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From article: "So when marijuana smokers would use white lighters to pack down their bowls, the lighter would get stained with ash and resin, which the cops cou

by Para2016 9y ago

From article: "So when marijuana smokers would use white lighters to pack down their bowls, the lighter would get stained with ash and resin, which the cops could then use to bust them" Yea I'll buy that. I smoked cigarettes but not weed for a few years and the MJ smokers I knew didn't like white lighters for that reason. They didn't say they were unlucky though.

milquetoastaf 9y ago
Black bic lighters have white bottoms that get resinated and ashy too. Most, if not all, bics have the white endcaps. Source: looking at a white bic, a lime green bic, and a brown bic on my desk right now
NTripleOne 9y ago
I don't get that, "You're under arrest for having smoked weed in the past even though you have nothing on you!" Makes no sense.
- Doxin 9y ago
  'You're under arrest for having murdered in the past even though you have no murder weapon on you!' I'm not at all in favor of criminalising recreational drugs, But arresting someone for having done something illegal without them currently doing said illegal thing makes sense.
  - NTripleOne 9y ago
    Murder is a (mostly) provable thing though, you can't prove someone smokes weed because their lighter is a little charred. I'm also pretty sure it's not even the act of smoking weed that's illegal, it's the possession (at least that's the case in the UK) - you can't nab someone for possession because they possessed at some point in the past, because that is - by definition - no longer possession.
- metaphorm 9y ago
  the actions of police officers are not rational. many cops are willing to arrest people they don't like just to give them a hard time, even when they know the charges won't stick. cops NEVER get punished for this kind of thing. some cops just like making a hippy spend a night in jail because of the discomfort and inconvenience it causes to the detained person. don't be surprised when a job that grants authoritarian privileges attracts authoritarians with a sadistic streak.

milquetoastaf 9y ago

Black bic lighters have white bottoms that get resinated and ashy too. Most, if not all, bics have the white endcaps. Source: looking at a white bic, a lime green bic, and a brown bic on my desk right now

NTripleOne 9y ago

I don't get that, "You're under arrest for having smoked weed in the past even though you have nothing on you!" Makes no sense.

Doxin 9y ago
'You're under arrest for having murdered in the past even though you have no murder weapon on you!' I'm not at all in favor of criminalising recreational drugs, But arresting someone for having done something illegal without them currently doing said illegal thing makes sense.
- NTripleOne 9y ago
  Murder is a (mostly) provable thing though, you can't prove someone smokes weed because their lighter is a little charred. I'm also pretty sure it's not even the act of smoking weed that's illegal, it's the possession (at least that's the case in the UK) - you can't nab someone for possession because they possessed at some point in the past, because that is - by definition - no longer possession.
metaphorm 9y ago
the actions of police officers are not rational. many cops are willing to arrest people they don't like just to give them a hard time, even when they know the charges won't stick. cops NEVER get punished for this kind of thing. some cops just like making a hippy spend a night in jail because of the discomfort and inconvenience it causes to the detained person. don't be surprised when a job that grants authoritarian privileges attracts authoritarians with a sadistic streak.