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Cops: He Admitted Smoking Marijuana
Martina Brendel | Jersey Journal | 01/27/2006

A West New York man was arrested yesterday on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in Bayonne after he admitted to police that he was stoned, reports said.

Alexis Rodriguez, 23, a 60th Street resident, was riding the train northbound from the 22nd Street station at 12:41 a.m. when police asked to see his ticket, reports said.

As Rodriguez showed it to them, cops detected the smell of marijuana on his breath and noticed that his eyes were bloodshot, police said. Asked if he was high, Rodriguez said he had just smoked some marijuana at a friend's house, police said.

Rodriguez was arrested and brought to headquarters, where a computer search revealed he had an outstanding warrant in state Superior Court in Jersey City for $2,700 and one out of Guttenberg for $250, reports said.

(BuzzNote: Is it illegal to be stoned in New Jersey?)

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urania3

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Well, he did also admit to an illegal act.

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killer12382

Public intoxication......being under the influence of a controlled substance just to name a few.

InsomniacMG

Hmm, I recall hearing from several people that as long as you aren't in possesion of anything (paraphenalia, weed, etc.) that you would be fine. Meaning you could get completely baked, get on a train, walk up to the nearest cop and tell them to their face that you are completely stoned *I realize this is an incredibly stupid thing to do, trying to make a point though* and if they then proceeded to search you and you came up clean they couldn't do a damn thing. That atleast seems to be the general consensus that Im hearing. Public Intoxication is what I thought would be what could be enforced, but really unless your causing any trouble or acting crazy I doubt the cops would actually do anything.

troublemaker_42

In SD, injestion of marijuana, or "an intoxicant other than alcohol" is a class one misd. You can also be charged for posession if the police prove you have a drug in your system through a blood or urine test, so yes, even being high is enough to get you arrested in some areas. Listening to the "general consensus isn't nearly as accurate as checking the laws in your area. While what you've heard may hold up in some areas, in others, telling a cop you're high could land you in jail if they somehow PROVE it. The way the law is applied most often in SD is that it is used on probationers or parolees....they can be forced to submit to urine testing at any time, and a positive result not only is recorded as a parole/probation violation, but as a new offense as well.

 

killer12382

Pi$$ing off the cops is generally all you need to do.

FitShaced

Ok guys and gals, heres the plan, tough as it may be. We all get clean, than proceed to act stoned and find a way to get us to smell like weed (have a friend blow hits on you). Then, do as the guy in the OP did, say yes you are high. When you get arrested and have to goto court, tell them the truth that you werent high, then sue for $10,000,000 for all the hassle you had to go through. Then, after we all win our cases, we all head to Amsterdam for a big party.

TheNewGuy

If you say you're high to a cop, then in court you say "no, I wasn't high, I just said I was" you're still going to be in trouble for lying to the cop. How is that "getting back at the man"? Why don't you also tell the cop that you steal cars too, then in court say "This is unfair! I don't really steal cars, I just told the cop I steal cars!". Fight the power brother. Fight the power.

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FitShaced

^^Dude, you seriously need to learn what a joke is.

Toking Jedi

That was a pretty straight faced joke... dude, online isn't the best place for a deadpan joke, as very few will see it as a joke. Suggestion: a well placed exaggeration or a gag repeated a couple of times works nicely.

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