tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post6665240571846824095..comments2024-03-27T19:57:30.869-04:00Comments on Springfield Vermont News: Fatal crash suspect pleads not guiltySpringfield VT Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845498364686334900noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-80801921180532758912016-06-22T19:08:13.302-04:002016-06-22T19:08:13.302-04:003:16, you base your Colorado teen substance abuse ...3:16, you base your Colorado teen substance abuse increase on this article?<br /><br />http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colorado-s-teen-marijuana-usage-dips-after-legalization/<br />chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-13463804567774271132016-06-22T00:04:53.748-04:002016-06-22T00:04:53.748-04:00If PC isn't writing about angry monkeys, he...If PC isn't writing about angry monkeys, he's out there defending the inexcusable actions of the town's deviants and criminals. A worthy candidate for an appointment to the Vermont bench!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-1667476776590001212016-06-20T17:26:38.641-04:002016-06-20T17:26:38.641-04:00If your professional life dealt with addiction, ke...If your professional life dealt with addiction, keep in mind that your experience with it was with the 100% for whom substance abuse is rally a problem. You must keep in mind that (as I pointed out before) vast majorities of substance users (and abusers) limit themselves to recreational, relatively infrequent use and do not present with the problems the abusers do. However, they contribute to chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-76493850467586066992016-06-20T15:16:34.616-04:002016-06-20T15:16:34.616-04:00Decriminalization is not the same as legalization....Decriminalization is not the same as legalization. In Colorado, teenage drug use, which had been on the decline for years, has skyrocketed since legalization. I could care less about someone else's opinion about the politics, whether real or imagined. Tricky Dick is dead, the 60s are over, and we have serious problem in this country. I have absolutely no need whatsoever to read about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-38682831486821393632016-06-20T13:37:28.646-04:002016-06-20T13:37:28.646-04:004:50, do you recommend making alcohol illegal agai...4:50, do you recommend making alcohol illegal again? Yeah, based on what most of us know, that would be a really stupid idea. So would banning solvents, White-Out correction fluid and Whip-It cans (the "huffing" problem). <br /><br />We don't deal with substance abuse by banning or criminalizing it. We deal with the people who find that overdoing substances is preferable to chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-65570969679528943212016-06-19T16:50:15.348-04:002016-06-19T16:50:15.348-04:00Wow! Maybe addiction to alcohol is 300% greater be...Wow! Maybe addiction to alcohol is 300% greater because it's LEGAL! I wonder how bad it would be if you could get a bag of smack at any gas station! No other country in the civilized world, no matter how liberal has been crazy or stupid enough to legalize heroin. Cheap, pure heroin? I remember the cheap pure cocaine in the 80s. A lot of my friends died from it. Sure, if you make illegal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-44329937693322031382016-06-19T08:47:24.292-04:002016-06-19T08:47:24.292-04:00You mean the folly of prohibition....You mean the folly of prohibition....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-35938546366567537242016-06-18T17:39:32.605-04:002016-06-18T17:39:32.605-04:0011:49, when alcohol was illegal, we had EXACTLY th...11:49, when alcohol was illegal, we had EXACTLY the same problems that all today's banned substances produce. I don't know how you'd feel knowing that Nixon invented the War On Drugs to neutralize the civil rights movement (crack cocaine became the stereotype for blacks and marijuana for the anti-war protesters).<br /><br />As a result of our uncritical submission to manipulation, wechuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-571672632264047482016-06-18T14:11:36.897-04:002016-06-18T14:11:36.897-04:00So, we should reinstate alcohol prohibition? So, we should reinstate alcohol prohibition? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-69546274551910616542016-06-18T11:49:47.362-04:002016-06-18T11:49:47.362-04:00Sure, legalize and then WE ALL become the dealers....Sure, legalize and then WE ALL become the dealers. Maybe YOU can handle being the cause of misery and death, but leave me out of it! When will you neo-hippies wake up! The Summer of Love crashed and burned by 1968. My cousin was one of the Merry Pranksters out in California back then. She married a guy in the Hell's Angels. She was so disgusted by the end of it all that she became a cop! Tax Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-32478595868096221812016-06-18T11:21:47.753-04:002016-06-18T11:21:47.753-04:00You're a voice in the wilderness, 6:31. Sprin...You're a voice in the wilderness, 6:31. Springfield has totally bought into the "War on Drugs" and will not, in my opinion, change its mind. I will be very happy if they prove me wrong.chuck gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-82253824141201813412016-06-17T18:31:53.316-04:002016-06-17T18:31:53.316-04:00So, legalize and "eradicate" the dealers...So, legalize and "eradicate" the dealers.Tax dollars raised can provide treatment for many more addicted individuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-61718845237602816322016-06-16T15:53:26.253-04:002016-06-16T15:53:26.253-04:00and not to mention pot and heroin are on 2 complet...and not to mention pot and heroin are on 2 completely different levels, as a former drug counselor you should know this. Pot doesn't make you a crazy lunatic, it can make you dumb but not crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-74133613205142582782016-06-16T15:51:26.154-04:002016-06-16T15:51:26.154-04:00The woman that survived recently almost killed an ...The woman that survived recently almost killed an entire family while she was recklessly driving under the influence of heroin...Karma!