Receiving drug charges can change a person's life for the worse in an instant. While many states continue to reconsider drug criminalization, drug charges still draw down some of the harshest sentencing for any non-violent crime. If you recently received drug charges...
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Designer drugs and serious criminal consequences
While many people equate drug crimes with cocaine, heroin or marijuana, designer drugs can have just as potent effects – and significant criminal consequences. Also known as club drugs, party drugs or rave drugs, these substances are functional analogs...
Prescription pain medication can lead to addiction and jail time
There are countless valid medical reasons why people end up receiving a prescription for pain medication. Maybe you got into a car accident and suffered soft tissue damage in your neck. Perhaps you had a surgery. Serious illnesses, chronic migraines and other injuries...
The serious consequences for a Florida DUI conviction
Alcohol is a major source of revenue and has a special place in many social rituals. However, it also creates a host of social risks, including the potential for intoxicated driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is a criminal offense in all 50 states, although...
Your legal gun isn’t legal if you use marijuana at all
It's highly doubtful that anyone involved in the creation of the Constitution or the Second Amendment would have any way of knowing the challenges modern society faces. That fact is clear in the constantly waging social battle over gun control and gun ownership...
Increased enforcement efforts for opioids, opiates and heroin
Addiction to potentially deadly drugs has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. 2016 is the first year on record where the number of drug overdose deaths exceeded gun fatalities. Although data isn't in for 2017, there's little doubt the death toll will...
Can you face a marijuana charge because of federal law?
Living in the United States and being a fan of marijuana isn't easy right now. Some states are making the product legal, while others are cracking down on keeping it off the streets. With the legalization of medical marijuana in some places and not in others, the...