Murri Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Just seems a little odd. Tobacco is legal, Cocaine is not. The quantities are very different but how do you come up with 482.50 for the drugs? CBC News link Two Prince Edward Island men were handed fines in a Woodstock, N.B., courtroom Tuesday after contraband cigarettes, cocaine and marijuana were found in their car. The car the men were in was stopped shortly after midnight Sunday on Highway 110 in Florenceville-Bristol. Police seized 350 cartons of contraband tobacco and a small quantity of drugs. Harrison Snow, 20 of Summerside pleaded guilty to possession of contraband tobacco and was fined $11,900. Jeffrey Wagner, 40 of Stratford, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and marijuana. He was fined a total of $482.50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backslide Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Wtf, crazy backwards logic to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedipastor Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 This little story pretty much sums up what we've come to in our modern democracies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMH Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Seems the difference is that the tobacco was a commercial quantity and probably involved some kind of tax fraud, while the drugs were small, personal use quantities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laficion Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Cocaine & Marijuana is one thing , BUT, Tobacco ??? No country or state wants to miss out on those Yummmy TAXES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWalker Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Cocaine & Marijuana is one thing , BUT, Tobacco ??? No country or state wants to miss out on those Yummmy TAXES Exactly. The gov't makes money from tobacco, not drugs (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallclub Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Seems the difference is that the tobacco was a commercial quantity and probably involved some kind of tax fraud, while the drugs were small, personal use quantities. Absolutely. I don't understand the anti-gov comments on this case… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riazp Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I think the fine for the yayo was minimal because it was a small quantity and he had a larger quantity of cigs with intent to redistribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scdalak Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Typical Govt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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