Tag Archives: West Palm Beach Drug Crimes Attorney
Feds Now Deporting Legal Immigrants Convicted of Nonviolent Drug Crimes
Perhaps because they’ve run out of illegal immigrants to deport, the feds have shifted focus to the legal ones. Specifically, those who at one time or another were convicted of a crime – regardless of whether or not they paid their debt to society. Most recently, a Miami woman stopped on her way back… Read More »
Lawmakers Consider Changes to Florida’s Drug-Free-Zone Laws
Drug-free-zones, though arguably filled with good intentions, have shown themselves to have unintended consequences. One of those consequences is that folks who otherwise pose no threat to anyone find themselves the victim of mandatory minimum sentences and escalations to infractions that would otherwise only result in light sentences or even fines. For instance, in… Read More »
Manslaughter Charges for Fentanyl Distribution
As the opioid epidemic continues to worsen, lawmakers have agreed to increase the penalties for distributing the potentially lethal painkiller that has been pushed by the pharmaceutical industry as of late. If you have been charged with fentanyl possession or distribution, or you have been charged with manslaughter due to your alleged involvement in… Read More »
Medical Marijuana in Florida
In the recent election on November 8th, Florida voters overwhelmingly decided to approve the legalization of medical marijuana. This marks a big change in Florida’s current marijuana laws. If you have questions about the new law or are charged with a drug crime, you should contact a skilled drug crimes attorney. The Law Florida’s… Read More »
Palm Beach County Sheriff Arrests Man with Methamphetamine
A man was recently caught with almost 1,000 grams of methamphetamine in Palm Beach County. Joshua J. Stowers, a resident of Georgia, allegedly came to Palm Beach for the purpose of selling the drugs to an unidentified man. He was arrested outside the Riverbridge Centre shopping plaza. He was released a few days later… Read More »
Florida Marijuana Laws
Florida has some of the harshest penalties for marijuana in the country. It is important to understand the marijuana laws and possible penalties in Florida, since unlike many parts of the country marijuana is still illegal for both recreational and medicinal purposes. Though marijuana is classified as a schedule one substance in Florida, unlike… Read More »
