Category Archives: Drug Crime Defense
Psilocybin Mushrooms Test Positive for LSD in Florida Crime Labs
The biggest danger of fentanyl is that it is almost invisible. A tiny grain of fentanyl powder, smaller than a grain of sand, can produce effects as strong as a commercially produced oxycodone pill, and even though Floridians’ math scores may be abysmal, drug dealers understand the economic implications of this. Fentanyl can turn… Read More »
Tianeptine, a Drug of Pharmacological and Legal Contradictions
If you are confused about federal and state drug laws, it isn’t just because you need to do fewer drugs. The laws make little sense, and sometimes they even contradict each other directly. For example, cannabis is a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level, which means that it is always an illegal… Read More »
Seven Hydroxy, a Potent New Derivative of Kratom
A lot has changed since the 1990s, when smoke shops bore signs certifying that the water pipes they sold were “for tobacco only.” Today, not only can you buy an array of cannabis products, but you can also buy an array of plants and fungi with known psychoactive properties, the kinds of drugs that… Read More »
Do Emojis on a Dating App Mean Drug Crime?
Dating apps are a hotbed of ambiguity, confusion, and frustration. It is hard enough to tell if someone is flirting with you when you interact in real life. Is he smiling because he likes you, or is it because you can both hear the ice cream truck tinkling “Turkey in the Straw” in the… Read More »
Can You Get Your Charges Dropped, Even If You Are Being Accused of a Major Drug Crime?
Old folks are constantly telling young people to be careful about the company they keep, because it is possible to get in trouble simply for associating with someone who committed a crime. On the other hand, wanting to be only one degree of separation from celebrities has become a national obsession. The fact that… Read More »
Sale of Counterfeit Pills
You know you are doing well financially when the amount of money in your possession is 1,000 times your age. Financial planners often say that your goal should be to retire with $1 million in retirement savings, but this is clearly aspirational content; no one has that kind of money, not in today’s economy. … Read More »
Marijuana Charges Are More Serious When Your Stash of Weed Tests Positive for Fentanyl
Getting caught with weed when you are a minor, or when you are a young adult in a jurisdiction in Florida that has not yet legalized recreational cannabis possession, does not always turn out to be a big deal. If you are young enough, you might go through the juvenile justice system, where the… Read More »
When Is Drug Crime Simply a Symptom of Addiction, and When Is It Something Worse?
A life of ease protects you from most situations in which people break the law. Poverty, abuse, and other sources of chronic stress make people more vulnerable to using illicit drugs for the first time and for becoming addicted. Once drugs enter the picture, people sometimes find themselves doing things they previously thought contrary… Read More »
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Can Lead to Worse Charges
Conventional wisdom says that, as long as the quantity of illicit drugs in your possession is small, the resulting criminal charges will not be a big deal, but this does not tell the whole story. Yes, the quantity of drugs can be the deciding factor in whether you face charges for simple possession or… Read More »
What Is Nexus, the Latest Synthetic Psychedelic Drug in Florida’s Drug Supply?
At first glance, there is nothing extraordinary about Elijah Barney’s case. Barney is 20 years old, and he is facing felony drug charges for selling drugs to an undercover police officer in November 2024. As in so many cases like these, Barney communicated with the officer by phone and agreed to sell him drugs,… Read More »
