It is never easy when someone you love is going to jail. Maybe you care and will want to visit them while they are in jail. Maybe you are just so pissed at the way they have handled their life, that you have no intention of making any effort to see them. Everybody has their own opinion on how to handle the situation and you have to do what is right for you. A lot of time though, kids are involved. A father or mother is going to jail and the correction system could care less if the relationship between the parent and child is maintained. Some think maybe the child would be better off not seeing the parent while he/she is in jail. Some think jail is no place for a child anyway. However, the child does not understand these adult ideas. All the child knows is that daddy or mommy was here yesterday and now you are telling me that he/she will not be back for 3-5 years. It is hard for a child to understand what is happening.

For those who do want to have the child visit the parent in jail, it can be quit difficult, especially when the jail house is 2 hours away from where the child lives. New York is looking to fix this problem. A new Bill in New York looks to place inmates near their family in an effort to maintain that parent-child relationship. Studies have shown that an incarcerated parent is 13% less likely to commit another felony and 25% less likely to be back in jail due to parole violations when they have frequent visitors. I think this is a great measure for those families that do want to visit their family member in jail and to ensure that the family member does not need to drive hours away. 

Hopefully you are not in a situation where you need to take a drug test. However, a lot of employer's now do random drug tests. If you do not use drugs, you may think it is no big deal. I will pass the test with flying colors. Did you know that there are a lot of every day items that could cause you to fail a drug test?

Most people are aware that poppy seeds could do it. Some of the other items may surprise you. Here is a list of items.

• Bread: most bread products are made with yeast. But did you know that when yeast ferments it produces alcohol. Certainly not enough for you to appear drunk, but could be enough to fail a breathalyzer test or even make it appear on the test results that you had some alcohol. This alcohol effect in your mouth does not last that long. However, imagine if you are eating while driving and then pulled over and asked to do a test. An officer could charge you with drunk driving until a blood test confirms otherwise. Sure the problem could be straightened out, but who wants to deal with that mess! 
• Hemp seeds: A lot of products now include "seeds" as we move towards a healthier eating style. However, hemp seeds can contain THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient found in pot. You are not going to get high on this amount contained in hemp seeds, but if your diet includes eating these seeds regularly, the THC ingredient can build up in your body, which could make a drug test think you are smoking pot. Normally, THC can stay in your system for 45 days since it is stored in the fat cells. Therefore, if your diet included hemp seeds, you may want to delay a drug test.  
• Durian fruit can actually create "mouth alcohol" in your system. Therefore, if you were stopped by the police, you may actually fail a breathalyzer test due to the lingering mouth alcohol that is present.
• Tonic water. Many people like their drinks with tonic, but this is made with a small amount of quinine that sometimes shows up in cocaine or heroin. Quinine is dissolved in the carbonated tonic. A long time ago, quinine was used to fight against malaria. While the quinine level in tonic water is less then it used to be, it can still throw off a drug test.