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" Yes, dopers are amusing, and I never realized it before, but they DO smell like goats. But, until they violate someones elses rights, they should be left alone. Laughed at and ridiculed, but left alone from a legal standpoint. "

" really everyone should thank the people who got caught accidently and turned in all of the other people because without narks there would be no arrest. Just little mistakes people make so that they can get out of their trouble and get someone else in trouble and thats how its done..the problem is you can want all of these drugs gone,but they will always be around. "

" Commandment 9: " Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor." First ammendment: Freedom of speach. Just because SOME people disagree with the war on drugs theory doesn't mean we are ignorant. There are 2 sides to a coin. There are also 2 paths in life. Many people have smoked cannabis, including some of our presidents, do they smell like goat's too??? If the US would legalize small amounts and let people grow their own, ever think they wouldn't need it from Mexico??? Just some thoughts for you to ponder since you are obviously under the delusion that pot is so horrible, etc. Prescription drugs such as Vicodan, Morphine or any of the opiates are legal and in freer access than anything else. Children only need to go to their parents or grandparents medicine cabinet to get ahold of these things. I guess I just find the closed mind theory on anything so far fetched. It's like a double standard. Obviously this bust was a good one but the whole other side has gone "over board"....even some of the religious stuff. I guess I believe that if people want to smoke a joint in their home, like the group of young men, as long as they didn't have a large quantity, why the big deal?? I don't care what the neighbors do as long as it is in moderation and not harming me in any manner. Also, more and more crimes will occur just because of the economy. Obviously you view people working in the minimum wage jobs subservant to you. Hey, that's what's wrong with this country, rather than "work together" we work AGAINST each other. Gas prices rise, groceries, etc. The "rich" the "poor" and no more middle class. I guess maybe you are just too young to remember some of the "freer" times, free to spank our kids (although beatings should not have been tolerated), respecting elder's, following directions in school. Some of us are lucky we survived!!! And we never knew so many of our rights were violated until the 70's and things have gotten worse....I imagine you also agree with the Global warming theory or maybe that STD's are causing the Global warming. Or perhaps you are one of those that think we need to "save the polar bears". eliminate beef farms because of the methane gas. "

" Nice grammar. You'd fall into the "stupid" category. You probably smell like a goat too. "

" Ha,ha....you sound like Chris King....Let me guess, you are PERFECT!!! Give it up, you can boast all you want and be disrespectful to peoples opinion's but I guess your the only cockroach that count, I think they call that Narcisistic Personality Disorder perhaps would fit you, better than everyone and smell better too, good for you!! "

" It's hilarious watching all the dopers crawl out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Possessing "weed" is illegal, period. Whether or not you agree with it is meaningless.
While there are exceptions to every rule, the vast majority of dopers I've run into fall under the categories of being lazy and/or stupid. Not to mention they smell funny, kind of like goats but with a hint of herbal stench. "

" I used to smoke it alot.I think it should be legal but heavily controlled to try to keep it out of the hands of teens. "

" With all the pot smokers I've known, I've heard some pretty stupid things. But that's got to be the dumbest thing a pothead has ever said. At least the rest of them acknowledge that it is a drug.

I guess every doctor and scientist who doesn't work for High Times is wrong when they say that it's a hallucinogen? Or that it actually falls into all the drug classifications to a degree because of it's chemical makeup?

See, this is the problem with pot. It turns people into bigger idiots than they already were. "

" I have never used an illegal drug in my life. I agree with your thoughts about drugs. I just don't believe we have a right to impose our beliefs on everyone else UNTIL the point at which they become a danger to others. If the stoners want to buy some weed and get stoned in their basement, let them. None of our business. "

" Are you people kidding me, i have no problem with getting drugs off the street.... when they are ACTUALLY drugs.Anybody thats not totally blind or stupid can do minimal research and see that marijuana isn't even an actual drug.The only reason pot is not legal is because the gov. cannot tax it. They could try but it is too easy to grow and in the long run they would lose more money. So the gov. and cops think "hey why legalize it and lose money, while people are still dumb enough to think its actually harmful".Prisons are filled with millions of minor marijuana convictions, i think its time we stop worrying about people the smoke a little weed and start on the real criminals( rapists, murders, and offenders of some real drugs.... coke,meth, herion.... come on people open your damn eyes. "

" Yeah, because drug dealers are always strong self regulators. That's why we end up with people getting shot in the backwoods of Juneau County. Great plan.

