My son is suspended from school for 7 days (6, after today) for breaking multiple school rules, like skipping, doing drugs and posessing alcohol.
I did a "drug check" in his room and found more drugs then I could count & put them in 3 shoe boxes. There were pills, pot, crystal meth, cigarettes, alcohol and much more.
The cigarettes he may have gotten from me, but I don't drink and certainly don't do illegal drugs!
What do I do with them? How do I properly dispose of them? Do I take them to the police? If I do, will they arrest my son? I really need to know...I don't want 3 Nike shoe boxes of illegal drug paraphernalia under my bed!
2007-10-19 15:59:43 · 5 answers · asked by Cheri 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Your safest course of action is to give them to a lawyer, and have the lawyer deliver them to the police -- anything else, and the police could arrest you for possession.
There may be specific programs in your state or community that allow people to turn in drugs for destruction with a grant of immunity from possession charges -- but other than that, it's a very tricky situation.
The advantage of a lawyer is that the lawyer is legally able to not answer where he got the drugs, or even who his client is that gave them -- lawyer-client confidentiality.
If you don't want to deal with a lawyer -- and you have a family priest -- that could also work for the same reason -- priest-penitent privilege.
2007-10-19 16:23:14 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have watched so many parents protect their children all the way to the state pen or the graveyard. You don't say how old your son is but you need to start practicing some tough love NOW. If your son is using what you have just described he, and you are in BIG trouble. Not so much with the law but he is most likely hooked. I guarantee that he is going to tell you that he is just keeping those things for a friend. You do need to call the police and yes he may be arrested and yes he is going to tell you that he hates you and that you are the worst mother in the world. When he sobers up he will be grateful that you saved his life. You may loose him for a while if you call the police. Guaranteed that you will loose him forever if you don't. PLEASE call NOW. God bless you both.
2007-10-19 16:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by Robin B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give me your address,I will pass tomorrow and get them ...just kidding.Just call the cops and ask them,not 911 but your local police station.Call from a payphone,you'll be fine.If I was in your situation thou,I will ask the police to arrest my son.You need to do something about this.Drugs today,what tomorrow?
2007-10-19 16:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by RX 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could be the one arrested. If you do not want to find out who will "pay" for these drugs, bag them well and throw them in a dumpster somewhere. The way your son sounds, you are going to be "paying" for a long time. I think it's time you start looking for a solution to the problems.
2007-10-19 16:14:51 · answer #4 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Refer your son for rehabilitation and it is your only choice to change your son back to the fold of normalcy. The only solution to drug addition is rehabilitation.
2007-10-19 16:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