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Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:11 AM Feb 2016

Anti-Marijuana Politician Charged With Possession of Marijuana

Anti-Marijuana Politician Charged With Possession of Marijuana

February 2, 2016

A New York State Republican assemblyman who opposed medical marijuana legislation at every turn was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The police found the marijuana after they pulled him over for speeding.

A statement released shortly after the March 2013 incident, law enforcement officials reported that state police discovered Steve Katz had a “small bag” of marijuana on him.

A New York State Trooper said that the 59-year-old assemblyman had been driving 80 miles per hour in 65 mph zone. He noticed the marijuana and took Katz into custody, charging him with possession before he was finally bailed out.

Katz had voted against the legalization of medical marijuana back in June.

The New York Times noted that the Republican assemblyman also sits on New York’s Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee.

http://dailyamerica.info/anti-marijuana-politician-charged-with-possession-of-marijuana-2/

This is apparently old news, happened a few years ago, but THIS report was dated Feb. 2, 2016. The article is well worth reading though, and will surprise you....

Peace,

Ghost

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Anti-Marijuana Politician Charged With Possession of Marijuana (Original Post) Ghost in the Machine Feb 2016 OP

Presidents who smoked marijuana keep it as Schedule 1 controlled substance 6chars Feb 2016 #1

Is that like the old saying that "a Libertarian is just a republican who got busted for pot"? N/T Ghost in the Machine Feb 2016 #2

It is disappointing 6chars Feb 2016 #3

I voted for Bill Clinton twice, but he lost a WHOLE LOT of credibility with me with his Ghost in the Machine Feb 2016 #4

Bill has always been full of it bigwillq Feb 2016 #9

you should be sorry for saying Obama is like all of his predecessors. uncle ray Feb 2016 #5

This wasn't a story about his arrest... sunnystarr Feb 2016 #6

Bill Maher last night lit up on his show and passed it around to his guests. Only B Calm Feb 2016 #7

This is my idea of justice malaise Feb 2016 #8

Speeding and smoking pot?... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #10

6chars

(3,967 posts)

1. Presidents who smoked marijuana keep it as Schedule 1 controlled substance

Reply to Ghost in the Machine (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:27 AM

Feb 2016

that can get people imprisoned and get them records as felons.

so this NY guy is just a piker

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)

2. Is that like the old saying that "a Libertarian is just a republican who got busted for pot"? N/T

Reply to 6chars (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:29 AM

Feb 2016

6chars

(3,967 posts)

3. It is disappointing

Reply to Ghost in the Machine (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:32 AM

Feb 2016

I am not surprised Bush did nothing about it, but Bill Clinton and Obama know better. It's hypocrisy.

Wait, is it bad for me to criticize Democratic presidents? Sorry guys.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)

4. I voted for Bill Clinton twice, but he lost a WHOLE LOT of credibility with me with his

Reply to 6chars (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:46 AM

Feb 2016

".. but I didn't inhale!" bullshit.

I was already planning to vote for him anyways, but the one thing about Clinton that really stood out to me was the fact that I rode out, and survived, Hurricane Andrew in ground zero.. Homested/Florida City... and Candidate Clinton was the first to visit, before President George H. W. Bush, and he took the time to stop and talk to people. I got to shake his hand. President Bush just zipped through in his motorcade and never even slowed down.

Peace,

Ghost

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

9. Bill has always been full of it

Reply to Ghost in the Machine (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:32 PM

Feb 2016

So phoney. Glad I never voted for him.

uncle ray

(3,156 posts)

5. you should be sorry for saying Obama is like all of his predecessors.

Reply to 6chars (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:02 AM

Feb 2016

i'm in a state with a billion dollar legal rec cannabis industry, where anybody can cultivate their own tax free, where feds are not breaking down doors of legal growers. no previous president allowed this. i'll cut him a little slack for not de/re-scheduling it quite yet. yes, there is more to be done, but we've come a long ways in the few years since Obama's inauguration.

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)

6. This wasn't a story about his arrest...

Reply to Ghost in the Machine (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 10:32 AM

Feb 2016

It was a story about hypocrisy and how quickly a politician will take the opposite view when they see dollar signs.

ArcView CEO Troy Dayton said that Katz is “gung-ho” about marijuana.

He says that he hopes to help pool millions of dollars of investment capital and fund marijuana-related start-ups.

“For me, entering this industry at this time is a dream come true from a child of the Sixties all grown up,” Katz said, completely ignoring his history as an opponent of medical marijuana.

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The arrest he faced “didn’t change anything other than make me decide that I was going to not only be a champion for medical marijuana, and for its total legalization, I was going to become part of the wave that’s building in the industry itself. ;It’s a great feeling. It’s very liberating;.”

“Steve Katz is not an anomaly,” Dayton said. “In the last few months numerous very prominent and seemingly unlikely investors have joined our investor group. People from all walks of life are realizing that cannabis may be the next great American industry.”

But hey whatever it takes to legalize is a win.