You potheads/other drug users always amuse me. Mommy & Daddy didn't love you enough, some test in 8th grade didn't go well, life hasn't worked out the way you wanted, so you have to lean on some drug induced happiness because your life didn't turn out the way you wanted.

Drugs are a crutch for the lazy. They give you a false happiness about a life that hasn't amounted to what you want, and lowers your expectations of yourself. I mean, come on...you can't accomplish as much because you're hooked on alcohol, pot, meth, crack, god knows what else. And yes, I am including people who abuse prescription drugs, and go out to get drunk every weekend with your group of illicit drug abusers.

Plus, then you get to whine that you're being "persecuted" by the majority of people who don't think everyone who wants to should be walking around high on their drug of choice.

What a joke. "

" This is just a waste of time! In Monroe County you can get away with consuming, selling and not paying the fines you received from the last time you were charged. It blows my mind that TPD would even bother with this when the Judicial system over there simply lets everyone walk. No wonder there are drugs EVERYWHERE you turn in that county. They are fined and they really don't have to pay their fines, just fake some community service and don't keep a regular job...no big deal, haven't paid on your fines from 2006 in 8 months? No big deal...they will just add the new fines to the old ones and you can have someone (your friends with) write a letter stating that you have worked off the fines by doing a HUGE community service. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!! "

" So leave them all alone. Let the marketplace regulate itself. "

" They say "get the big dealers" let the little guy alone.

Um, the big dealer is simply a salesman to the little guys. That's how it works. Take away the demad then the "big dealer" is out of business. Leave the little guys and a new big dealer comes right in. Come on, think it through! "

" Move to a state where they DO allow it, this is America and some states allow to grow for personal use, you do not need to leave the USA. Alaska has allowed it for years to grow your own. Don't forget the Netherlands and Amsterdam as you can go to a smoke shop and buy it. And cannabis does not promote violence such as alcohol, but that is legal. Have a stem or seed and they will throw the book at you, or at least try in WI. They should lessen the fine for minute amounts. Quit filling the jails and court rooms over small amounts, then maybe you'd be able to solve the real problems, bars, drunks and murders and the big dealers. "

" No, but the baseball players would be free to form their own league without being jailed or fined. As for your other example, how about the Government takes a hands off approach unless the action in question violates the rights of others? See the first post. None of those things violates the rights of others. Clearly, robbing a bank does. "

" Excellent 3 busts in about a week.
1. A raid and a fellow actually drives up to deliver MORE

2. Kids at the High School getting a ot less smart then thay already are with some dope

3. Adult males lazing around a house on yet another street with drugs.


Hi...can you say.."We don't want you here!" "

" Possession of small amounts of Marijuana is COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED in the following countries:

Bangladesh, Ghana & Peru

It's DECRIMINALIZED, but you can still be subject to some sort of penalty in these countries:

Argentina-Possession is OK, but you can't grow it or sell it

Parts of Australia-You can be fined, but it's not a crime

Belgium-You're OK up to 3 grams

Colombia-You can possess it up to 20 grams, but not sell it

Estonia-You can grow it, but not smoke it

Nepal-Technically Illegal, but they don't seem to care.

Spain-Technically Illegal, they don't seem to care if you possess it, but you can't sell it.

Russia-You can be fined, but not a crime or less than 6 grams

So there ya go. Get a plane ticket and get going. "

" Let's say a small group of major league baseball players decide that they don't think they should be out if they get 3 strikes against them. Should the rules not apply to them?

Or maybe I should go out and rob a bank, and not get in trouble, because I don't think the government has the right to oppress those of us who think that it's ok to rob banks. "

" I am not comparing the two. I was pointing out the faultiness of your "majority rules" logic. It is your logic that would allow the scenario on the desert island to happen, not mine. "

" Okay the cops are searching a house for drugs, I am making a delivery of drugs to the house...I drive up the street and see cop cars, I simply turn around and go home, but it seems this guys decided to deliver the drugs in spite of the cops being there, what an idiot. My opinion would be that if you are that dumb you need the help of the authorities and it is a blessing that they have a bed for you to sleep in!

