surlybird

I should add: the above comment is in reference to the crack in the stash. But calling the cops over a small quantity of weed is just completely bonkers.

Maybe next time you should call the police instead. This was a tiny stash hidden by a very vulnerable person (whether a user or small-time dealer). Small time dealers often end up doing this type of work because of really messed up socioeconomic dynamics pushing them to the economic fringe, and users often turn to drugs for similar reasons, with a history of trauma in the mix and few resources for healing and coping. These folks don't have middle-class options, and are badly exploited by big-time dealers. On top of that, Toronto police have a history of lethal brutality towards marginalized communities, and this stash probably belongs to a low-income substance user and/or seller who has enough problems without getting trigger-happy uniformed thugs into the mix. They aren't endangering anyone else by keeping the stash here, and I imagine they'll end up moving it after seeing the note anyway. If you find yourself in this situation, please please don't call the cops as a knee-jerk reaction. Think of what circumstances may have led a person to stash drugs in a public spot and show some compassion. They'll seek community-based resources when they're ready to. Police involvement ruins lives.