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MEGA - Drug/Legal issues impacting school/job

Do you have a criminal history? Are you successful?

Personally, I have a few notches on my record, all occuring in California:

(M) 2nd degree commercial burglary
(F) Possesion of a controlled substance (Case dismissed per Prop. 36)
(M) Possesion of a controlled substance (Case dismissed per Prop. 36)
(M) Under the influence of a controlled substance (Case dismissed per Prop. 36)

So far in life I would consider myself unsuccessful, however I do not have a formal higher education, yet. I have actually lost a job where I held a supervisor position because of my record. I'm sure there are countless other jobs that I haven't even been considered for because I checked that box "Have you been convicted of a crime...".

I, as I'm sure do others, find it discouraging at times to even want to complete college at the risk that it will all be for nothing with a criminal history, which is why I made this thread; to get some success stories across to those that could use some encouragement.
 
Lots of convictions over the last 13 years, I don't consider myself succesful but on the same note I don't consider myself a criminal... I've haven't been in trouble since December 2008, and i'm hoping to keep it that way.

e2a: I've had some decent jobs actually, started at bottom and worked my way up a few times, but fucked it up every time because of drugs.
 
Go to College until you can get your charge expunged or pardoned. That's what I'd do. If they want to keep you from contributing to society, might as well be a drain on it.

Personally, I don't think private employers should be checking criminal history, unless it's a day care provider, casino, pawnbroker or armored car driver.

It does nothing but keep criminals who have paid their debt to society unemployed, and increases their chances of recidivism.

The entire credit reporting/CRB check system needs a complete overhaul, especially in the US.
 
Arrested for possession of a controlled substance of the blotter sort, but am currently in the process of getting charges reduced and expunged. I wouldn't call myself successful but I am going to college and make pretty good grades so we'll see where I end up.
 
I have a bad record and I am doing alright working for myself in the industry I'm licensed in, health care.
I'd be doing better financially if I worked for someone else though, and no one can hire me for another seven years , that's when I can get the record sealed.
 
I have like 5 arrests, 1 dismissed, 1 mis paraphanila conviction, 1 pending felony poss of controlled sub, 1 pending domestic batt misdomeaner, 1 pending delivery of controlled sub felony..

yea i like to keep fucking up..

i don't have the greatest employment history either..

yes i have trouble getting anything more than a minimum wage/temp kinda job, anything with a background check.. even tho i only have 1 conviction, if theres a background check or they ask if you've commited a crime i don't even bother..

i'm going to get back into glassblowing once i get my legal shit straightened out and some money saved up
 
I got a criminal record, 1 poss charge, 1 conspiracy to distribute charge, 1 possession charge, 1 felonly downgraded to misdemeanor, and 2 felonys, one of them is pending but at the end Ill have 2 felony convictions, so its rough tryna get a "real" job but it all depends on wat u think success is I guess. If i got a fat bank roll in my pocket and am feelin aight with my life regarldless of how I got that, Then i guess its all good. By the view of society tho I dont think they will say I am successful in any real way.
 
^^Yeah I'm right there wit ya. 1 felony posession with intent, 1 felony posession, 2 dui, 3 years probation still looming. A corporate job is long gone but I work for myself and goto school now so it's all good. I love that disclaimer about how a felony doesn't automatically make you ineligible, yeah sure it doesn't mfers
 
I have 36 felonies, have spent 10 years in prison for crimes varying from assaulting a police officer to robbery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm in a public place, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious bodily injury and etc.. I consider the fact that I am even still alive a success. so yeah
 
I have a couple possession charges , grand theft auto , eluding , burglary , aggravated assault , dwi , disorderly conduct , shoplifting , vandalism and probably a few more I'm forgetting.

I'm pretty much fucked I guess as far as working goes but I get pretty high everyday

And that's enough for me :)
 
drug trafficking, shoplifting, possesion of a drug of dependence with intent to distribute, trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia
 
Its fucking impossible to get a job right now especially with any record. 1 felony possesion charge, 2 duis, 1 shoplifting, 1 criminal mischief. Finished UTI in Houston in 2007 and am now back in school and i cant any kind of a decent fucking job. But at least they forgot to suspend my license for my 2 DUI's last year haha fucking morons.
 
bpayne said:
I have 36 felonies, have spent 10 years in prison for crimes varying from assaulting a police officer to robbery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm in a public place, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious bodily injury and etc.. I consider the fact that I am even still alive a success. so yeah
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You win! ;)

I get straight A's in college and have 2 felonies and a misdeameanor...I don't want to work for an employer that wouldn't hire me just because of that anyways
 
Cerp, I had 2 F's and several M's, all dismissed by prop 36, and have been successful during that time and after - done well in school and whatever other parts of life one would look at as 'success.' Prop was a godsend to me, shame they cut the hell out of its funding.
 
johanneschimpo said:
Cerp, I had 2 F's and several M's, all dismissed by prop 36, and have been successful during that time and after - done well in school and whatever other parts of life one would look at as 'success.' Prop was a godsend to me, shame they cut the hell out of its funding.
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JC, glad to hear that. I can second prop 36 being a godsend, definitely.

I think I'm going to have to retract a statement, or amend it actually that I made in my original post: I would consider myself to be successful, however not in the financial sense. I consider myself successful for where I am now in context to where I was/heading 3 years ago.

I have a job, a place to live and am going to school. I'm not making very much money at all, but I'm hangin' in there. I make a consciouss effort to NOT get arrested anymore and don't break my bank with obtaining drugs.
 
Dangerous driving, trespassing, possession of an offensive weapon.

I'm not successful at all, but I don't think those charges have anything to do with that.
 
me personally am squeaky clean, suppose that shows either I am pretty damn good or dont quite do enough to get caught mmmm pondering on what I can do to catch up with my peers
 
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