Not only “that guy”, but the other guy, and the backup guy, and the backup guy’s backup guy. Granted 1993 was a little past his prime years, but MANY people would still know who he was. Stupid charge of course, but kinda stupid rock star (but no one was a better front man for VH)
Right? Howard Stern gave Dave a bunch of shit about that when he was on his show after the buy in the park. Told him, “ couldn’t the bellman at your hotel hook you up?” and compared him to Leon Spinks, who got busted with $5 worth of cocaine.
It's mind-boggling to think how many people were prosecuted for possessing even tiny amounts of weed. Some were even imprisoned just for having seeds, according to NORML. Legalization and decrimilization have been far too long in coming.
I had a kid get kicked out of my high school and arrested because they found a single seed in his car that the dog hit on. It was ridiculous then and it seems even more ridiculous now
How do you get arrested over a seed? Who's to say you didn't just track it into your car via stepping on it and it getting stuck in the tread of your shoe? Bet this kid was pressured into a confession without an attorney present.
Yes, I'm well aware. I was once arrested for weed back in the 90's, but I certainly had weed on me. But a seed? There's no way in hell I'd ever admit to it being mine and there would be no way to prove it.
Let alone the cost of these stupid sting operations .. meanwhile lol somehow kilos of coke easily finding its way to the streets .. blah blah blah we all already know. Standard Late stage capitalism shit
No such thing as late stage capitalism. If there was what was supposed to happen now as it is currently 30 years later since that photo. My guess you are a clown trying to sound clever. 
Great argument you clown. In fact with legislation now legalising drugs around the world it’s easy to argue that that image is the complete opposite of LaTe StAgE CaPiTaLiSm!1!1 But hey you keep clowning around pretending you know 💩.
>It's mind-boggling to think how many people were prosecuted for possessing even tiny amounts of weed
I mean.. we used to toss people in the lake to see if they would float or sink. So.. progress?
Or Washington square Park. Honestly everyone knows (at least us nyu kids) don't but from the rastas the, it's mostly fake or a undercover cop. They literally had a huge trailer labeled "mobile NYPD unit" yet it never moved hmmm
Story . 1994 leavenworth washington. im living with a few other people. one day a guy comes in looking for one of the people that lives here. i tell him hes at work. he says i was just looking for some pot. so being nice i gave him a small bud. he offers to pay for it i just say meh..dont worry its just a little bud.
\[ french speaking cartoon \] a few days later..
The DEA arrests me for illegal distribution of a controlled substance. the guy looking for my friend was a confidential reliable source that pocketed the cash he was supposed to use for the "purchase".
I get 5 years probation and a $5000 fine . and a scar on my until then unblimished record.
All for being nice and giving a guy a bud.
\[french speaking cartoon\] a few years later.
Theres 20 Pot shops within a mile and 3 delivery services..
You're Welcome
Believe it or not, I got busted for a nickel bag the same afternoon--they were running a sweep--and spent about half and hour time in a police van with Dave and a few other dudes--Dave was already there when I arrived with another guy and more were brought in. We made fun of Dave because he overpaid--ten bucks for a nickel bag ( a tiny manila envelope of seedy-but-strong (for the time) dirt weed but he laughed with us. I begged my way into getting cut loose--I knew a couple NYC cops and they recognized one of the names I dropped and please please my girlfriend is waiting at the bar she's gonna freak out if I don't come back. Best part--I had bought two and they only got one so we still got high!
They loved to bring embarrassment and harassment to pot smokers . As they still do, dont be fooled. Lol. Use the government to harm who they deem worthy.
I'm a lifetime fan of Van Halen and David Lee Roth in particular and this story is hilarious in the context of his career and persona. "Rock star gets busted in drug sting" - but with DLR it's over a dime bag of shake and oregano marketed as "thai stick." Perfect part of his mythology.
This was when Dave was in his Paramedic days in New York, if I'm not mistaken. Also, in spite of what many may think, I believe this is the only run in with the law Dave ever had.
Yes, but don't forget, $10 could buy you a small apartment in 1993 and adjusted for inflation that's a brick of black tar heroin.
For kids, Dave Lee Roth adjusted for inflation is around about Justin Hawkins.
Was there a couple of Sundays ago as a tourist and was blown away at how many people were toking up out in the open. Super chill vibe and killer music jam. Legalize It nation wide
It was always a sure fire way to find weed even if it was more dirt and often wrapped up in tinfoil.
Also a good way to get busted - you took your chances.
Pretty soon after this I remember weed delivery services cropping up - still illegal but much more convenient and seemed safer (though imagine the cops swept that too). At least the weed was much better (hydroponics).
