A year in prison?!?

[SlyPokerDog]

KELSO, Wash. -- A former Longview woman who blew marijuana smoke into her 13-year-old son's face for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder pleaded guilty this week to charges of drug delivery and child domestic violence.

Under an agreement with Cowlitz County prosecutors, 37-year-old Diane Susanne Etchison, who now lives in Pendleton, was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday.

She told police last year she provided marijuana to the boy because the family had run out of his prescription medication. Police were called by Child Protective Services workers.

-- The Associated Press

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...ced_for_blowing_pot_smoke_into_sons_face.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What she did was wrong but a year in prison seems a little harsh.

 

[LameR]

What do you think would be appropriate? I'm actually fine with it. It's an adult's responsibility to care for a child, feelings on pot aside, that's not what she was doing.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What do you think would be appropriate? I'm actually fine with it. It's an adult's responsibility to care for a child, feelings on pot aside, that's not what she was doing.

Spending $40k+ to house her in prison just seems kinda excessive in this case. She needs counseling and parenting classes, I just don't see how incarceration helps in this situation.

 

[BrianFromWA]

"Spending $40k to house her in prison"...

That's a bigger problem than blowing smoke in her son's face.

 

[Klinky]

That's a bigger problem than blowing smoke in her son's face.

What if she blew cigarette smoke in her kid's face? Some how I doubt she'd be facing a year.

 

[jlprk]

Over and over I see insane sentences handed out by the evil legal system. Most cases aren't the bigtime stuff that dominates the media. Most are uninteresting little events that you or I could have easily erred into. A simple police interview is usually enough of a deterrent. No need for a trial, much less the insane sentence.

If you hate human nature and freedom, there's a high-paying government job waiting for you in the legal system.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

What she did was wrong but a year in prison seems a little harsh.

I agree. She may have been wrong, but there was no intent to harm her son. This is one the gov needs to commute.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

What if she blew cigarette smoke in her kid's face? Some how I doubt she'd be facing a year.

True. It'd then be 7 years.

 

[Haakzilla]

ADD/ ADHD

ADHD by Ryan P (anecdotal - no date)
http://www.rxmarijuana.com/shared_comments/ADHD4.htm

Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of ADD (no date)
http://www.onlinepot.org/medical/add&mmj.htm

Recipe For Trouble (anecdotal/ news - 2002 )
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/05/48hours/main503022.shtml

Association between cannabinoid receptor gene (CNR1) and childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Spanish male alcoholic patients (full - 2003)
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v8/n5/full/4001278a.html

Cannabinoids effective in animal model of hyperactivity disorder (abst - 2003)
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=162#4

Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids? (news - 2004)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117541,00.html

Fitness to drive in spite (because) of THC (abst - 2007)
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medl.../[Fitness_to_drive_in_spite__because__of_THC]

Science: THC normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood in a patient with hyperactivity disorder (news - 2007)
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=2543

Association of the Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) With ADHD and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (full - 2008)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685476/?tool=pubmed

Cannabis Improves Symptoms of ADHD (full - 2008)
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/journal/en_2008_01_1.pdf

Cannabis use and adult ADHD symptoms. (abst - 2008)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18242878

Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy (news - 2008)
http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=319

Why I Give My 9-year-old Pot (anecdotal/news - 2009)
http://www.doublex.com/section/health-science/why-i-give-my-9-year-old-pot

Why I Give My 9-Year-Old Pot, Part II (news/anecdotal - 2009)
http://www.doublex.com/section/health-science/why-i-give-my-9-year-old-pot-part-ii

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

ADD/ ADHD

Why I Give My 9-year-old Pot (anecdotal/news - 2009)
http://www.doublex.com/section/health-science/why-i-give-my-9-year-old-pot

Why I Give My 9-Year-Old Pot, Part II [written from Folsum Prison] (news/anecdotal - 2009)
http://www.doublex.com/section/health-science/why-i-give-my-9-year-old-pot-part-ii

Fixed.

 

[Haakzilla]

Fixed.

...you're a fool! Actually, Marie Myung-Ok Lee is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She teaches at Brown University.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

...you're a fool! Actually, Marie Myung-Ok Lee is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She teaches at Brown University.

Whoooooooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

You sure get your panties in a bunch over a little humor. You must be a lot of fun to be around.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Spending $40k+ to house her in prison just seems kinda excessive in this case. She needs counseling and parenting classes, I just don't see how incarceration helps in this situation.

Never know exactly what one year actually turns into. Some get house arrest, others get some kind of work release program, some qualify for early release programs and then there is always the day for day credit at an in-patient treatment program.

Unfortunately I know about these things . . .

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Never know exactly what one year actually turns into. Some get house arrest, others get some kind of work release program, some qualify for early release programs and then there is always the day for day credit at an in-patient treatment program.

Unfortunately I know about these things . . .

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be really jealous that you've served time in a woman's prison.

 

[jlprk]

Never know exactly what one year actually turns into.

Now that practically every crime has a maximum sentence over a year, every crime is a felony, even when the sentence is below that maximum, like if you plea bargain to 30 days.

Let's review how any conviction is a lifetime sentence.

Every felon will basically remain jobless the rest of his or her life, since nowadays you can't hide your arrest record. That's why most of the homeless are felons. Shelters in many cities will only take in non-felons. So most people living on the street are felons. If you survive that by living with friends, when you're old, senior residences won't take felons.

Oh well, they are few in number, right? You'd be shocked. In Michigan, almost half of all adult males are felons. In other states, it's amazingly high too.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be really jealous that you've served time in a woman's prison.

I wouldn't be jealous . . . is not as glamorous as they make it out on porn.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I wouldn't be jealous . . . is not as glamorous as they make it out on porn.

I was just kidding around.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Now that practically every crime has a maximum sentence over a year, every crime is a felony, even when the sentence is below that maximum, like if you plea bargain to 30 days.

Let's review how any conviction is a lifetime sentence.

Every felon will basically remain jobless the rest of his or her life, since nowadays you can't hide your arrest record. That's why most of the homeless are felons. Shelters in many cities will only take in non-felons. So most people living on the street are felons. If you survive that by living with friends, when you're old, senior residences won't take felons.

Oh well, they are few in number, right? You'd be shocked. In Michigan, almost half of all adult males are felons. In other states, it's amazingly high too.

You can hide convictions, arrest records and the like . . . just hire a good lawyer.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I was just kidding around.

So was I.

 

[BrianFromWA]

You can hide convictions, arrest records and the like . . . just hire a good lawyer.

Or....don't break the law.

 

[MARIS61]

Knowing quite a few kids who had or have ADD, some who were raised on Ritalin and some who were prescribed Marijuana, there's no question in my mind that pot is an effective treatment that over time cures ADD, and Ritalin acts basically as an accelerant thrown on the fire and eventually turns children into uncontrollable felons.

The mother acted responsibly in treating her son's ailment the best she could, and he no doubt benefitted from the break from Ritalin.

Bad laws are made to be broken, and the majority of laws are bad indeed.

 

[Haakzilla]

Knowing quite a few kids who had or have ADD, some who were raised on Ritalin and some who were prescribed Marijuana, there's no question in my mind that pot is an effective treatment that over time cures ADD, and Ritalin acts basically as an accelerant thrown on the fire and eventually turns children into uncontrollable felons.

The mother acted responsibly in treating her son's ailment the best she could, and he no doubt benefitted from the break from Ritalin.

Bad laws are made to be broken, and the majority of laws are bad indeed.

 

[jlprk]

You can hide convictions, arrest records and the like . . . just hire a good lawyer.

At $250 per hour, that of course is out of the question for just about everyone released from jail. The few lucky enough to find a small employer who doesn't check background have to live their lives in a lie to hold their part-time minimum wage work. The rest don't find anything and just live on the streets. Going to a lawyer is like flying to the moon, beyond their imaginations.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be really jealous that you've served time in a woman's prison.

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[BLAZER PROPHET]

At $250 per hour, that of course is out of the question for just about everyone released from jail. The few lucky enough to find a small employer who doesn't check background have to live their lives in a lie to hold their part-time minimum wage work. The rest don't find anything and just live on the streets. Going to a lawyer is like flying to the moon, beyond their imaginations.

Based on working with incarcerate vets, I'd have to say this is sadly true. I believe in crime/punishment/rehabilitation, but sadly many people are never allowed a second chance.