Follow your instincts...if you feel like your situation is compromised it most likely is and your brain is telling you that you have loose ends so it's a no go. But also remember alot of people buy alot of growing equipment online for perfectly legal crops indoors, it's a huge hobby as far as orchids, herbs, flowers & vegetables go. Same thing goes with mushrooms! The newest rage is the Aerogardens that soccer moms are growing tomatoes with in the kitchen or in a small cabinet, people can see the light from such set-ups right through the window and I have yet to hear about someone's house getting raided or the door kicked down over something like that IN PLAIN SIGHT.

For the cops to get a warrant based on just you buying growing equipment online it is highly unlikely. Seeds are a different story..you should have definitely ordered them to "current resident" and put your house # on it if you absolutely had to send them to where you live. I think if anyone knew about the seeds though it would have been intercepted prior to you getting them..it's not a cat & mouse game, they don't want to let you have them and dedicate a big investigation to some dude growing 10 seeds in his house..lol Don't take this the wrong way but unless you live in some tiny town in the bible belt I really don't think they are too concerned with you or other very small time grows for that matter.

I myself am just way too fricking paranoid to grow so I know exactly how you feel, like everyone is watching everything you do, and that is no way to live because your every waking thought is about being watched/busted and it's just not worth it...it will wear you down and eat you alive. Peace of mind is priceless. That being said, in the ultra remote possibility you got caught with 2 or 3 plants and were not selling any weed it would be a personal use charge of possession/cultivation (even a misdemeanor in a few states) and if you had a clean record and no prior drug realted convictions you would most likely get off with just probation and a fine or a drug diversion program where it does'nt even go on your record.

Here is the thing....they cannot get a warrant based on just circumstantial evidence..they have to have a signed affidavit of a witness against you or actual physical evidence of a grow, or you selling weed to an undercover cop, etc. Do no throw out anything related to growing..definitely no stems/leaves/soil....nothing. Dispose of it in a canal or dumpster by your house or bury plant material later after you are done growing. You can store this crap in heavy duty contractor grade black trash bags in the room or something. As far as power consumption goes..it takes ALOT of juice to really raise eyebrows at the power company but household voltage spike signatures CAN be read as HID light igniting if they are loooking for that, i.e. a spike every 12 hours and then off for 12 hours..they know this is the flowering cycle of marijuana if LEO was watching you electrical consumption and could possibly in conjunction with other evidence get a warrant, but they would really have to be after you for all this to happen..The voltage spike signature is not an issue with digital ballasts which have instant/constant on regulated current and do not spike. These are the safest (and imo the only) ones to use if you are using HID lights.

I suggest only growing if you need medical marijuana and have a valid prescription until our laws are more friendly towards this matter.

Losing the house, repo of property..all that jazz...it just ain't gonna happen over 2 plants in the USA unless you really have a bad past or other illegal things going on as far as I know.

Remember, cops are not bad guys..they are just doing their job.

From what I can tell alot of people in law enforcement don't agree with current drug laws regarding marijuana. They know that there are other REAL bad guys out there and I'm sure they would much rather spend their time going after them. Hopefully.

Hope this helps..and this is in no way legal advice, I'm no lawyer. Just my humble opinion.
FreeDaHerb Reviewed by FreeDaHerb on . Extremely Paranoid...Please Help!!! I am new to posting on the board though I have read in the shadows for some time now. I only recently purchased my first seeds from a board sponsor and some equipment over the net. My room is well hidden and known by no one. I do live fairly close to a school it is over 1000 feet but not by much. I made the mistake of ordering the seeds and equipment to the same addy that I live and will grow at and I know now that this may have been a huge mistake however I only intend to grow 2 plants and Rating: 5