My sister got busted with marijuana and..

My girlfriend got caught in a similar situation, 3 of them in a car, couple cops surrounded them, gave them a verbal warning and left.

1. Your sister and friend are stupid for smoking in car and then driving around.

2. Good deal, just make sure they don't bust anyone you like.

I routinely get people arrested for smoking weed.

It's fun.

Man Bites Dog wrote: I routinely get people arrested for smoking weed. It's fun.

I don't get that. I don't care if people smoke it or not, that is 100% their choice, but why call it in on other people? Legality is a terrible moral compass, as I'm sure you're smart enough to know.

Oh right, my mistake I forgot about the RA thing. I was running on the assumption of calling the fuzz on neighbourhood punks when you're at home, etc. Well...hopefully you're not too hard on the residents ;)

choopie911 wrote: Oh right, my mistake I forgot about the RA thing. I was running on the assumption of calling the fuzz on neighbourhood punks when you're at home, etc. Well...hopefully you're not too hard on the residents ;)

Hell no. What people do outside of my housing area is their own business, but inside it becomes my job to call the popo.

I don't really see any point for weed to be an illegal substance, but that does not mean I don't take pleasure in seeing the residents who are stupid enough to not only bring it into their rooms, but smoke it in their rooms, get carried away in cuffs. They are essentially blowing their hard earned money (you pay housing up front here) and possibly catching further crap from the university because they couldn't just not smoke weed.

Man Bites Dog wrote: Mehs wrote: Man Bites Dog wrote: choopie911 wrote: Man Bites Dog wrote: I routinely get people arrested for smoking weed. It's fun. I don't get that. I don't care if people smoke it or not, that is 100% their choice, but why call it in on other people? Legality is a terrible moral compass, as I'm sure you're smart enough to know. Because it is my job. I don't let my opinions on it get in the way. I know you're doing your job, but the people you're busting will have that on their record the rest of their lives, and it can negatively impact them greatly.  They may now have a lot more trouble getting into a serious career (which is most likely why they are there in the first place...) Well then, they shouldn't sign a contract to live in on campus housing, because the contract clearly says "Illegal substances are not to be kept in the rooms, and doing so will lead to police notification and the expulsion of the resident from the room in 48 hours." It is not like they don't know it is illegal. I don't like the fact it is illegal any more than the next person, but if you don't want the negative impact, don't do it.

Good point, a contract is involved, and they agreed to it.  I still feel bad for them though :\

Mehs wrote: Man Bites Dog wrote: Mehs wrote: Man Bites Dog wrote: choopie911 wrote: Man Bites Dog wrote: I routinely get people arrested for smoking weed. It's fun. I don't get that. I don't care if people smoke it or not, that is 100% their choice, but why call it in on other people? Legality is a terrible moral compass, as I'm sure you're smart enough to know. Because it is my job. I don't let my opinions on it get in the way. I know you're doing your job, but the people you're busting will have that on their record the rest of their lives, and it can negatively impact them greatly.  They may now have a lot more trouble getting into a serious career (which is most likely why they are there in the first place...) Well then, they shouldn't sign a contract to live in on campus housing, because the contract clearly says "Illegal substances are not to be kept in the rooms, and doing so will lead to police notification and the expulsion of the resident from the room in 48 hours." It is not like they don't know it is illegal. I don't like the fact it is illegal any more than the next person, but if you don't want the negative impact, don't do it. Good point, a contract is involved, and they agreed to it.  I still feel bad for them though :\

I don't feel bad at all for the residents here who get arrested. They knew better, and they are risking their college careers for something silly like weed.


Its like someone said "all you need to do to stay in housing and not catch crap from the university is not press this red button." I would not feel bad for anyone who went mashing on the red button.

^i concur.

stratoaxe wrote: How about just not smoking weed...

Because some people choose to. I'm not going to go into the whole debate of why it's fine or not, or why it's really illegal and such, since it's about someone getting busted/ Whales job.


Yeah, I think it sucks they get busted, but yes they did sign a contract. It's the same idea as if I smoked tobacco in dorms, or brought a microwave into my room. Obviously the consequences wouldn't be as severe, but nonetheless, the rules were laid out long beforehand, and they chose to agree to abide by them, then chose not to. Really, it IS their fault for doing it, and for being lazy about it. How hard is it to go for a walk somewhere else. It's not illegal to smell like marijuana, just to possess it, so they wouldn't be breaking any rules/ laws if they returned to the dorms after a "walk" or hanging out at a friends place, wherever. Yes it's still illegal, but it would not be the universities obligation to blow the whistle on them, nor their business.

The fact they're arrested is a bit much though, I know for sure someone smoked in their room on my floor, and I'm sure they just got a talking to or a warning or something. At most a temporary suspension. However, I am going to university in british columbia, where its not the devil drug it is in the states. I still agree that people should abide by the dorm rules, just think it's a bit harsh of a penalty.

Anywho, I think it's quite obvious that Whale doesn't give a crap about what his children do in their spare time, just where they chose to do it. He's simply doing his job, whether he likes it or not. In fact, it reminds me of a quote from a Police raid of a notorious head shop in Vancouver, The Amsterdam Cafe:

"They were very well behaved," said Watson (store owner), "The police didn't want to be here. One guy said he used to smoke pot and that he was only doing his job."

Gotta do what you gotta do when you're enforcing rules for a living.