I got a teen arrested last night for drug possession. Feeling a little bad about it.

[NickB79]

5. Yes, I saw it was a pipe

Not sure what kind of pipe, though. Does a person use the same kind of pipe for pot, meth, and crack, or are they different? My first thought was that it was for something a lot harder than pot (all the pot I saw in college was smoked as joints, not in pipes).

The cop apparently thought they looked suspicious, which is why he pulled into the park. Then I saw one of the kids try to hide something. I didn't know if it was pot, meth, crack, a GUN! All I told the cop was that I saw one of the young men take something out of his backpack and throw it inside a public grill, which seemed very odd given that there were plenty of trash cans nearby. My concern was that, what would happen if a child found drug paraphernalia or a weapon lying around and brought it home, or to school? There is an elementary school that borders the park. With some of the ridiculous zero-tolerance rules around here, that could be horrible.

Like I said, I don't have a problem with people smoking weed recreationally (though I draw the line at hard drugs like meth and crack). When they legalize weed and/or when she goes off to college, I'll discuss smoking pot the same as I'll discuss drinking and sex. Just don't do it in a park where there are little kids playing.