in Jack Herer's excellent book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes.

It seems the newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst had invested in some enormous tracts of pine timber forest when the process of decortication was developed. This process enabled the manufacture of a superior grade of paper from hemp and would have transformed Hearst's pine forest investment into a total waste.

So Hearst applied his substantial political influence into having his nephew, Harry Anslinger, appointed as a drug enforcement agent -- who promptly commenced to demonize hemp (and its cannabis derivative) and make it illegal. His references to its use by Mexicans and Blacks were added fuel to the fire of condemnation he'd lit -- along with his influence in filming the Reefer Madness propaganda movie.

It's a very interesting and informative book -- and an enjoyable read.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know Mike, the more that people use it and test it out, the more beneficial that particular plant becomes.

It's really a shame that it was made illegal in 1939 by some racist asshole named Anslinger.

It certainly is a shame. As for Anslinger, there is some interesting, little-known information about him and his anti-marijuana effort in Jack Herer's excellent book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes.

It seems the newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst had invested in some enormous tracts of pine timber forest when the process of decortication was developed. This process enabled the manufacture of a superior grade of paper from hemp and would have transformed Hearst's pine forest investment into a total waste.

So Hearst applied his substantial political influence into having his nephew, Harry Anslinger, appointed as a drug enforcement agent -- who promptly commenced to demonize hemp (and its cannabis derivative) and make it illegal. His references to its use by Mexicans and Blacks were added fuel to the fire of condemnation he'd lit -- along with his influence in filming the Reefer Madness propaganda movie.

It's a very interesting and informative book -- and an enjoyable read.

Hearst wasn't the only one that was interested in killing cannabis. They were teamed up with the people who owned Dupont chemicals as well.