<p>Hi, last night my hall Residence Assistant smelled marijuana in my room. He conducted a search but he found nothing. However, he said that there was still probable cause that I smoked marijuana in the room and he referred me to the school's judicial coordinator. Should I plead guilty? Should I tell them the truth that I had marijuana even though they didn't find it?</p>
<p>Smoking pot in your dorm is dumb as all hell.</p>
<p>If he didn’t find anything, I wouldn’t. How could he process that the smell wasn’t coming from elsewhere on the floor?</p>
<p>What’s the standard of evidence in your school’s internal judicial process?</p>
<p>If the standard is “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt”, I wouldn’t confess if the only thing they have against you is the word of your RA. Just how reliable is his sense of smell and his knowledge of air circulation in the dorms?</p>
<p>If the standard is “more likely than not”, it’s more likely that you’d be convicted. In that case, a confession might pay off with a more lenient punishment.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’d even confess with “more likely than not” depending on your dorm. I had a room in one of the dorms that would smell like weed at least once a week when some people would decide to smoke at the bottom of the fire escape ladder, and it would just get blown straight into my room (all the way up on the fourth floor =).</p>
<p>My advice is get a filter and open the window.</p>
<p>This is an obvious no-brainer: Play dumb.</p>
<p>If he didn’t find anything, then your RA has no evidence against you. It could have came from anywhere; the air circulation from the vents/windows, whatever.</p>
<p>Just don’t smoke it in your dorm again. That’s just stupid.</p>
<p>I’ll agree with the majority here - open your windows and filter the smell out of the rest of your room, and play dumb. He can’t prove it if he didn’t find it; that’s ridiculous. Say you didn’t have it and they can’t reasonably punish you…and for god’s sake, don’t smoke in your dorm room.</p>
<p>preo12…Looking back at your previous posts, this isn’t the first time you’ve been caught smoking weed and won’t be the first time you’re looking for justification to lie about it. You’re certainly not alone in either category, so we’ll forego any legal/ethical opinions. But if you can’t even work up the energy to walk outside your dorm to spark one up…seriously? You feed the stereotype that smoking dope makes people lazy. If you don’t want to give up your hobby, maybe consider transferring to a school in Washington or Colorado. After this last election, they may be more “herbally inclined” to suit your needs.</p>
<p>I was given to believe that smoking outside is just as risky because you’re exposing yourself to any police officers on patrol.</p>
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<p>Sounds like you have no idea what “probable cause” means. Probable cause is a term that applies to law enforcement officials and allows them to search your possessions without a warrant. </p>
<p>“Probable cause” doesn’t apply to your RA. Even if it did, it’s meaningless, since he already has the right to search your room - and did! “Probable cause” has absolutely nothing to do with indictments. I don’t understand how you’re being “indicted” either. This is something done by a court of law. So far your RA has suspicions, but no evidence. He can’t charge you with a crime, so you cannot be indicted in any way. And what exactly are you pleading guilty to? Have you been formally charged by anyone? The whole story makes no sense.</p>
<p>Be very careful about any criminal drug conviction, which can make you ineligible for federal financial aid and federal loans. If it is just a college disciplinary action, without any criminal charges, it is not so bad - probably community service hours.</p>
<p>Telling the OP to “play dumb” really is a more pleasant way of advising you to lie. Consider taking responsibility instead.</p>
Found this online from thetruthaboutforesnicscience.com “many products and natural phenomenon “smell like marijuana” such as Axe Body Spray, garbage, marigolds, a skunk, skunk cabbage, hops (as in what it used to make lager), and many other things.”
Have you ever considered what your smoke does to a fellow students who has asthma. My daughter ended up in the ER because someone on her floor wanted to get high. That is one reason why schools try to enforce the no smoking policies. Please consider your fellow students. If you want to get high in your room, get an apartment and smoke as much as you want.
Sometimes the less you say, the better off you are. On this discussion board for example.
Get one of those silly air filters and then only smoke in your room again if necessary. Also, do something to get into their good graces again (but don’t make it obvious)
What a stupid question! Asking strangers for giving him ideas of how to justify his/her action!!
Your thread has just been added to my “most annoying threads in CC”
No, I wouldn’t admit it. And I also wouldn’t have posted on a forum where your fellow students may be reading admitting that you did indeed smoke weed in the dorm room. It’s not inconceivable that someone links this post to you. Use your head dude. You could have made this post and asked this question without admitting guilt.
Well if there’s no proof then they can’t do much to you. If they didn’t see it out or even see you smoking it then how would they know that you had anything to do with it.