Would You Like Weed With Those Fries, Officer?

Posted by majestic on October 22, 2009

joint Teresa Masterson reports on a classic piece of stoner idiocy for NBC Philadelphia:

An off-duty Tullytown police officer stopped for a midnight snack at a New Falls Road Burger King Monday, only to discover marijuana was on the menu.

Officer Shawn McClister ordered his meal at the fast-food restaurant’s drive-through and drove around to the window to pick up his food. The 32-year-old Burger King employee at the window asked McClister if he had any alcohol he could give him.

“What?” the policeman responded. Taharka Johnson repeated the question, saying that he was willing to exchange weed for alcohol, reports the Intelligencer.

Redefining the term “burger joint,” Johnson went and got his stash while another worker handed McClister his food. Johnson returned with a black bag and a clear dime bag of “green vegetable matter.”

McClister rotated his knit hat to display the words “Tullytown Police” and said, “That’s not a smart idea, now is it?” …

Posted in: Drugs, Marijuana

cxv

that sux. weed rox. get a life stoopid cops
gthugggangstabro

story never indicated the cop arrested the kid. he probably did, but that is a illigal for a minor to ask for alcohal AND to be in possesion of narcotics.

i hate cops too
dani

weed isnt a narcotic. its a naturally occuring plant.
Justsaynoer

Stupid pigs call everything a narcotic – even amphetamines. He was probably picking up some food for his boyfriend.
endpotprohibition

It just goes to show you that it is easier for people to get weed that it is alcohol. Now I know this guy was 32 but I believe it would be easier for a 6th grader to get weed than alcohol. The reason is because someone selling marijuana doesn't ask for ID. For the record I am tired of our government wasting our money keeping non-violent criminals in jail. Especially when marijuana is safer than aspirin and there is no record of anyone ever overdosing on it. Where as alcohol related deaths mount in the tens of thousands and tobacco related deaths range in the hundreds of thousands EVERY YEAR. End this prohibition and keep our kids safe from the playground dealer.
Name

what a fool people in my country can recognize police even in the dark!
someone

Your homophobic comment doesn't make you sound very progressist.

Or, if it wasn't meant to be homophobic… why bother specifying who he might be picking food up for? Is that relevant here?
Damnthosesotheads

*snort* Moron. Probably high at the time, killing off all those brain cells. The world's already full of plenty of idiots like him that aren't high, God forbid that marijuana should be legalized and create a whole new breed of stupid. Starfucks, anyone?

But w/e, pretty funny story either way you look at it. I laughed.
Collectivethought

Hey buddy, you should google cannabis' affect on brain cells before you start postulating things you don't even know about. The idea that saying marijuana breeds stupidity is like saying playgrounds breed pedophiles. Making such a subjective statement makes you seem very ignorant.
http://twitter.com/Dumbsaint Dumbsaint

Out of curiosity, why is it harder to get alcohol than weed where you are?
David Ranney

mabe it is relevant, and even if it was just a homophobic jab, he has his right to voice his opinon like it or not and if you don't like it so what. America is'nt going to keep catering to of you tiny groups that have been hammering liberty into the ground for years now.
hi

Silly boy. Someone never asked him to refrain from expressing his/her opinion. Just that they did not find “Justsaynoer”'s opinion to very helpful or thought-out. Which is, incidentally, an opinion you are by your own command obligated to respect.

Also, you would do well not to presume some right to speak for America, or to marginalize people who are every bit as American as you are. It makes you seem very pompous and very ignorant.

Cheers!
Reasoned

In this instance, this individual was acting stupidly. On this point I agree with you.

However, you are misinformed about the affects of cannabis on brain cells. I would refer you to a few journal articles to get you started in your research. I am confident that if you review the scientific research into the subject you will find that your opinion is entirely unfounded.

I realize that it can be difficult to read and understand scientific journal articles for some people, but if you can't understand it, you probably shouldn't falsely represent your opinion as a fact.

In a study done at the Neuropsychiatry Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan, researchers found that, “Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis…”

Source:”Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation 115(2005): 3104–3116 .

According to research done by the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University, activation of cannabinoid receptors in older mice improved their spatial memory

Source:”Cannabinoid receptor stimulation is anti-inflammatory and improves memory in old rats.” Neurobiology of Aging (2007)

Those are just a couple of sources discussing the effect of cannabis on the brain. Please do your own thorough research, I am sure that becoming educated about the subject will change your mind.