As far as when they come and get you Heil, it will just have to depend on what you did to get caught...if it is against the law don't do it and you should be okay but everything that you described is illegal and there is a price to pay when you break the law...well at least there should be a price. "

" They should outlaw alcohol too. Alcohol is a drug that is abused everyday and people just sit back and say it's okay because it is legal. It causes nothing but trouble, murder's, thugs, domestic violence. Alcohol is the drug of choice for most people as it is legal. Prescription meds, well, kids only need to go to a medicine cabinet for them. Obviously someone who is "prescribed" the oxycodone was given the drug by an MD for pain, so how does it end up in the hands of kids??? "

" So now you're comparing legislative decisions to restricting the use/sale of drugs to a woman being raped? Quite a warped sense of your own "persecution" you have there. "

" Great discussion all. BUT think about all the great things these fellows do for out town...all the trash around, the destruction, the lazing around all day, smashing bottles , cars on lawns....how could we not love these guys???? Well enough of that.

Bottom line is we need to speak up and make life just a little tougher for this kind of rabble. People says" they were ther for years". This is kind a of a "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on ME" situation.

In this situation we around this place have perhaps been fooled once but the rest of the years are our fault. Think about it. HOw long did we foolishly think..."aw , gee maybe they just work third shift...it's a free country..i shouldn't say anything" This kind of giving an inch lets entire neighborhoods be over run by these guys. Next thing you know you are running into the house whan you see them coming down the side walk thugging around just so you can say you "didn't see them". "

" "This is a free country. You are free to do what we tell you to do." Signed, your Government. "

" The arguement would be the majority should not be allowed to oppress the minority, simply because they have the numbers on their side. Say 3 people are stranded on a desert island. The 2 men vote to rape the woman. This would be your idea of democracy. My idea is that those who don't wish to use drugs won't, but those that choose to do so(even if in the minority) should feel free to do so without persecution. "

" So your claim is that the criminalization of illicit drug use/possession is the same as the persecution of Jews. That's interesting.

So, tell me, exactly what do you think the positive aspects would be for the legalization of drugs? Other than that opportunity for drug dealers to make money, and for drug users to spend their lives in a chemically induced stupor? To which one of these groups do you belong? What sort of otherwise harmless groups do you think are going to end up being "persecuted" after these government atrocities "balloon"?

I also find your logic faulty in that there are obviously plenty of people who aren't willing to give up their "individual choice and freedom" to do whatever drugs they see fit. There is plenty of access to marijuana, crack, meth, whatever else you want, as well as plenty of "activist groups" to fight the government. We're just fortunate that the majority of people have the good sense not to pay too much attention to their arguments.

This isn't a decision made by a tiny minority to take away your "rights." It appears to me that the people have spoken, and an overwhelming majority disagree with you. But please, keep fighting for your/my rights to drug use, the rest of us will continue fighting against them. "

" A Bust here then go a few months then another BUST, when in all reality the cops know exactly who has the dope and they could if they really wanted to wipe out Drugs in about 6 months.

First thing to do is just watch the DOPE going in and out of DIMENSIONS on the weekend,People don't drive for hours to go to that bar for anything else.

BIG Problem is the Government has put us in this place of only having just enough bust to make the masses believe it's a WAR ON DRUGS, when in fact it's a tiny fight that happens occasionally.....WITHOUT a drug problem we wouldn't need a new police station and new cop cars and more cops.....This is how pathetic our Government has become and how corrupt our whole system has progressed.

To bad there is no honesty in the media to actually report how we need DRUGS in our society to provide lots of JOBS. If we eliminated all drugs the State would have to delete thousands of jobs and this would cost the Democrats Thousands of VOTES

IT's a vicious circle that just feeds upon itself at the taxpayers expense. Those that get sucked into actually believing all this PROPAGANDA about the WAR ON DRUGS are exactly the people needed to keep funding this mess. "

" I can't believe that anyone is nuts enough to think that what they were doing there was OK. They were SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS they should all go to JAIL. Way to go Tomah PD for wiping another useless drug pusher off of the streets. Even if they get back out, now people are watching(I HOPE!) As for Heil - don't break the law and it won't be a problem. Anyone that would even stick up for people that push and sell drugs on the same streets our kids play on should go to jail with them for child endangerment. "

" You must remember that everyone didn't wake up one day and-voila-the Jews are all of a sudden persecuted. The Nazi regime began by making little laws and little ordinances limiting individual freedom that no one questioned. When the Nazis saw people were so willing to give up individual choice and freedom, things balooned from there. The rest, as they say, is history. Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. "

