IS THIS PROOF THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION ARE DUMBER THAN WE WERE?
Twenty-year-old Stephen West was due to appear in court for alleged breach of license conditions, when really he should be appearing on charges of extreme stupidity.
As he walked through security checks at Wigan Magistrates Court, West pulled a lump of cannabis resin from his pocket and asked security officers what he should do with it while he went into the hearing. The very bemused officers advised that West's cannabis be left with them for safe-keeping; not only did West agree to this course of action, he even signed his name on a receipt that confirmed that he was the owner of the dope.
West pleaded guilty to possession of the Class C drug and was fined $100 and ordered to pay $96 court costs.
Do you think that's why it's called dope?!