When our sixteen year old son was caught with marijuana at a party, his father and I were both devastated. I thought we had done everything right and felt for sure that we should have seen the signs. He assured us that it was only his second time to even try it, and he didn't even care for it. He just did it because his friends were doing it and he didn't want to look like a wimp in front of them. The judge was very fair and I am so thankful of that. When it came time for his hearing, he was sentenced to take a 12 hour minor in possession class as well as 20 hours of community service. We all knew he got off easy, but he took his punishment very seriously. He did his classes online and actually learned a lot about peer pressure and how to say no. The ability to take the class online really helped our family because both my husband and I work and we would have had to take time-off to get him to the classroom course on time. He also did his community service and this has actually changed him into a better person. This has been a life changing experience for him and I don't think we'll have to worry about drug usage ever again.
