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The Club
Sorry for your troubles and welcome to the club. This "problem" happens everyday in the "land of the free". I have personally been put through this ringer three times in the past.Your "stuff" is now forfeited to the "STATE". Getting it back, near impossible. If the raid was indeed illegal, even a good lawyer would have some difficulty in presenting a defense in the current political climate. The 4th ammendment is no longer an effective defense. Your sense of outrage can be channeled into support for change .Good luck...
time for revolution
The U.S. ignores it's own laws and the will of the people... it's time to start fighting back! Oue plant cant fight on it's own. The D.E.A cannot possibly eradicate our plant of choice if it grows like wild fire... time to stop crying about prices and busts and free your weed! Don't throw away the gift of life that is in each seed and don't hoarde them the way so many well meaning (but lazy) smokers do... plant them all. Toss the anywhere there is water- irrigation ditches, lakes, rivers, gardens and parks... anywhere they can haver a chance to grow. If one tenth of all smokers did so there would eventually be too much of our favorite plant to eradicate. Prices for market weed would have to be competitive because there would be free ditch weed for all. And the best part- no more having to bumm smoke from a Budd and nome more having to bumm them some... just send them to the nearest wild crop. Time For Revolution! Free weed is just a seed's throw away. So what if the result is ditch weed... it's not about THC content anymore or profits... it's about freedom of expression, freedom of choice, freedom of weed! Spread the word and your seeds. Get every friend, neighbor, and relative to help fight the war on the war on drugs. Reforest what man has cleared in the name of progress... reclaim earth for our plants. With enough plants we could fight Global Warming! Your government cannot possibly tear out every wild weed if we all work together. In just a few years we could see it overwhelm them to a point where they will have to legalize low THC content cannabis... and that's a move in the right direction. Drop seeds in every flower planter and garden at your local courthouse, police station, library, and park. Let them know they cannot stop a plant!
illegal raid?
I, too, was raided three times in 5 months; friend, they are ALL illegal -- drug cops break more laws in one day than I have in my entire life.
My advice -- don't give up, but don't break yourself, either. I think that one reason the police have become so brazen is that for most people, being arrested is something to be ashamed of. I think that we need to stop being victims and speak up. Write letters -- to newspapers, congressmen, governors, the president -- and keep writing. Talk to people; tell your story to anybody who will listen.
Maybe you can help your brother; I hope so. Maybe you can't; maybe you can help prevent this from happening to others. Good luck.
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