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The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
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Feb 22, 2023, 11:58 AM
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Advice wanted:
I don't care if he is because A. He's not my kid and B. If he's slinging pot, so what? That should be legal anyway.
Here's the fairly obvious signs: He has his own ride now that he's been tricking out with his own money very quickly without having any other job. He's good friends with a known teen dealer in the hood. He's constantly coming and going now at night in that (very loud) car at all hours and all days of the week. He's also been #### good at sales in the past with legitimate business ventures. Finally, his whole family has been pretty open and lax about marijuana usage, so no one telling him he can't.
Here's my thing. I've known the kid for a while and his dad is a good friend. I don't want to see him get pinched or his dad to get nailed with anything. But he's not being very subtle at all, and if I can figure it out, it won't be hard for the cops to as well. We have a lot of busy bodies in the area neighborhoods who would probably love to call that in to police.
So, my question is, should I say something to his dad and suggest he go over subtlety to him? Should I pull the kid aside and make a comment? Or should I mind my own #### business because he's not my kid and I shouldn't make this assumption?
Advice/judgmental comments welcome.
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Mind yo bidness unless Dad brings it up to you. It would
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:00 PM
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suck for him to get busted, but it isn't your place to step in and help out. Sometimes you just gotta learn on your own and selling drugs is one of those times. Weed should be legal though, that is bulllshit.
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+1 for keeping it to yourself***
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:08 PM
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This kid needs a good talking to.
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:03 PM
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If you want to t-mail me his number then I'll take care of it.
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I always knew you were a Karen***
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:03 PM
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You got his pager #, you know, for research purposes?
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:03 PM
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Nah unless you are already a buddy of the kid, not sure how this would go. IDK. As long as he isn't carrying around a large amount or a gun, he's probably not going to get in too much trouble. But maybe it doesn't take that much. Is over an ounce still a felony?
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Re: You got his pager #, you know, for research purposes?
Feb 22, 2023, 12:06 PM
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He is doing this within half a mile of a school, so that's another thing that would get tacked onto charges. But very unlikely he's carrying a gun.
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Heisman Winner [135413]
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You know....
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:09 PM
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I can probably help with that, too.
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:05 PM
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Just give me the information. I know people. I am friends with the Byrds.
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Oculus Spirit [81607]
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Now this feels like a trap. ;)***
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:59 PM
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Eddie Murphy had some really good advice recently.
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:08 PM
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“I want to let you know there’s a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity, and peace of mind. It’s very simple. Just do these three things: pay your taxes, mind your business, and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out your ############# mouth!”
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:11 PM
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You should go undercover and test it out. Tell him you would like to try some of his "tomatoes" - he'll know what you mean.
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If you're reasonably good friends with the dad,
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:22 PM
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I don't see the harm in casually mentioning it, honestly. Would include the key phrases "IF that's what he's doing", and "I don't personally have an issue with it, but others might if they catch on".
The risks are that the father gets defensive with you because he doesn't know, or gets angry with his kid because he doesn't know, which might lead to friction in neighbor dynamics. If you see immediate bristling, talk it down with "again, no big deal for me, but just in case you might not have been aware, there's some potential risk for your son or you".
Or, just not say anything. Doesn't sound like particularly responsible parenting. How old is the kid? Some distinction between 16 and 19.
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To save typing - I agree with Nineteen Bee***
Feb 22, 2023, 5:01 PM
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I wouldn't get involved
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:25 PM
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unless I felt there was some danger or threat to my family.
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Therein lies the rub.
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:37 PM
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If you're close enough to see the kid's comings and goings, you're close enough to catch some 9mm rounds when the rival weed gang shows up in a territory dispute.
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You are forgetting the potential for second hand smoke
Feb 22, 2023, 12:42 PM
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from the wacky weed AND the smoking 9MMs
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Oculus Spirit [82946]
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Mind your own biness. If you know, pretty sure
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:51 PM
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the dad knows already. No reason to hurt your friendship.
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:56 PM
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Mind your own business.
Here are the key things I picked up from what you said (which include a couple assumptions I made on my own)
1 - the kid spending money that he probably shouldn't have. This indicates the parents are aware of what he's doing.
2 - You said it's going to easy for the cops to figure it out.
3 - Parents lax about marijuana usage (and assuming they know as stated above).
If you say something to the kid OR the parents...they probably aren't going to do anything about it.
If, after you say something, and they don't do anything about it...IF suddenly the cops figure it out and act on it...there could be some blow back to you talking to the cops about it.
we'd miss you.
(sort of).
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If it’s just weed and small bags the cops really don’t care anymore.
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Feb 22, 2023, 12:57 PM
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In New Orleans the whole place smelled like weed and guys on the corner in hoodies openly selling it w cops standing 30 feet away. Just legalize it federally already.
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Re: If it’s just weed and small bags the cops really don’t care anymore.
Feb 22, 2023, 1:05 PM
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That all depends on the jurisdiction...
Some police departments care more than others.
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Was gonna say...this is mt pleasant
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:21 PM
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I almost got arrested for riding my golf cart, got yelled at by a cop for parking my truck and boat trailer one space over, and got told I had to take my beer inside when I was standing in my front yard.
They might break out the swat team and personnel carrier over a 1/4 bag of weed.
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I'm pretty sure a cop can't tell you not to drink a beer
Feb 22, 2023, 1:25 PM
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in your front yard. Think I'da told him to piss off.
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I'm pretty sure he did.
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:27 PM
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And told me he'd hate to have to write me a ticket over it.
Irony: about 6 months later the same cop was found drunk in his patrol car out by the airport with a bunch of beer cans in the back seat. He was asleep. He got fired, and literally--had to go back to selling cars.
