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Would you report - yes or no?

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fluffyraggies · 06/09/2013 11:13

Quick poll:

A person you know, not family, is growing, using and selling weed (in high enough quantities to turn a tidy profit) year round.

Would you report them to the police?

OP posts:
yellowballoons · 06/09/2013 12:45

To all the people saying no, do you take it yourself? Or do your children take it?

burberryqueen · 06/09/2013 12:46

yes one of them does, it is a real worry in fact but dobbing in one weed dealer who is probably punting a bit to his mates isnt going to stop him is it?

theoriginalandbestrookie · 06/09/2013 12:46

I said no and I don't take it and DS is only 7 so I do hope he isn't either Grin

Lj8893 · 06/09/2013 12:48

I said no.

I have taken recreational drugs in the past, and am actually quite anti drug taking now.

I don't have children yet.

Mabelface · 06/09/2013 12:50

What I stated up there I stand by. I've seen it happen. You'd be surprised what some people will do for a bit of skunk. I've seen what it's done to people too, including a couple of friends. Oh, and weed also caused the dead of my eldest brother. years ago, but it still caused it.

yellowballoons · 06/09/2013 12:52

I have no idea if it ultimately stops some of them growing it, but it would at least temporarily stop some of the supply.

And if that meant that the price went up, that would stop maybe younger teenagers having access to it? Which may delay them long enough, to at least make some of them stop and think?

yellowballoons · 06/09/2013 12:53

Report it fluffyraggies

BuskersCat · 06/09/2013 12:54

No yellow, weed doesn't work like that you may get a little less for your £10 but the price will remain the same

RaspberrySchnapps · 06/09/2013 12:55

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Leviticus · 06/09/2013 12:55

Yes. Anonymously via Crimestoppers.

garlicbargain · 06/09/2013 12:57

I gave up illegal drugs about 25 years ago. I 'disapprove' of skunk and untested chemical highs. But I still feel very strongly that all the drugs should be de-criminalised. And I wouldn't report this producer unless he was using slaves, stealing electricity, or doing other unethical things like servicing high-volume traffickers.

As to the undeclared income - well, that's the nation's choice. If his trade was legal, he could pay tax on it.

Twunk · 06/09/2013 13:00

I live in a country where you can go into a shop and buy it (obvious where I am).

It is also legal to keep a few plants at home for your own use.

Tbh I see less of a problem here than I did in the UK. But then I was a teenager in the UK and I'm a proper grown-up here.

Disregarding theories about drug use there are three points that are also relevant

  • It's dangerous - can cause massive wager leaks and fires
  • they are probably stealing massive amounts of electricity
  • chances are they are also in receipt of benefits

My sense of fairness would probably lead me to report

Twunk · 06/09/2013 13:01

Wager = water

Pendeen · 06/09/2013 13:04

fluffyraggies

After @ 140 replies and an amazing divergence of opinions (I admit I am truly staggered at some replies) , will you report it?

livinginwonderland · 06/09/2013 13:08

I wouldn't report it. I've never taken drugs in my life either.

Oldandcobwebby · 06/09/2013 13:12

Another yes here, with Crimestoppers. I have no time for dealers.

AmberLeaf · 06/09/2013 13:13

I have tried it, don't have any desire to do so again.

My children don't.

GobTheGoblin · 06/09/2013 13:20

Yes, report them.

DuelingFanjo · 06/09/2013 13:21

no

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 06/09/2013 13:23

I would report.

I honestly think it is a lot more harmful than alcohol.

I work with people with MH problems, some of whom self medicate with weed and it really can exacerbate symptoms and trigger relapse.

Most dealers don't vet their client group, they will sell to anyone with the money which includes vulnerable people!

I'm quite shocked at the amount of people who would turn the other cheek tbh. But then working on mental health for a number of years has really opened my eyes to the damage drugs can do. Even so called 'soft' drugs.

strokey · 06/09/2013 13:24

I wouldn't either. A friend of mine makes thousands every few months from growing. Im really impressed actually, just as I would be by any other business venture. There is a lot to it and you need quite a bit of knowledge, not to mention an initial outlay.

He isn't on the dole but has a crap part time job in a shop. Pot smokers don't burgle houses to feed their habit. I see it as a totally harmless activity.

People that report are just annoyed at the tax free income

SacreBlue · 06/09/2013 13:24

Every single person I have known that has used weed regularly has also been using other drugs. The electrical risks associated with growing on a sizeable scale, the 'traffic' that would be associated with a dealers home and my personal experiences of how weed addiction can cripple a persons life (and affect their family) would make it a no brainer for me.

I would report. Even family.

BMW6 · 06/09/2013 13:25

God yes, report.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 06/09/2013 13:31

I know a lot of people who smoke it (all of them hold down full time jobs and are responsible adults) a few who grow for recreational and another who grows it as a supplier.

I wouldn't report.

LurcioLovesFrankie · 06/09/2013 13:32

Yes, and I have done so in the past (not someone I knew growing the stuff, but dealers squatting in a nearby house, who I saw dealing to young teens). Did so anonymously from a public telephone (back in the days when there were such things).