Football Police charge star Penn State LB Abdul Carter with misdemeanor marijuana possession, use
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Lots of NFL players use marijuana INSTEAD OF Opioids for pain. The reason should be obvious to anyone .
Police charge star Penn State LB Abdul Carter with misdemeanor marijuana possession, use
Penn State University police have charged Nittany Lions' star linebacker Abdul Carter with misdemeanor marijuana possession following an incident at a campus dowjactv.com
campus brown shirts love doing this.
Then why do it where you give them an opportunity to act like brown shirts? I mean, if you really need to do it, take a walk off campus and into the woods and do it there.
Regardless, it's stupid for a high caliber athlete to blow smoke into his lungs as I said previously. There are other methods to get a high from marijuana than by smoking it.
What the f are the University Police doing? I sure hope they're not wandering the halls of students' private residences sniffing for pot smoke or searching lockers for beer. Surely there are better uses of taxpayer money (and students' tuition) than this. The mission of University Police should be to keep the peace and make Penn State safe for students and the community. Arresting people for pot possession is totally pointless and can inflict serious consequences on a young person for the crime of basically being a young person. Mr. Carter hopefully has a lucrative career ahead as an NFL linebacker, but if he does want to, say, be a teacher or a coach or a counselor later in life and help out kids in North Philly, this stupid nitpicky pot possession arrest could prevent him from doing that -- and it's the community that loses. If the football program really doesn't want players using marijuana, they can test for it but I doubt they do that any more.
Yes the campus police are all out to get poor Abdul Carter and are picking on him. They are doing nothing to provide security for the campus just sniffing out pot, that's all they do all day long. Jeez. Poor guy has a full ride scholarship then people whine because he is caught with pot which is illegal. Come on man, stop pampering these freakin athletes and especially these over hyped football players who are not student athletes but pro athletes who use Penn State facilities to hone their craft which by no means is academics. Have some accountability and take his punishment like a man. Stop blaming others. Oh man he is going to have this on his record, damn straight he will and maybe this incident wakes him the eff up. If it does then he will still be able to help out the kids in North Philly if he wants to.
Purple gas face…$50 non criminal health code violation for 30g or less of weed in Delco. Need to change these laws.Time to start a MMj what's your favorite strain thread
There's almost 100 posts about a kid smoking pot? He got arrested which is a mistake regardless of what anyone thinks of the laws. Franklin can handle it how he wants.
Dude, he, and whomever else was there, smoked so much they set off a smoke alarm. No police were roaming the halls trying to find mj smoke.
Do you want our supposed superstar LB sitting around taking bong hits? Build your confidence in him? How are you going to like it when he can't make the play in the clutch against scUM or OSU? He is an elite athlete and needs to be much better than this. Hopefully this is a one time occurrence and not a regular thing of his to get stoned all the time.
Couldn't possibly care less about personal amounts of weed if he's doing it on his own time and outside of practice, class and games.
You do realize that most college football players smoke pot and have for decades, right?
With all the shit floating around these days I'm not sure I'd want edibles I (or someone I know) didn't buy from an actual dispensary. Smoking it you can at least be pretty sure of what it actually is you're ingesting. They just need to legalize it in PA. Alcohol causes significantly more damage and students bathe in it.
Absolutely, I have no idea if college kids are getting MMJ or stuff from their friends that they have no idea what it is? The mmj program has helped me a lot and I'm sure many others. I had a major operation a couple months back and was on opiates for a while. I switched to just mmj and had no problem missing the opiates
Lots of things are illegal. Maybe the campus police should stand in the middle of campus writing jaywalking tickets because IT'S ILLEGAL. Arrest people for watching porn on their phones WHILE THEY DRIVE -- that's illegal and they might be saving lives by making some reckless driving arrests.
Spending police resources to give someone a criminal record over pot possession is a huge fing waste of state taxpayer resources and absolutely no one benefits from it. I'm not saying Mr. Carter is innocent, he was probably indiscreet and that's why he got caught. But man I think it's time for Dumbass Pennsylvania to grow up and realize there are about 10 million more important things than whether someone smokes weed.
