From: trader4@optonline.net
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Neighbors growing marijuana
Date: 10 Jul 2006 10:25:21 -0700
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ncangelone wrote:
> Just another take on this...its a bad "damned if you do, damned if you
> dont" situation here, but here's another perspective.
>
> If you dont report it, and they get caught, and the cops start asking
> you alot of questions...or....if one of your kids talks to one of their
> friends and says "hey guess what, my neighbors are growing pot" and
> that friend goes and tells their parents...so on, or someone overhears
> them talkign about it at school. well anyway, I dont know what state
> you are in but in most states, you have a Dept of Child Protective
> Services, and without a doubt they are one of the most "shoot first,
> ask question later" agencies around. Word could get around to them that
> you are exposing your kids to pot, even in an indirect way, and next
> thing you know a social worker and cops are at your front door looking
> to take your kids away. Its a reality. I dont know what to tell you to
> do, but I would elimate any risk that would possibly result in me
> losing my kids, or at minimum, question my ability as a parent.

This is another assine angle on the situation.  The freaking alleged
pot, is on someone elses property.  To suggest that child protective
agencies are gonna sieze someone;s kids because a neighbor has some
plant, that "might" be pot is beyond stupid.