Drug Crimes

As public health agencies and lawmakers throughout the country have struggled in recent years to deal with the epidemic of drug overdoses. In too many cases, people have left an acquaintance or even a friend to die because they didn’t want police showing up and...

A controversial new law that will dramatically increase the number of Coloradans arrested on felony drug possession charges has gone into effect. The law targets those who allegedly have as little as one gram of fentanyl or a substance containing fentanyl in their...

The prescription painkiller OxyContin has become the name most commonly associated with the opioid addiction crisis in this country. Anyone who’s read the book Dopesick or seen the series knows the lengths to which its manufacturers went to get doctors to prescribe it...

Drug charges in Colorado come in varying degrees of severity. Possession is generally the least serious offense, while manufacturing and trafficking charges are among the most severe. The phrase drug trafficking makes people think of organized crime and complicated...

If you’ve been charged with intent to distribute a controlled substance, the first thing you want to do is understand exactly what these charges mean. There are a lot of intricacies to drug laws and various charges that can be brought. Never assume that these are all...

History has demonstrated that people can be addicted to many things: alcohol, tobacco, pornography, video games, plastic surgery and even social media.  One of the more well-known addictions is prescription drug abuse. While doctors may only prescribe a limited amount...

Not all defense goals are the same. Sometimes, conviction seems inevitable, so the goal is to mitigate the damage to your life – and that’s where Colorado’s “wobbler law” comes into play. If you’ve been charged with a felony-level drug crime, you may be entitled under...

Colorado has the distinction of being one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. It is far from the only state at this point, but it will always be one that is closely linked to this movement. This means that recreational marijuana is very easy to...

Much of the time, when someone is arrested on drug charges, the root cause of the problem is actually an addiction. That individual didn't want to buy the drugs or use them, but the addiction made it so they felt like they had no choice. This is especially a problem...