Such a sad story. I wonder how many times has something like this happened in the past. This drug war is a disgrace to society.

The last suicide caused by this war was a grandmother in Colorado in December. Her grandson ate one of her marijuana cookies and felt tired, Grama got worried and brought him to the hospital - she gets busted and kills herself.

The drug war has kept from us the fact that marijuana is very good for kids - it doesn't even hurt a fetus according to Dr. Melanie Dreher's work in Jamaica. This is the truth, and to those who use this sacred Herb, this fact is not surprising. But to those who have not questioned or experimented to find the truth, they will have a hard time believing this information.

The truth about this healing plant is being kept from us in order to justify these gruesome laws, and it is killing innocent Americans left and right.

nobody said....are you serious??? Put down YOUR bong and get on with life.

Well geez, when we allow law enforcement to talk to children in the schools, encouraging them to tell on their parents, what can we expect?

Since we now have the Boy & Girl Scouts training under the Department of Homeland Security -- http://www.infowars.com/obama-youth-homeland-security-wants-to-recruit-girl-scouts/ -- I'm sure much more of this is just over the horizon!

I wonder how many people the drug warlords (and their chain of command) have killed over the years, and will kill over the years, to satisfy the worlds need for recreational drugs.

I wonder why a non violent, stable, hardworking american is forced to deal with criminals to get a natural, non lethal intoxicant when lethal and addictive intoxicants can be bought at the local quick shop

I am concerned it was a suicide because more things were going on than just the growing...maybe the kid exposed other problems, I would like to see the continued investigation and outcome of this. I don't know anyone who would kill themselves over growing, it really shows weakness. I would hate for the feds to think we'll off ourselves when the heat is on. I don't know enough facts, gotta admit, and I pray for the family and feel sad for their situation, but it doesn't add up..I'm not a hater, I'm just sayin....

I'm sick of people blaming stuff like this on the 'drug war' and making these people out to be victims. Nobody told this guy to grow weed. Only his own stupidity is to blame for growing and smoking it.

I'm sick of people blaming stuff like this on the 'drug war' and making these people out to be victims. Nobody told this guy to grow weed. Only his own stupidity is to blame for growing and smoking it.

Wow, so sad. What kinda Son rats out his own dad?

Jess
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It is a shame that anyone commits suicide growing marijuana as I'm a supporter of making it legal.

But COME ON. Something was going on with the child at his school to have the school call the police to make sure this child was okay. The police do not randomly *pick children* to ask questions to.

The man shot himself with a firearm that apparently was already in the house. The growing seemed a little bit more than "Recreational" to me.

What makes this whole story even worse: The TITLE given to it here. You are calling a child a "Rat" Before I clicked on...I thought his son was a grown man and not a child. Good god. I feel sorry for this child - He probably had a tough life from start...and now a website will forever be googled by calling this poor kid a Rat.

There has to be a happy middle ground here of supporting cannabis and the benefits of its medical affects and a possible endangered child with two parents who don't look too stable from their pictures with a guns. Yes. I think there is more to this story than him killing himself for growing pot.

As someone in favor of the complete legalization of marijuana, I can only hope that the hundreds of tragic stories we hear about associated w/ overzealous ignorant law enforcement and ignorant or blatantly incorrect FDA reports leads to redemption.

There are many that saw the moonshine movement during prohibition as patriotic, tough and admirable, and there are american brands of liquor that came out of that time that are respected. Alcohol is so much worse for you, and has no redeeming health benefits whatsoever. And yet cannibus--which has been proven to be anti-carcinogenic, anti-nausea, promotes a healthy appetite etc--is still illegal and highly stigmatized, as we see in the case of Robert Pasch.

My heart goes out to his wife and son and the rest of his loved ones. I hope that the local law enforcement that arrested him and his wife even after finding no plants re-examine their position and consider the way that they approach and carry out arrests and hand down sentences in the name of the justice system. R.I.P.

I don't care who you are, but that kid is a faggot. Here's how it probably went:

teach:"today kids we're going to talk about the highly dangerous and destructive things that marijauna does to you, and the society."

kid:"lol my mom and dad grow weed at the house."

teach:"GASP! WE MUST GET THE POLICE!"

dad:"holy shit my only son just ratted me out to the police and i'll be stuck in jail for ages. what a disgraceful piece of garbage i raised. i think i'll kill myself...
after i burn all this weed."

this had nothing to do with gangs, drug trafficing, or anything else. just an old man that loved to smoke weed and grew some dank shit on his own lawn. maybe he sold a bit, who knows. that's not in the police report. so to all of you marijauna haters- fuck you. go fall into the firey brimestone pit that is dante's inferno.

@paulson Dude, with all due respect, stfu.

The law works in such a way that if a teacher suspects that ANYTHING out of the ordinary is going on at home, they legally must call the police. Police are legally allowed and encourage to pressure people, lie to them, use whatever tactics necessary if they believe that it will lead to tangible results.

I have personally experienced this. In high school a teacher suspected me of being abused; police officers came in the middle of the night, took me and my younger brother to the station and questioned us, would not let us leave till we had spoken to social services, detectives, filled out 'police reports,' etc. Throughout the experience they kept planting scenarios for us to answer.

