Alright. So I live in Massachusetts, where marijuana isn't even legal for medical use. I live in a small town in Mass where there aren't many drug busts, but people love to get in other's business. I never told anyone but my best friend that I was growing. Who I can trust. I am living with my mother. She was cool with it. So there was no problem there. My brother also lives with me, and shares a room with me. It sucks. Anyway, he was kind of helping me out with the grow. Well last week. Tuesday night. My mom and step dad got drunk. As many of us know, nothing goods comes from alcohol. They started fighting, and literally hit each other. So my mom called the police. I asked both of them to please go outside and calm down. I wanted them outside so they could be outside when the police showed up. Well my step dad ran out the back door and was hiding outside somewhere. The cops came in, and my mother let them right in. Talked to them a little bit, and then an officer asked her if they could search the house. My mom...being drunk and not thinking said yes. As soon as she did my stomach dropped and I just thought fuck. The cop went right for my room. Opened the door and saw the grow setup and radio'd in "we got a separate situation here, we got a grow." I was like okay...I am going to jail. Another officer came in and read me my rights, and my brother said it was his room too, so they read him his rights. Then they took down our information. I asked if I could go get pants and socks and my shoes on because I was 99% sure I was going to jail for the night. This was happening at about 10 at night by the way. So we asked the police if we were being arrested, and they said they didn't know what was going on yet. So we sat there while they radio'd in to the station requesting a detective and the drug task force. The funny thing is though, we don't have a real drug task force. The supposed drug task force is made up of a detective from my town, another from a city next to use, and a couple state troopers. Well me and my brother sat in my kitchen with two officers for two hours for this one detective. While waiting. I told the officer how many plants, how big they were, how long it took to grow them. But I never said what I was growing them for. So when the detective finally arrived. He had me sign a form saying I give consent for them to search and take the evidence. Because my mother and my name was on the lease we both signed. Yes we live in an apartment as well. So I signed and they went into my room and started tearing the plants apart or whatever. I didn't watch. He asked me to come in the room and asked me if there was anything else in the room they needed to know about, because I had a pile of random stuff against the wall. He said he didn't feel like looking through it, so he asked if there was anything else. I said the bud hanging up to dry, the other buds on the paper drying. A little baggie by my tv stand and the plants and that is it. So I left and they continued, then he asked if I had any seeds. Which I did. I have about 6 more seeds that I got from online, but they were well hidden. So I said no. They took about 20-30 minutes to finish and before they left the detective stopped and talked to me. He said "you guys need to get out and get real jobs and find another way to make money." I said "well it's going to be harder now because if this goes on my record, then it will be harder to get a decent job, and I have already been to 4 job interviews this week." He said "well we have the evidence, and it's up to us whether or not you get charged. It's in our hands." I just said "alright." Then they left. So we never got arrested. Which baffles me because most people get arrested when they are busted for growing. Right now. I have no peace of mind. I have no idea what is going to happen. I am just expecting a letter in the mail saying I am summoned to court for the following charges which would be cultivating marijuana and possibly intent to distribute. Although I will stick with the argument I was growing it for my own personal use. The police dumped out all of my nutrients and ph down into the area where I was growing 3 plants in soil. They took my hps light and cut the cord off of it. They left my single hydro system and pots I was growing in. They destroyed my window fan for some reason. They broke the knob off it, and cut the cord. They also cut the cord off of my space heater which I was using to heat my room for my own benefit. On top of all of that. My mother, my brother, and I all got an eviction notice by the land lord on friday. So that is what happened. Any questions, feel free to ask.
