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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 57368" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dammit Janet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh Mikey! Do you know where he got those pills? Is there a chance it is a mistake? I mean is there a chance he was doing something right like taking them from someone else to throw away? Or even something more stupid like they are his but he just didnt have the prescription bottle with him. I have heard some places are real sticklers for that. I worry about that when I travel because I take some iffy medications.</div></div></p><p></p><p>Nope, no chance. Charges are that he stole them from a customer's home while there on a computer service call. After he left, the customer called the police and said "I have prescriptions for X, Y, and Z, and some of my pills are missing, and I think the tech who just left took them". When they picked him up, he had the exact drugs on him that the victim accused him of stealing.</p><p></p><p>Since he was already on parole for similar charges, Go Directly To Jail - Do Not Pass Go, yadda yadda.....</p><p></p><p>He spoke with my Dad's partner today, and basically said that he was done for. For him to have already given up says a lot about the case they have against him. My main concern is that now there's rumors surfacing about other substance abuse "issues" with him - drugs that are known to NOT show up on the normal drug screening UA panel that his parole officer uses. If that's true, and they can prove it, he's looking at worse than the parole violation and three new felonies he already has to deal with.</p><p></p><p>And through all this, McWeedy is simply sitting back and going "DA__. That was stupid!" He then goes on a tirade about "the pigs" poking their snouts into another family and breaking it up. Even though my Bro has accepted responsibility for what he's done, my son still chooses to see it as the Police's fault that he's in jail and facing another lengthy prision sentance. Of course, that could <strong>never</strong> happen to him, because all he does is smoke pot....</p><p></p><p>Yeah, right, that'll fly up to the point where I tell him I know he's involved with X, painkillers (which is one of the things my bro is accused of stealing and abusing), and of being a middle-man for others seeking illegal substances. Just pot? Not hardly.</p><p></p><p>As much as I grieve for my brother, this is finally the lever I need to use with McWeedy. Whether he wants it or not, the love of those around him holds him accountable for his actions - and for the result of those actions on the rest of us. As soon as I get my senses pulled back together, I intend to tell McWeedy once and for all that he's staring at a prophecy of his future if he doesn't change his ways. And that, if he continues to live the way he does, then he can do it away from me and my family where I don't have to watch him destroy himself. At least my Bro, when confronted with the truth, was man enough to take credit for his mistakes. McWeedy hasn't grown that pair yet, I guess, so he makes do with false bravado and empty threats.</p><p></p><p>My threats, such as they are, will not be empty. I cannot sit back and watch yet another loved one destroy their lives and degrade the lives of those they love. If that is the path he chooses, it will be out of my house as soon as its legally feasible. I love him too much, and cannot go through this episode with my Bro and not see it as a prophecy of my son's future. It's as if Bro wrote out a treasure map for McWeedy to follow, and so far, he's right on track to a similar doom.</p><p></p><p>I used to point out Bro to McWeedy as a "success story", someone who actually made the hard (but necessary) changes to improve his life, and was reaping the rewards. Guess now I have to use him as a bad example of just how insidious, ruinous, and systemic drug use can be, and that it's a cancer on both the user and everyone around him.</p><p></p><p>But then again, I might have more success trying to teach Calculus to a chimp. At least the chimp would get something out of eating the textbook, so some good would come of that fruitless endeavor.</p><p></p><p>Please, somebody stop the merry-go-round.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 57368, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dammit Janet</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh Mikey! Do you know where he got those pills? Is there a chance it is a mistake? I mean is there a chance he was doing something right like taking them from someone else to throw away? Or even something more stupid like they are his but he just didnt have the prescription bottle with him. I have heard some places are real sticklers for that. I worry about that when I travel because I take some iffy medications.</div></div> Nope, no chance. Charges are that he stole them from a customer's home while there on a computer service call. After he left, the customer called the police and said "I have prescriptions for X, Y, and Z, and some of my pills are missing, and I think the tech who just left took them". When they picked him up, he had the exact drugs on him that the victim accused him of stealing. Since he was already on parole for similar charges, Go Directly To Jail - Do Not Pass Go, yadda yadda..... He spoke with my Dad's partner today, and basically said that he was done for. For him to have already given up says a lot about the case they have against him. My main concern is that now there's rumors surfacing about other substance abuse "issues" with him - drugs that are known to NOT show up on the normal drug screening UA panel that his parole officer uses. If that's true, and they can prove it, he's looking at worse than the parole violation and three new felonies he already has to deal with. And through all this, McWeedy is simply sitting back and going "DA__. That was stupid!" He then goes on a tirade about "the pigs" poking their snouts into another family and breaking it up. Even though my Bro has accepted responsibility for what he's done, my son still chooses to see it as the Police's fault that he's in jail and facing another lengthy prision sentance. Of course, that could [b]never[/b] happen to him, because all he does is smoke pot.... Yeah, right, that'll fly up to the point where I tell him I know he's involved with X, painkillers (which is one of the things my bro is accused of stealing and abusing), and of being a middle-man for others seeking illegal substances. Just pot? Not hardly. As much as I grieve for my brother, this is finally the lever I need to use with McWeedy. Whether he wants it or not, the love of those around him holds him accountable for his actions - and for the result of those actions on the rest of us. As soon as I get my senses pulled back together, I intend to tell McWeedy once and for all that he's staring at a prophecy of his future if he doesn't change his ways. And that, if he continues to live the way he does, then he can do it away from me and my family where I don't have to watch him destroy himself. At least my Bro, when confronted with the truth, was man enough to take credit for his mistakes. McWeedy hasn't grown that pair yet, I guess, so he makes do with false bravado and empty threats. My threats, such as they are, will not be empty. I cannot sit back and watch yet another loved one destroy their lives and degrade the lives of those they love. If that is the path he chooses, it will be out of my house as soon as its legally feasible. I love him too much, and cannot go through this episode with my Bro and not see it as a prophecy of my son's future. It's as if Bro wrote out a treasure map for McWeedy to follow, and so far, he's right on track to a similar doom. I used to point out Bro to McWeedy as a "success story", someone who actually made the hard (but necessary) changes to improve his life, and was reaping the rewards. Guess now I have to use him as a bad example of just how insidious, ruinous, and systemic drug use can be, and that it's a cancer on both the user and everyone around him. But then again, I might have more success trying to teach Calculus to a chimp. At least the chimp would get something out of eating the textbook, so some good would come of that fruitless endeavor. Please, somebody stop the merry-go-round. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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