Q: Can I get arrested if my parent forces me to take and buy drugs?
So basically my mom made me buy/take street xanax. So she gave me money for me to buy the xanax and she told me what to ask for and when and how much. When i did find someone who had it and i told my mom about that and showed her what the person was saying. “i” (my mother) said yeah i’ll buy how much. So the person told me and so i exchanged the stuff and she used to make me take a small amount and her take the rest. She told me where to hide it, incase the cops start suspecting stuff. She used to take her old xanax before she said “oh i threw them down the toilet” which I am just saying i did not believe her.
She takes 2 high doses of antidepressants and the street Xanax
she did say to me “give me my xanax” i didn’t but she just kept saying verbal abusive stuff to make me give it to her. when she doesnt take all that with her drinks (10-15 drinks per night) she gets very very verbally abusive.
A: Yes you can get arrested as you are committing a crime and so is your mother. The same as if your mother asked you to shoot a gun at a person, just because someone told you to do it, does that mean that you have to listen or that you have immunity from prosecution. By the way it is a crime for your mother to ask you to do what she is doing and if you went to the police she can be arrested for endangering the welfare of a minor, assuming you are a minor.
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