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Drug crimes can tear apart communities and carry harsh consequences for perpetrators. Crimes like drug manufacturing, dealing and possession are governed by different laws in different states, in addition to a separate set of federal laws. To complicate matters even further, laws dealing with drug crimes and the rules that determine sentences for drug convictions change regularly. FindLaw’s Drug Crime News offers readers the best online information about drug crimes, including reports on news and current events as well as analysis from FindLaw authors and attorney experts.

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  1. View of marijuan plants at a field, in Los Algodones community, Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on January 30, 2012. Mexican soldiers found a marijuana field and incinerated the drug as part of the Culiacan-Navolato operation. More than 40.000 people have been killed in rising...
  2. Mexican soldiers pull up marijuana plants in a field, at Los Algodones community, in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on January 30, 2012. Mexican soldiers found a marijuana field and incinerated the drug as part of the Culiacan-Navolato operation. More than 40.000 people have been...
  3. View of marijuan plants at a field, in Los Algodones community, Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on January 30, 2012. Mexican soldiers found a marijuana field and incinerated the drug as part of the Culiacan-Navolato operation. More than 40.000 people have been killed in rising...
  4. View of a marijuana field, at Los Algodones community, in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on January 30, 2012. Mexican soldiers found a marijuana field and incinerated the drug as part of the Culiacan-Navolato operation. More than 40.000 people have been killed in rising drug-related...
  5. A Mexican soldier pulls up marijuana plants in a field, at Los Algodones community, in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on January 30, 2012. Mexican soldiers found a marijuana field and incinerated the drug as part of the Culiacan-Navolato operation. More than 40.000 people have been...
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  1. I think medical marijuana should not be legal in this country. I believe it's a gateway drug to other drug violations...
    SOURCE: Reason 6 days ago
  2. He pleaded guilty to carrying a handgun without a license, possession of a handgun, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia and being a habitual offender
    SOURCE: WLKY.com 1 day ago
  3. They have been charged with offences ranging from trafficking in methamphetamine and cannabis, manufacturing and selling methamphetamine as well as firearm offences
    SOURCE: The Mercury - Voice of Tasmania 1 day ago
  4. I think marijuana should not be legal in this country. I believe it’s a gateway drug to other drug violations. The use of illegal drugs in this country is leading to terrible consequences in places like Mexico and actually in our own country ... I oppose legalization of marijuana. I oppose legalization ...
    SOURCE: Marijuana Policy Project 2 days ago
  5. Experts have warned that the cost of cyber crime is larger than the combined costs of cocaine, marijuana and heroin trafficking. In Europe, the cost of cybercrime has apparently reached 750 billion euros ($979 billion) a year.
    SOURCE: Tom's Hardware Guide 1 week ago
  6. Experts have warned that the cost of cyber crime is larger than the combined costs of cocaine, marijuana and heroin trafficking. In Europe, the cost of cybercrime has apparently reached 750 billion euros ($979 billion) a year
    SOURCE: France 24 1 week ago
  7. Experts have warned that the cost of cyber crime is larger than the combined costs of cocaine, marijuana and heroin trafficking. In Europe, the cost of cybercrime has apparently reached 750 billion euros ($979 billion) a year
    SOURCE: Capital FM 1 week ago
  8. The defendant’s crime has tainted the image of educational institutions. As a university graduate, the defendant should have rejected the order [to smuggle the crystal meth]
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Globe 6 days ago
  9. Francesco Miceli of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria was charged with multiple counts of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
    SOURCE: Gothamist 1 hour ago
  10. Cardinal Health is not above the law, and with this agreement it admits that it neglected its vital responsibility to prevent the diversion of controlled substance medications
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 10 hours ago
  11. Loitering for purpose of illegally using, possessing or selling controlled substance
    SOURCE: FindLaw: Cases and Codes 1 week ago
  12. The law as it is currently running, I believe, is a train wreck because it's putting marijuana in the hands of people, in the hands of kids, who are not using it for pain management purposes
    SOURCE: Reuters 1 day ago
  13. Both Canadian drug couriers have been charged with the following: Drug Trafficking, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine with intent to supply, Exportation and Being concerned in the supply of Cocaine
    SOURCE: Timmins Times 1 week ago
  14. Marijuana continues to be a federally controlled substance, despite the fact that California voted to make medical marijuana legal
    SOURCE: International Business Times 1 month ago
  15. Marijuana continues to be a federally controlled substance despite the fact that California voted to make medical marijuana legal ... Anything involved in the criminal aspects of cultivating and distributing marijuana, we will investigate that.
    SOURCE: Contra Costa Times 1 month ago
  16. Good boy ... That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of this for the police who will apprehend her on arrival.
    SOURCE: Oregon Live 1 day ago
  17. DEA has never targeted the sick or dying. Cultivation of marijuana is against federal law and if organizations or groups choose to cultivate marijuana they will be subject to arrest.
    SOURCE: Boston Herald 1 month ago
  18. We're not interested in prosecuting everyone. We're interested in people who are making significant money from trafficking a controlled substance.
    SOURCE: Mercedes Sun-Star 4 weeks ago
  19. Three stores were found to be selling expired and banned medicines. There was also a huge storage of narcotic medicines
    SOURCE: Republica 4 days ago
  20. The Hooper robbery a couple years ago was a drug-related crime ... The last shooting we had down here a month ago, the individual that shot that young lady was high on methamphetamine and marijuana was found on his person.
    SOURCE: Fremont Tribune 1 week ago
  21. The defendant, Harum Adhyaksa, has violated Article 112 of the Criminal Code for possessing and using crystal methamphetamine
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Post 1 day ago
  22. We are not making any changes to the law with regards to simple marijuana possession ... Instead, we are targeting the source of the illicit drug trade: the drug traffickers and those who import drugs into Canada.
    SOURCE: The Province Daily News 3 weeks ago
  23. This is standard for first-time nonviolent offenses involving possession of marijuana or paraphernalia ... If he successfully completes the drug diversion program, his case will be resolved.
    SOURCE: Sporting News 3 weeks ago
  24. Officers (also) found the suspect to be in possession of 15 grams of marijuana and paraphernalia.
    SOURCE: ABC News 1 month ago
  25. The MPS operation, which also involves Homeland Security Investigations in America, is investigating a network suspected of illegally exporting the stimulant khat, which is legal in the UK, to the USA and Canada where it is a controlled substance.
    SOURCE: Sky News 2 weeks ago
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