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Yet another "First" for Mr. McWeedyBrain (NOT!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 49301" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rejectedmom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Eventually your difficult child's teflon sit will wear out and it won't be a pretty thing. I'm curious also as to why you went to the scene. I wonder if your difficult child was treated better than he would have been had you not been there. -RM </div></div></p><p></p><p>I was hoping last night that the teflon had worn out. Guess PotMonster had made a recent donation at the local shrine to the Rastafarian deity, because his teflon was in full protection mode last night, for sure.</p><p></p><p>I went to the scene because the one thing I knew was that he was riding with others. If they simply got tickets and were sent on their way, I didn't want him riding with anyone else.</p><p></p><p>And no, I made <strong>sure</strong> PotMonster didn't get any special treatement. In fact, when the policeman came over to speak with me, he apologized for keeping me waiting. I told him "No, it's okay. You have a job to do, and I don't want to get in your way. Please don't let me interrupt." I then thanked him for doing a good job, and let him know I appreciated the work they were doing. He seemed a bit surprised (probably expecting me to be a typical rich, snobby jerk), but I wasn't. </p><p></p><p>I even brought up the pot issue when they told me they were letting him go. They saw his eyes were dialated like an Amazon Bushbaby, but they let him go anyway. It's easier to peg people with the breathalizer than to prove pot use. And around here, cops don't go after stoners unless they're a nusiance or driving while obviously intoxicated. </p><p></p><p>And there's no "legal limit" with THC. The only test they can use is a blood draw (costs the PD a lot of money), and a test can't tell how long ago someone smoked. So it's just easier to nab the drunks, and send the stoners on their way. That is, unless they have enough weed on them to prosecute, or if they're belligerent, in which case they use posesssion of pot and/or paraphenalia as a reason to detain or arrest a pain in the neck.</p><p></p><p>I gave the cop every reason I could to do <em>something</em> with my son, short of demanding that he be arrested. I even said that "there's 9 kids, but only two cars, and they were drinking before they got here. Maybe you want to find the other cars and check them too?" No interest. They had their bust, and they weren't going looking for a quarter-ounce of weed shoved under the seat of a car a half-mile away.</p><p></p><p>The cops know that the stoners usually don't cause trouble if you just shoo them along their way, which is what they normally do here. Unless you're a dealer, can lead them to a dealer, or have p_issed them off and they WANT to thump you, they just aren't interested. I don't like it, but I understand it.</p><p></p><p>And now that I think about your question, maybe the reason I went to the scene was to try and make sure Weed-whacker got what was coming, if he was doing what I thought he was doing. If he <strong>had</strong> been drinking again, after what he put us through on Monday, then I just might have demanded that he be taken away. </p><p></p><p>Don't know for sure, though. Angry memories are a tricky thing to untangle.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 49301, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rejectedmom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Eventually your difficult child's teflon sit will wear out and it won't be a pretty thing. I'm curious also as to why you went to the scene. I wonder if your difficult child was treated better than he would have been had you not been there. -RM </div></div> I was hoping last night that the teflon had worn out. Guess PotMonster had made a recent donation at the local shrine to the Rastafarian deity, because his teflon was in full protection mode last night, for sure. I went to the scene because the one thing I knew was that he was riding with others. If they simply got tickets and were sent on their way, I didn't want him riding with anyone else. And no, I made [b]sure[/b] PotMonster didn't get any special treatement. In fact, when the policeman came over to speak with me, he apologized for keeping me waiting. I told him "No, it's okay. You have a job to do, and I don't want to get in your way. Please don't let me interrupt." I then thanked him for doing a good job, and let him know I appreciated the work they were doing. He seemed a bit surprised (probably expecting me to be a typical rich, snobby jerk), but I wasn't. I even brought up the pot issue when they told me they were letting him go. They saw his eyes were dialated like an Amazon Bushbaby, but they let him go anyway. It's easier to peg people with the breathalizer than to prove pot use. And around here, cops don't go after stoners unless they're a nusiance or driving while obviously intoxicated. And there's no "legal limit" with THC. The only test they can use is a blood draw (costs the PD a lot of money), and a test can't tell how long ago someone smoked. So it's just easier to nab the drunks, and send the stoners on their way. That is, unless they have enough weed on them to prosecute, or if they're belligerent, in which case they use posesssion of pot and/or paraphenalia as a reason to detain or arrest a pain in the neck. I gave the cop every reason I could to do [i]something[/i] with my son, short of demanding that he be arrested. I even said that "there's 9 kids, but only two cars, and they were drinking before they got here. Maybe you want to find the other cars and check them too?" No interest. They had their bust, and they weren't going looking for a quarter-ounce of weed shoved under the seat of a car a half-mile away. The cops know that the stoners usually don't cause trouble if you just shoo them along their way, which is what they normally do here. Unless you're a dealer, can lead them to a dealer, or have p_issed them off and they WANT to thump you, they just aren't interested. I don't like it, but I understand it. And now that I think about your question, maybe the reason I went to the scene was to try and make sure Weed-whacker got what was coming, if he was doing what I thought he was doing. If he [b]had[/b] been drinking again, after what he put us through on Monday, then I just might have demanded that he be taken away. Don't know for sure, though. Angry memories are a tricky thing to untangle. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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