Jason Washington

[grizindabox]

I think the biggest thing will be regulation. Montana had no real system set up to regulate the industry and the Feds stepped in. In Washington, they are working hard to have a system in place to regulate it at every level and make it a revenue source. The big question is, no one really knows how this will be handled at the Federal level.

Well if the Feds lay off of them, its going to cause a domino effect and all the states will want to legalize ganja..

Maybe so, but with it still being a Federal crime, the Feds can step in anytime. But if a state can install a good system to regulate, and there are no huge problems, the Feds may keep their distance. But it could take only one incident to have the Feds bring the party to an end.

 

[Big G]

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[AllWeatherFan]

Congress needs to decriminalize marijuana and remove it from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Period.

Christ, you'd think the libertarians out there would jump all over this. Hell, I might even join up.

 

[grizcountry420]

Congress needs to decriminalize marijuana and remove it from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Period.

Christ, you'd think the libertarians out there would jump all over this. Hell, I might even join up.

Bingo.. But if the government did that then all the tobbaco and alcohol corporations will lose money and the government wont get their cut from the lobbyist.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Oh boo hoo for the poor convicted drug dealer.

It is hard to understand why he is in prison and the activities that got him there go unpunished in Colorado and Washington. :?

Maybe because he lived in Montana.

Just spitballin..................

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[NativeGriz]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

 

[grizcountry420]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

Like another poster said, the man had a chance to take a plea deal to avoid jail but his ego couldnt cash the check that his ass wrote..

 

[Geddes]

Washington was doing things that were way outside of "gray area." I will leave it at that. There is a reason he was "selected."

 

[Griz2k]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

Like another poster said, the man had a chance to take a plea deal to avoid jail but his ego couldnt cash the check that his ass wrote..

:lol:

 

[NativeGriz]

Nice to see the Missoulian provide a bigger than usual front page headline about a "former Griz QB" the same day that fall camp opens.

Yep, the timing is odd.

 

[grizcountry420]

Nice to see the Missoulian provide a bigger than usual front page headline about a "former Griz QB" the same day that fall camp opens.

Yep, the timing is odd.

But what's so eff'd about that is if you go online to read the article it says: Jason Washington not former Griz QB...

 

[grizfnz]

Former Griz who made more news off the field than he ever did on it.

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[grizindabox]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

But he also made the investment knowing that it was illegal on the Federal level. And as Geddes noted, this situation was more than just picking on the guy selling weed.

 

[tnt]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

But he also made the investment knowing that it was illegal on the Federal level. And as Geddes noted, this situation was more than just picking on the guy selling weed.

http://missoulian.com/washington-affidavit/pdf_3bfdf298-3c99-11e1-8e8c-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

He wasn't selling weed to little old ladies trying to save a few bucks, read it all.

 

[grizcountry420]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

But he also made the investment knowing that it was illegal on the Federal level. And as Geddes noted, this situation was more than just picking on the guy selling weed.

http://missoulian.com/washington-affidavit/pdf_3bfdf298-3c99-11e1-8e8c-0019bb2963f4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

He wasn't selling weed to little old ladies trying to save a few bucks, read it all.

Yeah.. Pretty shady

 

[DuCharme]

Way to stand up for our own laws, Montana...

not.

 

[Geddes]

You mean, "grease the wheels of the fucking politicians" does not fall into line with the intent of the law??

 

[Darksim]

Oh boo hoo for the poor convicted drug dealer.

It is hard to understand why he is in prison and the activities that got him there go unpunished in Colorado and Washington. :?

I Agree 110% Montana has one of the highest rates of Oxi scripts, presumably 100's dead from o.d.'s every year. 0 o.d.'s from marijuana, im not saying its a miracle cure or isn't unhealthy. But It doesn't kill, and people dont have any trouble quitting.

 

[HighLineGRIZ]

How many business ventures have we seen in response to law or tax code changes? How many of those companies have seen rapid growth only to come crashing down and how many of those owners have faced legal consequences? It seems to happen a lot.

These guys see an opportunity and take a risk, but they don't put the controls in place to ensure they are working within their legal boundaries. When new laws are made, the regulations that oversee them aren't very black and white on a lot of issues, so companies think that if there isn't a specific law stating the legality of a part of their operation they just do it, sometimes aggressively. Often times, this comes back to bite them. Washington seemed to run this business fairly negligently with little effort into taking the law into consideration. As risky as a business venture as that was and as new as the laws were, he has to regret not putting forth more resources to make sure his bases were covered...

With all the new regulations and the increase in regulatory audits, I'm surprised the Business schools aren't adding compliance and ethics classes to their curriculum. Business Law is often offered/required but doesn't address many of those issues...

 

[Darksim]

Montana passed laws allowing JW to do what he did, thus he made the investment. Much the same as others in other MT communities. It seems to me, they came down a little harder on JW. Could be local enforcement brought this to the Fed's attention and them help take it to next level. So yes I do believe he was targeted.

Side note: I am a very conservative person and I do believe recreational use of pot (beyond moderation) has kept a lot of people from reaching their potential, but no more than alcohol and it is ludicrous we are spending billions trying to keep it off the street versus making billions taxing.

Like another poster said, the man had a chance to take a plea deal to avoid jail but his ego couldnt cash the check that his ass wrote..

im surprised you say that being you name is grizcountry420 he knew in his heart he did nothing wrong so he wanted a jury of his peers to decide. plea deals are absolutely retarded and imply that you did something wrong.