Even if his son did knowingly rat him out, I'm sure that he did not intend for this situation to occur, and certainly not want his father's suicide. He's probably dealing w/ enough guilt and pain w/o douchebags like you. You give stoners a bad name, so do everyone a favor and stay off the message boards.

INTERVIEW THE CHILD!! I want to know what he must be feeling... So fascinating, to be responsible for the suicide of your own father! It's so sordid and tragic, but I can't help but wonder what he must be feeling. So interesting.

The kid isn't responsible for his dad's death. The war on drugs isn't responsible for his dad's death. The dad is responsible for the dad's death. Quit passing the buck to fit your agenda. The guy killed himself and left his family alone.

Nicely said, Alex. My heart goes out to this child. I hope he finds solice in knowing that a few of us here realize that he thought he was not telling a fib to the police.

@Paulson: Dude. Smoke a bowl and chill out. Apparently your stuff is cut with something to be throwing the "F" word about and damning your own to hell. :)

PS: You don't have to be in the Latin King, The Crips or the Bloods, the mafia or part of the Cuban Cartel to have a full on underground business. Never once have I bought cannabis from any of the above. That is the former San Francisco Resident in me: People do not shoot themselves over selling pot unless there is something else going on.

So did anybody find the weed?

"Dude, have you ever shot a .22 rifle?"

"Ever shot one ON WEED???"

BAM!

Genepool slightly cleansed.

Well, well... another American killed by a gun... suprise, suprise! I'm sorry folks, but up here in Canada, where we all DO NOT hold the right to bear arms, but are given the privilige to do so (that privilige is just as easily given to us, as it is taken away)... I think there must have been something else going on here... I suffer from depression... I know there are good days and bad days.... this would be one of the Dad's bad days... something else is going on here though... maybe Dad was growing for... as someone here put it... a "Drug Lord" rather than for medicinal reasons or what have you... and seeing as how he had to rid all his equipment (costly to replace)and plants he could have very well put himself in serious debt with people who would off him themselves should he not come correct. I'm just sayin'! Mind you, had this gent been allowed to grow, and along with... him all of north america (regulated of course) he may likely not have had to off himself (especially with a .22 cal...he must've shot himself through his eye or nostril... seriously... I took a .22 round to the knee when I was a youngin' ... Nothing more than a fucked up kneecap and nasty scar I still have today, some 20 years later. Just Sayin' ... Guns Are bad and so is prohibition.

FUCK THAT KID

takes a true pussy faggot to rat out his own Dad for doing something as benign as growing marijuana. Its not like his Dad told him to smoke it.

I hope the kid learns from what he did. He is partially to blame for his Dads suicide.

Oh and have fun at school little faggot. You will never live this down socially

Son killed his dad what a pile

Well now the kid can get his rear ramed in a foster home, The people that made him rat are nothing better then child molesters

I find it amazing how the anti-pot organizations, law enforcement, teachers, and government twist logic to try to justify their positions that pot is a dangerous drug. And these people wonder why teenagers don't take their message seriously. Teens just aren't that stupid. And when you try to pull stupid logic tricks on teens they resent it and ignore you. If they are going to accuse us of being brain damaged, they sure aren't setting a very good example of what "normal" is supposed to be. Here are a few examples of tortured logic:

"90% of drug addicts smoked Marijuana first. Therefore, smoking Marijuana leads to harder drugs."

Wow! This is really brilliant. Based on that reasoning, 99% of drug addicts attended church before becoming a drug addict. Therefore going to church leads to harder drugs. What else did over 90% of drug addicts do first? Over 90% of drug addicts smoked a cigarette, most still do. They drank alcohol, most still do. How about watched television, voted for a Democrat, had a pet, had sex, owned a bicycle, chewed gum, participated in sports, celebrated Halloween, had a religious experience, took something that didn't belong to them, voted for a Republican, told a lie, wondered if they might be homosexual, or ate too much white sugar. Using the same reasoning, all these activities must also lead to harder drugs.

"There are over 400 chemicals in the marijuana plant."

There are over 400 chemicals in every plant. There are over 700 chemicals added to American cigarettes.

"When a user begins to feel that he or she needs to take the drug to feel well, that person is said to be dependent or addicted to the drug."

I suppose I'm addicted to aspirin. When I get a headache, I need aspirin to feel well. Everything that feels good is addictive and there's a 12 step program out there for every one of them. And if you don't believe it, you're in DENIAL! Since they know that Pot isn't addictive, they try to redefine the word "addiction" and try to make Pot fit the new definition. The fact that the need to twist the definition indicates that they know that Pot doesn't fit the traditional definition of addiction.

Drug addiction occurs when the drug affects the body in a way that causes the body to become dependent on the drug and causes a negative reaction when the drug is removed. Marijuana and magic mushrooms are examples of non-addictive drugs. Cocaine, Heroine, Methamphedamine, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine are examples of addictive drugs. Telling lies about what drugs are addictive is not going to help solve the drug problem.

What have we become in America. This drugs is such an awful side of the face of our society. It is really disappointing that young lives are being affected, lives are taken away, and relationships are ruined by drugs. Oh Good Lord!

LEGALIZE IT! ... A MAN CAN'T PLANT A SEED? ... IF THAT'S NOT COMMUNIST I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS! ... AMERICA, A GREAT IDEA, BUT POOR EXECUTION>