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Son offered drugs in detention center!
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 70167" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>One of the biggest strains of dealing with substance abuse is</p><p>all the moral choices that family members have to make. Probably</p><p>the "most" moral thing to do is to share the information with the</p><p>PO or someone in authority. Would I do it?? Nope. I'm genuinely sorry to say that "the system" is so much more complex</p><p>than I ever realized in my years before s.a. Personally I have</p><p>seen and heard things that were mindblowing. </p><p></p><p>Could your son get in trouble for knowing and not telling???</p><p>It's possible but not probable. Could your son get hurt for telling?? I would say probably.</p><p></p><p>Some private programs strictly enforce the rule that everyone has</p><p>to share everything about everybody OR the whole group gets a</p><p>punishment. Department of Juvenile Justice facilities are not usually like that. Most of</p><p>the time the Department of Juvenile Justice facilities are safe BUT there are kids in there</p><p>who are truly experienced criminals. At the Department of Juvenile Justice where my teen</p><p>was assigned for a few weeks at the age of 14, there was a little</p><p>(yes literally little) boy child of 10 mixed in with the teens and he was such a loose canon that everyone stayed away from him.</p><p></p><p>If he's set to leave in a couple of days I would be even more inclined to let it go. Mind you...I am not saying that is THE correct choice. I'm saying you have to decide and it is not</p><p>easy. Good luck. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 70167, member: 35"] One of the biggest strains of dealing with substance abuse is all the moral choices that family members have to make. Probably the "most" moral thing to do is to share the information with the PO or someone in authority. Would I do it?? Nope. I'm genuinely sorry to say that "the system" is so much more complex than I ever realized in my years before s.a. Personally I have seen and heard things that were mindblowing. Could your son get in trouble for knowing and not telling??? It's possible but not probable. Could your son get hurt for telling?? I would say probably. Some private programs strictly enforce the rule that everyone has to share everything about everybody OR the whole group gets a punishment. Department of Juvenile Justice facilities are not usually like that. Most of the time the Department of Juvenile Justice facilities are safe BUT there are kids in there who are truly experienced criminals. At the Department of Juvenile Justice where my teen was assigned for a few weeks at the age of 14, there was a little (yes literally little) boy child of 10 mixed in with the teens and he was such a loose canon that everyone stayed away from him. If he's set to leave in a couple of days I would be even more inclined to let it go. Mind you...I am not saying that is THE correct choice. I'm saying you have to decide and it is not easy. Good luck. DDD [/QUOTE]
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