by georgeroland | Oct 27, 2017 | Drug Charges
In 1976, Texas adopted the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) guidelines, to get detailed, reliable crime statistics. In addition to UCR, there are several additional statistics that police departments must report—family violence, sexual assault, hate crimes, and the like....
by georgeroland | Aug 4, 2017 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized, UNT
In what has become a well-known quote from the 1969 Woodstock festival, an announcement was made from the stage that: “the brown acid that is circulating…is not specifically too good. It is suggested that you do stay away from that. Of course it’s your own...
by georgeroland | Jun 30, 2017 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
On June 8, 2017, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California) revealed a proposed bill they had drafted together, clumsily named the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017” or Senate Bill 1327, or SITSA Act....
by georgeroland | Jun 19, 2017 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized, UNT
Summer has begun, and Denton, like many “college towns” now seems to have far fewer people around and cars on the road. I drive by Texas Woman’s University and by the University of North Texas several times a week (the former everyday on my way home from my office),...
by georgeroland | Jun 12, 2017 | Drug Charges
On June 6, 2017, one of the nation’s largest databases of chemical signatures, NIST, announced that it had added 25,000 chemical signatures to its already massive database of 240,000 signatures. NIST stores the molecular “fingerprints” of various natural and man-made...
by georgeroland | May 29, 2017 | Drug Charges
Most arrests for drug offenses do not arise from a carefully planned surveillance operation where police have sought warrants to place GPS trackers on vehicles, or collected trash outside the residence to go through later at the police station. In fact, most drug...
