Well, the title says it all ... I can't believe that people like this are allowed to stay in the gene pool.  There should be a death penalty option for criminals that are complete idiots.  How stupid do you have to be?  Smoking marijuana and driving is one thing, but its a completely different thing to be running stop signs while doing it.  However, if you have 209 pot plants in the back of your car, either of the above is just COMPLETELY stupid (the 209 plants are seedlings, however, so it seems a lot more than it actually is.  See picture).  To top it all off, the idiot had an ounce and a half of marijuana in a baggie ... that was sticking out of his pocket when pulled over.  

... COME ON!!!!  Please, someone smack some sense into this kid!

The full story has been copied below from My Sun Coast:

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit made a traffic stop on a driver who ran a stop sign Wednesday night and found 209 marijuana plants in the car.

According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred at Birchcrest Blvd. and Gibralter Drive in Port Charlotte.

When deputies approached the driver, 23-year-old Matthew Allen Ward, they observed a large plastic tray in the back seat with the pot plants.

Deputies said they detected the smell of recently burned marijuana coming from inside the car. Ward appeared nervous and was shaking, and then deputies saw a plastic baggie and rolling papers sticking out of his right front pocket in plain view.

Total weight of the marijuana seized was 43.2 grams. Based on the evidence collected, Street Crimes deputies had probable cause to charge Ward with Cultivation of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana over 20 Grams, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving Without a Valid Driver's License. He was transported to the Charlotte County Jail with bond set at $9,000.

Headline stolen from Fark.