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Re: If it’s just weed and small bags the cops really don’t care anymore.
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:16 PM
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They don't give a #### here. I smell it everywhere downtown (uptown). I get a contact buzz on my bus commute. Nothing like walking into the office smelling like you just smoked a big fatty.
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Nothing like smoking a big fatty, walking into the office
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:18 PM
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and blaming the smell on your bus commute, amirite?
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Re: Nothing like smoking a big fatty, walking into the office
Feb 22, 2023, 1:21 PM
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Good sir, I do not smoke marijuana cigarettes.
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Re: Nothing like smoking a big fatty, walking into the office
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:34 PM
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Snitch***
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:08 PM
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Keep it to yourself unless
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:20 PM
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you have a kid that hangs out with him.
Then you deal directly with your kid, let him know you know what's up, and have the convo with him. That convo in short has to do with getting fleas by laying down with dogs.
Weed should be legal, but that's beside the point.
Cops would LOVE to nail a low level hustler like that. Trust me.
One other thought: Why's it gotta just be weed? Could be all sorts of other droogs too.
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Tharealdonjuan is exactly right.
Feb 22, 2023, 1:26 PM
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This kid could be slinging Ozempic, Farxiga, Vraylar, Rexulti, Skyrizi, Nugenix, or even Advil Liqui-Gels!!!
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Tell the kid to stop playing around with weed
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Feb 22, 2023, 1:25 PM
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The real $$$ is in Fentanyl
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If he's a buddy,
Feb 22, 2023, 2:16 PM
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give him some good advice that might keep his son out of trouble.
Clearly, he needs it.
"The kisses of an enemy are profuse, but faithful are the wounds of a friend."
Proverbs 27:5
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
Feb 22, 2023, 2:48 PM
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Seeing that Alex Murdough stated that he was spending 40-50K/week on opioids, as an adult mentor, you should recommend that the lad relocate to Hampton county and maximize his profits.
Seriously, if you know, his dad knows, which is very messed up. Best to look the other way.
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I'll be the one no one wants to be...
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Feb 22, 2023, 4:31 PM
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1. Your family may not be in danger, but someone's is.
2. Do you want to know you could have stopped a young girl form being drugged and raped, and didn't? Or that you could have help stop someone from getting an overdose, and dying, but didn't?
3. Don't stand out in this crowd. Meaning, make it known to authorities without jeopardizing your own identity. Even if the authorities can figure it out, and maybe they already have, it is still worthwhile to make the "possibility" known before something in #2 happens.
4. Maybe "dad" is a [ring-leader] that is one of the unknowns. KEEP your identity safe. Period.
5. Don't feel sorry for those you report, if you make the report. If it turns out to be nothing, your kept your identify out of it. If it turns out to be something, however, you can still be friends with "dad" because you kept your identity out of it.
5. If it turns out to be something, you will find out who dad really is too. It may be a friendship that shouldn't be.
I've had too many close to me ruined on drugs. See too many lives destroyed when they were far too young. If you are one of those who feels it is none of your business because it doesn't effect you, are your family, directly, well, then, why ask for the input?
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
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I suppose anything is possible
Feb 22, 2023, 4:54 PM
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include this kid buying a quarter, chopping it into nickels, and selling it. Not sure 1-5 and beyond would be applicable here.
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A lot of possibilities there
Feb 22, 2023, 4:59 PM
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including it is just a kid who likes to drive at night - a lot - and make noise. No doubt.
It is not an easy decision to make.
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Re: I'll be the one no one wants to be...
Feb 22, 2023, 5:43 PM
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1. Not with this kid.
2. Eh, let's not jump to hyperbole here. Those two aren't comparable.
3. If you're insinuating I turn him in, absolutely not.
4. LOL no. Don't get me wrong; I get why'd you ask that. But if you knew the guy, no. He's clean. He just likes to be a customer.
5. I'm not going to sell a kid up the river to law enforcement for small time stuff at his age, especially since I know he's not a bad kid. I've known him since he was 10 and he's done way more right than he has wrong.
6. Maybe.
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Re: I'll be the one no one wants to be...
Feb 22, 2023, 10:22 PM
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I get it, you are close to them. But, when I read "drug Dealer" I'm not thinking Mary Jane. I hope that is all it is. I hope nothing more comes of it.
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
Feb 22, 2023, 4:42 PM
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Just axe him where he gets the money for all the bling. His reaction should be the tell. Then again, he could have a rich grandpa that's unloading his money on the kid. Or, he's pimping his girlfriend for auto parts. There are many possibilities.
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
Feb 22, 2023, 9:00 PM
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With all of these misplaced assumptions.
I mean, it is almost comical how you have so easily jumped to conclusions.
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Re: The teen son of my buddy is probably a drug dealer
Feb 22, 2023, 9:08 PM
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Find out what local cops consider a serious bust. Let the kid know, on the sly, how much pot he need to possess to ruin his life.
There's a good chance his daddy knows and there's a good reason he hasn't shared it with you.
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My only concern would be being enticed
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Feb 23, 2023, 6:29 AM
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into harder drugs. Or what is seemingly as harmless as weed, like a low dose DMT or MDMA. Then that rolls into the fentanyl category. Ver few prosecutors will go full hams in you for possession or even PWID, but you have your hand in an overdose death or a bunch of girls being raped, you are toast. For a long time.
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Re: My only concern would be being enticed
Feb 23, 2023, 7:05 AM
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Yeah, the whole Fentanyl thing could be a concern. Probably best to check in with his pops, without being accusatorial. Maybe ask more questions than give advice, at this point.
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Which barrio in Charleston do you live in?***
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