10 of the Harshest Sentences for Pot in the U.S.

The punishments for pot do not fit the crime.
By Kristen Gwynne

Most Americans want pot to be legal, and as many as 70% of Americans want to legalize it for medical use. Nonetheless, the war on pot rages on. The Obama administration has actually increased raids on state-sanctioned medical pot programs, prosecuting both patients and their providers. Medical pot defendants have little protection in the justice system, which denies as evidence mention of their marijuana prescription or state-sanctioned use. A review of some of the sentences over the past few decades -- punishments that plague individuals for decades, even after release -- reveals the injustice of the drug war. Here's a rundown of the people who received the harshest penalties handed down for pot in recent history.

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Choomy Blunt

Posted: Oct 30 2012, 11:21 AM

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I thought comrade dear leader, the messiah, was going to legalize?

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