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    Mass. National Guard, State Police raid 81-year-old woman's home to seize pot plant

    http://www.fox25boston.com/news/mass...lant/454037484

    AMHERST, Mass. - The Massachusetts National Guard and State Police reportedly joined forces to seize a single marijuana plant from an 81-year-old woman.

    According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Margaret Holcomb had been growing the marijuana plant as a medicine. She reportedly used the marijuana to ease her arthritis and glaucoma and to help her sleep at night.

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    The paper reports that the plant had been growing on Holcomb's property in a raspberry patch. It was reportedly separated from her neighbors by a fence.

    On September 21, a military-style helicopter and police arrived at Holcomb's home, entered her backyard and cut down the plant, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reports.
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    She was probably selling her grow to underage children.
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    Is that legal for the nation guard to do that ?
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Is that legal for the nation guard to do that ?
    Drugs are bad...........

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    The amount of resources we are spending on this is staggering!

    How many man-hours of State Police resources?
    How many man-hours of the National Guard?
    The fuel for the helicopter?
    The paperwork?
    The reporters' time?
    Assuming there are charges..
    The court's time?
    The lawyer's time?
    Assuming no immediate plea...
    The jurors' time?

    All for a plant.

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    According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Margaret Holcomb had been growing the marijuana plant as a medicine. She reportedly used the marijuana to ease her arthritis and glaucoma and to help her sleep at night.
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    National Guard Raids Grandma's Garden—for a Single Pot Plant

    (NEWSER) – Margaret Holcomb is an 81-year-old grandmother in Amherst, Mass., who says she has been growing one marijuana plant in her raspberry patch for years because it soothes her arthritis and glaucoma and also helps her sleep at night. So when a military-style helicopter descended on her garden (which is fenced in, away from neighbors) on Sept. 21, and uprooted the plant that was almost ready for harvest, her son, who was home at the time, tells the Daily Hampshire Gazette that it was "shocking" and "scary as hell." Holcomb is technically growing the plant illegally in a state that has approved medical marijuana use because she has no card, though full legalization of recreational use is on the ballot next month, reports Reason.

    “I had been nursing this baby through a drought, and I was pretty pissed to tell you the truth,” Holcomb tells the Boston Globe. A state police spokesman said the National Guard and State Police conducted a widespread raid of 44 plants on multiple area properties, seizing the plants but not pressing any charges. Holcomb's son questions whether the state is using due process in fly-by raids without warrants, while his mom warns: "You have overstepped, and I am not going to step aside." For now, Holcomb says she's worried about the cost of getting medical marijuana and says she may just plant another seed for next year.
    http://www.newser.com/story/232188/n...pot-plant.html
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    Damn straight, grandma, plant another seed.
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    This is beyond ridiculous! SMDH.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikender View Post
    Damn straight, grandma, plant another seed.
    Genesis 1:29 (KJV)
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    the National Guard and State Police conducted a widespread raid of 44 plants on multiple area properties, seizing the plants but not pressing any charges.
    Stealing: Check!
    Kidnapping: __________

    At least it's a step in the right direction..
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    well when a paycheck is involved, you can believe they are godless cowards without a conscience...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JK/SEA View Post
    well when a paycheck is involved, you can believe they are godless cowards without a conscience...
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    and I am in a state that is lowering the Tax on sales. from 25% to 17%.

    second state I have watched do that. (Historic )
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    This story reads like something from Team America. They descend on a helicopter, blow up the house, and everything is scorched except for a pot plant that they uproot and confiscate, then they go home and get high.
    A savage barbaric tribal society where thugs parade the streets and illegally assault and murder innocent civilians, yeah that is the alternative to having police. Oh wait, that is the police

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