This story broke a week or so ago and I am remiss in posting about it.
Tests show substance found in Commissioner Nodine's car is marijuana
In short Nodine took his county issued truck into the county garage for servicing and the mechanic claims to have spotted marijuana scattered across the floor board as well as in a prescription bottle bearing Nodine's name. At our Compassionate Care meeting yesterday in BHAM one of our members from Mobile said the prescription bottle was for hydrocodone.
The whole thing seems weird to me. 1) If you are a county commissioner who smokes marijuana in private but carries on the 'law and order anti-drug' stance in public you probably aren't going to carry your weed around in a county vehicle. 2) What are the odds that sheriff's deputies just happened to be on hand at the county garage when this went down? But, how would someone come by a prescription bottle with Nodine's name on it? Did someone steal it from his home? His trash? Was it a fake?
I wonder if Mr. Nodine, assuming the marijuana is his, is a medical marijuana patient? If he is using hydrocodone then he obviously has some pain issues. If this is the case it would be mighty fine of him to step up, say he is a medical user, and call for comprehensive medical marijuana legislation to be passed in Alabama.
Yeah...I know...I'm dreaming. In the event he is charged with possession it will be a constructional possession charge because he was not actually caught with the marijuana on him. Chances are this whole thing will disappear and he will never have to face the music....unlike the normal, everyday people and medical marijuana patients he represents.
Must be nice to be an aristocrat.
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3 comments:
Well, he wasn't really "busted" as no charges have been filed. It would be very difficult to prove the pot was his since the bottle and truck were not in is possession the entire time.
"If you are a county commissioner who smokes marijuana in private but carries on the 'law and order anti-drug' stance in public you probably aren't going to carry your weed around in a county vehicle.".
EXACTLY!
Didn't know you werew having a CC meeting...
Sorry you didn't know. We announced it on Yahoo and Facebook. Rep. Todd came and did a stellar job energizing everyone and being honest with them about what to expect this year.
Am planning a meeting in the very near future for Mobile. Have enough folks and interest down there now to put something together. Hope you will be off work and able to attend. Might possibly be within the next two to three weeks.
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