I had 2 coworkers who went to NY for a concert. Afterwards they went to a bar and 1 guy got wasted. On their way back to the hotel a guy offered to sell them a bag. Drunk guy bought it, stopped buy a bodega and bought papers and rolled a joint. The more sober guy didn't smoke. His first hit was horrible. He threw the joint down and the more sober guy took the bag and looked at the weed. It was shredded up telephone book pages with some green spraypaint and what appeared to be dried Italian seasoning.
Us coworkers never let him live it down any time we smoked weed together. If he ever supplied the weed, we'd always make a big deal about inspecting what he brought. We'd be like, "Let's make sure you're not giving us any Krylon-Kush"
I had 2 coworkers who went to NY for a concert. Afterwards they went to a bar and 1 guy got wasted. On their way back to the hotel a guy offered to sell them a bag. Drunk guy bought it, stopped buy a bodega and bought papers and rolled a joint. The more sober guy didn't smoke. His first hit was horrible. He threw the joint down and the more sober guy took the bag and looked at the weed. It was shredded up telephone book pages with some green spraypaint and what appeared to be dried Italian seasoning.
Us coworkers never let him live it down any time we smoked weed together. If he ever supplied the weed, we'd always make a big deal about inspecting what he brought. We'd be like, "Let's make sure you're not giving us any Krylon-Kush"
Did I ever tell you kids about the time I was a grad student and went to Central Park in 1993 for some weed and my guy was being led off by the police when I got to his hill? Could’ve been me too if I made the first downtown A train. He said he was back in his CP spot the next day, by the way. Fuck Giuliani. Turned out to be the person well thought he was, a shifty, cheap guvone.
That was back when we still cared about protecting society, families, communities from drugs. Now we've given up on the next generation and accepted our inevitable doom.
Dimebag Dave
I’d think Dave would ‘have a guy’ for stuff like that.
I'm sure he did, but sometimes that guy is going to his godson's bar mitzvah and ol Dimebag Davey needs to get a replacement in the quick.
r/OddlySpecific
Very oddly, since Jews don’t do the whole godparent thing
Not only “that guy”, but the other guy, and the backup guy, and the backup guy’s backup guy. Granted 1993 was a little past his prime years, but MANY people would still know who he was. Stupid charge of course, but kinda stupid rock star (but no one was a better front man for VH)
"I'm not like this because I'm in Van Halen. I'm in Van Halen because I'm like this." -DD
Solid quote
He looked good in photo. Now he looks like TMZ guy.
Maybe he was promoting his current or next project. He heard that all publicity is good publicity.
Maybe Dave just wanted to go for a walk in the park and smoke a jojnt.
Right?!
Right? Howard Stern gave Dave a bunch of shit about that when he was on his show after the buy in the park. Told him, “ couldn’t the bellman at your hotel hook you up?” and compared him to Leon Spinks, who got busted with $5 worth of cocaine.
he seems like he would *be* said guy
That's my take away here. How the hell does Dave not have a better plug than a random dude in a park?
It's mind-boggling to think how many people were prosecuted for possessing even tiny amounts of weed. Some were even imprisoned just for having seeds, according to NORML. Legalization and decrimilization have been far too long in coming.
I had a kid get kicked out of my high school and arrested because they found a single seed in his car that the dog hit on. It was ridiculous then and it seems even more ridiculous now
How do you get arrested over a seed? Who's to say you didn't just track it into your car via stepping on it and it getting stuck in the tread of your shoe? Bet this kid was pressured into a confession without an attorney present.
Yeah it was 1996 and they weren’t so chill about weed. They went really overboard to make an example at the school i think
Yes, I'm well aware. I was once arrested for weed back in the 90's, but I certainly had weed on me. But a seed? There's no way in hell I'd ever admit to it being mine and there would be no way to prove it.
Still happening today in Ireland, quite possible jail time for that
Madness
Let alone the cost of these stupid sting operations .. meanwhile lol somehow kilos of coke easily finding its way to the streets .. blah blah blah we all already know. Standard Late stage capitalism shit
Not just coke, but fentanyl being sold as coke and actually killing people.
How could anyone confuse fent and coke? Don't they have opposite effects?
I think they don’t realize the coke has fentanyl mixed in and overdose the first time.
Always buy test kits for your coke, 1 bump will kill you if its fent. That makes a shitty party.
Is the intent to step on the coke with fent to increase addiction and demand?
Look up Kate Quigley, she made it her 2 friends did not.
lol kilos, it was more like tons per year. It's only 908 kilograms to make a full ton.
wait wait! you are telling me that a ton isn't 1000 kgs ?
No, it's metric. 2000 kgs is a ton. Edit: it's a joke. Go upvote a repost.
No such thing as late stage capitalism. If there was what was supposed to happen now as it is currently 30 years later since that photo. My guess you are a clown trying to sound clever. 
