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Thanks very much, Squiggly, for the advice:) .
That is my biggest concern - (Federal - I'm a bad guy, but in the state - I'm perfectly legal).
I don't want to bring law enforcement, and the Dept. of Health into this. I feel like my name will be "highlighted."
In my opinion,
yes, you do.
There comes a time in life where a man/woman must choose to do what is right.
What's being done to you isn't just illegal, it's
wrong. That's what separates you from him.
What you're doing is illegal, but it is
not wrong. History will vindicate folks like us--whereas folks like him will
always be the scum of the earth. It will
always be wrong what he's doing.
What you're doing might not even be illegal a decade from now--and it won't ever be wrong.
Get your gumption up--legalize your area, and give this fuck what is coming to him (a jail sentence). Are you medical?
If so, just think of this guy doing this to another patient--and think how LEO is REALLY going to view someone extorting someone for their LEGAL medicine.
I think that if this had happened to you 5 years ago, you'd be best to take a bat to the guys knees under the cover of night--but as it stands now you needs to stand up for what is right, not only for you but for this country--and for this movement.
If you don't, I don't blame you--and I don't think there's any shame in that, but I urge you to just go over this in your head. Who is the real asshole here? How would YOU view it if you were a law enforcement officer (keeping in mind that these are just other people like you and I).
If you keep your grow within legal limits, I don't know what's stopping you.
If it was me, all I can promise is this guy would remember the day he tried to fuck ME--one way or the other, broken knees or cuffs and bars--doesn't matter to me.
Realistically, I would've said the following as soon as he tried to extort me:
"Well, so long as we're saying criminal things openly to each other--if you ever open your mouth to suggest something like that again, I'll take your fucking life. If you report me to the police, someone else will take your life for me. Basically all roads lead to a dead you, but thanks for your offer!"