" I agree. It's a shame that this is going on while we law abiding citizens go on with our lives, work and care for our homes. Th amount of junk and trash around these drug places is a dead give away abot the kid of folks living there. Can you imagine th einside of these places? "

" Are you comparing being a seller of illegal substances to being a persecuted German Jew during the Holocaust? "

" Thank you Tomah Police Department for arresting these people. We need to keep drugs out of the Tomah Community and away from our children. The more that can be done to put these criminals out of business the better.
Our kids lives and futures are at stake. "

" I think the downtown mayhem control that the P.D> has enforced is turning up all of these deadbeats. And that is a great thing.

These guys and their drugs are just arms legnth away from our kids and just blocks from the parks and clubs that the kids hang out at.

Now, one found at the highschool with the dope. Well, do you need any more convincing that we should perhaps have a real city council meeting devoted to this problem? "

" One of these houses is too much for me. Get out and make your presence known. Those off ramps are an on ramp for our pain. I think some of those businesses should donate a little for our P.D. who serves them so well while they get the Interstate $$$ and we citizens get the Interstate thugs. "

" The reality is that these guys are just ***licking their chops*** to see us go away to work while they wait for their "deliveries from the "cities". Think about how unwatched your home is when you are away at work like most folks. We can and must rely on ourselves (retired folks) and the P.D. to see what is going on when we are sleeping or gone to work.

There is a whole different Tomah going on at night is what I'm sensing. here. "

" Thanks to all of you who are saying you're sick of this and will do something, call an alderman or landlord and sit back no more. "

" I say sweep every one out of town.

I was told that they are finding CRACK cocaine wrappers downtown! "

" You'll see talk of "leave them alone , it doenst hurt anyone"

Wrong!!... Trashed house, trashed lives, kids in filth, and comings and goings of loosers. That's what this drug stuff does.

They raided that house over on Heeler last year and got rid of some drugs and an assault rifle....and people actually criticized then, now a pound of this stuff, and other pills.

Can anyone seriously think that these guys are safe to have around? Put it this way...you wouldnt have these guys making your lunch meal somewhere...then why is it ok for them to live next tou you and your precious children.

Revels said that the folks on Heeler have a Neighbrohood Watch now. That's good! Maybe we need more people with these kind of guts to call these cars and people into the P.D. ???

Folks, with as few officers on shifts as we have, can you imagine what is going on that IS NOT EVER noticed. When they can turn this stuff up as a small force, you know there are pounds going through successfully.

Can you imagine who is driving by your neighborhood with stuff just off the Interstate? Can you imagine who is "casing" your home for a drug money breaki-in?

What do you think? "

" Finally. That house has been a problem for many years. Maybe some of the landlords of Tomah need to be more aware of what goes on in their properties or do better background checks. "

" Are you kidding me? :The only reason the govt wont legalize mj is money?" If the govt would legalize mj they would be making money hand over fist. Legalize it and tax it. Thats money, so your theory is full of holes. The reason they wont legalize it is because it is a drug that has no legitimate reason to use and is not good for you!!!! "

" Soon "

" MY REPLY TO HEIL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Drugs are life ruining! When I say drugs, i mean oxi conton, cocaine, and yes- alcohol, ect... How many lives have marijuana ruined? How many people have been killed in car accidents with marijuana as a factor? How many people have died from an overdose of marijuana? The only reason the government will not legalize marijuana is MONEY! All of these opinions come from being in each and everyone of these situations, not as the drug user but as the VICTIM. (and im only 22) THINK ABOUT IT "

" Unless the government makes whining like an 8 year-old school girl illegal, I'd venture to guess that you don't have anything to worry about Heil. "

" Nice job Wes and the Tomah Police Department. "

" good, i am glad that the tomah cops are getting the drugs out. i know that there is a lot more drugs in tomah, but if they can get them out little but little then good, "

" First they came for the 18-20 year old adult drinkers. I remained silent because I was 22 at the time. Then they came for people who don't use their seatbelt. I remained silent because I always buckle up. Then they came for the business owners who choose to allow smoking in their business. I remained silent because I am not a business owner. Then they came for the people who choose to use marijuana. Still, I said nothing. It just occured to me: Who will be around to speak up when they decide to come for me? "