Originally Posted by
ladyamalthea 
... but if you genuinely don't know it's happening?
That would be the problem and laws should have the burden of proof placed on the courts to prove you knew.
Innocent till proven guilty and not guilty because of association.
5 teens standing together, The police show up. One teen is a known dealer. The police want him. They arrest all 5 and charged the one who had the bag closest to him with possesion. The bag wasn't his but was place beside him so that the one who owned it wouldn't be the one caught. I would say he was guilty because of association but the judge said the burden of proof was not shown well enough to find him guilty.
He learned his lesson that day and has not been around drugs since.