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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Plano Drug Crime Lawyer
Many people are unfamiliar with the term "doctor shopping". However, the term is gaining more popularity as incidences of prescription drug abuse increase throughout the country. ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Plan Drug Crime Lawyer
On Friday, federal agents told news sources that they had successfully terminated two major drug trafficking and money laundering operations. The operations were reportedly taking place in the state ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Plan Drug Crime Lawyer
Prosecutors have spent months working on a case against a man that they believe is a hit man for a Mexican drug cartel. He is just one of 34 people that have been brought up on indictments over the ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Plan Drug Crime Lawyer
Several students at a Texas high school were doing much more than just attending classes. They were running a drug ring that included the sale of prescription drugs and marijuana . When police first ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Plan Drug Crime Lawyer
Drug dealers often think that they can elude detection. However, one man learned the hard way that dealing drugs is not an easy business to be in. The suspect was arrested along with five others in ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Plan Drug Crime Lawyer
Recently in South Texas, law enforcement reported that four of its own were let go for drug crimes . Allegedly, four officers violated the department's anti-drug policy and were terminated. A ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As this blog has noted several times, there has been a rampant increase in prescription fraud. Related to this, there has been a concerted by law enforcment and prosecutors throughout the country to ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Last year, Cameron Douglas, was sentenced to five years in prison for delivery of a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine. That, however, did not end his time in court. In exchance for a more ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
In August, a nineteen-year-old man, Matthew Allen, went to Dallas to dance at the infamous nightclub Afterlife. At the time, he was suspected of suffering from an overdose. It turned out that he ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
In Philadelphia, federal agents conducted a drug raid at a Boeing plant. The Boeing plant currently makes military helicopters. The agents were from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law Firm
Yesterday , we blogged the transformation of the legality to illegallity of bath salts. We noted that these drugs had started to undergo increase scrutiny due to the side effects of bath salts. ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law Firm
We have blogged about the bills that the Texas Legislature passed this past session. The Texas Legislature passed several laws that affect drug crimes and punishment in Texas. Previously, we have ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Several days ago , we addressed the issue of the definition of possession of a controlled substance . Obviously, the law makes a distinction between possession and delivery of a controlled substance . ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Plano Drug Crimes Lawyer
Over the past several days, we have been blogging about the driver's license suspension a person will face when he or she is arrested for DWI . In Texas, a person convicted of a drug offense does ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Often times, when the police search a car or person, they might find the residue of cocaine , marijuana , or heroin . This will often arise when a police officer finds drug paraphernalia on the ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Yesterday, we addressed the issue of the affirmative links and the court of appeal's use of them when reviewing a conviction. As we noted, the State must prove possession by the actual care, ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Yesterday , we reviewed one of the elements of a the offense of a possession of a controlled substance . That element is possession, and this is one of the most litigated areas of drug possession law. ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As we noted yesterday, the Penal Code and Texas Health and Safety Code divide controlled substances into several different categories. It also divides the offenses into the drug offenses into whether ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As we detailed yesterday , all different drugs are separated into different groups called Schedules. The Schedules are broken down into I-V, with Schedule I being considered the most dangerous of the ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
There are certain rules that regulate the placement of an individual substance into a certain schedule. The commissioner must place a substance in the individual schedule, as per the following rules. ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The Texas Legislature provides numerous rules and guidelines regarding the Department of State Health Services Commissioner's ability to add, delete, or alter substances that are contained with ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Continuing our analysis of the Texas Controlled Substances Act, we will explore some of the administrative agencies that are charged with implementing this act. The Act, which is codified in Chapter ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The Texas Controlled Substances Act was enacted in 1989 to regulate controlled substances in Texas. This act mandates who regulates and classifies controlled susbstances in Texas. First, the Act ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
In the course of a motion to suppress the physical evidence that is seized during a pat-down search (Terry stop), there will be a number of phrases that are thrown around the courtroom. One of those ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
This a question that we often get asked. Remember, the Fourth Amendment protects ones privacy from government intrusion. Generally, absent a promise otherwise, the Fourth Amendment does not protect an ...
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