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The Georgia countryside is sprinkled with abandoned buildings that are almost continuously vacant. These structures, known colloquially as “trap houses,” make fruitful shelters for transactions involving illicit drugs. A recent arrest in Elko demonstrates how these...
Both medicinal and recreational marijuana are becoming legal in more and more states. Georgia is not yet one of them. Marijuana is considered a controlled substance under the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Although the effects of using marijuana are not usually as...
If you hear that your charges include drug trafficking, you know that you face serious criminal charges. Drug trafficking charges often follow if the police suspect you of drug distribution, the manufacturing of drugs, delivering drugs, selling drugs or possessing...
If a person is accused of a crime involving prescription drugs, there can be serious consequences. There are several examples of these crimes and there are potential defenses to consider. Prescription drug crimes Prescription fraud involves forging a prescription or...
Battling addiction is not easy, and in recent years there has been a significant increase in addiction to prescription drugs. Many times, people are legally prescribed these drugs by a doctor for a legitimate medical condition, and then become addicted, due to the...
You have been pulled over in Georgia, asked to take a test, and the results are positive. Are those roadsides tests truly accurate? Many experts believe those tests are not, which can make a difference in a drug possession trial. Courts beginning to prevent the use of...
Local and state police are not the only law enforcement authorities in Georgia who investigate drug crimes. As is the case across the country, federal agencies, including the FBI and the DEA, investigate alleged drug offenses that happen in the Atlanta area and the...
As Georgia moves forward with legalizing medical cannabis, there are bound to be people in the state who believe that marijuana—medical and otherwise—is now legal as well. This could lead to them being arrested for growing, possessing and selling it and facing the...
As readers of this blog know, marijuana is illegal in Georgia. Indeed, in a recent post, we discussed the potential penalties for possessing or using it. What readers may not know is that those penalties can vary depending on whether the offender is a juvenile or an...
If you are a middle-aged person charged with a serious drug crime involving cultivation, distribution or trafficking of marijuana, you may face severe consequences. Georgia has not decriminalized recreational marijuana use like some other states. One ounce or less is...