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8 Contemp. Drug Probs. 369 (1979)
Ethics and Valentines

handle is hein.journals/condp8 and id is 379 raw text is: Contemporary Drug Problems/Fall 1979 ETHICS AND VALENTINES BY LEONARD PACKEL, ESQ. Mr. Packel is a professor of law at Villanova University Law School, Villanova, Pennsylvania. I'd like to begin by posing a problem. Let's assume that you are counseling a young man of 16. He was brought to your attention by his parents. You learned from them that he had been arrested while in possession of a stolen auto. He had been prosecuted as a juvenile and had admitted his guilt and was now awaiting sentencing or, as it is called in juvenile law- disposition. He had told his parents that he had been taking amphetamines and that this, along with the company he had been keeping with other youths who'used similar substances, had led him into the crime with which he was charged. You commence your work with the young man and learn from him pretty much the same facts that the parents had given you. In addition he says that his use was not heavy, that he had been supporting it with his earnings from a part-time job, and that now, as a result of this episode, he had become convinced that neither his new friends nor the amphetamines were a positive force in his life and, therefore, he had given up both of them. You have met with him three times so far and feel that you are making reasonable progress. It is now 11:00 p.m. on a Friday night, and you receive a call from the parents. Mother was cleaning his room this (d) 1980 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc.