My mother used to warn me, "you really ought to keep your room a little more clean."   She also warned me against calling 911 when I was growing marijuana for sale inside my house!   She told me, "It is never good to call 911 if you're growing pot in your house but it is even worse to invite the cops in to have a look around if you haven't put away your goods."

Recently, a man made this apparently common mistake when he thought he heard someone trying to break into his house.   When police came into his house in Palm Springs, CA, they found an 8 foot plant and nearly $100,000 worth of weed packaged and ready for sale.   They also found more plants growing in the garage, syringes, a methamphetamine pipe and other drug paraphernalia.