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Cops find boy's homework in his parents' marijuana grow room
A research paper for a DARE class, perhaps? (Boulder Daily Camera)
July 18, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
The pot plant ate my homework.
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 18, 2008 8:44:49 AM
LOL, Twerp
Posted by: | Jul 18, 2008 8:50:53 AM
Marijuana in plant form is not toxic, nor would it get you high by sitting next to it. Even if the boy decided to chew on a marijuana leaf, it wouldn't cause significant physical problems. There are plenty of common outdoor plants that are much more dangerous and can even even kill.
In my opinion, this is no worse than having your kid do homework next to a stash of stolen DVDs. Sure, its wrong -- but its not much of a headline.
Posted by: Aaron | Jul 18, 2008 8:58:18 AM
Growing pot is a great way to hedge against the recession. You could sell for 1/2 the going rate and still turn a profit.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Jul 18, 2008 9:01:04 AM
Those two sure look like an odd couple. Again, I blame the kid on this one. It was his pot growing operation, as evidenced by his homework being in the same room. The parents are innocent!
Posted by: Reno | Jul 18, 2008 9:03:21 AM
Both parents arrested?
Very rarely does it happen like that. The man is almost always the suspect taken away, especially with a child in the home.
What was the disturbance about? You get that pot out of my house right now or I'll tell the cops about your meth lab!! Her restrained looks don't hide how pissed off she is.
Posted by: thomas | Jul 18, 2008 9:10:55 AM
The man looks very rugged, whereas the mom looks very well put together and pissed off (I guess looks can be decieving).
I wonder if the kid called the cops to report his homework stolen when he couldn't find it after his dad promised he would check his answers.
Posted by: chassiddy | Jul 18, 2008 9:39:52 AM
This is almost as horrendous as if the family had a bar in their house, and the homework was sitting on it.
wait no, actually that's more horrendous, since it would actually be possible for a child to achieve lethal dosage if they got into their parents booze.
and we know kids never do that.
Posted by: boynamedsue | Jul 18, 2008 9:41:52 AM
My parents smoked my homework
Posted by: many | Jul 18, 2008 9:42:34 AM
"Growing pot is a great way to hedge against the recession. You could sell for 1/2 the going rate and still turn a profit."
You can do the same thing with tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, and melons--those are legal to sell and you won't risk getting bust by the cops, incurring more bill from court costs, bail, and other fines associated with bust drug operations.
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 18, 2008 9:48:52 AM
Sure twerp, take all the fun out of it. Who wants to sell boring old corn anyway??? :)
Posted by: Reno | Jul 18, 2008 9:55:49 AM
200 plastic sandwich bags
Man talk about the Munchies they wolfed down 200 plastic sandwichs !
Posted by: trustno1 | Jul 18, 2008 9:56:59 AM
What's with these kids and their illegal pot operations? First a two-year-old and now a seven-year-old......kids these days.
I'm going to have to keep an eye on my 18-month-old. He keeps wanting to sneak off and "hang out" in the garage with his little tykes cozy coupe car. I better check the crawl space and make sure he's not wheelin and dealin....
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 18, 2008 9:59:24 AM
reno, I guess it's the thrill of getting caught for some people. See, I really am boring....
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 18, 2008 10:01:13 AM
twerp,
"You can do the same thing with tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, and melons"
But can you get $300-400 an ounce @ 1-2 lbs per plant????
Posted by: Dick C. Normas | Jul 18, 2008 10:07:22 AM
Damn right Dick. Thanks to the puritans and the nancies, illegal pot doesn't reduce demand...but it does reduce supply.
So much work for so little effort. Well, I assume you need some kinda skill to grow it well.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Jul 18, 2008 10:12:03 AM
The headline is just trashy media trying to generate outrage from the easily-outraged joe-jobbing parents of their community. For shame.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Jul 18, 2008 10:13:10 AM
"But can you get $300-400 an ounce @ 1-2 lbs per plant????"
That's how much dope goes for these days??????? holy crap, I'm gonna stop growing tomatoes and cucumbers!
Posted by: jj | Jul 18, 2008 10:14:40 AM
NICE PLACE TO KICK BACK AND DO HOMEWORK.....NO STRESS....TENSION...OR OTHER WORRIES
Posted by: | Jul 18, 2008 10:21:57 AM
2 joints + 2 joints = 5 joints! Whew I feel good and I got my homework done too!
Posted by: Dada Supreme | Jul 18, 2008 10:26:30 AM
Cancel their Showtime (and with it, "Weeds").
Posted by: Jim Romenesko | Jul 18, 2008 10:32:32 AM
Grow and sell corn. great cross-selling. Now they can make corn cob pipes to smoke their weed.
Twerp - if your 18 month old puts on his "saggers" before heading to the garage- you had better follow him.
Posted by: JIM | Jul 18, 2008 10:40:33 AM
That boy's pants sag all the time....that's it, he's grounded.....no more cozy coupe for him! I'm taking away the car key.
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 18, 2008 10:57:03 AM
"I wonder if the kid called the cops to report his homework stolen when he couldn't find it after his dad promised he would check his answers."
Something tells me that 7 year old kid has already surpassed his dad in intelligence.
Posted by: G-Man | Jul 18, 2008 11:02:21 AM
Judging from his throat tattoo, I'm guessing dad is a fan of Second Life?
Posted by: Michael Brutsch | Jul 18, 2008 11:21:13 AM
