What are the consequences if my friend was caught with drugs? 45 Answers as of December 12, 2011

The legal consequences are probably up to 3 years in custody, but this maximum sentence is not likely to occur - at least initially. He will probably be given the opportunity for drug treatment. The real consequences are physical, mental, and emotional to say nothing of the damage to loved ones caused by drug use. Your friend is so young. I hope he/she gets the help he needs and turns his/her life around before it's too late.

It is very likely that he will be transferred to Criminal court to face felony charges.

The consequences are always more severe the second time around, especially with heroin as that makes it a felony. If he is under 21 he may be eligible for HYTA. If he got 7411 status for the first offense, he won't be able to get it again. If he's on probation for the first offense, that won't be good either. Make sure he is represented by an experienced criminal attorney.

Your friend really needs a juvenile attorney who can best advise her of the potential consequences.

Since your friend is only 14, chances are he will be treated as a juvenile offender. If the state wants to try him as an adult, they must get permission from a judge to do so.

Probation or other supervision. Possible inpatient treatment.

Juvenile offenders are treated differently from adults. He may be eligible for a program.

Not good. Heroin is very serious and the Judge is going to get them in rehab at the least. Hire the best lawyer you can afford.

The consequences for a juvenile caught with drugs will include license suspension, counseling, probation, fines and possibly, though not probably, a short time in detention. It depends on the facts, the person, the county and other factors. He or she should definitely retain an attorney ASAP.

She will either be place in drug court for juveniles and/or be given formal probation with drug counseling.

This depends on how much he has and where he was. If he had enough to be charged with possession for sale the pinilities are greater. If he was on a school ground the pinilities are also greater. In juvenile law court the goal is on rehabilitation and not punishment. As a fourteen year old your friend will have his case reviewed by a probation officer. The probation officer will then make a recommendation to the court. Unless there is more information the judge usually follows the probation recommendation. When the minor makes his appearance in court he is entitled to an attorney. After reviewing the evidence against the minor and talking with the minor the attorney then makes the recommendation as to what the minor should do. In this case holding only a small amount of the drugs and not on school grounds he should expect an offer of drug rehab. and classes.

Depends upon the quantity of drugs he was caught with. Also sounds like he has a criminal history. Without knowing more, I would say he has a very good chance of doing some jail time and being forced into a drug treatment program.

At 14, he's still a juvenile, so he may well go into custody at a youth detention center. Sounds like he will need some rehab time, too.

There is a strong possibility that he will be sentenced to juvenile detention for some period of time since heroin is a much higher offense than marijuana. His parents need to hire a good criminal defense lawyer to help him.

Perhaps, some time in a juvenile detention center.

Your friend is facing very serious charges, especially if he has been convicted before. He needs to contact a criminal defense attorney in his area as soon as he can.

He will be charged with a crime and will have to answer for the charges.

Given his age, the case will be handled in juvenile court, where the goal will most likely be to get him into treatment and sober. He could potentially face some additional time in a detention facility but more likely he is facing probation and community service.

The consequences can be pretty severe. A lot will depend on how much he was caught with, and potentially where he was caught (ie. was it on or near school premises).

It all depends on what happened in the first offense. However, since he is 14 he is a juvenile so he will have to be represented by an attorney.

If he is in juvenile court, Wyoming boys school is not out of the question. If he is charged as an adult, he can receive up to one year on each possession. It is impossible to tell based on the facts you told me. Every case is different.

Since your friend is a juvenile he will be in court in the Juvenile system. On a second drug charge, he may have the consequences of detention time or even a residential placement. Either will require that he go through counseling to help him get over using drugs. He will have fines that will be done in work hours. He will need the support of his friends and family to help him change his life and get away from drugs before he has a habit that he cannot break.

He could be confined in a juvenile detention facility for a period of time or he could get probation.

It is going to be juvenile probation and drug treatment.

Probably treated as a Juvenile. Your friend should get serious help before your friend becomes an adult with an addiction.

Your "friend" will potentially charged in the Juvenile Division of the Circuit court in which your "friend" was arrested. Since it is your "friend's" second bust, he will probably be placed on probation or depending in the seriousness of the charges placed in a treatment program through the circuit court.

It should be charged as a juvenile. The judge has full discretion in sentencing.

Odds are good he or she will be looking at some local time and community service. However, it is interesting to me that you use the term "consequences" because your friend obviously doesn't think about them. The consequences of heroin use can range from HIV to a ruined life to death. Doubt that? There were a few guys back in the nineties who had promising singing careers. The first one was a guy by the name of Layne Staley. He died over an overdose of heroin and cocaine. If the name sounds familiar, that's because he was the lead singer for Alice in Chains. The other guy was almost famous. Except he died of a heroin overdose when he was the lead singer of Mother Love Bone. That band became Sound Garden and Pearl Jam. His name escapes me but odds are he would have been the lead singer of Pearl Jam had he not died in his 20s. Rock and Roll has made people think drugs are cool but the reality is a lot of cool people in Rock and Roll are dead because they wanted to look cool. Possibly the greatest guitarist of his era was Jimmi Hendrix. He overdosed and inhaled his puke. John Bonham may have been the greatest rock drummer to ever walk the earth. Hip hop artists almost universally base their beats on Bonham's; they are that good. John "Bonzo" Bonham drank himself to death and inhaled his puke and died in 1980. Led Zeppelin has never recovered fully. Drugs and alcohol are dangerous if you lose control of them and most people do. The consequences are loss of job, loss of home, loss of relationships and loss of life. You are much wiser than your friend because you know about consequences. Please share this post with your friend.

A fourteen year old person is considered to be a juvenile. Heroin possession and/or distribution are felony offenses. Penalties range from (at bottom) station adjustment by an officer and release and (at top) trial in juvenile court. You should speak to an attorney in person and discuss all facts (amount of heroin, was it a selling or distributing situation, and many other facts).

It depends on a lot like the amount of the drugs confiscated, your friend's criminal record, and how well your friend complied with whatever consequences from the earlier bust.

It is a matter for the juvenile court. In Georgia this person could potentially receive up to five years incarceration.

It is impossible to respond without having much more information about the case. There are many degrees of offense for drug charges. The potential penalties depend on the precise degree of offense charged.

Impossible to accurately predict without a lot more info. Is there any evidence that your friend was trying to sell or give away the drugs? What happened after the last arrest (probation, diversion, etc.)? I'd need to spend some quality time with the police reports before I'd be able to evaluate the strength of the case and any possible defenses.

Friend may be detained and placed in some type of tretment facility. Unless s/he was arrested for sales related events.

If charged as a juvenile, it could be 2 years in the division of youth corrections, or 2 years probation or a fine.