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My neighbor is selling weed
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I know. But the annoying part is people come in 2 hours later and quote you when they could have done the same two hours ago. So I answered back. I am done with this thread. It really doesn't matter all things being said. The faster this stuff is legal the faster our jails and prisons and tarnished arrest records of teens/adults will not be involved with the process. The damage that marijuana prohibition has done to this country is unbelievable.
He talks about the 'kind of people dealers associate with'. I have zero doubt this person knows zilch about dealers or the people they associate with much less the ridiculous generalization there.
Doomshroom
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Report him you dont know what kind of people he will attract. We had a low profile "dealer" in our neighbourhood only a few people knew about him. everything was fine but after about two years a guy with a shotgun showed up shooting at his house (and the house above his).
Report him.
Report him.
TheChocolateWar
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This provides an excellent opportunity to dress up as police officers for halloween.
Wow, way to produce some sound and intelligent suggestions for the topic poster. You would do well in a police state. Everyone is guilty until they are proven innocent right?
Absolutely no one here including the topic poster has any idea who this guy is. But report him, call the police, get him arrested. It's the right thing to do. Sounds like a 6th grade DARE class.
Why do people post on GAF instead of doing the obvious thing?
Just go over politely and ask him if he would be kind enough to use a vaporizer or at least close the windows while smoking/growing because the smell is unpleasant. Tell him you don't have an issue with what he's doing (if you don't) just that the smell is pretty bad.
Oh, nevermind, this thread has devolved into "is mj bad y/n b/c it illegal".
Just go over politely and ask him if he would be kind enough to use a vaporizer or at least close the windows while smoking/growing because the smell is unpleasant. Tell him you don't have an issue with what he's doing (if you don't) just that the smell is pretty bad.
Oh, nevermind, this thread has devolved into "is mj bad y/n b/c it illegal".
What in the fucking hell?
The OP "My neighbor is selling weed". Maybe he doesn't know for sure but if this is going on right next to me i'm going to be sure and try and put a stop to it.
Nowhere did I say that people that smoke weed are "THE DEVIL". In fact ive made the opposite quite clear.
I've even made it a point to point out that dealers aren't all talking to Mexican drug lords in an earlier post, but do you want to take that chance?
Pinko Marx
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You ever seen Pineapple Express? That shit could happen to you if you don't contact the proper authorities.
Look, I'm not saying you are wrong. I don't particularly like dealers either. But more needs to be known about this situation. Simply reporting someone, and hence getting them in trouble when they could have just been smoking with friends, is a fast track to making enemies. The dude just moved in. Take it easy and don't make yourself a target in the neighborhood is all I am saying. If you get to know more about the situation and it seems really bad then by all means, but don't just do some of the things people on here are trying to get you to do poster. Do the right thing and have a conversation with the person.
It has devolved into that. I think I have said enough too. Is there anything more worthwhile to discuss here because I think most points have been covered?
If he was low profile and only a few knew of him AND it took 2 years for something to happen I highly doubt it was just weed related or dealing related. He probably fucked some girl he shouldn't have or something personal like that. People raid/shoot up drug houses for money and free drugs they can resell. They also do it for territorial reasons, but again he was low profile and in the same location for years. So it wasn't that either.
But, whatever. This whole issue will be a revolving door until all states have the same stance on it.
notworksafe
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Only if you are mentally retarded.
Doomshrooms's point is logically ridiculous. Based on complete nonsense. He knows nothing about the person he thinks is dealing, equates his dealing to the shotgun, and blah blah. Logically, no sense in the entire post. As you said could have been banging the dude's GF or something. It's posts like those that are completely dangerous.
The next step is disconnecting from this deliriously stupid thread. Why is it stupid? Because nothing is ever going to be solved here. It's basically come down to a political and moral argument against marijuana, an herb that gets more legal by the day.
That's what I came in here to say. Fuck that shit.
No one is telling him to live with the smell. We are trying to produce a constructive means of handling the situation. Most people with sense say just to talk to him. Others driven by their fear want him reported immediately.
I feel like the possibility that weed is being dealt next door to your family's home is far more dangerous than some post made on a forum.
Keru_Shiri
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I just don't understand the assumption that the OP MUST be in some kind of danger, or that its even reasonable to presume there's a risk, just because weed is involved. I've seen perfectly legal parties where alcohol had caused far, far, more damage, noise, and cleanup than a daily/weekly blunt amongst a circle of friends (which I almost guarantee is why those cars are coming and going at the times that they do).
It's possible. It's also possible that advice here could start some kind of neighborhood war if taken literally. And trust me I wouldn't want any ghetto side dealers near my home. But trying to get someone arrested when you know so little is completely out of line for me.
