Pot in the PC

There is too much controversy over hemp or pot.
Here in Canada, they are finally passing laws for the federal government to legally grow and distribute pot to those with severe medical problems like cancer, mls, and many others. Those people with those conditions smoke pot to control the pain they are in.
It will still be illegal to smoke it for other reasons not medically related.

Regarding whether that tech did the right thing or not, it's none of our business to be so judgemental. He did what he had to do at that time. NUFF SAID!!!!

The poor customer. If I found myself in a similar situation I would have replaced it where it was originally stashed with a note nicely explaining that a better hiding place should be arranged. Do you phone in about every driver you see speeding, jumping a light, parked illegally, etc?

Interesting, a fair spread of opinions over the pot issue - but does anyone remember that Gary Glitter was done for child porno because of what a tech found on his hard drive?

Would your attitudes change then?

Admit it 90% of people have tried it at one time or another.
I think if you do it in the privacy of your own home "Once in a while" after hours when there is no one around to make stumble or hurt for relaxation or unwinding it's ok.

But if your doing everyday or during the Day or just at parties to fit in or not then you are a loser and are living a second life, and this kind of person is a LIAR not only to others but especially to them selves, ie: phony, exageratted stories, etc.......

I have abused drugs "before" (as in more than 2 grams a Day) and know that you become a full blown liar in almost every situation, and paranoid and many other things. I fyou say you can smoke all day long and not feel Paranoid then you know that you are living two lives.

I had been Clean of drugs for a long time and have a mother in law and friend that both smofe all day long during work and not. they are living a second life and cannot admit it.
these two people were my alltime best friends while I was an addict and now that I am clean I see that they are truly not my friends because of the`re phony lives.

I'd better stop this......
To some it up drugs are ok if you use it in moderation and you have absolutly no addiction to it. as in quitting for long periods of time.and if they do not effect your life or your train of thought.

Why didn't the starter of this thread ever reply? Is he gone?

Anyway I would've just left it there, and if he got caught he could've just said he didn't see it because it was hiden behind the CDROM or something

Dope, nice place for a holiday, but wouldn't want to live there :)

lol
i remeber once, when I was a girl, it was our sorta prom night, and....er. I forget. what are you young whippersnappers doing here? you should be out doing something useful...
mumble grumble

Well, I would have never turned it into the cops. I may have told the mother though.
Once when I was still going to college I was working for UPS during the Xmas holidays in FLa. I delivered a package to an older lady, and as I handed her the package I noticed that she had a planter by the window...with pot in it.
Now, I had met this woman a few times and I knew her well enough that I had to ask if she knew what was growing in there. She just said it was some plant her son was growing but didn't know what it was. Since she could get in big trouble if the condo comandoes found out what she had...I told her what it was. she was very surprised and I'm sure had a heck of a talk with her son that night. Point is, should I have reported her. possibly get her in trouble even though it wasn't hers? No...I don't think so.
And just so you know that even the DEA can have a heart, here's another story....
I went home for vacation from the Coast Guard, my brother who was fifteen had a pot plant growing on the roof. It was kind of small, but after several days of rain it grew pretty darn big, big enough for a chopper to spot it and the narcs watched the place for a week before knocking on the door while my mom was at work. Nope not busting down the door, knocked on it. Asked me who I was and did I know what was on the roof, of course I told him and said I didn't know. So he told me and also said that they had been watching the house for a week and had seen my mom and doubted that it was her's and with a 15 year old in the house he figured out who's it was. All he asked me to do what help him put it in the trunk, told me to have a talk with my brother and left it at that. He was being fair, he knew the parents didn't know and that it was a minor...he also knew, at the time, it would have cost my mom her house...all because of a small plant.
So you see, sometimes it pays to be humane...telling the mother would have been more humane.

Just a thought for you, did this DEA guy show any ID?

"Whoa dude [munches chocolate]! I'm, like from the DEA thing. I was just, like, flying past, and saw you had a narly keffter tree on top of your digs. Could you [munches chocolate] just, like help me put it in the trunk?" :D

I wouldn't have called the cops on him - I definitely would've kept the stash though.

You people taking the High road/Low Oxygen option remember this: Illegal does not mean Bad.
Smart people overlook this fact, OFTEN.
Makes me wonder about some of you.
The Mom didn`t come in and say "fix my son, he smokes pot." Fix the PC, Leave EVERYTHING else alone.
As Posted By NooNoo: - but does anyone remember that Gary Glitter was done for child porno because of what a tech found on his hard drive?
Would your attitudes change then?

Yes, absolutely. That`s different.*&#%(*#&% YES!

Besides, that Fine Money could have been spent on PC repairs. Now you`ve lost a customer.(and all the other Stoner/Geeks she knows. Mind you, there are LOTS of StonerGeeks out there.

Discretion is part of Civilization.

The truth is that no matter which way this went, it could end up being a lose - lose situation.

1) The company does nothing about it and leaves it in the computer. Mom or dad finds it in the computer, son says it was in there when it came back from the shop. Mom or dad get pissed and file suit against shop.

2) Call mom or dad and have them come into the shop. Show them what you found and the very first thing that is said "MY son/daughter WOULD never do anything like that!" Next thing you know, rumors are flying about the shop planting drugs in the computers.

Depending on the amount of pot found, the charges could have been anything from a possession violation to possession with intent to distribute (if I remember correctly the last one is a felony).

So, from one little post, one cannot say if the right thing was done. For all we know, the tech told his boss who in turn told his boss. So it could have been the owner of the shop that called the cops.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[quote]Originally posted by Outcoded:
<strong>Just a thought for you, did this DEA guy show any ID?

"Whoa dude [munches chocolate]! I'm, like from the DEA thing. I was just, like, flying past, and saw you had a narly keffter tree on top of your digs. Could you [munches chocolate] just, like help me put it in the trunk?" :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

LMAO yes I did see a badge and since I was in the Coast Guard and dealt with them on a constant basis I knew what one of those looked like.
LOL that was funny though dude.

LOL!!! :D :D :D

Hmmm...

I guess my reply would be that if the tech that found the pot should have pointed it out to his immediate supervisor and let them handle it.

If you owned the business or were the repair manager, then it would be your decision on how to proceed.

I think I would have flushed it and been done with it. Let the Mom and the son argue out who did what to whom...

Kenny P.