Reading about a parent punishing a child for doing drugs is nothing out of the ordinary, but when a teen calls the cops on her own mother for smoking pot, it makes front-page news.
At least it did in Waverly, Nebraska. That’s where a 15-year-old girl turned in her mom for allegedly smoking marijuana in front of her. According to police reports, the high school freshman called the sheriff’s office after she got fed up with her mom’s pot habit. Authorities executed a search warrant of the girl’s home last week and took the teen’s mom into custody.
The 32-year-old woman was cited on suspicion of child abuse and marijuana possession. The girl reportedly told authorities where they could find her mom’s drug paraphernalia and marijuana. Sheriff’s deputies confirm that one gram of pot was found in the home along with two other children, who reportedly live with the alleged druggie mom.
Teachers at the girl’s school commended the teen’s actions, saying it took a lot of courage to call the police.
No word on whether the mom made bail or whether the girl retuned to her mother’s home after law enforcement arrived. Still, I think the entire incident is rather telling of the society in which we live. I also think it begs the question of how long the teen and her siblings endured watching their mom do drugs in front of them before the girl finally called authorities. You have to wonder how long the teen grappled with her decision. Was it a few days, a few months, or several years?
I also wonder whether the teen threatened to call deputies on previous occasions in an effort to get her mom to stop smoking. Perhaps, the threats fell on deaf ears and the girl finally mustered the courage to pick up the phone and call police.
Regardless of what it took for the teen to make the call, let’s hope the outcome is a positive one, and the mother’s reaction to her daughter’s attempt to salvage her health isn’t met with an attempt at revenge that will land her back in jail.
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