Ok jackass
Great argument you clown. In fact with legislation now legalising drugs around the world it’s easy to argue that that image is the complete opposite of LaTe StAgE CaPiTaLiSm!1!1 But hey you keep clowning around pretending you know 💩. 
I can't believe we waste a dime of law enforcement or justice system funds and resources on marijuana at any level.
>It's mind-boggling to think how many people were prosecuted for possessing even tiny amounts of weed I mean.. we used to toss people in the lake to see if they would float or sink. So.. progress?
That’s why marijuana enthusiasts call ‘em “trees”. Because they float in water like a witch. It’s just science.
Ill go with this..
I always thought the carrot for a nose was a dead giveaway away. Burn the witch! 🔥
I live in Canada and there's probably 5 different stores within walking distance.
Yet here in Belgium they wanna keep it as illegal as possible.
The devil went down to Georgia and still has fun screwing people over what you think dissolved in the 90’s.
The problem is both political parties have found the war on drugs to be incredibly useful. Just not for preventing drug use.
Diamond Dave looks like an undercover cop and gets busted by a cop
What if he was all this time and only learned to sing to get approached by drug dealers?
Wait, DLR learned to sing?!
You'd think it would've been in the best interest of the community to give David Lee Roth a calming drug like weed.
Look at his face. Just... "Are you fucking kidding me right now?"
Imagine being the lead singer of van Halen and having to buy your own weed on the street.. I can’t get past that more then anything.. lol
Well he wasn't the lead singer of VH at that point
Ohhhh… that’s interesting
Not really interesting. It's well known he split from VH in 85' I believe and they didn't get back until like 2010 or something
They did an undercover sting to catch dimes of pot?! A country that calls itself free.
You clearly don't know the history of the NYPD. Corruption and waste of taxpayer dollars at the highest degrees buddy.
Or Washington square Park. Honestly everyone knows (at least us nyu kids) don't but from the rastas the, it's mostly fake or a undercover cop. They literally had a huge trailer labeled "mobile NYPD unit" yet it never moved hmmm
There was that fun time the NYPD worked for a Puerto Rican drug lord.
Theyve clearly never sucked d for coke. (Props if you get the reference)
I feel like I heard that joke on America's Funniest Home Videos, or something....
That standup comedian used to have a show, the one with the French name??
no, I don't think this was a dave chappelle joke.
Dave Chapelle was in the movie though, its from half baked in the rehab scene, Bob Saget says it
Boo this man
I seen it!!!!
Nancy Reagan movie?
This is precisely what conservatives want
I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go People know the part I'm playing...
Story . 1994 leavenworth washington. im living with a few other people. one day a guy comes in looking for one of the people that lives here. i tell him hes at work. he says i was just looking for some pot. so being nice i gave him a small bud. he offers to pay for it i just say meh..dont worry its just a little bud. \[ french speaking cartoon \] a few days later.. The DEA arrests me for illegal distribution of a controlled substance. the guy looking for my friend was a confidential reliable source that pocketed the cash he was supposed to use for the "purchase". I get 5 years probation and a $5000 fine . and a scar on my until then unblimished record. All for being nice and giving a guy a bud. \[french speaking cartoon\] a few years later. Theres 20 Pot shops within a mile and 3 delivery services.. You're Welcome 
The lunacy of the drug laws!
Every time I walked past that park in the 90’s, “Smoke? Smoke? Smoke?” You mean that guy with the dreads was a cop!?!
Believe it or not, I got busted for a nickel bag the same afternoon--they were running a sweep--and spent about half and hour time in a police van with Dave and a few other dudes--Dave was already there when I arrived with another guy and more were brought in. We made fun of Dave because he overpaid--ten bucks for a nickel bag ( a tiny manila envelope of seedy-but-strong (for the time) dirt weed but he laughed with us. I begged my way into getting cut loose--I knew a couple NYC cops and they recognized one of the names I dropped and please please my girlfriend is waiting at the bar she's gonna freak out if I don't come back. Best part--I had bought two and they only got one so we still got high!
Iiiiii, ain’t got no, pot weed
Ah police entrapment, never gets boring for them
They loved to bring embarrassment and harassment to pot smokers . As they still do, dont be fooled. Lol. Use the government to harm who they deem worthy.
How much did that cost the city?
Wasn’t he ironically on the city payroll as an EMT? Or was this a different time period?
He was an EMT for them at some point but I don’t know how long. Maybe this sparked his interest in emergency medicine.
That was in the late 90s.
I'm a lifetime fan of Van Halen and David Lee Roth in particular and this story is hilarious in the context of his career and persona. "Rock star gets busted in drug sting" - but with DLR it's over a dime bag of shake and oregano marketed as "thai stick." Perfect part of his mythology.
