r/probation

Was on a boat with some friends for a trip for 4th of July weekend and I accidentally had a sip of titos that was put in a water bottle thinking it was water. I have to get tested everytime I come back from a trip which is going to be about forty two hrs after this happened. It was only a sip so I’m unsure if I should just take the test or confront my probation officer about what happened.

Has anyone had experience with this? So basically instead of the Po's doing our drug tests a third party at the probation office oversees our drug tests now. All ua's are supposedly sent off to a lab now as well. The price for the ua hasn't increased. I would assume if all the ua's are now being tested at a lab this would cost more money per test wouldn't it?

1.5 years ago, at 17 my teen was placed on probation for tagging. He has mental health and substance abuse issues, specifically ketamine. He voluntarily went to a residential facility this spring after an incident at home but left way too soon. His probation officer knows nothing about his substance use. He may have a personality disorder, bipolar or autism, according to the psychiatrist at the facility. I cannot get him to see a therapist unless it is in person and we pay out of pocket. He irrationally thinks any virtual therapist is garbage. I’m at a loss as to what to do at this point. Would it be a good idea to tell his PO about the substance use to compel him into going back into treatment?

EDIT: since all my replies are being deleted due to low karma, I want to say that I absolutely do NOT want my child to go to jail. Ultimately my question was more about the likelihood of the PO sending him there if I asked for help. I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten the answer loud and clear. Truly, I’m grasping at straws at this point.

So I found a old 80mg adderall in my room that I must of dropped a long time ago or someone else dropped it but I’m not prescribed adderall and when I look up what is in it apparently it is meth💀 so I am pretty scared now and don’t know what to do PLEASE HELP

Will not be consuming this weekend but have any of us had an experience where you had to drop after a holiday? And how did that go

Currently on deferred probation for “unlawful restraint” and my probation period of 9 months ends in mid August. All fees & community service are completed. Another neighboring county that I live in is doing the supervision & the PO has been just checking boxes during each check-in.

How often do they do an “Exit UA”? I’ve heard they typically do an exit drug screening, but since I’ve only had to do 1 the entire time of my probation period 4 months ago (which the PO told me about scheduling it at my next appointment, so a whole month in advance), I wasn’t sure how the exit process goes?

Also if my supervision is over mid August, will I still have a check-in in August?

Excited to finally be done with this regardless. Thanks advance for any info.

My PO is getting a diff job. I f’ing LOVE her & she’s always been awesome (prolly helps I don’t have any violations) but I want to get her a gift… idk her hobbies since they’re not supposed to talk about that kinda stuff with us. What’s something kinda funny but also sweet? Thought about a plant for her new desk but don’t want that to be lame lol.

I have trial on the 14th for Felony Domestic Assault , due to my criminal point score in minnesota, im looking at a mandatory 24 months ,, im out on pre trial release ,, and am doing everything im suppose to be doing , but..... the public defender says the prosecutor is not budging on the 24 months ,,,so should I go to court ? Or......should I take off , because I really dont have a real job and am just crashing at a friend's house ,, no children, no significant other and I am aware of police contact anywhere will result in a arrest ,, my housing came up and im suppose to sign the paperwork on the 9th , ive been on the streets for 8 years ,, should I just kill myself ? Fuck America & Fuck americas criminal justice system,, by the way this "so called assault " was self defense.....

Yeah so if i'm prescibed valium and i take a xanax and go in and have a drug test will i fail like i know i'm gonna have benzo's in me but if i take a xanax won't it show up as a benzo to? and like my test are sent to a lab i think i usuall just pee in a cup and they send it to see if it has like methadone thc opiates or cocaine and those types of drugs they test if it has suboxone in it to and of course benzo's so i'm just wondering if i take the valium it's gonna show for benzo's so if i take a xanax say the say before my test are they just gonna see the postive for benzo's and assume it's my valium prescription? has anyone here been throough this before and could tell me? Thanks

Hey everyone. I have a month left on probation and since I am back home for the summer from school, I currently live with my parents, I have not done anything. I don’t even go to concerts with my friends or anything because I am afraid of either secondhand smoke or getting roofied.
Sorry for the little rant. My parents brought home lemon poppyseed muffins. I ate one, and my parents knew of a rumor that it could create positives on tests but they thought it was an urban legend. The next day I had to test. I didn’t think anything of it because, again, I have a month left.
I got a call from my PO and he said that the test came back positive for opiates. I did NOT use any opiates, it’s not even my MO. I have never tested positive for opiates and I have never used any opiates.
If the confirmation test comes back positive it would be my second violation (first was then I first started UA and was so nervous I wasnt able to complete in the timeframe)
The only medication I’m on is a antibiotic and a skincare treatment, but I’ve been taking them for two months

My questions are:

1. Do lemon poppyseed muffins really make you fail a UA. If not, where could the opiates have come from?
2. If this is another violation, am I going to jail? Will my probation period change from 6 months to a year?

I’m sorry I’m just freaking out, thank you

Does your paperwork for probation typically should tell you what your being tested for, if being tested, and if it’s lab tested or cup tested?

I’m in a diversion program, so technically not probation but similar. I got into a pretty rough car accident today, it was my fault. The police came and everything went smooth, no citations or anything, just exchanged info and we went on our way.

Just wondering is this something that could come back to bite me if I don’t tell my diversion coordinator? It’s not like I got a ticket or anything, so I’m assuming it’s just civil.

My LO was sentenced to 96 months.
With 3 years supervise release
He was in a halfway house for 11 months (up until his BOP release date which was March
2025.. his halfway house started April 2024)
His max out date was February 2026
We are wondering why his halfway house is not counting towards the supervised release or is it? (since he got the halfway house for his good time?) and what if he was to say f probation since he already reached his max out date, what consequences could he have for that?

Has anyone violated interm probation? What was the outcome did they revoke you and send you to prison ?? I violated almost 10 months in 2 months left to go before i got my regular probation ive finished everything and have been compliant but i was seen driving

Hello all. I had my initial testing which I failed then had a second testing, failed for THC. I have been clean since May 8, and before that April 29. I had testing in June but my PO ever so graciously gave me until July. So I’ll be going in this week to drop, I just took an at home test and it’s STILL showing positive for THC… has anyone been through this? I really don’t want to have to go in front of the judge and I am trying, I do have my medical mj card but in the state of IL, I’ve been told the judge doesn’t care much of a medical card