Tonight I was pulled over with equipment for a legal grow in my vehicle but had forgotten the paperwork appointing me to be my fathers legal caretaker. I told the officer everything in my car was legal and gave them permission to search for whatever they wanted to find, there was nothing but equipment and a marijuana cookbook for patients. I spent a half hour cuffed and stuffed only to be let go with all my equipment and a pipe with a burnt bowl in it. I am concerned as to what the possible effects of this "letting you go with a warning to always have the paperwork with you" and am unsure how to go about living without fear of a raid. I am completely legal but you know how it is with law enforcement in general they come in mess up your stuff kill your plants and then say "oh we didnt know you were legal" type of shit. I dont want to have to worry that they are watching me cause I often get together with other growers to share tips and such about grow methods. Any legal advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys

They don't have time enough to follow you around. VV

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my concern is where I live they refused to allow a patient CoOp. Also the area I live in is well known for its drug problems. I guess im just paranoid and I left something out they cuffed me possession of drug paraphernalia as soon I told them there was a pipe belonging to my father in the car, THEY LEFT IT! lol. I guess overall I cant really blame them. They were just doing there job and in the end they let me go, I count that as a step in the right direction as far as law enforcement goes. Remember y'all if you got the paperwork carry it, it will come in handy sooner or later.

PS: I'm 23 was wearing a tie die shirt driving a shiny, loud Honda at 11pm and they still let me go lol

tape the paperwork in some kind of see through plastic on the entrance to your grow room or tent then if you do get raided and they mess up your stuff you can sue them for incompetence or something for not knowing the law about being a legal caretaker. the only thing you have to worry about is if they were to turn you into the DEA but the DEA only wants to shut down dispensaries.

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Are you from Cali? Because this is nowhere near true.

no its the law.... a police officer whether its state city or county is paid to enforce the laws passed by the citizens of said state county or city. if your place of residence has laws that allow for the growth of marijuana and a state employed police officer damages something that is not violating a local law or does not understand the law and damages something you can have them investigated by IA for incompetence. on the other hand. if a federal agent requests the assistance of a state employed police officer, he is helping assist in a violation of federal law which does not make him liable.

it has come up in state courts where police confiscate legal marijuana/grow equipment, then all the equipment and the marijuana must be returned. yes people have actually gone and picked up there bags of weed at the police station and just walked out from evidence.

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guess who got raided yesterday!

Got home at around 10 am and there were 2 federal agents and a county sheriff and a state police officer along with an investigator from WestNET were waiting in my driveway on the phone with a judge getting a warrant. I had 22 plants in various stages of budding so that I had a constant supply now I have no plants and no supply.

They told me that the legal limit in washington state is 9 plants in each stage which I know for a fact is a lie and the federal agents told me they were acting under state law not federal law so technically they broke the law by taking my plants because the state of washington still has not defined officially a "60 day supply". luckily they left all my equipment so ill be up and going again but no soon enough cause were out lol.

i would install good quality cameras with audio in your house and around, preferably hidden just incase they do ever come in. you'll be surprised what you can catch the a-holes saying when there at work.

yep thats the next step and I guess ill be ready to start a new grow journal only im going to go with the limits they told me cause I can yield the same amount lol.

But you'd think that they would take into account you had the gear to grow an illegal substance? How do they bust growers in the first place... following leads, they need to have a reason to think the grower is in fact growing in the first place? I wouldn't expect them to be following you round, I wouldn't put it past them to be keeping an eye out, especially if you live in a state where they're really fucked up about it.