The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state in deciding that 2.5 tablespoons of bong water counts, in and of its own right, as an illegal controlled substance, and that posession of it is a class 1 drug offense.
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/10/22/20276/383
Linked to the blog-post because even though I'm not a huge fan of Talk-Left, they do a decent commentary this time.
The kicker: this ruling establishes that possessing 25 grams of bong water in any form is legally the same as possessing 25 grams of cocaine, and punishable by up to 7 years in prison.
The dissenting opinion points out that not only is the punishment completely out of proportion to the crime, it's an absurd waste of legal resources.
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/10/22/20276/383
Linked to the blog-post because even though I'm not a huge fan of Talk-Left, they do a decent commentary this time.
The kicker: this ruling establishes that possessing 25 grams of bong water in any form is legally the same as possessing 25 grams of cocaine, and punishable by up to 7 years in prison.
The dissenting opinion points out that not only is the punishment completely out of proportion to the crime, it's an absurd waste of legal resources.