Shai Hulud
09-13-2005, 07:12 PM
Okay, so I have this friend, let's call her A, who was arrested a few months ago for allegedly shoplifting with one of her friends, B.
A was not shoplifting, but her friend was (unknown to A), so both were arrested. The charges against A were eventually dropped and she was completely exonerated.
But about a month ago, B was convicted of a felony. Now here's the thing. My friend, A, gets a call from the police and is told because she was with someone who was convicted of a felony, they would like to do some drug testing on her. They basically bully her into thinking she has to do this or things may get unpleasant. They tell her that they will only test her for 6 months to a year, depending on whether she's clean, and that no charges will be made if she fails any of the tests. The police just want her to rat on whomever she got the drugs from if she fails.
So she went down to take the urine test and of course failed because she smokes all the time. She has another test in a week which she will probably fail as well because she only stopped smoking two weeks before the coming test.
Does this sound completely bogus to anyone else? It seems to me like the police are just using typical bully tactics to trick her into thinking they have more power than they actually do. I doubt there is any legal basis for making her take these tests, which are interfering with our favorite recreation.
Has anyone else heard of this basis for drug testing? Being with someone convicted of a felony but being exonerated themselves?
I've tried to convince her she doesn't have to take these tests, but I'm not actually all that sure myself. I figured some of you guys had more experience in this than I do.
Thanks for the help everyone
A was not shoplifting, but her friend was (unknown to A), so both were arrested. The charges against A were eventually dropped and she was completely exonerated.
But about a month ago, B was convicted of a felony. Now here's the thing. My friend, A, gets a call from the police and is told because she was with someone who was convicted of a felony, they would like to do some drug testing on her. They basically bully her into thinking she has to do this or things may get unpleasant. They tell her that they will only test her for 6 months to a year, depending on whether she's clean, and that no charges will be made if she fails any of the tests. The police just want her to rat on whomever she got the drugs from if she fails.
So she went down to take the urine test and of course failed because she smokes all the time. She has another test in a week which she will probably fail as well because she only stopped smoking two weeks before the coming test.
Does this sound completely bogus to anyone else? It seems to me like the police are just using typical bully tactics to trick her into thinking they have more power than they actually do. I doubt there is any legal basis for making her take these tests, which are interfering with our favorite recreation.
Has anyone else heard of this basis for drug testing? Being with someone convicted of a felony but being exonerated themselves?
I've tried to convince her she doesn't have to take these tests, but I'm not actually all that sure myself. I figured some of you guys had more experience in this than I do.
Thanks for the help everyone