Weighing Drugs: what the law says

Drug charges are complicated. And sometime crazy—particularly where adulterants and dilutants are concerned…   Determining the Level of Offense   To determine what level of offense possession of a drug is, four factors generally come into play. First, the specific...

PCS PG 3

“PCS PG 3 <28G” might as well mean nothing to the average person looking at charge information or at a booking sheet. “PCS,” as I have explained before, is an abbreviation for “possession of a controlled substance.” “PG” is an abbreviation for “penalty group” and...

“Illegal Investment” In Drugs: Bad Idea

One seldom charged, but nevertheless existent, offense under the Texas Health and Safety Code (aka, where the drug offenses are) is for the “illegal barter, expenditure, or investment,” of funds for, or derived from, the sale of marijuana and other drugs. THSC...

Due Process: a primer (Part I)

In addition to criminal defense, or perhaps as a natural extension thereof, I frequently represent citizens at disciplinary hearings. By “disciplinary hearings” I mean hearings held to determine whether a student may continue their education at a specific public...

Why Aren’t We All Addicted

Are Drugs Addictive Because They Are Drugs?    I handle drug cases, and because talking about drugs is therefore what I do pretty much all the time, I often wonder whether the source of addiction is the drug itself—something addictive about the drug—or whether...