K2, Spice, and other types of synthetic marijuana have been illegal for some time now, due in large part to the overdoses and deaths attributed to them. In May 2012, two passengers were killed in a car accident in Montgomery County when the driver, high on K2, crashed his car. After an investigation, Rafie Ali, […]
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Courts May Consider Entire Weight of Weak Drug Mixture for Sentencing
A recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision sent an implicit message to drug dealers across the country: If you’re going to sell drugs, make sure it’s the good stuff. In U.S. v. Villarreal, defendant David Villarreal was caught with 8.4 kilograms of cocaine. 2.5 kilograms were of .41% purity and the remaining 5.9 kilograms […]
Drug Conviction May Affect Federal Student Aid Eligibility
Many college and graduate students receive federal student aid in the form of grants, loans, and work study to help pay for their education. But did you know that a drug conviction might affect your eligibility to receive student aid? If you have been convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drugs for an […]
Multi-million Dollar Montgomery County Drug Ring Taken Down
Last Thursday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman announced that a multimillion drug trafficking ring had been taken down. “Operation: Weed Whacker” began after a phone call from a concerned citizen last September. The operation tracked 3,673 lbs. of marijuana that was shipped from California to southeast Pennsylvania and multiple people were arrested. Three […]
Second Laboratory Employee Charged With Tampering
In 2012, a Department of Public Health state laboratory came under fire after one of its employees, Annie Dookhan, allegedly falsified evidence that was used in drug cases. The investigation into Dookhan led to 534 cases being reviewed and over 300 inmates being released from Massachusetts state prisons. Now another lab, the Massachusetts State Crime […]