A few more sources on the subject of cannabis:

American Association for Cancer Research. “Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows.” ScienceDaily 17 April 2007. 6 December 2008 <http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm>.

Athanasiou, Andriani . “Cannabinoid receptor agonists are mitochondrial inhibitors: A unified hypothesis of how cannabinoids modulate mitochondrial function and induce cell death.” Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 364(2007): 131-137 .

Corey, Susan. “Recent Developments in the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids.” Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal 24(2005): 19-26

Croxford, Ludovic J.. “Cannabinoid-mediated neuroprotection, not immunosuppression, may be more relevant to multiple sclerosis.” Journal of Neuroimmunology 193(2008): 120-129.

“Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd.” Scientific American 22 Nov 2004 1 Nov 2008 <http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=marijuana-r...>.

Cushing, Raymond. “US: Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew In '74 .” MAP. 03/29/2001. 6 Dec 2008 <http://www.mapinc.org/newscc/v01/n572/a11.html>.

Deshpande, Laxmikant. “Endocannabinoids block status epilepticus in cultured hippocampal neurons.” European Journal of Pharmacology 558(2007): 52-59.

Gettman, Jon. “Lost Taxes and other Costs of Marijuana Laws.” The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform. 05 Sep 2007. DrugScience.org. 1 Nov 2008 <http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/Lost %20Taxes%20and%20Other%20Costs%20of%20Marijuana%20Laws.pdf>.

Jia, Wentao . “{Delta}9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat Leukemia T Cells Is Regulated by Translocation of Bad to Mitochondria .” Molecular Cancer Research 4(2006): 549-562.

Jiang, Wen. “Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation 115(2005): 3104–3116 .
Saltzman , Rebecca . “DEA Can’t Do Its Own Job – Calls in Blackwater to Raid Medical Marijuana Providers.” Safe Access Now. 9/1/2008. Safe Access Now. 6 Dec 2008 <http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/?p=130>.

Steffens, Sabine. “Low dose oral cannabinoid therapy reduces progression of atherosclerosis in mice.” Nature (2005): 782-787

Marchalant, Yannick. “Cannabinoid receptor stimulation is anti-inflammatory and improves memory in old rats.” Neurobiology of Aging (2007):

Vlachou, Stylianai. “Enhancement of endocannabinoid neurotransmission through CB1 cannabinoid receptors couteracts the reinforcing and spychostimulant effects of cocaine.” International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 11(2008): 905-923

Wallace, Melisa. “Evidence for a physiological role of endocannabinoids in the modulation of seizure threshold and severity.” European Journal of Pharmacology 452(2002): 295-301.
Alan

First of all, there is no scientific proof that cannabis kills brain cells. Now, alcohol does, and it is alcohol that you find in the hands of the most pathetic morons. Unlike marijuana, tobacco kills 400,000 people a year, and, like alcohol–which also kills 50,000 people in the U.S. each year–is both physiologically and psychologically addictive. And tobacco doesn't naturally contain nicotine, which is what makes it almost as difficult to quit as heroin, is purposefully added to our tobacco products to addict millions.

I must say, however, that I do agree that some people shouldn't do any drugs. And alcohol is a drug, and does cause massive brain-cell death. This is the legal drug that truly destroys both mind and body. But some people shouldn't do ANY drugs, period, because they can't afford to lose any brain cells or even short-term memory because they are utter idiots. Also, they give we intelligent users (not abusers) of a naturally occurring herb a bad image. Television does far more damage to the brains of children and minors than anything. And if someone can't figure out that legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis would benefit our country in many ways, and make it much harder for minors to obtain pot, they are obviously of low intelligence, or have an axe to grind.
http://twitter.com/lindayelvington Linda Yelvington

I appreciate the posting of facts to counter prohibition rhetoric. Compassion dictates medical cannabis be legalized, sanity dictates relegalizing this safer recreational alternative to alcohol.
http://twitter.com/lindayelvington Linda Yelvington

I appreciate the posting of facts to counter prohibition rhetoric. Compassion dictates medical cannabis be legalized, sanity dictates relegalizing this safer recreational alternative to alcohol.

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