well i just have some fun news....my friends found like 2 or 3 marijuana plants in one of her neighbors yards who moved out....its kinda exciting and i thought id share!! i havent saw them yet but she told me that they should start budding soon.....yayayayay!
would uprooting the plants and moving them to a different location harm them, since there already planted outside? if not, i'd just move them to your friends yard so the new people moving in won't destroy them.
As TheFriendlyStranger aforementioned i hope things turn out for the best for you and your friends. A friend of a friend had one going for awhile last year, poor quality i might add, near the end the smell was pretty evident mind you. Anyways, the only way he got pinched for it was when the cops entered his backyard while chasing someone else, needless to say the plant is gone now but he wasnt in trouble for it, I guess it pays to know people, either that or the cops felt a little bad about that "accidental" entry to his backyard. Peace - J