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GermanDem

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57. Absolutely!

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:59 AM

Sep 2012

Better now than later! Maybe this will be a wake-up call for the kid. I have no tolerance for this kind of behavior, and the kid should be appropriately punished. Teenagers are old enough to know what they do has consequences. I have two teenage-daughters, so I know what I am talking about. What we can argue about is if the current legal consequences are indeed appropriate. But to me there is no question that what the kid did was wrong, and that it was the right thing to do to report what you saw to the cop. How do we know if they are "just" smoking pot? Maybe they are dealing, too? And how about meth, too? Heroin? On a playground? Believe me, I am all for the legalization of pot, but as long as it is illegal, you better stay away from it, especially as a teenager!

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I got a teen arrested last night for drug possession. Feeling a little bad about it. [View all] NickB79 Sep 2012 OP

Getting high in a public park around people's kids just isn't cool Major Nikon Sep 2012 #1

"drunk or high, go someplace appropriate" like the beach, sports arenas, restaurants leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #4

The beach is no different than a park Major Nikon Sep 2012 #8

Agreed. Brickbat Sep 2012 #55

Was it a pot pipe? rug Sep 2012 #2

I can't imagine it being one of these Major Nikon Sep 2012 #14

what if she did find it? would she become addicted to pot? or to anything? you probably did more leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #3

Yes, I saw it was a pipe NickB79 Sep 2012 #5

They are different KamaAina Sep 2012 #6

pot pipes can be made from glass too. Maine-ah Sep 2012 #51

I hate to break it to ya Nick but I'd have the convo about drugs, drinking and sex a LOT earlier riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #30

I'm not saying they don't exist.... kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #34

Well you now have a reputation as a snitch. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #7

+1 Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2012 #10

Yup. Plus who would let their 2 year old near those grills. schmice Sep 2012 #13

I agree with you. schmice Sep 2012 #12

Tell those damn kids to get of my lawn..... GumboYaYa Sep 2012 #9

I would have looked the other way on that one Tobin S. Sep 2012 #11

Sorry NickB79 but I think you overreacted. You should feel bad. schmice Sep 2012 #15

wow, you should be ashamed of yourself woolldog Sep 2012 #16

and he's now ineligible for federal financial aid for college if charged and convicted. Chan790 Sep 2012 #19

I thought they could regain eligibility by attending a treatment program. TheMightyFavog Sep 2012 #36

Not to my knowledge. Chan790 Sep 2012 #43

No, he's still eligible for federal aid riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #61

No, that kid done fucked his own self TorchTheWitch Sep 2012 #47

Absolutely! GermanDem Sep 2012 #57

Maybe he'll get locked up in the juvie for an appropriate number of months, or longer if you're sad sally Sep 2012 #17

Boo Hiss Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #18

only 7 years on jobs. Chan790 Sep 2012 #20

No...it's not... CherokeeDem Sep 2012 #60

I was on the impression that most states didn't even require disclosure of anything over 7 years. Chan790 Sep 2012 #64

Like the guy that lost his job for something he did as a teenager in 1964? hobbit709 Sep 2012 #68

Yes, you should feel bad about it. kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #21

wait a minute woolldog Sep 2012 #23

apparently not, LOL! kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #35

Seems like the kid caused his own damage... Brown_Boots Sep 2012 #27

Yep. That's right. kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #32

but he didn't throw it on the ground Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 #22

... and even if you didn't ... surrealAmerican Sep 2012 #25

Dick move, IMO IVoteDFL Sep 2012 #24

Total Dick move. n/t kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #33

Total, total dick move. RiffRandell Sep 2012 #78

+ 1 Duppers Sep 2012 #50

+1 hifiguy Sep 2012 #53

Yep. Or any number of other things in the current climate. Posteritatis Sep 2012 #62

yup. real dick move. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2012 #66

Good on you... Brown_Boots Sep 2012 #26

yep, there's a time and place for everything tomm2thumbs Sep 2012 #46

+1 Union Scribe Sep 2012 #48

You did what was right for you at the time ... Auggie Sep 2012 #28

How did the cop prove that particular kid threw it away? REP Sep 2012 #29

Oh where would america be without the willing citizen narc? CBGLuthier Sep 2012 #31

Damn, man. EastTennesseeDem Sep 2012 #37

Great you defended your family tonekat Sep 2012 #38

Nice job narc. NT Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #39

Who said he got arrested and put in jail? Brickbat Sep 2012 #40

Since Dad was out simonizing the Packard they had to throw him in jail. rug Sep 2012 #42

Hee! Simonizing or no, the cop driving the kid home with a scare and a talk with the parents does Brickbat Sep 2012 #45

Can't help but pipi_k Sep 2012 #52

that is what I was thinking ... littlewolf Sep 2012 #44

No...I wouldn't have done that. The kid DIDN'T throw the pipe on the ground, Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #41

I'm a parent & would never Duppers Sep 2012 #49

I'm sorry you're getting a big pile-on for this. Brickbat Sep 2012 #54

Most likely he was released to his parents and got royally chewed out by them. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #56

You should feel a lot bad about it Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #58

I would've just minded my business on this one. bigwillq Sep 2012 #59

And the War on Drugs gets another warm body Tsiyu Sep 2012 #63

Rec + 1 GoneOffShore Sep 2012 #70

Congratulations on your crowning achievement dogday Sep 2012 #65

I wouldn't have done that Taverner Sep 2012 #67

probably should have minded your own business Kali Sep 2012 #69

Way to go - NOT. GoneOffShore Sep 2012 #71

I don't have a problem with what you did mythology Sep 2012 #72

Wow! If somebody did that to me when I was a teen I would think they were... Walk away Sep 2012 #73

If he was white he'll probably get off with a scare and a warning. alphafemale Sep 2012 #74

He won't get in serious trouble, I think. No direct evidence. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #75

I have a teen who is/has been a drug user... Momgonepostal Sep 2012 #76

Jesus, I would be too embarrassed to admit I did this. I guess you wanted to be a hero? Logical Sep 2012 #77

More like a total tool. RiffRandell Sep 2012 #79