Did you forget the offseason maybe 20 years ago under Paterno when, as I recall, close to 30 players were arrested. Some of them for felonies. It was such a "culture shift" that it made the cover of Sports Illustrated. Franklin runs a VERY tight ship IMHO.
And fwiw maybe I shouldn't admit this, but at this stage of my life it wouldn't especially bother me if Penn State were a little more like the Ohio States of the world. Maybe PSU would beat Ohio State while I'm still alive to see it.
I'm glad there is commercially grown, government regulated pot in the world -- a lot safer than smoking something that could have impurities or weed killers or mold. Glad it worked for you with the pain. That is probably one of the biggest benefits of decriminalization/legalization -- there's a large population of people who will enjoy legal pot and they'll never have a need for anything stronger.
Weed is a gateway to more serious and addictive drugs. Don't complain if he plays like a pile of cow manure vs scUM and/or OSU and we lose.
I guess PA should legalize weed. Until that happens it is illegal and he got caught. They were not investing all this money to charge him they were doing their job for crying out loud. You make it seem like this was some kind of elaborate, ongoing sting operation that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Once he got caught, what were they going to do? "This is inconsequential, just carry on".
I never said it wasn't his choice. Just don't be disappointed if he doesn't play well and the weed is the reason.
My gosh, the kid didn't play his best so mj is the fault. Gotcha
Could be but you are missing the broader point. Obviously he can do anything he wants . He has a responsibility to the team. Yeah he can smoke weed all he wants. What if he gets caught again with possession. I know you would just laugh it off but it is not what a leader of a top ranked football player does. Of course you think they can do whatever. I guess you would be okay if he smoked weed every day and the whole team knew it. Not a good look for a leader of the team in my opinion but I guess you are okay with it. .What if he snorts coke every weekend? I am sure you are cool with that. Thank God you are not the coach they would be passing the bong around in the lockeroom. And yes in the long run it will affect his performance if he gets stoned all the time.
There has been a lot of conversation about weed by professional athletes.....especially in football. Many/most claim it is effective in pain management after games. I have no clue from experience but I have numerous friends in their 50s and 60s that swear it works for pain. I believe them.
Perhaps he was just recently officially found guilty of it even though it occurred a month ago. Usually they don't.....many times can't...punish until the offense is official. We shall find out very soon I Imagine.
Correct. If a smoke alarm goes off......I would hope someone would report it and I would hope someone would investigate. After the fact.....they have to report it...it is already probably recorded. Hopefully in the future someone on the campus will educate kids on a little science. Like possibly about HEPA filters and Ozone machines
Or opening a damn window.Correct. If a smoke alarm goes off......I would hope someone would report it and I would hope someone would investigate. After the fact.....they have to report it...it is already probably recorded. Hopefully in the future someone on the campus will educate kids on a little science. Like possibly about HEPA filters and Ozone machines
I would guess a very high percentage of NFL players smoke weed every day…they use it for pain management. It’s far safer than Vicodin or Oxy and it’s not going to leave them addicted and strung out. It has no effect on how they play on Saturdays.
Yes, I understand it can be effective for pain management. Although if he is trying to do that he should take CBD without the THC (part that gets you high) in a gummy or tincture and avoid the circus. My point is he got arrested and he was probably doing it just to get high so not a good thing from a leader of the team.
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How do you possibly expect to know that weed is the reason? How do you even know he didn't smoke all of last season or in high school when he was playing well? You can't. You don't.
I don't know, you are correct. But again do you really want your star linebacker to be known for being a big pot smoker? Yeah I guess he can do whatever but in my opinion it is not what a leader of the team should do. Same as do we want our star linebacker getting drunk every weekend? It may not affect their on field performance but it is a terrible example.
Who cares? Just shows PA is as red neck as Texas. It’s like getting caught with a beer. Dumb law for dumb people.Police charge star Penn State LB Abdul Carter with misdemeanor marijuana possession, use
Penn State University police have charged Nittany Lions' star linebacker Abdul Carter with misdemeanor marijuana possession following an incident at a campus do
Better than your star linebacker being a murderer…of course all that did to the team was get them to win a Super Bowl. I don’t think his teammates care about him smoking pot when they’re likely doing it too.
