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Originally Posted by newB
Anybody know what that "certain quantity" was? The thread title is misleading as the video does not suggest Newt advocates the death penalty for smoking dope, but in 1997 proposed the death penalty for those in "possession of marijuana above a certain quantity."
I mean, if you're busted with 50 lbs of the stuff, you're obviously not a harmless pot smoker - you're an up and coming Tony Montana.
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Under the bill (the "The Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996") the "certain quantity" was to be determined by the Attorney General, with the guideline being that it should be "an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts."
So, 100 times the "dosage amount" of marijuana, whatever the hell that means.
I should think that with a few puffs being enough to get most people high (provided the weed is any good), 100 times that amount would come to significantly less than 50 lbs. ;-)
Here's the
archived summary of the bill (H.R. 4370) from GovTrack.