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  1. #1
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    Default Possession Around Minors

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Ohio

    I'm a 19 year old living at my parents house casually for and. they found less than an 8th of weed and a small pipe in my room. I have 3 little sisters, 1 starting high school and 2 young elementary schoolers.

    My mother then told me I had a week to pack my things and get out of the house, which I got cut down to an hour. I was let back in the house half a day later and I of course had talks with both separately.

    Before this when I was still in the process of leaving I was warned to leave before my mother decided to call the cops. She told me simply for possibly having marijuana in my system from 2 days ago they would arrest me after a test.

    A day later when we had our talk she explained her terror to me that social services would come and take my little sisters away, then the police would take their car away(that had nothing to do with this as its rarely used by me and was never smoked in nor had anything hidden in it) and never give it back, I guess as evidence, and finally arrest not only me but my parents as well.

    Simple question is if any of this is true? While I'm not sure how my sisters' presence in the house would have effected the charges, I have never heard of such extreme action taken for such minor possession. Especially when the evidence had already been destroyed and this is a first time I've could have been in trouble for such a thing. I live in Oberlin Ohio if that effects anything.

    My mom also believes simply being pulled over with a small amount of marijuana, intoxicated or not, would get whatever car I'm in taken away indefinitely.

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    Default Re: Possession Around Minors

    To a certain extent, it doesn't matter whether your mother's information is 100% correct or not. You've disrespected her and her home and the rest of your family. If you want to do what ever you want you need to move out.

    No, you cannot be arrested based on a positive urine test. Whether your car could be impounded and sold depends on your local law. Some are harsher than others. Child endangerment is a serious thing these days, but it is more likely that the state would give your mother a choice - remove your younger siblings or put you out of the house. Which do you think she would choose? Which do you think she should choose?

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    Default Re: Possession Around Minors

    So yes simply having marijuana in the house could be cause for a penalty greater than a misdemeanor due to my sisters? Looking through Ohio marijuana laws I don't' see much backing my mothers claims. Though I could be missing things or looking in the wrong place which is why I'm on a forum asking for clarification.

    Yes it does matter if my mother's information is right or wrong because that is my biggest issue. Never smoking under their roof again whether she is right or wrong is no big deal.

    Constantly being bombarded with incomplete, misinformed, and/or completely wrong information across a multitude of subjects(both serious and not so much) is not. I simply want to know for myself. So I would really appreciate any other detailed answers to my questions from you or anybody willing to assist. Thank you for answering the drug test question.

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    Default Re: Possession Around Minors

    possession of marijuana in ohio is a minor misdemeanor and in a
    house it is most likely not going to result in a suspension of a license

    possession of paraphernalia is a different story suspension of license and is a full blown misdeamenor

    http://norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4557

    and why would social services take your little sisters away for your pot?... if its your moms pot then its a different story.... and you most likely need to be in possession to be charged.. but don't quote me on that... but no offense but your mom seems like a bit of a nut...

    good luck to you

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