Category Archives: Drug Crimes
A Fentanyl Incident In A Publix Parking Lot
By the time the federal government removed cannabis from the list of Schedule I controlled substances earlier this year, the writing had been on the wall for years. The state laws decriminalizing cannabis for medical use, and later for recreational use, were only echoing a widespread public sentiment. Lawmakers and journalists began to say… Read More »
Does Probation Take Away Your Fourth Amendment Rights?
In April 2026, police in Sarasota executed a search warrant at a house just down the street from Truvine Missionary Baptist Church. They found 90.2 grams of fentanyl, plus marijuana, cocaine, stimulant pills, opioid pills, a firearm, a scale, and thousands of dollars in cash, and now the resident of the house is facing… Read More »
A Mind-Altering Road Trip
Most of the time, crossing state lines does not feel like a big deal. When you drive across the border into Florida, you rejoice at the sight of the “Welcome to Florida” sign., but at least in the beginning, the terrain looks much like it did in Georgia or Alabama. The retail options you… Read More »
Three Family Members Arrested After Drug Bust
In some drug possession cases, judges sentence defendants to probation and order them to live with their parents or other older family members while they complete their probation sentences. When they do this, the judges assume that young adults are less likely to be exposed to drugs when they live with their families than… Read More »
Beware Of Carfentanil In Florida’s Drug Supply
Drug use trends change over time, and a substantial increase in overdose deaths or criminal cases associated with one drug will attract years of media attention to that drug. In the 1970s, everyone feared heroin, and in the 1980s, it was crack cocaine. Then came methamphetamine and prescription opioid abuse. Today, in the age… Read More »
Court Dismisses Drug Trafficking Case Because Of Lack Of Evidence
The court can declare you innocent in a criminal case if the jury acquits you. This happens when the jurors vote, and they agree that the prosecution has not proven your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; in other words, they are either sure that the criminal charges do not apply, or they are not… Read More »
Your Social Media Accounts Can Testify Against You
In the old days, musicians used to promote their music and their performances by taping posters to telephone poles and selling cassette tapes out of the trunks of their cars. Today, they can reach an exponentially bigger audience by posting their music on social media and updating their content with new photos frequently to… Read More »
Acting Attorney General Moves Cannabis From Schedule I To Schedule III
If your policy has been to smoke a joint every time a state or local government allows a new cannabis product for medical or recreational use or every time someone in the federal government says that it is time that federal law stopped counting cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance, you have probably… Read More »
Pre-Recorded Buy Money: A Timeless, Low-Tech Forensic Tactic
Everyone worries about money, and people disagree vehemently about the safest means of conducting transactions and keeping your money for future use. The proponents of cash concede that, if hundreds of dollars of banknotes fall out of your pocket or someone steals them from your purse, you have little hope of recovering the money,… Read More »
Legal Cognitive Dissonance Isn’t Just For Cannabis Anymore
If you fell asleep in a drug-induced haze 15 years ago and woke up today, you would be surprised at what you saw. Today, people walk into cannabis dispensaries in Florida and buy cannabis edibles with the same nonchalance with which, in an hour’s time when the munchies set in, they will walk into… Read More »