Idiot Growers Are Going To Ruin It For Everyone

Between that douchebag in Highlands Ranch and these assclowns its just a matter of time before a small to medium medical grow in your house becomes illegal.....

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=133701&catid=339

KUSA - The father of an 11-year-old who shot himself in the foot while at home alone with a .22 caliber pistol left on the kitchen counter, told 9NEWS he didn't leave his son armed to protect his marijuana-growing operation.

North Metro Task Force spokesman Commander Jerry Peters said police found 30 plants in the home. The owner, who described himself to investigators as a "caregiver," had licenses for some of the 30 plants.
"I think the 11-year-old was protecting the marijuana grow," Peters said. "It's a lucrative business. We've seen home invasion robberies. We've seen kidnappings. We've seen shootings at these dispensaries. We've seen the lightening bolt of crime surrounding these.

"So our assumption is, there is a gun accessible to a child, why is the gun there?" Peters continued. "Why is this child left unattended especially when there is a marijuana grow or an illegal operation taking place?"

9NEWS isn't naming the Broomfield man because he has not been charged yet. Peters said police plan to make an arrest Tuesday and charge the father of two with cultivation of marijuana and child abuse.

Peters told 9NEWS the boy shot himself Friday night. He is doing OK.
The boy's father told 9NEWS on the phone the incident "was an accident." Both he and his son are avid hunters, in fact, the .22 is his son's weapon.

"If a child is learning how to shoot in the presence of their father, that can take place on a day-to-day basis. The child should never be left alone with a loaded handgun, especially an 11-year-old child," Peters said. "There's just too many circumstances that could go wrong and did go wrong. It's hard to tell when a child is responsible enough to maintain a handgun."

North Metro Task Force is also investigating the case of a 10-month-old in Commerce City who overdosed on marijuana edibles and had to be taken to Children's Hospital.

Commerce City Police arrested the boy's parents Monday. Arturo Torres and Jessica Bacerra have been charged with cultivation of marijuana and child abuse.

Peters said their 10-month-old twins have been removed from the home.
Police say Sunday, the parents noticed something wasn't right with one child, he was lethargic and sleepy.

While at the hospital, Peters said doctors diagnosed him with THC overdose. According to Peters, the child ate too much of a trail-mix type edible made at the home.

Police came to the home Monday morning after Children's Hospital reported the incident. They found a marijuana-growing operation, about 27 plants, and arrested the couple.

The parents tell investigators they're not sure how the 10-month-old got into the trail mix.

"I don't care if it's a legal marijuana grow or illegal marijuana grow, when a child suffers from THC overdose, a child could die and that's something that concerns me not only as a parent, but as a law enforcement officer here in Adams County," Peters said.

According to Peters, the couple in this case also has paperwork for some of the 27 plants, but they don't believe all are legally grown.

you said it
guns and weed just a bad combo any way
throw in some children and greedy parents
ugh
ruins it for everyone

fuck we have some idiots in this state.

CyberSecks said:

fuck we have some idiots in this state.

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Yea no shit, and how about this fear spreading lying drug cop from Adams County:

"I don't care if it's a legal marijuana grow or illegal marijuana grow, when a child suffers from THC overdose, a child could die and that's something that concerns me not only as a parent, but as a law enforcement officer here in Adams County," Peters said.

wait a minute. no kid is ever gonna die from weed. that last quote is stupid.

This sorta reminds me of my mom when I was 10 yrs old, she worked from 10:30 pm to 6:30 am and started leaving me at home at night. She left me with a single shot 20 gauge shotgun and a 9 shot 22 revolver, and told me if I was too scared to go to the bathroom I could use a bucket in the bedroom.

I'm 33 now, and that was a long time ago, but I would never do my kid that way. Of course we never had any herb in the house, but this story instantly made me think of my childhood. I feel bad for these kids because they are probably going to go into the hands of CPS who are notorious for hiring child molesters to be case workers because those sickos tend to gravitate towards working jobs where they have authority and contact with children.

This is one careless and thoughtless dad to have let this happen, his kids will suffer because of this.

I've read of cases where simple MMJ growers had their kids taken away from them just because they had a medical marijuana grow in their house, no other reason, no accidents, no anything, just being deemed "unfit" parents because they were registered growers and had marijuana in the house even though it was legal as far as the state went.

The OP is right, there are idiot growers and I live in Colorado and more strict bills will continue to be passed, and the state will probably try to pass a law making the home MMJ grower who grows for there self banned. Maryland's recent bill would allow for MMJ...BUT....no home cultivation, the MMJ registrant would have to get it from a state run dispensary,- I wonder what would happen to a Maryland MMJ registrant if they got caught growing a single plant.

I believe the Colorado politicians want to cash in on the MMJ boom in Colorado. With the recent passing of the bill that requires a $5000 fee for dispensaries and anyone who grows for over 5 people, I think they want to shut down the mom n pop growers, and people are raising hell over it too.

I'm a MMJ grower for myself, and none of my neighbors know I grow, even visitors I have don't even know, they can pass a law making home cultivation illegal and requiring MMJ people go get their herb from state run dispensaries, I'll continue to grow in my home, and watch Law Enforcement be swamped with arresting growers because such a law in Colorado would cause jails to be filled to the max and then some. There's too many of us, and were not about to stop , and there are too many of us who protest and believe strongly in martyrdom. I would gladly become a martyr if they want to change the laws.

mialee47 said:

wait a minute. no kid is ever gonna die from weed. that last quote is stupid.

