Plea bargain gives elderly Menlo Park man a chance Woodside, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Dec 30, 2010 at 10:48 pm
An elderly Menlo Park resident arrested early one morning in August 2010 for possession of a small amount of methamphetamine received a six-month jail sentence, but is likely to spend that time in a drug treatment program of the Veterans Administration hospital in Menlo Park, San Mateo County prosecutors said.
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Posted by Joseph E. Davis, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2010 at 10:48 pm
How does it make any sense at all to prosecute this elderly man for possessing a small amount of addictive, pleasure-inducing substances? What kind of country is this?
Posted by anonymous, a resident of another community, on Dec 31, 2010 at 11:56 am
JD:
While generally for decriminalizing, and in some cases, legalizing, I gotta say:
Meth is some bad news. It ain't pot, nor booze. Very few, if any, can control it for long. And if you were acquainted with someone using, you'd know it.
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