Growers, do you get nervous/anxious?

[surfingrob]

I can't help but shit myself whenever I see a cop in my rearview mirrors. Especially when transporting huge amounts of things they would love to catch me with. I love growing, I know its my calling. It scares me when I think that a lowly servant of the law (traffic officer) can take everything away from me in one traffic stop. Not only that, but there are other people on the line who's life can possibly get ruined. So I have to worry about the job I love and the people who are close to me all day, constantly. And then there's always the threat of getting held up for my stash or someone trying to extort me.

How do you guys deal with it?

-r

 

[jolene]

Smoke less

 

[swampdank]

smoke more!

 

[jaykush]

what are you doing to make u feel ur going to get pulled over? most of the time when a cop sees someone sketch after they saw them it makes a bit of suspicion and a possible pull over. you have rights, dont smoke in the car if your paranoid. keep nugs in a locked case in the trunk. dont drive like an idiot and drive like everyone else.

oh yea and how i do it? smoke more weed, calm down and think for a second.

 

[texas grass]

dont break traffic laws

smoke more weed, at least that helps me

 

[Vermonster]

cops- smoke less act cool don't look like a dirtbag, stash things well follow the rules of the road, and trust noone.
robbers: glock 9mm and staying hidden.
The only thing that makes me feel better is that a single soul in the world knows anything about were i am growing. the place has several layers of protection. i.e a front door then stairs then another door then more doors; each layer having its very own clean air that smells like roses or food, or air frshner....i lead a fairly boring existance compared to the fast lifestuyle i used to live, but hey when your working you gota be serious, hobby is one thing but doin it for a living it has to be just that a living....live the life...also if your real stressed a few xanax and a couple of beers don't hurt, its good to be paranoid to a level but do not ghive yourself a heartattack over nothing.

 

[swampdank]

good advice here. being paranoid isnt such a bad thing. its a helluva lot better than being reckless as im sure alot of us were yesteryear. i like the dont look like a dirtbag too. if you got major weight you should look like a aarp rep or something. hehe.

 

[jolene]

Wear a suit and make a custom stash box that looks like something else (a petrol (gas) can with a compartment, a tyre hollowed out, first aid box, i dunno) and drive your deliveries at peak times so you look like you are returning from work or something - all the road traffic will make you less obvious. Drive a family car?

 

[FRIENDinDEED]

since i harvested i have been traveling with cannabis off and on when i know ii am gonna be giving it away to someone.

the other night i had a lil more than what i needed and it tunred out i had to go to drive to work that night. as i am on the road, i decide to rollone for the ride. i pull over and there are a good amoutn of cars inteh lot, i pull out the bluntville that i had and started to rollup in the dark since i was breaking the weed up as i drove.

because i am sitting inteh middle of the rt. i look over and see two cop cars side by side. i got a lil apprehensive as to whether or not i should be rolling up there and then. i said fuck it, rolled it up and went on my way, once i was well away i took that time to compress the blunt a lil and then lit up.

so i think that ewho you are is what dictates you situations. ever since i saw that 20 minutes of "the seecret" i realized that i have always thought along those lines (as long as you are cool then all things around will be cool as well) but as someone else on here mentioned, the cops look for the guy that has that nervous look or unease about them so watch your self, that being nervous for no reason is whats gonna get you caught up.

either you have a understanding of the truth about cannabis or you dont. i say that because i get my positive postion on cannabis because of what i read and what i know, i put my faith in that and nothing else

not only should you travel safe but travel positive aswell, youll on ly be the better for traveling that way.

 

[Guest]

do not rid around with bags of weed in the car if i go out i roll me 2-3 jays and thats it .and when driving i dont evan think of growing or getting cought put that right out of your head.untill it happens thers nothing to worry about.you have more to worry about being in a wreak with all the ass hols on the road on phones and watching tv and stuff then getting pulled i always make sure my car has all its stickers and in working order .

 

[Military]

I just never drive around with it, and iv im to give it to someoen I know... well they come to me to a place where I myself WALK to and they drive I dont know I dont see what the big deal it anyways just dont be stupid and wtf is so hard about just not thinking about it

 

[Suby]

I like to err on the side of caution and play it very safe when transporting ANY amount.
I'm not worried about my grow, it's a stretch to get caught with stash and them raid your house, granted I'd shut down my grow to be safe if I did get caught with over 2-3 oz's.
Spend time and money making sure you are safe, modifiy your car to hide stuff, it's not very hard any mechanic knows tons of places to hide or modify to hide stash.

Never....ever....smoke in the car.
I toke outside the car, this way if they catch you toking they have no grounds to search the car.
Inform yourself as to your rights in your country/state, cops cheat all the time and try to fuck you over so know what they can and cannot do.

I used to stress with large amouts, simple solution I cut down the size of my grow.
If every grower would stick to what they and some friends can toke then growers as a community would attract alot less attention and eventually funds would be cut.

S

 

[devilman2075]

i wouldnt freak yourself out that much from cops...you have to make yourself obvious or do something stupid to get their attention....i count my lucky stars how many times ive driven past parked cops smoking a blunt in my car...it may just be my area i dont ever hear much about weed arrests but they do happen

like you stated growing is something you really like, i havent grown yet as i am yet to be in my own house but its something i really have a passion for, im not planning on growing enough for the world, i want enough for me and my girl only...my real goal to not raise much suspicion is grow a few huge plants that will produce enough to last me about half a year to a year that way i can do it once or twice a year and still have enough to toke

 

[Mr Celsius]

I have medical... if you don't, which I haven't in the past, then I keep things on the downlow. I live a pretty basic life and keep things very simple. I meditate, I get a good amount of sleep, I eat pretty much the best foods I can.

Do things that relax you. Also, when I've driven with large amounts... pounds in the car before I just drove perfect and listened to good music, didn't smoke any weed the whole day.

Just relax man, go enjoy life, theres nothing else you can do.

 

[Wait...What?]

when I first started this gardening endeavor, I thought every car pulling out of a parking spot was beginning to follow me.

years later, and now i'm far less edgy.


say nothing, act casual...

 

[b8man]

I'm as paranoid as you surfingrob - though it's a bit different where I live (much more serious if caught, no rights to privacy, but really much less likely that they'd be interested).

Seriously, I have weeks of nightmares, panic attacks, constant stress and if I smoke the wrong weed, real paranoia attacks. Then when the grow is over I'm a different person - my friends say it's like I've had botox I look so much more chilled. But I'm hooked on growing these things and keep coming back to the logic that I'm not doing any harm to anybody and am keeping myself from dangerous anti-depressants, sleeping pills and drinking.

It's ok to be paranoid. Complacency leads to mistakes. My advice is to be as secure as you can - and be above suspicion by not doing anything shifty.

And of course, good luck!