Will Wesley Snipes Get 3 Years in Prison?

[Tyler09]

<p>Its not as bad as it looks. He committed a federal crime, which means he gets to go to a federal prison with the rest of the “white-collar” criminals. It’ll be a relatively nice place like a rehab center or something.</p>

[WashDad]

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@1of42

WashDad: Are you contending that higher population results in a higher rate of drug-related crime, or that the presence of more different cultures does, or are you just being pedantic?

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<p>Those are my choices? I choose what’s behind door #3 instead.</p>

[1of42]

<p>By all means, if none of what I listed is accurate, add in whatever you were thinking… I just get tired of seeing potshots taken at the superficial flaws in others posts without discussing the actual substantive ideas they express.</p>

[parent2noles]

<p>Kluge, we agree! </p>

<p>Break out the champagne. Fine job.</p>

[WashDad]

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@1of42

By all means, if none of what I listed is accurate, add in whatever you were thinking… I just get tired of seeing potshots taken at the superficial flaws in others posts without discussing the actual substantive ideas they express.

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<p>It wasn’t a superficial flaw. To make it clear, I believe that comparing the narcotics policies of the US and the Netherlands is a useless, meaningless discussion. The two countries have nothing in common that would be germane to this discussion. It also has nothing to do with Wesley Snipes’ habit of not paying his federal taxes. For what it’s worth, I don’t think Snipes is doing jail time because he’s black – it’s because he is a multiple violator of federal tax law. That the prosecutor reduced his felony charge to a misdemeanor doesn’t mean he didn’t commit a significant crime. Also, I think the US federal narcotics laws are stupid and need to be revised immediately. Any law that fills prisons with drug users and low-level dealers is patently broken.</p>

[ucsd_ucla_dad]

<p>Sorry for this tangent but it looks like the Netherlands is rethinking some of its liberal drug policies - </p>

<p>[Dutch</a> look to ban magic mushrooms | U.S. | Reuters](<a href=“http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2655022420080426]Dutch”>http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2655022420080426)</p>

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The Dutch cabinet has proposed a ban on the sale of all hallucinogenic “magic” mushrooms because they could induce life-threatening behavior.</p>

<p>A bill will now pass to the Dutch parliament, where a majority of lawmakers are expected to back a ban after a teenage French girl who had eaten mushrooms died jumping from a bridge in 2007.
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In recent years the Netherlands has looked to shed its “anything goes” image and has tightened laws on drug use and prostitution. </p>

<p>“If they succeed with this mushroom ban then I am sure they will try to ban things like cannabis as well. This is part of a wider trend,” said Freddy Schaap of the VLOS.

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[parentofbear]

<p>mini: Could you provide a basis for that pharmacy break-in number? As with many of your statistics, I had a hard time finding any basis for this one through Google.</p>

<p>31 sounds like a pretty good number to me. I live in Vancouver, WA. The information has been discussed in the papers.</p>

[1of42]

<p>parentofbear: Indeed, didn’t mean to imply that it was incorrect, I just could not find the numbers mini was talking about and wanted to see what he was talking about.</p>