I think someone just needs to talk to him and suggest borders. It's his house and land. The cops aren't the first solution IMO unless necessary. A man can talk to his neighbor without the authorities being involved. If that doesn't work then by all means go the other route. All this talk of fear and what not is bullshit though. It creates this illusion of a boogeyman when none of us know jack about the situation besides a few sentences... and even besides the TP don't even post here it seems. Maybe he already dealt with it....
Exactly, society of fear. It's almost inherent in American society today. Fear this fear that and report all that you see which is suspicious. It was even a government propaganda line not too far back and still is I think.
I'd be far more concerned in these people were hosting parties with alcohol but I think maybe the TP would be too. Look, what I am saying is get some more information before you do anything. PERIOD.
You have all the advice you need here TP. I think this is about it then. I'm done answering people even if they are late to the party. I have said my peace. Unless something really calls goodbye thread. And please don't quote me I'm gone. Quote someone else and discuss with them. There are too many ignorant people in this thread that think anybody who defends rational argument and conversation are stoners in college. It's a pathetic excuse.
entremet
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Amen, bro.
Some of these people here are just ridic. A guess most are stoner college kids that would love a weed growing neighbor next to them for some easy access to bud.
I'm not anti weed and it should be legal. But as long as it is illegal and there are seedy elements tied to it, I don't want that shit near my place of residence. And near to a home I own?! SHIEEET.
....He's selling pot. Calm down and ask him to shut the windows when he smokes. No one is going to come to his or your house with a shotgun or any crazy shit like that. I know tons of people who sell/used to sell in college and they're all just trying to make a little extra money. Nothing crazy ever happens, they just... sell weed.
If the smell bugs you tell him to deal with it somehow and if he doesn't then you can start getting pissed. But fo real, calling the cops over weed? How old are some of you posters saying that?
If the smell bugs you tell him to deal with it somehow and if he doesn't then you can start getting pissed. But fo real, calling the cops over weed? How old are some of you posters saying that?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Oh, hi. I'm your next door neighbor. Just wanted to take a moment to tell you that I don't like the smell of weed billowing out of your house and that, in the future, if you are arrested for drug dealing thanks to an anonymous tip, I was most assuredly the person who reported you.
teruterubozu
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Depending on the town, cops will rarely show up to, "I think my neighbor sells weed." You can try, but I doubt anything will happen.
Is this how you behave in the real world?
entremet
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It depends on the socioeconomic background of the hood. This is obvious.
teruterubozu
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Is it? Almost 10 pages of enraged speculation and a missing OP.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
You're missing my point.
A lot of people here are asking him to go talk to his neighbor fully expecting a rational and even-keeled discussion to happen.
What if the guy says "deal with it, asshole?" What does the op do then? He's outed himself as the guy in the neighborhood who has a problem with him selling drugs.
Keru_Shiri
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Hell, if its a suburban dealer he may even have an off-duty cop or two in his clientele. People don't realize there's a huge number of average joes that toke up who are neither college dropouts nor meth addicted cartel runners.
Age has nothing to do with not wanting to deal with someone's bullshit.
Your cynicism is astounding. There's no reason to prove the guy will be anything, but reasonable, personally most stoners I know are pretty laid back guys. If the guy says deal with it asshole, then deal with it and consider calling the cops I suppose. You sound like the type to shoot first, ask questions later. Again, this is just weed.
Ephemeris
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This.
My neighbor when I lived in NYC was a dealer. Awesome guy, but a couple years ago a friend [of his] that was crashing at his place got stabbed/killed.
I'd never snitch on him though. But then again, the smell never came over to my place....
Yes, it does. There's a serious lack of maturity here in my opinion and many posters appear incapable of dealing with real world situations like a normal adult. When you don't like something your neighbor does, be it having loud music played constantly or smelling like pot, the normal response should be to politely confront them and explain the situation. After that it will probably be resolved. Jumping to calling the authorities seems unnecessary and childish, especially over a very minor issue.
Keru_Shiri
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Can both sides just drop the age argument? It's just ruffling more feathers than necessary at this point.
entremet
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There is a difference when it may involve distributing illegal drugs and all the seedy elements that may bring. That shit ain't fun in your back yard. I grew up with the stuff--dealers and all the violence from it. I have no need to want to return to that bullshit as an adult.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
There is no reason to assume that the guy who is selling weed -- and potentially other, harder substances -- will be laid back as well. Either scenario is just as likely.
One way the guy definitely knows it's you who ratted him out.
