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Pillar of the Community
United States
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so was on my way to buy some coins today and got stopped by the police. when the officer saw my little scale in the seat next to me he asked why I had it. so I explained it to him, to my surprise he says well this time ill let you go but from now on be aware that a scale in Florida is drug paraphernalia it dose not matter what I use it for.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting. I'd have to see the actual legislation before I believed that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Postage
Cooking
Produce
All these come to mind before drugs in my book.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah right!. I would have asked, very nicely, what article of law said that. So in Florida you cant know what things weigh?  Edited by amida17
12/09/2011 5:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by cwb1877
12/09/2011 5:11 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Hard to believe. I wonder where you could find out for sure. States Atty.? I suppose that matches and lighters are also suspect, maybe even spoons.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Plastic bags for that matter
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Captainkurt, are you aware your 3 examples have the initials PCP... try explaining that to the police  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well if thats drug paraphernalia than as Buddy says matches and lighters must be too. Was the officer young? Sometimes I think some of them are trying to make a name for themselves, the older ones don't care as much about little things it seems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Captainkurt, are you aware your 3 examples have the initials PCP... try explaining that to the police
Now that's funny! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Captainkurt, are you aware your 3 examples have the initials PCP... try explaining that to the police Also those things are usually weighed in oz not grams. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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well after checking (not just fl) this goes on everywhere with alot of court documents! When asked about his past experience in making arrests for "digital scales as drug paraphernalia," Officer Johnson testified that "[j]ust the digital scale is drug paraphernalia."1 http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/d...hio-6173.pdf |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Where is the America I grew up in?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think from now on when I drive to a coin show I am going to put my scale, some small mylar envelopes and a stack of cash on the front seat of my car in case I get stopped....and put the number for a good ACLU attorney on speed dial on my phone.
What a bunch of malarky, having a scale does not make you a criminal.
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when scales are criminalized, only criminals will have scales.  ya gotta remember,this was in Florida |
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Posted 12/09/2011 5:03 pm
