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After High Speed Chase, Police Arrest Man with Briefcase Full of Fentanyl
Just how dangerous is fentanyl? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl is approximately ten times as strong as heroin and 100 times as powerful as morphine. While, for ethical reasons, it is not possible to test how much fentanyl constitutes a lethal dose, the Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that it… Read More »
State Troopers Arrest Two Orlando Men in Traffic Stop, Seize Self-Described “Bag Full of Drugs”
Some drug busts require months of investigative work before authorities have probable cause to suspect defendants of possessing, consuming, or distributing drugs. Other times, though, it seems like people are going out of their way to get caught. Whether they post pictures of their drugs on social media, make drug references on vanity license… Read More »
Police Have More Questions Than Answers After Child Finds Bag of Drugs in Gas Station Bathroom
The presence of children makes the consequences for almost any drug offense more serious. Using drugs in the presence of a child is a more serious charge than simple drug possession. Likewise, it is worse to get caught selling drugs near a school than simply to get caught selling drugs. Some recent drug busts… Read More »
Brooksville Man Charged with Possession of Two Pounds of Fentanyl Could Face Life in Prison
When you hear your drug charges read to you, the first thing that goes through your mind is fear. What will happen to your family if you go to prison? How will you rebuild your relationship with them? How will you support them financially if prospective employers don’t give you a chance because of… Read More »
Two Men Arrested in Haines City for Keeping Large Quantity of Drugs in House with Child
It will be a while before criminal cases related to drugs go back to the way they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretrial diversion programs that gave people arrested on drug charges a chance to get sober without a drug conviction following them around are a boon to Floridians, but it will be some… Read More »
How Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Fentanyl Arrests and Overdoses in Florida?
The COVID-19 pandemic has made many of us realize, more than we ever did before, how many aspects of our daily lives are the direct result of things that happen all the way on the other side of the world. Just a few months after the first cases of the novel coronavirus were diagnosed… Read More »
DeLand Couple Arrested for Injecting Opioids While Toddler Was in the Car with Them
Sometimes getting arrested for drug possession can be the first step toward a life of sobriety. Some people look back on their drug possession arrest as the day that saved their lives. Whether things get better or worse after the police catch you with drugs depends on many factors. The best-case scenario is for… Read More »
Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fewer Prison Sentences for Drug Offenses, but More Arrests for Possession with Intent to Deliver?
As the number of cases of COVID-19 steadily increases in Florida and every other state, and as an increasing number of famous people report their experiences with the disease, it is obvious that the coronavirus is changing our everyday lives in ways we never could have expected. Its long-term effects on laws and policies… Read More »
Theft of a Controlled Substance Is Always a Felony, Even If You Only Steal One Pill
When schools caution children against drug abuse and addiction, they often talk about illegal drugs, but as any doctor who has treated patients with substance use disorder knows, people are just as likely to misuse drugs that it is legal for doctors to prescribe. Some prescription drugs are notorious as street drugs that happen… Read More »
The Trouble with Benzodiazepines
At first glance, benzodiazepines do not seem like the most dangerous drugs. The most well-known ones are Valium (diazepam) and Xanax (alprazolam), which seem harmless enough. They are not the most illegal of illegal drugs; they are Schedule IV controlled substances, which means they are in the same category of legality as prescription sleep… Read More »
