Ok your on parole, and your conditions of parole say that you must obey
all the conditions placed upon you, if you don't then you are taken back into
custody. I understand this. But what if parole wants to come to your house
and do a random search and they find illegal drugs which is a violation from
a get go, would the wife be taken into custody to even though she does not
use illegal drugs? Just something that passed through the brain waves. Thanks
Suzi

If she knew about the drugs I think she would, but don't know for sure. That is a good question.

This is an easy question, who is on Parole the man or wife? Also, are the drugs found only due to a Parole search or are we talking about cops involved with PO's and the cops have evidence or accusations of both dealing? Answer this and then my opinion will follow.

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I feel your pain!
You are torn. Do you have kids? What I would do is call and speak with the parole officer.Talk to him/her about what is going on. Ask about making treatment a condition of his parole. Was the original case drug related? If so they might be able to prop 36 him. If violated he will do the violation first.
I am not sure, but until you test negative for heroin, you might get arrested as well.

He is on parole not me. I have tried several methods to get him into treatment, but hopefully, everybody knock on wood he will follow through.
I was wondering as I know that he has been in prison for drugs, not for sale,
just for using. Part of his conditions of parole are he does not use any illegal
drugs. With parole I know that they can do random searches anytime, they
don't need a reason. I just don't want to get caught in the middle of his hell.
I don't use and I don't ever want to be subject to being arrested for something that I haven't done. It would ruin me healthwise anyways. So that
is why I would ask this question here than in Parole and Supervision as this
is a drug related issue but parole plays a part in it too. I have already spoken
to the dog, and he has assured me that he will work with me to straighten
him out. No prison, but possible inpatient treatment. Thanks for helping me
to understand this. And Sunnie no there are no minor children in the home.
Suzi

It's your home, do your own searches before anyone comes looking. If he gives the argument "why don't you trust me?" I'm sure you lost a lot of faith in him due to his current drug problem...tell him that you just want to cover your own butt until he gets his problems under control.

I hope you're not ever put in the scenario you mentioned and I really hope he keeps his word to you!

I know you don't use, I did not mean to imply. If there were minor children my concern would be IF they searched and found drugs they might arrest you until you could proove otherwise. and DFS Might try and step in for failure to protect.

What does eric say? Will he go to treatment? Also methadone is harder to detox off of than heroin and much longer process. Sounds like you have all bases covered..if it helps im very proud of you. This is sooooo hard. Initially he may enter treatment for all the wrong reasons, it's ok it's a 50/50 shot that he might get off the drugs long enough to be there for the right ones. I see it happen in the facility I work at.

If it's only the Parole Officer at the house I don't think you have to be very concerned yourself. If he brings a cop (as many do for safety reasons) a cop can charge 2 people for possession if they find drugs in the commen area of a residence or vehicle, even if one person claims ownership. Many times if one person does claim responsibility for the drugs and cops believe them they will only charge that person but it's a gamble as people are held responsible for what's in thier homes. In the end, the prosecutor will have the burden to convince a judge that both parties held possession of the drug even when one party took responsibilty for it, but who wants to go through that process. I'd be sure to talk with him and explain you don't want illegal drugs in your home and if he doesn't respect that then I guess thats another issue to consider. Good Luck!

Eric has entered treatment...Thank god. Now on to counseloring to help re-train his
thoughts so he can get on with his life and ours.

I am very happy that he made this decision! Now, I would Highly suggest Nar-A-non for You!
http://www.naranoncalifornia.org/norcal/

Oh Good!!!!!!

Good! I wish you guys the best!