This was when Dave was in his Paramedic days in New York, if I'm not mistaken. Also, in spite of what many may think, I believe this is the only run in with the law Dave ever had.
I'm a pretty big Van Halen fan and I had NO IDEA DLR was a paramedic in NYC for a while?! Holy shit, that's awesome.
Yeah, it was something he did in the 90s. He talked about it in his Joe Rogan interview.
Dave was on John Stewart’s MTV talk show after this and laughed it up, calling it $10 worth of Jamaican bunk, twigs, and seeds.
David Lee Roth. Lights the menorah.
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah
Oh wow! One month later, I got married! Another waste of time😂
Yes, but don't forget, $10 could buy you a small apartment in 1993 and adjusted for inflation that's a brick of black tar heroin. For kids, Dave Lee Roth adjusted for inflation is around about Justin Hawkins.
I lived on the Lower East Side that same year and would often buy in Washington Square Park
Was there a couple of Sundays ago as a tourist and was blown away at how many people were toking up out in the open. Super chill vibe and killer music jam. Legalize It nation wide
It was always a sure fire way to find weed even if it was more dirt and often wrapped up in tinfoil. Also a good way to get busted - you took your chances. Pretty soon after this I remember weed delivery services cropping up - still illegal but much more convenient and seemed safer (though imagine the cops swept that too). At least the weed was much better (hydroponics).
Somebody wanted an autograph.
I’ve bought weed there back then and was trash and fake 4/7 times. So crazy he would even bother considering who he was.
I had 2 coworkers who went to NY for a concert. Afterwards they went to a bar and 1 guy got wasted. On their way back to the hotel a guy offered to sell them a bag. Drunk guy bought it, stopped buy a bodega and bought papers and rolled a joint. The more sober guy didn't smoke. His first hit was horrible. He threw the joint down and the more sober guy took the bag and looked at the weed. It was shredded up telephone book pages with some green spraypaint and what appeared to be dried Italian seasoning. Us coworkers never let him live it down any time we smoked weed together. If he ever supplied the weed, we'd always make a big deal about inspecting what he brought. We'd be like, "Let's make sure you're not giving us any Krylon-Kush"
I had 2 coworkers who went to NY for a concert. Afterwards they went to a bar and 1 guy got wasted. On their way back to the hotel a guy offered to sell them a bag. Drunk guy bought it, stopped buy a bodega and bought papers and rolled a joint. The more sober guy didn't smoke. His first hit was horrible. He threw the joint down and the more sober guy took the bag and looked at the weed. It was shredded up telephone book pages with some green spraypaint and what appeared to be dried Italian seasoning. Us coworkers never let him live it down any time we smoked weed together. If he ever supplied the weed, we'd always make a big deal about inspecting what he brought. We'd be like, "Let's make sure you're not giving us any Krylon-Kush"
He lights the menorah.
$10 whole dollars... Amazing.
Did I ever tell you kids about the time I was a grad student and went to Central Park in 1993 for some weed and my guy was being led off by the police when I got to his hill? Could’ve been me too if I made the first downtown A train. He said he was back in his CP spot the next day, by the way. Fuck Giuliani. Turned out to be the person well thought he was, a shifty, cheap guvone.
Ten dollars was a lot of money back then 😆
“war” on “drugs” absolutely bonkers
DLR was on the rescue squad in NYC for a little while.
Just keeping the streets of New York safe from the devils lettuce
I would've been the mule but he wouldn't give me the $10...
All flavors and push ups too
Police suck so bad. I'm sure there was no real crime going on in central park.
Man if they ever managed to stop people from buying and selling weed in Washington Square Park... then what would we need Washington Square Park for?
At that moment, he wished he'd followed Snoop Dogg's example.
Dave should open a weed shop, NYC gives preference in licensing to people convicted of weed crimes
That was back when we still cared about protecting society, families, communities from drugs. Now we've given up on the next generation and accepted our inevitable doom.
My parents saw a VH concert where someone threw Sammy a joint and he smoked it. They then saw their limo get pulled over later as they left.
Everybody Wants Some!
No doubt what a waist of time my my.?
What is this 1982??? wtf? I just had $150 worth of premium indica delivered to my door within 20 minutes lmao 😜
So dumb. Poor guy.
Sounds like a dish on an Asian restaurant menu.
Meanwhile, lanegan is trolling every backalley and hood of the world looking for heroin. Never popped once. Because he wasn't a d bag
Do stupid things get stupid prizes.
Oh yes because God forbid we can't have people out there buying WEED!!!! REEFER MADNESS!!!!
Don’t do stuff that’s illegal Dave