Posted on 02/25/2016 2:13:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
An 8-year-old boy said he helped his mother's boyfriend grow "special medicine that can cure anything at all," The Times-Argus reports
A second-grader's story about helping a farmer grow "special medicine" plants led to the bust of an indoor marijuana growing operation in Vermont, authorities said.
According to an affidavit, an 8-year-old boy told school officials and Windsor police detective Jennifer Frank that he helped his mother's boyfriend, 54-year-old Steven Mann, grow "special medicine that can cure anything at all," The Times-Argus reports.
Police said they found 50 marijuana plants worth $75,000, along with two "grow rooms" next to the child's bedroom and other drug-related items.
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I made my kids do all sorts of unpaid labor - wash dishes, vacuum, walk the dog, etc. Should the government have prevented that?
First of all, you are the parent. This man was not the child's parent. Secondly, you are engaging your children in the production of illegal drugs. Do you really think walking the dog and doing dishes is comparable to marijuana cultivation?
I made my kids do all sorts of unpaid labor - wash dishes, vacuum, walk the dog, etc. Should the government have prevented that?
First of all, you are the parent. This man was not the child's parent.
Make up your mind - did the mother make her child an unpaid laborer or did she not?
Secondly, you are engaging your children in the production of illegal drugs.
A plant, which is recreationally legal in 4 states and medicinally legal in 22.
And you’d be the first to scream “where were the police” if something happened to the kid. You’d also blame the teacher for ignoring what the child said.
Mark Steyn described it as a heroin wasteland dotted with ski resorts.
200 ounces in 50 plants??
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