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What are the signs that someone is growing pot in their house? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2016 OP
Odor. The cops can also detect grow lights via aircraft. Tobin S. May 2016 #1
It would have to be a very large and/or a very poorly concealed operation Major Nikon May 2016 #22
Actually, with all due respect.. liberaltrucker May 2016 #2
Why would you ask? Lochloosa May 2016 #3
Because it's the Lounge. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #5
Are you planning a cover up? In_The_Wind May 2016 #4
Cookies. rug May 2016 #6
I'd expect to find LiberalElite May 2016 #8
You don't need pot to crave those. rug May 2016 #9
HA! nt LiberalElite May 2016 #11
I once had a really bad sore throat with congestion. Chan790 May 2016 #25
I never understimate the benefits of oblivion. rug May 2016 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author rug May 2016 #10
The cops look at unusually high electric bills. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #7
lack of snow on the roof Enrique May 2016 #12
LOL! Baitball Blogger May 2016 #14
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Kali May 2016 #33
Incense. As opposed to incensed. n/t UTUSN May 2016 #13
That is a really good question. femmocrat May 2016 #15
A sudden, drastic increase in the electric bill. rurallib May 2016 #16
For us it was when the task force started dragging garbage bags full of weed OriginalGeek May 2016 #17
The statute of limitations may have run out on why I know what I know about growing.... moriah May 2016 #18
Electric bill. (n/t) Iggo May 2016 #19
When the cops raid the house next door! denbot May 2016 #20
covered windows and lots of traffic grasswire May 2016 #21
The covered windows angle is interesting. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #24
in my case it really IS skunk odor Kali May 2016 #34
Some police have taken to using heat signature detection technology MrScorpio May 2016 #23
Grateful Dead music on the stereo, cookie crumbs lead ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #26
Fake pool painted over your grow room womanofthehills May 2016 #40
A Rainier Beer neon sign in the front window and lots of company at 2 am jmowreader May 2016 #27
All of the color leaves their property, kentauros May 2016 #28
Willy and Woody hanging' in the front yard lame54 May 2016 #29
Smiles on their faces. n/t malthaussen May 2016 #31
A laid back neighbor who rarely gets angry, noisy or obnoxious and greater-than-normal pizza deliver LanternWaste May 2016 #32
The inhabitants are happy lunatica May 2016 #35
Pizza boxes. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #36
When the majority your curbside pickup garbage consists of empty Doritos and Cheetos bags jpak May 2016 #37
I've grown mine in the crawl space Blue_In_AK May 2016 #38
A $3000 monthly electric bill? baldguy May 2016 #39

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
22. It would have to be a very large and/or a very poorly concealed operation
Wed May 4, 2016, 02:34 AM
May 2016

You can grow a shitload of pot with a 4x4 hydroponic light tent setup. Placed in a basement or interior room, no cop is going to be able to detect it. If you are trying to make a profit doing it, you'd need a bigger operation and would be more likely to get caught.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
25. I once had a really bad sore throat with congestion.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:19 AM
May 2016

It wasn't until after I'd taken Nyquil for the cold and eaten 3/4 of a pint of H-D Rum Raisin that I realized they'd used real rum and not rum flavoring. I may have been mute but that was a good night.

Response to LiberalElite (Reply #8)

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
15. That is a really good question.
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:14 PM
May 2016

I know everyone thinks it is funny, but I would rather enjoy seeing a raid on a house near us. Not saying where!

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
17. For us it was when the task force started dragging garbage bags full of weed
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:13 PM
May 2016

out of the house across the street from my Grandpa. (He lives in Wekiva).


This was many years ago. some folks went away in hand-cuffs too.


edit~ no, I did not poke around to see if they forgot anything...but I wanted to.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
18. The statute of limitations may have run out on why I know what I know about growing....
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:41 PM
May 2016

... but it wasn't indoors.

However, if two EXTREMELY placid goats are for sale in an area that is capable of either outdoor growing or someone being negligent with several plants...

The goats were happy, and I know why...



(Edit: it wasn't actually me who was the negligent party... but they did get the best prices at auction...)

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
21. covered windows and lots of traffic
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:51 AM
May 2016

I lived down the block from one about ten years ago. I am so naive and stupid, that every time I walked past that house I remarked on the skunk odor. LOL. The very weird thing about it was that on one side, the neighbor was retired LAPD. On the other side and across the street lived active county sheriff deputies. I am not sure if they were in on it or not. They could not possibly have been ignorant of what was happening.

But in answer to your question. All windows were totally covered all the time. Cars came and went constantly. Many cars. No one would say hello or make eye contact. And the smell was very, very strong.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
23. Some police have taken to using heat signature detection technology
Wed May 4, 2016, 03:32 AM
May 2016

Oh course, an overly warm house does not meet the legal requirement for probable cause.

However, that won't stop them from starting an investigation, rummage through your trash, checking you for priors, tracking down your credit charges, putting you under surveillance and building a case against you.

There's also launching a sting operation against you, sniffing around your property with K-9 units, tracking down your utility expenses, contriving false testimony, planting evidence, staging false complaints, lying to D.A.s and judges...

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
26. Grateful Dead music on the stereo, cookie crumbs lead
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:45 AM
May 2016

ing directly from the TV to the place where the cookies used to be and constant use of the word maaaaaan.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
27. A Rainier Beer neon sign in the front window and lots of company at 2 am
Wed May 4, 2016, 01:26 PM
May 2016

When I was a kid, we had a weed grower/dealer living next door to us. (No, I never went up there.) We lived on the side of a mountain, and you could see this guy's house from several blocks away. When he had some ready to sell, he turned on the Rainier sign in his front window and all his customers would show up in the middle of the night to buy it.

I say "grower/dealer" because there's no damn way he was growing as much as he was selling.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
32. A laid back neighbor who rarely gets angry, noisy or obnoxious and greater-than-normal pizza deliver
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:13 AM
May 2016

A laid back neighbor who rarely gets angry, noisy or obnoxious plus greater-than-normal pizza delivery.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
38. I've grown mine in the crawl space
Sat May 7, 2016, 12:29 AM
May 2016

with shop lights. It barely makes a dent in the electric bill, and even though the buds aren't huge, they work. I can tell you this because it's legal in AK.

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