meth paraphanelia ?????

Pipe Dream said:

My friend got arrested last night after his home was raided like 6 months ago. The circumstances are like this....someone narced on him and said he had a meth lab at his house. Apparently this was enough to get a search warrant I don't know how that works just based on some bs testimony of an anonymous person.


Most judges will not issue a search warrant base on a he say or she say accusations...the authorities will have to collect some sort of creditable evidence to present to the judge in order for them to issue that search warrant... you stated your friend house was raided 6 months ago, so base on that assumptions, the authority have already gathered enough information and evidence for the past 6 months to bust your friend with a search warrant..(he should of been smarter knowing that the authorties were already on his tail)


Anyways he did not have a meth lab in his house. They did however find a meth pipe and an empty bag of meth. Apparently there was "residue" on the bag-wouldn't that be considered paraphanelia? How is he getting charged with possession of a dangerous drug for a pipe and an empty bag? If you got caught with a weed pipe they couldn't charge you with possession of marijuana because of the resin right that doesn't make sense at all.



getting charge with paraphanelia is less of a charge cause it is deem as just a misdemeanor in most cases or states so one should not worry to much there...
paraphanelia in general is any material that help facilitate the use of drugs..
look it up here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_paraphernalia


Anyways he also had some trim left over from a garden and hes being charged with cultivation....wtf. In my opinion that would be considered possession of marijuana not cultivation I don't get it.


that all depend if there was plants and equipments being present at the raid....possession of marijuana (given the amount) under most circumstances are mismeandor, so again not that big of a deal... cultivation is different on the other hand....regardless, if your friend is a mmp then his arguement is very defendable in court concerning the prossesion and cultivation issue...



Anything you may know or a link you could give me would be great they say that not knowing a law isn't an excuse for breaking it and the information can easily be found yet I have gone to a few sites and cannot find any information. Also this person has a medical mj liscense since this happened I'm sure hes going to lose it right?



his mmp status will be solely base on two things: the judge and the mmp commission that is usually set up in most mmp states to hear appeals or objections from the patient for their legal status... there won't be a particular link or site that will answer all of your questions.. however, one of a few things you can do is contact members from colorado in this forum and ask for help... another, but more constructive way is to find the info yourself because not everyone know what they are talking about (including me ).. especially, if its deals with law issues... try to google medical marijuana law in colorado and criminal marijuana law in colorado and come to your own conculsion of what is the best action to take...if this issue is important to you then expect to spend lots of time reading, researching, and understanding what those cases or laws mean to you or your friend... .Also look into case law regarding medical marijuana in your state so you know how the court rule for certain cases that was similar to you or your friend (learn from someone elses mistake so it don't happen to you in the future).... of course, we readers don't know the whole story so we don't know all that is entail in this story, but a good lawyer is always adviseable...


The biggest tragedy of all though is that he still lives with his mom. When they searched his house or rather her house they found a shotgun that was not registered to him. They charged his mom with possession of a firearm! Now I understand how it might work for a minor but this was a gun hidden in the house which obv belonged to him and hes like 22 years old so how does the parent who had no knowledge of it get charged with it instead of him? Any thoughts info appreciated.


if he is 22 years old, he is not considered a minor anymore, but as an adult.. although you said the cops charged his mom with the gun, most likely it won't fly in court because she had no knowledge of it...if he is a minor, then the mom does bear some responsiblity there... either way, your friend would most likely be charged with the possesion of firearm so he might as well say its his so mommy can relax for a minute.. now, the question is that firearm illegal (i am talking about street guns and not a registered one)? if so, then take your buddy out to his favorite eatery cause it'll be a short while until you guys will share the same meal together again (unless if you want to join him )...


BTW fuck narcs and fuck police what a bunch of low life mother fuckers.

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fonzirellie said:

Its a bad time to be a tweaker.

I grew up in Kern county(AKA-Kerntucky) which is basically the meth captal of the states


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