Dealing pot

[Catsnclay]

Ok, I must be having a blonde moment, would someone please spell out 'SO' for me???!!!!


I'm just not getting it, today!

[lizbud]

Significant other.

[catnapper]

I couldn't respond to this thread earlier since Ashley was home. If this were me, I'd be jumping for joy -- finally a way to get rid of Cam's father once and for all.... he'd go to jail for a loooong time, especially since he's already on probation for something else. but I know I'd be desperately afraid she'd never forgive me for narking on Cam's father.

Not an easy situation. A good way to get rid of a troublesome Significant Other, but a way that will make the loved one hate you. Good Luck!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Excuse me for being rather naiive. If this person is dealing out of their workplace, doesn't it stand to reason that this person is going to get busted eventually without anyone's help? It is a public place. Right? Also....being a public place, wouldn't it be less obvious that you were the one that intervened? Meaning that it could have been anybody that helped to get the person busted. Just a couple of thoughts and opinions.

[Catty1]

I know Randi lives in Denmark, and that some countries in Europe have very different laws about pot. Randi - could you give a little more info? Is pot handled as a 'controlled substance' like alcohol is here? EG only available in certain places to people above a certain age?

Thanks!

[moosmom]

Last time I looked, marijuana is ILLEGAL. Nail the SOB. Make a visit IN PERSON to the police department and file a complaint. Since Mr. Wonderfrul is on probation, he is in violation and will go to jail.

Personal use in the privacy of your own home is one thing. Dealing is an entirely different story, especially if he's doing it on company property and on company time.

[joycenalex]

dealing from work? maybe an anonymous message to the higher ups at the job, not the manager, but the HR dept. no business wants to be a negative story in the local paper or the lead story on the 6pm news.

[Randi]

Catty1! Well, I havent been keeping up to date on the subject, as I'm not really interested, but hash/pot is illegal in Denmark and I believe they have recently tightened the law - after all, we have a right wing Government.

I can't find the actual law on drugs.

Years ago, the police let people go if they had a little bit for smoking themselves, but with the new law, people are fined for whatever little bit they have. Sad really, because these young kids may drift to places where hard drugs are, or start drinking alcohol instead - which is a lot more damaging.

There's a place in Copenhagen called Christiania. Below are some links.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania

http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pagei..._schema=PORTAL

[Catty1]

Thanks, Randi!

Some of the same things are discussed in Canada - that criminalizing drugs, hard or soft, pushes them into hiding, and then it's REALLY tough to control.

Years ago, my sister visited the Nederlands, several times, and said it was 'legal'. But when I worked on Holland America lines, an older fellow acknowledged some has bars etc, but I think spoke for many when he said it was a bad thing, and caused a lot of trouble. (He said it a bit more strongly than that, but I don't recall his actual words!)

Thanks for correcting a stereotyped perception on my part.

[Twisterdog]

IMO, if its a small town and word is out about it anyway - obviously it is, if you weren't fishing for the information and got it anyway - then I don't see how your family member is going to find out you were the one to tip off the police.

Write an anonymous letter stating what you heard and mail it to a detective in the police department. That way, there will be no phone call, and no one will know it was you. You will be sure that way it won't slip later that you were the one to tell.

If they choose to act, they can set up an undercover sting operation. I used to date a sheriff who did undercover narc work. It was simply amazing the things they could pull off, very convincingly. Of course, if your small town is anything like my small town, they may or may not act, depending on many political issues. But that's not your problem, all you can do is report it anonymously and wait and see. Give it some time.

I too, used to buy the "only pot" argument completely. And I still do believe pot is far cry better and safer than harder drugs. However, since my son failed his ninth grade year of high school, was arrested, spent a night in jail with a child molestor and a murderer, was sent to the state reform school for three months, is on supervised probation for a year, and cost us thousands of dollars .... for "ONLY pot" ... I have developed a bit of a harsher view of the drug. Yes, it better than crack or meth. Yes, it relatively physically and psychologically harmless compared to other drugs. Yes, it's organic (unless laced, of course). However ... it is illegal. It is addictive. It is highly unmotivating and has most certainly ruined countless lives and families. Only pot? Sure ... until you watch your only child who just barely turned fourteen years old drug away in shackles and handcuffs, thrown in a van, and driven 300 miles away to a military reform school where he spent 85 days cold, hungry, sick and miserable. For less pot than one could roll one joint with. Only pot?

[wombat2u2004]

IMO, if its a small town and word is out about it anyway - obviously it is, if you weren't fishing for the information and got it anyway - then I don't see how your family member is going to find out you were the one to tip off the police.

Write an anonymous letter stating what you heard and mail it to a detective in the police department. That way, there will be no phone call, and no one will know it was you. You will be sure that way it won't slip later that you were the one to tell.

If they choose to act, they can set up an undercover sting operation. I used to date a sheriff who did undercover narc work. It was simply amazing the things they could pull off, very convincingly. Of course, if your small town is anything like my small town, they may or may not act, depending on many political issues. But that's not your problem, all you can do is report it anonymously and wait and see. Give it some time.

I too, used to buy the "only pot" argument completely. And I still do believe pot is far cry better and safer than harder drugs. However, since my son failed his ninth grade year of high school, was arrested, spent a night in jail with a child molestor and a murderer, was sent to the state reform school for three months, is on supervised probation for a year, and cost us thousands of dollars .... for "ONLY pot" ... I have developed a bit of a harsher view of the drug. Yes, it better than crack or meth. Yes, it relatively physically and psychologically harmless compared to other drugs. Yes, it's organic (unless laced, of course). However ... it is illegal. It is addictive. It is highly unmotivating and has most certainly ruined countless lives and families. Only pot? Sure ... until you watch your only child who just barely turned fourteen years old drug away in shackles and handcuffs, thrown in a van, and driven 300 miles away to a military reform school where he spent 85 days cold, hungry, sick and miserable. For less pot than one could roll one joint with. Only pot?

OMG. That happened to him ???? That is just so unbelievable. Sometimes I feel sorry for the kids when these very hard sentences get handed down.
Peer pressure in schools and such must be great on these kids to try it and all, and then they get caught. Terrible stuff. And it always seems that the wrong ones are caught and punished.
Wom

[Cataholic]

TD- thanks for sharing that story. I cannot imagine the pain.

[cassiesmom]

Tony10k, by knowing about it but not informing the authorities, will you be placing yourself in legal trouble?

[Twisterdog]

OMG. That happened to him ???? That is just so unbelievable. Sometimes I feel sorry for the kids when these very hard sentences get handed down.
Peer pressure in schools and such must be great on these kids to try it and all, and then they get caught. Terrible stuff. And it always seems that the wrong ones are caught and punished.
Wom

Yes, it seems that way to me, too. My son was by no means a threat to anyone but himself. He was not dealing or selling anything. He was experimenting. Of course that does not make it legal or right. But everyday I read our local paper and people caugt cooking, using and selling meth get 90 days of probation and a suspended nominal fine. I truly do not understand. Something is very wrong with the system.

[lizbud]

Sounds like that Prosecutor was up for re-election or something. That
would be very unusual to to come down so hard on a child, especially
for a first offense.