Ryan Gaddy, a Republican who unsuccessfully tried to run as Libertarian for PUC in 2014, and unsuccessfully tried to organize a decriminalization effort for marijuana in 2015, has allegedly threatened a legislator out in Idaho according to news reports:
Ryan Gaddy was arrested in the early hours of the morning and booked into Kootenai County Jail for making official and executive threats, pending a $250,000 bond.
And..
“Not sure how many 5 gallon gas cans I can fit in the car, but today could have very explosive results. Jordan Redman…this…is gonna be hilarious!” a post on Gaddy’s facebook said.
Gaddy was arrested in Shoshone County in late 2024 after a standoff with law enforcement according to the Coeur d’Alene Press.
That’s not terribly smart.
What brought Ryan to this point shows just how screwed up our healthcare system is. He has it all on his FB page.
Think that’s more on him than the health care system. Healthcare system didn’t have him threatening to fire bomb the legislator.
Not advocating violence as a solution at all. It is not a solution. After reading and watching his FB posts Ryan has what appears to be very expensive, serious and chronic medical challenges. What medical safety net he felt he had appears to be in the process of being legislated away.
I don’t know anything about his individual situation, but is this the point we going to now start blaming and ostracizing the mentally ill for not pulling themselves up by the bootstraps?
If they’re threatening violence, bootstraps have less to do with it than iron bars.
What I get out of the story is that marijuana doesn’t cure diabetes and makes mental illness less manageable.
WHO KNEW????!!!!
I am totally shocked by this realization. Shocked.
The sad part is the addiction profiteers at whether legal or illegal selling weed often claim that it will cure any ailment known to humans. That myth is deeply entrenched within the pot culture or more like cult which makes it much more difficult for them to realize they have a substance abuse problem and others to intervene. THC use especially heavy chronic daily users being the most profitable are at especially high risk of psychosis and other mental health issues coming to out that never would have happened if they had not self medicated with this drug. Violence can occur. Unfortunately Ryan Gaddy’s actions have once again not reflected well on campaigns to fully commercialize & legalize THC (Marijuana).
Ryan Gaddy headed up the organization to legalize here in SD for a number of election cycles. Let’s hope he gets the help he needs and everyone stays safe.