Dealing with the Drug Dealers Next Door

Writing in the Globe and Mail, David Eddie gives advice to a reader thinking about ratting out his noisy, teenage, drug-dealing neighbors.

Writing in the Globe and Mail, David Eddie gives advice to a reader thinking about ratting out his noisy, teenage, drug-dealing neighbors:

Now, over the years, I’ve known quite a few people who wind up through no fault of their own with wild-party-teen neighbourzillas. And from what I’ve observed, these types of encounters can go one of two ways.

Sometimes these kids can surprise you when you knock on the door by being polite, deferential and compliant. In which case, I would say drop the whole matter with a mutual God bless and go in peace.

On the other hand, some teenagers, being teenagers, don’t like (to use the now horribly dated parlance of my own adolescence) to be “hassled” by “the Man.”

And you’re the Man, now (where does the time go?). You could wind up with a face full of pot smoke, expletives and attitude for your trouble.

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