An asshat at a club I was at Friday night narked on his own Uncle...

[BikeWriter]

There was a police officer there. She was observed answering her phone after the nark dialed. She asked what the perp was wearing and how much "weed" he was carrying. The nark was observed describing his Uncle's clothing. The officer made a call for the on-duty police who made the bust and she later admitted to several people exactly who'd turned the man in.

[Heidi]

1. Other.

The asshat is a former DARE student.

[BikeWriter]

2. I sort of doubt that, Sweety, since he's done prison time, too.

[Heidi]

4. I'd just betcha

that there are as many former DARE students in prison for drug crimes as non-DARE students. (Um, yeah, I think DARE is basically a mis-use of funds.)

[BikeWriter]

8. Hmm, it was after my time, so I'm not familiar with it, but...

I have heard some of those programs were a fiasco!

[Heidi]

9. I'm sure I'll be flamed for this later,

but I believe DARE exists for one reason: to encourage kids to narc out their parents and neighbors in order to perpetuate the already gargantuan prison industrial complex. It's the whole "serpant eating its tale" thing, and I _loathe_ it. Just tell kids the truth about drugs. :shrug:

[WindRavenX]

11. i agree 100%

:thumbsup:

[Heidi]

17. Here's the dumbest thing I've ever heard a DARE official say:

"If it costs us $1 million to keep one kid off of drugs, it will have been worth it." :eyes:

Would we accept such skewed logic from educators? If a school superintendent said, "If it costs us $1 million to teach one kid math, it will have been worth it," we'd fire his/her excuse-makin', money-grubbin' butt. :grr: End of rant. (Sorry.)

[BikeWriter]

12. Yes'm, I've smoked grass maybe three times in my life, but...

a cocaine addiction contributed to my Son's problems and death.

[Heidi]

14. The thing that chaps my a$$

is that pot is _not_ the gateway drug that most DARE officers make it out to be. Nicotine and alcohol are the true gateway drugs, and I'd even go so far as to say the prescription medications we willingly give our children so often these days give kids a "drugs are OK" attitude. :grr: I believe _some_ kids truly need prescription medication, but we've raised a generation of young 'uns who haven't been un-medicated since they were five or six years old. I'd like very much to see how much money Big Pharma spends on marketing these drugs to parents, kids and doctors.

[BikeWriter]

15. I agree, my ex had our Son on meds from an early age.

[Heidi]

20. Sorry for the rant.

I'm not a pot smoker, but I wasn't born yesterday, either. :hug: I'm so sorry your son has had problems, my friend :hug:

[BikeWriter]

22. One of my Sons did it all and quit. Drugs killed the other.

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. D.A.R.E.

Drugs

Are

Real

Expensive



(I got that from a kid who'd been through it.)

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

18. ROFL!

[WindRavenX]

3. lame

It's just pot!

[BikeWriter]

5. Yes, it was, and the guy is near sixty and on a limited income.

[WindRavenX]

7. aw geez

What's the penalty that he's looking at? :(

[BikeWriter]

10. I'm not sure exactly how much he was holding...

He was bailed out soon enough he hasn't lost his job (greeter at a store) yet.

[JVS]

6. Maybe the uncle molested the kid and this was payback or something

[BikeWriter]

13. I doubt it, I think the guy has the hots for the officer and...

was trying to impress her.

[JVS]

19. Oh, that is treachery most foul! If this kid ever needs a marrow...

donation from the family he shouldn't get it!

[BikeWriter]

21. I think he's more likely to get his head busted.

His own Son was there and told others he was going to kick his sperm donor's ass. He does not use his father's last name, because the asshole has never supported him.