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bagman45 wrote:I'll lay odds that I'm pretty close to right on this.....

JALLEN wrote:

Moby wrote:While I understand the sentiment let's loo at the facts.

1. They were in a hydroponic equipment supply store.

2. Trash at the curb is not protected by the 4th amendment. (yes I believe it should be but it isn't)

3. The fools put pot in the trash can and it tested positive.

4. They could have simply burned it in a BBQ grill.

While I do not agree with the method the cops used, they are in the business of law enforcement. Even if what they were doing was something I do not agree with. If you're going to set up an illegal business you MUST be smarter than the cops.

Do I think the cops are really doing any good in this effort? No. But was the home owner stupid? You decide.

The stuff in the trash was something but whatever it was was not pot, or the lab would not say it didn't even look like pot.

How was the homeowner stupid? Growing a hydroponic garden? Tell me now because I intend to do that when I get to Texas.

Putting the vegetation grown in said garden, not being pot or anything else illegal, in the trash, not realizing that some deputy had seen his driver's license in a gardening store and would therefore be searching his trash hoping to hit pay dirt?

As silly as it may seem to some, there are dare I say, hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people out there who have never seen pot, never smelled it, and have no more idea of what pot looks or smells like than whale poop. They ought to be able to go about their ordinary lawful business without interference from these crack... uhhh, pots who see a pot farmer under every bed.