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haha, i didnt catch that at first


also, to be fair to the dad who didnt hold down the fort with guns when they were kid? I mean come on!

Really they are just using the marijuana to gain attention and demonize it. The fact that a kid shot his self has nothing to do with the marijuana garden and they are treating them like they are already guilty of having the kid protect the home with a gun. Whatever it's bullshit people are stupid without marijuana kids get a hold of guns everyday but they are legal. Don't let your kid eat Marijuana edibles i tell my daughter look do you see this this is my medicie it's dangerous don not eat it if you want a cookie I will get you one but don't eat this or you could get sick...and it's put up seperatley than food. If you hide it from them they are going to be more curious. Just the medias way of getting attention because they get a lot of publicity because there are so many patients and people who feel it should be legalized.

It all comes down to the fact that when you legalize something only criminals will have them. Legalization of marijuana does not create more crime, it's the fact that criminals can't have it legally so we are targets to crime not the cause. If it was totally legal no one would break into your home to get your crop. I mean there will be some stupid people who would probably do it but it would be the same as some idiot who breaks into a liquor store to steal a 40oz.

obviously the father dropped the ball, I believe a child has to be 12 in California before they can legally be left alone in the home, so strike one right there, loaded gun in the house, another stupid move, I'm a grower, and I'm armed, but I'm also responsible, my shotgun is across the room from the ammo, the ammo is stored in a way that my son can't get to it, but I can if needed, and I've tought my son gun safety the right way, he goes to the range with me, I shoot clays with my shotgun, he shoots a target with his Red Ryder(an age appropriate gun), we have a great time.

Granted there are some really stupid people with Marijuana growing in their house, but the media tends to sensationalize just a tad.

I doubt the kid was "guarding" the grow like The Post made it out to me. He shot himself while screwing around with his gun. Then they found the grow while investigating.

If the toddler chugged a bottle of Nyquil and died, it wouldn't have even made the paper up there. A tragic accident but not news. However a pot overdose is big news. Well the kid took a good nap anyways. But yes, the parents are idiots for leaving that kind of stuff in reach.

And yeah, the clown in Highlands Ranch wasn't very smart there was he. At least have enough recs to cover your grow before you brag about it to the world.

yeah, I saw this on yahoo last night...Made me just laugh I couldn't believe what they were saying..."A baby ate some weed from his parents grow op and overdosed and a 11 year old boy shot himself in the foot whilte gaurding his dads marijuana growing operation" Come on, im sick of all the shit they put out there about pot, how bad it is...saying were criminals, just all horseshit!

ffs. Stuff like this pisses me off.

People! If you want to protect your shit get a pit bull. Don't arm your children. That is retarded.

This is proof of the danger of children. Those scary little fuckers are just as dangerous to others as to themselves you know.

OregonMeds said:

This is proof of the danger of children. Those scary little fuckers are just as dangerous to others as to themselves you know.

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100% fact

guns are more deadly than weed, why didn't they focus on why the child was left alone with a gun, even though it was his. Shit like that should have its own cabinet with a key, not just left on the couch.

OregonMeds said:

This is proof of the danger of children. Those scary little fuckers are just as dangerous to others as to themselves you know.

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I agree, I believe there should be a limit to the number of children you can legally grow, and a weight limit for the finished product.

If your going to have a gun teach your children about it and keep them away from them. My dad did it, I never shot myself, but kids are going to play with guns when they are there. Children are just curious but you know the the story sounds WAY better because there was a mmj grow.. Even though this most likely had nothing to o with this.

herbose said:

I agree, I believe there should be a limit to the number of children you can legally grow, and a weight limit for the finished product.

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Now thats some funny shit
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Too bad that things like this happen to kids, but hey- the kids cannot CHOOSE thier parents. Also willing to bet that there are hundreds of families torn apart every day due to alcoholic parents, parents that are meth or crack heads and you just don't see those stories on TV anymore. Have to get those evil Marijuana people on TV! Sensationalism at it's best. Not that this parent in particular wasn't an epic FAIL, but it just seems the media is very biased and wantes to criminalize MMJ in particular...

They can try to attribute child abuse to marijuana growth until they're blue in the face. The fact is, the people cited in this article are just plain ol' idiots, no matter what they're growing in their homes.

I can't believe the cop quoted in the article is claiming there's been a "lightning bolt of crime" surrounding medicinal marijuana.

And, why are people wasting their time worrying about US when there are a million tweekers all over the place?? I'd rather they spend my tax money on curtailing that whole phenomenon...

One of my co workers showed me this story earlier in the week as part of her never ending crusade to convince me (and everyone else) the MMJ is a terrible thing. She started in about the whole overdose BS, at which point I went off a bit. I had to take a couple classes in pharmacology back in the days when I was still thinking about becoming a veterinarian, and I know more then I ever wanted to about the way Effective Dose(ED) and Lethal Dose(LD) for drugs are determined. Basically, they give whatever drug it is to the lab animals until the dosage helps 50% of them to determine ED, and until it kills 50% of them to measure (LD). Since LD and overdose (OD) are usually used synonymously anyone talking about an OD caused by MMJ is full of shit. Here's a little quote that might help put things in perspective.
"At present it is estimated that marijuana's LD-50 is around 1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response." http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/mj_overdose.htm