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Detective Gregg Teatino opens the presentation on synthetic marijuana held Tuesday night at Winder-Barrow High School. Photo courtesy of Winder Police Department

Synthetic marijuana forum sparks community discussion

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Thursday, April 26. 2012

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Winder Police on Tuesday night hosted a community awareness forum on synthetic marijuana –– a chemically treated substance that was only recently banned from being sold legally in local markets in Georgia.

The event took place at Winder Barrow High School and involved several speakers from the law enforcement and medical fields. A community discussion followed the presentations.

One mother spoke out personally about how this substance has seriously affected her teenaged son, police said.

Speakers included Winder Police detective Gregg Teatino, police chief Dennis Dorsey, Dr. Eric Deal from Barrow Regional Medical Center, Barrow County assistant district attorneys Anna Bolden and Sarah Griffie, Rep. Terry England, Senator Frank Ginn and Mike McDonald with Project Adam.

Winder Police has been invited to give the same presentation again. Check back for details.

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#1 well on 04/26/12 at 10:06 AM [Reply]

since many thing Dr in med school are being told is less fact then to promote well being of scaring folks I think this whole thing is load of crap and waste of funds

#2 anon on 04/26/12 at 12:48 PM [Reply]

Freedom can't be found in synthetic marijuana.....organic marijuana on the other hand, is quite liberating.

#2.1 well on 04/26/12 at 01:21 PM [Reply]

IDK about that what i do know is it is not best thing for you, however it should be your decision not mine or law enforcement, i think your limited in the mind if you use with disregard for safety of others but I do not feel that others should try and write laws to limit your ability to do minor depressing harm to yourself as opposed to really bad harm to yourself and others legal ways

#2.1.1 anon on 04/27/12 at 05:44 AM [Reply]

Are you talking about alcohol or tobacco?

#2.1.1.1 OldProspector on 04/30/12 at 10:31 AM [Reply]

He is saying do what you want, it's your business. The article is about synthetic marijuana, not alchey-hal or backy. Dont forget to bring your favorite sweatpants to the laundromat this month.

#2.2 Odins Eye on 04/26/12 at 01:42 PM [Reply]

The reasons the powers that be do not want the population enjoying the use of marijuana...is that one who uses, gains insight.
Through that insight one comes to the realization that, Politicians are all liars, Law enforcement officer are all thugs and bullies.
And that the whole damn system is corrupt.

Stop the insane "War on some drugs".
Beware and be aware.

-Othinn

#2.2.1 @odinseye on 04/26/12 at 03:18 PM [Reply]

So what you are saying is you were blind and didn't know what was going on and then you smoked some pot and you figured out the system and how it is designed to keep you down. If you need to alter your mind with pot to find answers, I would question your intelligence to start with. I smoked plenty of pot in my youth but never got the answers to the universe. And I'm not a cop but it sounds like the herb may have made you a little paranoid. I think grouping all cops as bully's and thugs is like saying all people who post comments like yours live with their mom and have star wars sheets on their beds. But who knows, that could be the case.

#2.2.1.1 Odins Eye on 04/26/12 at 04:57 PM [Reply]

[[So what you are saying is you were blind and didn't know what was going on and then you smoked some pot and you figured out the system and how it is designed to keep you down. If you need to alter your mind with pot to find answers,]]

hahaha....Those are your words...and I would suspect you are engaging in Freudian projection. I would also suspect that you are a LEO and got your wittle feelings hurt.

hahahah.

-Woton

#2.2.1.1.1 @odinseye on 04/26/12 at 07:19 PM [Reply]

Pretty much the response I expected from you. I guess if I had no real response, I might respond the way you did. Actually, no I wouldn't. I'm an adult. And I am not a cop. But I already said that and you think otherwise. I guess trying to convince you I'm not a cop is like you trying to convince me you have more friends than those in your head. Neither one of us will believe the other. Now go burn another one so the portal will open and show you the path to enlightenment YOU can only find with weed.
And on a side note, I think natural marijuana should be legal. But it will never happen because people like you will only vent to nobody on blogs like this and not try to change the law.

#2.2.1.1.1.1 anon on 04/27/12 at 05:50 AM [Reply]

"And on a side note, I think natural marijuana should be legal. But it will never happen because people like you will only vent to nobody on blogs like this and not try to change the law."

We are actively working to change the laws through civil disobedience. Marijuana is a peaceful religion.

#2.2.1.1.1.1.1 OldProspector on 04/30/12 at 10:40 AM [Reply]

What article is on your screen? The article IS about synthetic marijuana being deemed dangerous and unlawful, so you are writing directly to the point.
The reason marijuana is illegal is that the alcohol industry has a monopoly on the market, and lobbies Capitol Hill with huge kick-backs going to their cause of not having competition.

#3 guess what on 04/26/12 at 01:15 PM [Reply]

kids are drinking hand sanitizer to get buzzed, the more we try to ban and spend money on the worse stuff and more dangerous both kids and adults mox to get a legal buzz because all the stuff that truely does little harm is become criminal so they start messing with legal things that truely harm themself and truely can cause them to slip into death and on the path truely harm someone else....

#3.1 Are You Kidding!!! on 04/27/12 at 02:28 PM [Reply]

There is NO arguing with Odins Eye. Dont bother. He knows everything about law enforcement, drugs, politics etc.

Yet if you look close at his posts, they are not self thought, they are mostly quotes from someone or somewhere else. This says ALOT about Odin. What a joke.

#3.1.1 Odins Eye on 04/28/12 at 09:32 AM [Reply]

Yup, there's ole AYK...knew you would be showing up...A murderous thug like yourself does not have any room to comment on other folks character.
Besides don,t you have some school children that need tasered.
-OD

#3.1.1.1 are you kidding on 04/28/12 at 11:43 AM [Reply]

Tasered, Nope, Just guys with the name Odin. " murderous thug". Wow!!, Your have no clue about " character". You need to erase that word from your tiny little brain. You know the small thing inside that head of yours thats missing MANY cells. See thats what that sutff does to you kids,,,,,just look at Odin, prime example why it needs te be illegal.

#3.1.1.2 maybe on 04/28/12 at 01:57 PM [Reply]

handcuff a kindergartener!!!

#4 Anonymous on 04/26/12 at 07:31 PM [Reply]

It's all a money game...the war on drugs will never end...just like the war on oil.

While you guys are debating on war on drugs I suggest you enroll in an English class.

#5 war on oil on 04/27/12 at 01:10 AM [Reply]

you must not have been listening the goverment wants the price of oil to go up, says it will be good for enviroment, also oil comapnies one of the biggest funders of protest organizations like the Sierra club and other anti new power and refinery projexts, it is shell game, they say they want lower prices but since they arent allowed to open new or reopen existing sites what can they do???? more laws is not the answer, less laws and less eco nuts

#6 Roblot on 05/03/12 at 09:39 AM [Reply]

For all the pro drug, alcohol folks out there. Satan himself has you right where he wants you. May you see the light before it is way too late.

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