NY state Republican Assemblyman Steve Katz has been charged with marijuana possession after a Thursday morning traffic stop. "Katz currently sits on the Assembly's Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee as well as its Higher Education committee; last year, he voted against a bill that would have legalized medical marijuana." [Times Union, via Steve Silberman]

  • Diogenes

    And I’ll bet he wants to drug-test people on food stamps.  Lock him up.

  • Mark_Frauenfelder

    Look at how baked he is in this photo.

    • http://twitter.com/JayEfEm james marshall

       ”ppppfpfpfffftttttttt they are totally gonna notice scoob”

    • http://www.eff.org/ deaduncledave

       Read that as “Potato.” Had to re-read it three times before it made sense. I’m not high, honest-to-bog I’m not.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      He certainly has a nubbly, golden-brown crust.

  • http://twitter.com/Popehat Popehat

    Don’t be so judgmental, Xeni.  Marijuana is an established treatment for hypocrisy.

  • theophrastvs

    proof by blatant assertion:  67.3% of those who would restrict freedoms already enjoy them themselves.

  • http://twitter.com/TSAgov Agent Smith

    We’re gonna need to check his b-hole.

  • orwell

    assemblyman katz: “dude…  i’m on the “higher,” education committee!” 

    • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

      Honor roll: I am honored to roll this joint for my fellow student.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=713743906 Marc Caldwell

    Does this replace the anti-gay Republican politician getting caught with rentboy phenomena?

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

      No, it falls into the same pattern of wanting all the fun for themselves while doing everything they can to prevent the rest of us from having any.

      • flickerKuu

         What is with the GOP. I just want to punch everyone of them in the face.

      • Michael Rosefield

        Nah, it’s a case of being somewhat ashamed and having to make an extreme public stance against what you enjoy just to feel OK about it, plus the belief that other people ‘do it wrong’ or can’t handle it, or aren’t as fundamentally decent as you.

        • GlyphGryph

           Obviously, I’m an exception. It’s special circumstances. I can control myself. I’m not like those people, you know?

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=596144248 Sean McKibbon

           There’s also those who know they can’t handle it, and want it illegal because of that.

    • http://bhtooefr.org/ Eric Rucker

      I was gonna say, is it time for stonercannibophobe.com?

    • Brainspore

      Not mutually exclusive. Who do you think sold him the dope?

    • That_Anonymous_Coward

      Not just republicans…  and I’ll just leave this here…

      http://gayhomophobe.com/

  • Mark_Frauenfelder

    Republican response to this kind of thing: “At least Republicans have values.”

  • orwell

    but he didn’t inhale…

    • oasisob1

      From the photo above, it looks like he never exhaled.

  • Drabula

    I suppose if you’re going to be a closet case you might as well inhabit a closet full of delicious fumes.

  • kaellinn18

    Here’s the thing I think most people miss about the Republican establishment being anti-drug. They aren’t against it because they think it is immoral. As happens time and again, we find that they are just as likely to use drugs as anyone else. They are against legalizing drugs because the government’s War on Drugs is a fantastic way for them to launder money into the pockets of the people who bankroll their campaigns. You could offset the ENTIRE cost of the sequester by giving up on the outrageous failure that is the War on Drugs http://www.infowars.com/stopping-the-failed-war-on-drugs-would-more-than-pay-for-the-sequester-cuts/ They won’t do this, though, not because of some higher moral obligation but because of corruption and greed.

    • http://twitter.com/gratefulvideo gratefulvideo

      I always figured it was so they could put more brown people in jail.

      • kaellinn18

        This is a huge side effect, yes. The War on Drugs is the major funding source for for-profit prisons, which end up incarcerating a lot of minorities for minor drug infractions. White people get incarcerated too, but at a lesser rate since, statistically speaking, if you’re white you’re more likely to be able to afford a lawyer to settle your case for probation and community service rather than jail time.

      • Promethean Sky

         Better yet, they can make money by putting brown people in jail.

    • niktemadur

      They won’t do this, though, not because of some higher moral obligation…

      …but because of moral bankrupcy.

  • Alex Lion

    His dogma just got run over by his karma. #OldieButGoodie

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8834925 Chauncey Scott

    Hello, pot….Hello, kettle. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/buddhaflow Sasha Shepherd

    See, he is qualified to promote the continued prohibition – because he knows the damage it causes. He knows that you can be arrested for it, and get into big trouble, and it can really mess up your life. We have to keep it illegal to protect the youth from this danger, you see.

    • SoItBegins

       That would have more weight if he had stopped smoking it.

      • marilove

        Have you calibrated your snark, sarcasm, and satire sensors lately?

        • thomas vesely

          brilliant…………

  • Brent Dill

    Anytime anything like this happens, just repeat to yourself: “Power does what it wants”.

  • LJW

    This sounds like the pot calling the uhhh, do you wanna get a pizza man?

  • Improbus Liber

    A hypocritical politician … never seen that before.  I say drug test every politician every time they show up for work.  Especially after they have played a round of golf.

    • rocketpj

       Also index their pay to the median income.

      • Antinous / Moderator

        Also, take their nuts and only give them back if they behave.

  • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

    The forbidden fruit is the most sweetest.

  • thomas vesely

    what a prick of a scum sucking lying bastard…

    • niktemadur

      Yep.

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    Those yelling the loudest often have worse things to hide in their own lives.

  • http://www.markcrummett.com crummett

    Wow, sure didn’t see that coming.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Schiefer/43101683 George Schiefer

    I say mandatory drug test on all politicians as well checking in on who they are “with” before they vote on anything.