From: lrvanh00@nx38.mik.uky.edu (lee r vanhorn)
Subject: Re: No Subject
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:54:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.052034.3427@fuug.fi> an6948@anon.penet.fi writes:
> David Potosky writes:
> 
> >Maybe some wiser person on the net can enlighten us as to the true  
penalties  
> >for lsd.
> >As I understand it it is 10 years for a gram or more of LSD (paper  
weight  
> >included) but you can get around this by having it broken up for  
> >distribution....this sounds absurd.
> >Will someone comment on this and give us the the facts? 
> 
> Fed. Drug Laws for LSD? don't know exactly what they are... 
> 
> penalties will vary by state; also by whether you are simply in  
possession, or
> poss. with the intent to distribute, distribution (sales), or  
manmufacture 
> (each cariies a bit stiffer penalty). some states may have enacted the  
weight-based
> term, 'MY STATE' has not to my knowledge (but, i'm not an attorney! ;-)
> [ editor's note: when i was busted for LSD in the late 60's there was  
only one
>   sentence, maximum of 10 years with or without a fine; i got five years 
>   probabtion!!! i had a good lawyer (~$5000) - lawyers are one of the  
largest 
>   beneficiaries of the WoD...]
> 
> obviously, if one is caught with more than a few hits, the conclusion  
would be that
> person 'intends to distribute' the lsd (and if you have 'lots' of it,  
then you are
> close to the source of manufacture! once you're busted with a sheet, and  
since that
> will carry a much stiffer penalty, the cops will use the spectre of the  
harsher
> sentence to 'turn you over', ie, get you to (cooperate) 'rat' on a  
bigger fish!
> beware of ANYBODY who has jsut been busted who gets right back into the  
drug scene!
> they're a snitch <most likely> or the adverbial f*cking bonehead...)
> 
> now, back to the feds and their intertest in LSD. association with LARGE  
amounts of
> lsd will probably attract the feds anyway because of the political  
implications.
> and they would use the same tactics as the lower police to 'turn people  
over' to 
> their ends. imho: the feds should only be involved when the lsd traffic  
is 
> interstate or international...
> 
> sorry this has to be anon... but 'paranoia stikes deep'...
> 
>  
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	Yeah, I remember when I was in high school last year, this guy got  
busted for dealing.  Then as soon as he came back, a bunch of parties  
started getting busted.  I went to one of them to just see the police  
come; and they did.  It was fun being assholes to them.  Of course, they  
got realy pissed off, and one started giving me these field sobriety  
tests, and after about 10 minutes informed me I was sober.
	Anyway, about the same time that the guy cam back, some new guy to  
the school came.  And everyone thought he was a narc for a while.  Kinda  
funny realy.