by georgeroland | Oct 9, 2016 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized, UNT
Stricter drug enforcement policies created the heroin epidemic. In its 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration reported that drug poisoning deaths (overdoses) involving opioid...
by georgeroland | Aug 3, 2016 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
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...
by georgeroland | Jul 20, 2016 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
“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...
by georgeroland | Jul 14, 2016 | Drug Charges
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...
by georgeroland | Feb 9, 2016 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized, UNT
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...
by georgeroland | Jan 12, 2016 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
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...