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-9932491053789058032016-06-16T09:36:15.433-04:002016-06-16T09:36:15.433-04:00The driver's version of the incident is believ...The driver's version of the incident is believable. Irrational, but believable. The distraction = unthinking reaction. Failure to stop = panic producing cowardice. Smoke = foolish choice for achieving calm. Nothing praiseworthy there, nothing evil either.<br /><br />Signing as 'anonymous' to avoid suit for character assassination.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-40065110818538913012016-06-16T08:08:21.664-04:002016-06-16T08:08:21.664-04:00I'm going to add something to my earlier reply...I'm going to add something to my earlier reply, as I believe it is necessary. I once worked at the #1 ranked drug treatment unit in the country. We even beat Betty Ford, because we had a 20% success rate. That's right, only 20% made us the best in America. That is how bad this is. Face it, Mr. and Mrs. America, if your son/daughter mother/father are getting high, between 80 and 90% of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-52630658622785705432016-06-16T07:36:26.507-04:002016-06-16T07:36:26.507-04:00Well, as long as it's druggies killing druggie...Well, as long as it's druggies killing druggies I guess the rest of us shouldn't be too worried, right? (At this point I'm not 100% sure I'm joking.) Perhaps it's just the jaded, cynical former drug counselor in me talking, but after years of watching people kill themselves and each other because of dope you begin to see these things as inevitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-27843364200253707002016-06-16T06:11:08.425-04:002016-06-16T06:11:08.425-04:00Let's think about this... He is 21 , 21!! He w...Let's think about this... He is 21 , 21!! He was scared! That would be my thought on why he left. Let's have a little compassion. Yes a man was killed and a woman hurt. And I am very sorry for that. My heart goes out to all of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-58098197672829136732016-06-16T02:34:20.383-04:002016-06-16T02:34:20.383-04:00He hit 2 known heroin addicts who were in the midd...He hit 2 known heroin addicts who were in the middle of the road- not near a cross walk and it was dark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-7752471256031870482016-06-15T21:07:58.065-04:002016-06-15T21:07:58.065-04:00Why would anyone plead guilty to a crime in this l...Why would anyone plead guilty to a crime in this liberal ass state. All he has to do is "show remorse" and the liberal judge will set him free....with restrictions of course....notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-74626393634121263592016-06-15T14:09:08.888-04:002016-06-15T14:09:08.888-04:00The point Phil is that he did flee leaving two ind...The point Phil is that he did flee leaving two individuals writhing on a dark road with one dying. Two hours later he shows up blaming his cellphone for vibrating and claiming he decided to smoke some dope only AFTER hitting two people, killing one person. He has already admitted to fleeing the scene. I doubt anyone would toke up just before turning himself in for vehicular homicide and I doubt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-9693306841470889582016-06-15T10:38:54.061-04:002016-06-15T10:38:54.061-04:00Pleading not guilty to crimes he confessed to. He ...Pleading not guilty to crimes he confessed to. He MUST be stoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-27981416535187590992016-06-14T19:19:57.193-04:002016-06-14T19:19:57.193-04:00Clearly we should lobby our representatives in gov...Clearly we should lobby our representatives in government to quickly make Mary Jane legal so we can all enjoy the benefits.... ahhhhhh.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-72064007928906286032016-06-14T17:10:17.316-04:002016-06-14T17:10:17.316-04:00Unlikely . . . probably . . . doubtful . . . GUILT...Unlikely . . . probably . . . doubtful . . . GUILTY!!!<br /><br />Nice. You should be in charge.Philip Caronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627533061631749534.post-25798138305927330252016-06-14T11:31:07.140-04:002016-06-14T11:31:07.140-04:00"After the crash — but before he turned himse..."After the crash — but before he turned himself in at the police station — Ribeiro told police he smoked marijuana, according to the affidavit. The investigation is ongoing."<br /><br />Highly unlikely that someone who refused to render aid to two people that he smashed was not using drugs before he hit the victims. Probably fled because he was under the influence and possible had the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com