In the occasional comment on a post the young pot head will find my harsh judgement of adults who get high (often with teens) perplexing. In fact one of the things I find most objectionable about drug culture, especially marijuana culture, is the lack of boundaries between adults and children leading to inappropriate relationships.
Though many of these adults are themselves stunted by their years of drug use, there are as many who have more sinister reasons to involve themselves in the drug culture. Take Michael Wayne Ingram:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Davidson County grand jury Friday returned a 45-count indictment against a convicted sex offender who was arrested during a traffic stop.
Five boys, ages 12 and 13, were in the car with Michael Wayne Ingram. Police stopped him in December after they said he was driving erratically.
Ingram was charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors, driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and violating the sex offender registry requirements, according to a Metro police news release.
Investigators said interviews with the boys led to other victims and the 45-count indictment. Among the 45 counts in the indictment are: Three counts of child rape, four counts of aggravated sexual battery, three counts of sexual battery, and two counts of attempted aggravated statutory rape.
He is also accused in 15 counts of giving marijuana to seven boys on different occasions. He is indicted on charges of DUI, violation of the open container law, possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless endangerment as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and violation of the state’s sex offender registry requirements.
Ingram gained access to boys through smoking pot. He raped them. They continued to hang around him because he pumped them full of drugs, drugs that made them compliant.
That’s what most adults who are dispensing pot to young people have in mind, making them compliant. That’s one reason why legalized or not smoking pot will never be a 100% victimless crime.
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