Do you carry a tool when you pick up your herbs?

[buddymyfriend]

I've always carried a some kind of tool when picking up mj, partly because of some of the shady characters selling and because of the 'people about' (generally large gangs, hoodies, the usual). So I either take my kosh or knuckle duster.
Now I shouldn't have to feel like i need to protect myself to enjoy one of lifes little pleasures. If there was somewhere I could go, like a cafe or shop to buy mj i wouldn't have the need to carry a tool and less laws would be broken! Anywho i could go on as to the other advantages of legalising mj such as i wouldnt have dabbled with other drugs could i have gone somewhere where only mj is sold! Anywho i was just curious do any of the other members feel the need to protect themselves when scoring your herbs?

Peace

Buddy

[buddymyfriend]

[quote=buddymyfriend]I've always carried a some kind of tool when picking up mj, partly because of some the shady characters selling and because of the 'people about' (generally large gangs, hoodies, the usual). So I either take my kosh or knuckle duster.
Now I shouldn't have to feel like i need to protect myself to enjoy one of lifes little pleasures. If there was somewhere I could go, like a cafe or shop to buy mj i wouldn't have the need to carry a tool and less laws would be broken! Anywho i could go on as to the other advantages of legalising mj such as i wouldnt have dabbled with other drugs could i have gone somewhere where only mj is sold! Anywho i was just curious do any of the other members feel the need to protect themselves when scoring your herbs?

Peace

Buddy

[stinkyattic]

If you feel a need to protect yourself from violence, with a weapon, you need to find a new dealer.
Or grow your own.
Getting high is not enough to risk violence over.

[Fengzi]

24 years of smoking, buying countless bags from countless dealers, I've never felt the need to carry any kind of weapon.

[thebeancounter41]

Shady street dealers are 1 of the reasons I started buying via the internet.(piss poor local product was the other)

[SpiritLevel]

I never felt the need to carry a tool when I go pick up. Most of my dealers are people I've known for years and the growers I know are some of the most humble people I know.

[dryst]

whats a kosh?

[Big Calhoun]

If you feel a need to protect yourself from violence, with a weapon, you need to find a new dealer.
Or grow your own.
Getting high is not enough to risk violence over.

Concur. There are very few things worth risking your life over and marijuana is certainly not one of them. Even in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, NY; I never had to carry anything for safety. Was it the safest neighborhood? HELL NO! LOL! But was I comfortable there. Absolutely. Even though I lived in NJ, I was a fixture there because of various girlfriends and stores I went to.

Think about it this way. Would you (or anyone else) want to take the chance you're walking into a bust and go down for drug AND weapons charges. Some states are very sneaky...a weapon can 'enhance' a charge. So in other words, you get caught with an ounce and you might be able to weasel that it's personal. You get caught with an ounce and a gun, I guarntee most DA's will try to tack on 'distribution'.

[dryst]

not to mention a gun charge...and if its dirty, local laws are manitory 5 yrs in prison

[orangeman]

No..

[sensi skier]

I used to carry a knife with me everywhere I went until I started smoking a lot of herb. Now I never carry any weapon...guess weed really does make you passive. You need to find a dealer you can trust if you're having problems with that.

[Nochowderforyou]

Nah. I used to carry a small knife with me but I decided fists are more fun when the opportunity arises. :D

We have shady people around, but no one has ever bothered me for no reason. The gangs here a joke. They mainly consist of 14 and 15yr old high school kids who just do an awful job of tagging their "gang" signs around. Funny kids. They're so darn cute. :p

I don't feel the need to carry a weapon anymore. I feel safer using my hands i guess.

[LIP]

I carry a set of keys, all long and sharpended with my bench grinder. I have a kuckle duster, but only for show really. If i ever get caught with the keys its not a weapon so i cant get arrested :)

[JibNasty]

24 years of smoking, buying countless bags from countless dealers, I've never felt the need to carry any kind of weapon.

Yea i havent smoked for 24 years but i carry the same position as Fengzi on this one. Even to the shadiest ive been to, i never thought my life was in any sort of danger. All the people i meet are super chill and just hangin out.

[Kryzco]

i don't carry a weapon, for the simple fact if I happen to get caught with weed on me, if they find a weapon, it'll make the situation a hell of a lot worse

[shilling]

yeah, I always carry my grinder with me, with a couple of skins hangin out my back pocket. best tools ever!

[brains]

nope. i can easily say i have one of the chillest dealers around here. the count is always right on, or even more, and its always mad bud. iv never really have any trouble with anyone before.

[LuckyNiner]

If your dealer is weed-only, then there should be absolutely no reason for you to have any need for a weapon. Because I KNOW they smoke too, and therefore are certainly not inclined towards violence or extortion.

Anyways, I happen to carry a knife with me everywhere I go, not necessarily for protection, though it's stopped a few fights. It's just handy for everyday things. Plus I have kind of a knife fetish.

[kknight]

Not to sound like a crazy nut job but as a weapon's practitioner, I carry multiple, concielable weapons at any given time. Usually blades, but yeah, I carry.

[OreO]

fuck all that, this isnt COCAINE...lol but seriously never felt i had to, even in DC...haha sike in DC its crazy......but i used to always cary a knife with me, not really for protection....knives come in handy for many things but also protection IF I HAD 2 but never did

[dryst]

u know i used to live in dc...only for 6 months when i was younger...me and my neighbors were the only white people i the entire apartment complex...i was wasnt allowed outside past 6...lol...but ya...its fuckin crazy up there...honestly im not scared of anyone when they talk shit about being ballers and shit, the whole ill bust a cap in yo ass thing...but in DC its real and they dont talk..they do it...i remember me and couple people went up to south east to pick up some oxys...we waited in the car while my friend made the dealer around the corner...my firend who was driving was readin the newpaper...and a crazy looking black guy walks across the street...i starred at him...and he just starred me down...weird thing i tired to look away but i couldnt...my firend didnt even look up from his newpaper he was just like...u gotta stop starring dude ur gonna get us killed...sad thing he was serious...

i guess they have no value for life...others as well as their own...

[dryst]

oreo...DC isnt the place for weed...go up to baltimore they got the banging ass dro up there

[napolitana869]

A. Baltimore is pretty dry right now
B. Did you hear about that girl killed in SE yesterday? I think she was shot or something.

[dryst]

baltimore is dry?...thats like 20 minutes from here and were fine...

[OreO]

fuck DC for weed, they have seeds in it nothing but dirt, i like my weed here man in Northern VA,, no seeds.

But ya i went to DC with a friend of mine like twice cause hes a crackhead...(i was friends with him before he turned to that). They dont play at all up there. The scenario sounds the same tho as you described. Drive slowly down the one way street....and all the dealers are just chillin on the street, tell em what you want and then the guy would run real quick to behind the apartment and run back with wat we needed(if he didnt already have it on him)...i hate those one way streets tho...i get so paranoid cause cops can block u in EZ

[napolitana869]

really? all i can find is mids

[OreO]

that sucks come down to VA...but ya did you hear baout the Jeweler that got shot in Georgetowne a coupledays ago? My mechanic was friends with him....people are trigger happy man

[dryst]

VA got anything good right now?

[OreO]

We have some good regs right now, just matters who ya know

[dryst]

what part of va u live in?
whats the prices on those regs?