Mind, I'm not advocating calling the cops on the guy either, just that the idea that "dude, you should just go talk to him like a bro" doesn't factor in a lot of likely problems that could arise.
You keep talking about this like the issue of smoking pot and the issue of drug dealing are intrinsically linked.
What bullshit are you talking about? It's pot, not heroin. OP doesn't even have proof that he's selling. Shady people?? What are you talking about? It's not like there's going to be some addict coming to OPs neighborhood at 3am freaking out about getting a hit of weed. That doesn't happen.
I wouldn't mind weed becoming legal. But right now, it's not and it seems like his "neighbor" is using the house next door only for growing weed and selling it. Of course that attracts shady people, and I wouldn't want someone to run a business like that in my neighborhood.
As I said: Grow something for your own private use, sell a little bit of it on the side and be discrete about it and I really wouldn't give a fuck.
But what the OP describes here sounds a lot more professional and businesslike (which is also why I would avoid confronting the neighbor directly), since nobody seems to actually live in that house and it's only used for selling drugs.
Sorry, but I can't blame anyone who doesn't want something like that next door.
As I said, I don't care if anyone smokes weed and wouldn't mind at all if it becomes legal. Why should I care? I can easily ignore it if I'm not interested.
But what I can't ignore is a seemingly larger illegal drug trade operation in my neighborhood and a neighbor who obviously doesn't think it's necessary to run this discretely.
No.
Man, I wish I met these nice people who sold weed like some of you had. My experience with these people has never been good. I think most people don't care about their neighbor smoking it, but dealing is another story.Talking to the guy is probably the best solution, since I doubt the cops will do much.
Broseybrose
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Well, I would introduce myself. If he offers you weed, decline, but thank him anyway. Be friendly. The point of this conversation is to meet your neighbor, let him know that youre not going to narc on him and he doesnt have to worry about you, BUT YOUVE NOTICED THE AROMA AND THE TRAFFIC and he might want to switch up his methods to be less obvious, for his own sake.
And leave it at that.
And leave it at that.
entremet
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I'm not talking about addicts, but dealers.
But hey, bro. Do you. Just not my feel. Not near my place of residence.
No need to continue this discussion as we will never agree on this matter.
Some of the responses here are nuts. OP just engage your neighbor in conversation, say hello, get some insight in the kind of person he is whatever.
If you then feel comfortable talk to him about the smell there's a good chance he'll actually be grateful especially if hes a dealer and doesn't want to attract the wrong kind of attention. Avoiding any kind of knee-jerk reaction is probably best here...
If you then feel comfortable talk to him about the smell there's a good chance he'll actually be grateful especially if hes a dealer and doesn't want to attract the wrong kind of attention. Avoiding any kind of knee-jerk reaction is probably best here...
I would probably find a way to talk to him as well, but I think it's unfortunate we put the responsibility on the person that didn't do anything wrong to 'be reasonable' and 'talk to them' when the neighbors took no responsibility or were not reasonable in considering the people they live around in the first place.
This of course applies to not just this sort of situation, but all situations with 'bad neighbors'. You shouldn't have to explain that the neighborhood with families might be opposed to weed and dealing. You shouldn't have to explain why the neighborhood wouldn't want you working on your car at 1 am on a Tuesday. You shouldn't have to explain why playing movies on you system loud enough to shake your walls in the middle of the night might get noticed by the neighbors.
I don't necessarily fault the OP for not wanting to get involved, though certainly there options in how to deal with these situations. But it's in no way 'reasonable' to assume that the person who didn't create the problem should have to take the responsibility that the other person was too stupid to consider.
This of course applies to not just this sort of situation, but all situations with 'bad neighbors'. You shouldn't have to explain that the neighborhood with families might be opposed to weed and dealing. You shouldn't have to explain why the neighborhood wouldn't want you working on your car at 1 am on a Tuesday. You shouldn't have to explain why playing movies on you system loud enough to shake your walls in the middle of the night might get noticed by the neighbors.
I don't necessarily fault the OP for not wanting to get involved, though certainly there options in how to deal with these situations. But it's in no way 'reasonable' to assume that the person who didn't create the problem should have to take the responsibility that the other person was too stupid to consider.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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He got weed! He got weed!
Get his ass arrested for selling the most dangerous drug ever. Hate that skunk smell that covers 10 blocks when someone grow weed. Surprises that that cops can't smell that from their division.
My friends sell weed and they make so much money that they have the entire PD under their balls!
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Get his ass arrested for selling the most dangerous drug ever. Hate that skunk smell that covers 10 blocks when someone grow weed. Surprises that that cops can't smell that from their division.
My friends sell weed and they make so much money that they have the entire PD under their balls!
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