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Anti Federalist
10-20-2012, 11:50 AM
Chris Christie Trades Drug Users' Lives for Drug Busts

Jacob Sullum|Oct. 18, 2012 2:48 pm

http://reason.com/blog/2012/10/18/chris-christie-trades-drug-users-lives-f

A couple of months ago I said a "Good Samaritan" bill approved by New Jersey's legislature, aimed at preventing overdose fatalities by protecting bystanders who call 911 from prosecution for drug offenses, gave Gov. Chris Christie "a chance to show he is less mindlessly draconian than other drug warriors." He blew it. The Drug War Chronicle reports that Christie vetoed the bill because he worries that it might let drug dealers "off the hook." Here is how he explained the decision at a town hall meeting in Mount Laurel:


How about if they're not a Good Samaritan? How about if they're the [person] who supplied the drugs? That was my problem with the bill....

What I'm not willing to do is to give is to give people who commit harm to other people a free pass just because they picked up the telephone.

Is it better to let someone die of an overdose (which happened 1,000 times in New Jersey last year) because people are afraid to call for help? That appears to be Christie's logic, and it does not jibe very well with his avowed commitment to harm reduction.

The bill, which applies to charges for possessing or sharing drugs but not selling them, is similar to laws adopted by 11 states. Christie said he would be open to signing a revised version, but the most likely change—narrowing the immunity to drug possession—would put more lives in jeopardy by excluding people who buy drugs with friends or acquaintances.

jkr
10-20-2012, 11:57 AM
WHEN U SUBSIDIZE SOMETHING

.......U get more of it.......


mOr DeatH

Anti Federalist
10-20-2012, 11:57 AM
http://3432-philly.voxcdn.com/files/2012/02/fat-christie.jpg

Thinks drugs harm you, and wants drug "pushers" busted.

http://www.johnfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/michealpheolps.jpg

"Most Physically Fit Man of All Time", smokes pot.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/michael-phelps-named-fittest-man-of-all-time/

Anti Federalist
10-20-2012, 07:50 PM
Chris Christie in his later years.

http://www.appstate.edu/~es73307/sightsound/storyboard/SB15.JPEG

AGRP
10-20-2012, 08:36 PM
The bill, which applies to charges for possessing or sharing drugs but not selling them...

Christy should be charged for possessing and sharing his food with his family and friends.

QuickZ06
10-20-2012, 08:40 PM
Good stuff NJ :rolleyes: The man is sick.

sailingaway
10-20-2012, 08:44 PM
Wow. Let the guy die. IF we ever figure out who sold it to him and catch the seller we will still have an action against him.

AGRP
10-20-2012, 08:48 PM
Its time we criminalize the people who run places like McDonalds, Wendys, Costco, and Heart Attack Grill for catering to people like Christie. See someone suffering a heart attack? Fuk 'em.

tod evans
10-21-2012, 03:24 AM
Wow. Let the guy die. IF we ever figure out who sold it to him and catch the seller we will still have an action against him.

We does not include me, I want no part in taking "action" against people who sell "drugs" to adults.

paulbot24
10-21-2012, 03:46 AM
"See something.....Say something..dumb." -Chris Christie

Seeing somebody going into convulsions and letting them just suffer due to worrying about the saliva or urine police if you make the call is absolutely CRAZY! He needs to get together with the California state rep that said he doesn't understand how legalization of small amounts of marijuana would actually help reduce crime. Where did logic go to die?

Anti-Neocon
10-21-2012, 05:06 AM
Nothing would make me happier in 2013 than seeing him lose to a Democrat.

sailingaway
10-21-2012, 06:57 AM
We does not include me, I want no part in taking "action" against people who sell "drugs" to adults.

....maybe I should have included a sarcasm tag.....

sailingaway
10-21-2012, 06:58 AM
"See something.....Say something..dumb." -Chris Christie

Seeing somebody going into convulsions and letting them just suffer due to worrying about the saliva or urine police if you make the call is absolutely CRAZY! He needs to get together with the California state rep that said he doesn't understand how legalization of small amounts of marijuana would actually help reduce crime. Where did logic go to die?

there seems to be cartel money at least in local politics in CA. I don't know if it has reached state yet. Obviously, the cartels profit from keeping it illegal, much as mercenaries profit from a state of war.

MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
10-21-2012, 07:28 AM
Christy should be charged for possessing and sharing his food with his family and friends.


I doubt he shares much of it.

specsaregood
10-21-2012, 07:33 AM
Nothing would make me happier in 2013 than seeing him lose to a Democrat.

Speak for yourself. I'm not a huge fan; but he is leaps better than the democrat conman he replaced.

tod evans
10-21-2012, 08:55 AM
....maybe I should have included a sarcasm tag.....

Obtuse is my middle name...

donnay
10-21-2012, 09:39 AM
Chris Christie in his later years.

http://www.appstate.edu/~es73307/sightsound/storyboard/SB15.JPEG


LOL! In constant sorrow!

+rep