1) Sit down and have a face to face chat with your buddy. Tell him you have just dealt with a bunch of legal bullshit and you can't deal with even that again, much less more serious charges (which a brick would likely bring). Ask him to keep anything more then very small amounts of weed well hidden in his own bedroom, or in a locked room that you do not have the key for. Separate yourself as much as you can from the weed... so it looks like you didn't even know it was there.

2) Ask him to promise you, if you guys get busted together, that he will tell the cops that you didn't know anything about the large amounts of marijuana. If he doesn't promise you that, and says some crazy shit like, "Hell no, I'm running to the hills, you deal with the five-oh," then stay the hell away from him.

The law is that possession can be actual or constructive. Actual is when you have it on you. Constructive possession is defined as when you know about the presence of weed nearby and are close enough to be able to have "dominion and control" over it... meaning basically you could go find it and touch it or handle it if you wanted to. That means that if there is a lot of weed in the house or the car, and you knew about it, it is legally yours my friend. They can charge you with *exactly* what they charge your buddy with.

A lot of people learn this for the first time at party busts. Even people who were not smoking weed get busted and charged with possession because there was a loaded bong and a bag on the table in the corner. If your buddy runs away, they'll charge you with the possession with intent to distribute and all that... and the charges will more likely then not stick... unless you get a really cool Prosecutor who believes your story. If you get a prick Prosecutor, then you could be screwed even if the weed was hidden and your friend says you didn't know about it... because the the prosecutor does not have to believe him. If you can get the weed kept in a locked room that you don't have the key too... that would be even better. In a lot of states if the weed was in a locked room that you didn't have a key to and you don't own the home... then you *cannot* be charged with constructive possession. So if I were you I'd install the lock yourself if there isn't one and your buddy is cool with it.

Sounds like a lot of trouble, but in most states dealing does not result in the slap on the wrist that simple possession does. So, that being said, what I would do is sit down and have that face to face.
jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on . this is sketch. So I live in Maryland but i used to live in Alabama for a good part of my life and I am still keeping in touch with some of my best friends. Well since Maryland sucks and I have enough money I decided this summer to spend about a month over there and kick it back like old time sakes right? Well I talked to my best friend today on the phone to tell him the plans and to catch up with him and the conversation we had kind of brought a shiver through my back. Apparently he deals now and wants Rating: 5