<p>If she’s this heavily involved with drugs, she is not going to stop hiding the stuff in the room. She may be a little more discreet about it, but she is not going to stop.</p>
<p>I would still put everything down in writing and report her now. I seriously doubt that confronting her is going to change anything. It’ll probably just make tensions worse in the room. This is why I think it’s best to not even deal with her, but rather report the problem to the proper authority ASAP. Protect yourself and don’t worry about what happens to her. She is not your responsibility.</p>
<p>I would not risk letting her know you will report her. You don’t want to deal with any backlash, and she’s got far too much stuff to just be the casual user who won’t mind changing their ways. The moment you tip her off you open yourself to vulnerability. No matter how much it’s worth, do you think it’s worth more than getting expelled and losing her education/parents respect or support/financial aid/clean record/“business” contacts? I can totally see her panicking and trying to beat you to the punch. Too much is at stake here to take the risk.</p>
<p>you’re an idiot
The drugs are not hers, any even any dim-witted investigation would show that her roommate was responsible if she was blamed.</p>
<p>Give her the opportunity to get rid of it; she will! she’s not going to risk going to prison, and i’m seriously LOLing at the people that act like she’s going to kill you or something if she thinks you’re going to tell on her.</p>
<p>Note even if they do have surprise inspection if it is out of sight they cannot do anything. They cannot touch anything, only look. If you have a fridge you are supposed to have and make it invisible, they can’t do anything</p>
<p>Uh… you’re missing the point. At a lot of U’s, the policy is if it’s in the room and so are the roommates then you’re both in trouble, it doesn’t matter whose it is.</p>
<p>“Note even if they do have surprise inspection if it is out of sight they cannot do anything. They cannot touch anything, only look. If you have a fridge you are supposed to have and make it invisible, they can’t do anything”</p>
<p>Most universities seem to have a policy that if it’s in your room, regardless of whose it is, you can get in trouble for it.</p>
<p>I’d suggest setting your foot down and telling her you do NOT want it in there under any circumstances, and watch her get rid of it. If she doesn’t, report her. It’s not worth the risk of getting arrested or expelled or both.</p>
<p>In this situation, I’m actually edging more toward reporting her immediately, because chances are if she’s an addict she’ll have it no matter what.</p>
<p>Because if you live in the dorms, that is the policy at most, if not all, universities. They can come in and look at what’s out in the open, but they cannot look inside drawers or open the refrigerator because it’s a violation of privacy. Surprise inspections are allowed but they cannot go through your things. That is a commonplace policy and if it’s not in place at a college, that’s out of the ordinary.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t turn her in, but really, hardly she’ll blame it on you. If she blames it on you just act like you don’t know what the heck she’s talking about.</p>
<p>Even if she did, they’ll probably end up doing a drug test on you and you’ll come out clean - things like ecstasy stays in your hair/pubes/whatever hair until you cut it so unless she shaved her head (which will look suspicious) you’ll be safe. Just don’t do any drugs to prove your innocence. Also if she’s high all the time, she’ll probably have some just in her system when they test her.</p>
<p>Also I know for a fact at my school, (this is for LEGAL alcohol but) if you are over 21 and if you have alcohol in your OWN drawer, that’s fine (even if the roommate is under 21) because they assume the roommate can’t control/touch whats in another roommate’s drawer. If you have it hanging out in the fridge or something, that’s not fine. I think if its in HER area, I don’t think you won’t be responsible for it.</p>
<p>because dorms are residences, the residents are privy to some privacy, including from room inspections. if anyone wants to make a room inspection, they are required to inform you prior to the inspection. the only time they can do a “surprise” inspection, then they need probable cause, much like how an officer can only inspect your car with probable cause. if they do otherwise, whatever they find can be thrown out of court.</p>
<p>I’m impressed and shocked by some opinions I read here. In the quest of being (perceived as) “cool” or “liberal”, people play in dangerous legal terrain.</p>
<p>There’s no reason - legal, personal safety, academic - to do nothing or try to reach a middle-ground. That’s something you do when your roommate listens music too loud, or when she/he wants the room the be heated up to 92 F.</p>
<p>The problem, as I got from OP, is FAR more serious. Cocain, heroine and some other stuff can get you in real trouble - losing FA would be the least of your concerns. Of course, some ppl can say “ok, you have right, you’ll find a good lawyer and prove drugs do not belong to you”. Is it worth anyway?</p>
<p>Besides that, if she is a hard junkie, you are putting yourself at risk of being a victim of God-knows-what if she happens to have a serious crisis. She could plausably hava an overdose and you could find yourself in a dificult situation like “if you knew, why haven’t you notified anyone about it”.</p>
<p>Adding it up, you have nothing to gain by playing it lightly, and a lot of things to lose or risk.</p>
<p>Turn her in, and do it now. Suggestion to email RD, print a copy than forward it to RA seems to be the best and most reasonable for me. In top of that, if my roommate were doing hard drugs heavily, and keeping a stockiple of them in my room, I’d imeddiately ask to be moved out and, depending on the circumstances, after being moved out and taken the proper notification steps, I’d turn him in anonymosly to the campus/local police for the sake of everyone’s safety.</p>
<p>Get her into jail before she or one of her friends kills you or something. It’s not terribly likely but you never know - people on drugs do crazy things as I hope you are aware. If you confront her about it she might act cooperative to your face but then send the hit-man after you.</p>
<p>That sounds really harsh I know but you have to watch out for your safety. Come on, this isn’t just beer or something, this is hardcore stuff!</p>
<p>seriously turning someone in is not right? Let people live there lifes. I mean if they expell you, I would be extremly suprised. Just take a drug test and you can prove that you don’t do drugs. Drugs are a big party of the college experience anyways so its not uncommon. Why would you turn your roomie in? They will hate you massively. Just don’t get involved in drugs and your good.</p>
<p>JKpoker: just because someone doesn’t do drugs doesn’t mean they can’t be arrested for possession, or possession with intent to sell. It’s not just DOING them that’s illegal, you aren’t allowed to HAVE them. And if it’s in their room, they are involved whether they like it or not.</p>
<p>I hope the OP comes back to this thread to let us know how she handled the situation. I hope she put everything in writing and shared the information with the proper authorities. We’re not talking about a couple of joints. The drugs that her roommate is storing in their room are hard core and adding to the situation is the fact that other people know it’s there (her roommate’s druggie friends). If they start talking and they get overheard, someone else may turn them in. IMO–this is why the OP must act quickly and make the initial report ASAP before someone else does and she gets implicated in the whole mess. Hey, I don’t care if her roommate chooses to do drugs. I do care that her roommate’s actions put her at risk. </p>
<p>To the OP, let us know how you decided to handle the problem. Have you discussed this with your parents?</p>