Also, as an aside, the lad I buy my weed off?
Left home at 14 because of a drunken abusive dad, lived on the streets doing what petty crime he had to to survive, feed himself and such.
He was arrested a couple of times during this time for shoplifting and breaking into a Sayers.
Fast forward 10 yrs and nobody is giving this fella with a criminal record who has been living on the streets since childhood a chance in life. Not even a job interview.
So, eventually, through a homeless charity he finally gets a flat. Like most he struggles to make ends meet and eventually decides to grow a few weed plants to earn a bit of money. 20 years later he still doing the same. Only sells to his mates, same 25 or so customers for the last 20 years. No gangs. No middle men. No guns or murdered kids.
All proceeds go into the failing economy when he buys his shopping, pays the milkman, etc etc.
Is he scum Pete?
Or is he a victim of a broken society that failed him on every level throughout his life?