I tried pot once, inhaled, didn't care for it.lol

Never used before or since.


I would MUCH rather be around someone who had used pot (only) than someone who was drinking liquor to get a 'high'

Would you let the stoned pothead babysit yer infant?

I wouldn't leave my infant with anyone trying to get a high, with drugs or alcohol, no.

But an absentminded person doesn't become any less absentminded with drugs or alcohol in their system, so I just wouldn't leave a child with someone known to be absentminded.

Which pothead are you refering,the one who left his foster child in the car? hell no. But I know a ton of potheads who are responsible parents and care givers of children and the elderly that I would and have left my children with. I've seen more sober dipshits I wouldnt entrust my dogs with.

I forgot what I was going to say....

Oh, yea. Far out, really far out man....

This is a critical problem globally. Most of the cases that have attracted global media attention, have not been intoxicated by any forms of drugs...alcohol, pot etc. Exactly who does forget a baby/child or animal is in a vehicle. Being a Nurse, mother of 3 & smoke pot for medicinal purposes due to restrictions of what Medications I'm allowed to be prescribed...I have never neglected my children's health or safety & I have been in my profession for 20 years. Yet sober people still take babies/children driving unrestrained, speeding, on crime sprees & leave them in hot cars to go on shopping sprees & gambling. Only to have recently a mother take her 7 year old child to the Doctor & left her 3 month old baby in a hot car, merely due to her being too lazy to take the baby inside with her because it was sleeping....How is either moral or justified?

absentmindedness is a human thing, it is unfortunate when it ends in death

sometimes its a question of morals (knowing right from wrong)
and sometimes its just ignorance of not knowing better,,,


or even more innocently,,,,forgetting

So the dude is the victim and it's very unfair to charge a pot-head with 1st degree murder?

Some people should never be allowed to be foster parents.

Even allowing for pot smoking and absentmindedness, the parent should know the location and situation of the child at all times.

I have no sympathy for this turd.

what is unfair.... is to charge a PERSON with 1st degree murder, who did not commit such an act....

1st deg murder is defined as....any intentional murder that is willful and premeditated with malice aforethought....

if the prosecution proceeds with these charges they will be making a huge mistake...the defendant will be found innocent of the charge and go unpunished.....you cannot charge a jaywalker with 1st deg murder and subsequently re-try him with a lesser charge when he is found innocent..

i am sure the prosecutor will charge with the offense of something like manslaughter or death/injury to a child...the first thing is finding a charge they can make stick and proceed with that...they surely want a "guilty as charged" verdict...

You're right.

Too sad he won't get the same sentence the innocent infant got.

the measure of a civilized society is based upon the treatment of its criminals...the death penalty should be abolished completely.....
Thou shalt NOT kill...it is a tragedy in every right and the perpetrators should be punished, of that there is no doubt....but to execute them moves our society in a backwards direction.....

I feel like people reach for any excuse to blame pot then look at the big picture.

why not blame it on milk....?
we all started on that stuff and look what using it led to...

I will begin by saying I am not 420 friendly *big grin, quick wink*....

If anyone needs to place blame on something,,,,,or someone,,,,,Will's article is for you...It offers several choices...Perhaps some will choose to point the finger at DCS (Department Of Child Services) for placing the child with foster parents who use marijuana recreationally...Maybe you will blame the person who left the child in the car...You might blame the person who failed to notice the baby was not "delivered" into the house along with the pizza and the adopted child...Why not blame the birth parents who gave up or lost custody in the first place?...

At the time of the "accident", the couple had six children in their care...Who qualified this couple?...Was the agency working within state and federal guidelines?...Were they preforming random drug testing on their foster parents?...Were they properly monitoring the care being given to the foster children they placed?...

Truth is ALL OF THESE ADULTS are directly or indirectly responsible for the death of this innocent child...

The voice of multi-dimentional thought and reason raises her beautiful head.

Great insight.

all of society may be indirectly responsible

but the immediate responsibility liss on the shoulder of the forgetful adult,, whatever the reason for his forgetfulness,,


there have been dozens of such incidents this summer, none others that I know of where the party was smoking pot,,,

The real question is can a non absentminded person become absentminded with drugs in their system? I know they can with alcohol.

The potheads will argue, they can function normally and weed doesn't alter your perception, cause forgetfulness or slow you reaction time.

I'd bet they even drive high.