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Question by Christina: How do I get rid of my drug dealing roommate?
My boyfriend and I live in a 4 bedroom duplex with 3 other guys. One of the guys we live with is my boyfriend’s friend/acquaintance from high school. My bf and I both attend classes at the local college and work part time so we are not home all the time. And when we are home, we try to mind our own business. We also recently discovered we are expecting a baby; I am 4 and a half months pregnant. We were not aware of the extent of our roommate’s (the guy from high school) drug use until we recently had some issues come up. This guy used to smoke weed outside of our house, which was out of our hands so we stayed out of it but he has slowly made connections with other drug users and moved his smoking into the garage, which can sometimes stink up the whole house. Many times I have come home from work and there will be 4 or 5 people I do not know using drugs in our garage with him. His usage has progressed from marijuana only (which is illegal in Texas where we live) to now, marijuana, cocaine, “molly”, and shrooms. (As far as we know.) He now calls himself a “collector” but I would classify him as a drug dealer, technically. One of his friends that visits often to smoke will bring large packages of drugs in, and they make “deals” in and out of our home, which means there is sometimes a lot of traffic coming through at any hour. My bf and I both have (and want) nothing to do with any of the drug business that he is taking part in but it only seems to be getting worse as time passes. We just signed a 1 year lease on this house a month ago, but I am so concerned that I am going to be arrested for drug related charges in my own home that it has become a constant obsession for me to figure out a way to get out of this situation. I have thought about calling the police, but am not sure if we would be considered “involved” and at risk for related drug charges or even jail time! Not to mention that if this guy ever found out that we even tried to rat him out, I have no doubt he would kill us. You would have to know his temper and his personality to understand why I am truly scared of him. My bf has stood up to him several times about the drug problem but he always gets very loud and angry and resorts to physical contact, or even threatens him like “don’t make me do something stupid.” I fear for my bf and myself legally, not even to mention the fact that it is unhealthy for the baby and we could lose her or even be charged with neglect when she gets here!! We cannot afford a place of our own right now we are both trying so hard just to keep our heads above water right now, but the drug abuse issue is becoming more and more difficult for us to ignore as it becomes more dangerous. We do not have any other place to go, so right now the ultimate question is,
How can we get rid of this drug dealing roommate without getting in trouble with the law ourselves?