Can I be drug tested after receiving an underage drinking citation?
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Can I be drug tested after receiving an underage drinking citation?
Asked on October 28, 2012 under Criminal Law, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country as a condition of probation for the citation that you received where you might be on court supervised probation where upon completion of the term the court can impose as a condition random drug testing. Failure of such results in the imposition of the suspended sentence.
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you are referring to being drug tested immediately after your arrest, then potentially you could be drug tested, but as a matter of practice, most agencies do not take kids to be drug tested after receiving a citation for underage drinking.
After you go to court, the judge can require as a condition of any probated sentence that you be drug tested. This is a permissible condition in that it is related to the offense for which you were cited.
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