Should a person serve hard time if he is caught with xx amount of drugs?
103258
First time offenders are still offenders. Illegal substances, are still illegal substances. Just because a few in the minority feel it is "ok" with them, is not a reason to grant easy sentences for the illegal activity.\n\nFace it... Pot is still illegal and until it is legalized, prison time for offenders of the written law is deserved.\n\nPrisons are over-crowded, but this is not an excuse to let people off. The prisons are over-crowded because too many in today's society think that their opinion is greater than the masses or greater than the law. Those who break the law best be prepared to pay the piper.
485587
depending on the state and judge is what counts. In california many are given a citation with a court date.If minor has no prior history of possesion he could be given a fine to pay and/or community service.But dont worry about that start worrying of re ridding the use of the drug and the addiction
542403
You should only take the amount proscribed by your doctor. Your doctor selected that dosage for a reason. A person can overdose on many drugs, not just the illegal ones.
890413
it all depends on the crime really and the institution were a person is being held
145658
Speaking from experience, look into N.A. (Narcotics Anonymous) It's a lot like A.A. but geared more towards drugs instead of alcohol. As far as turning him into the police, DEFINITLY! If he gets away with it now, he's sure to do it again. The sad thing is even if he is punished, he'll always steal from you or anyone else until he gets help. It may be hard but it is true that no person or program will help unless HE hits bottom and makes a decision to change his life.
517206
HI MJ- Unfortunately, the law states that he can be charged, regardless of his state at the time. The only defense would be temporary insanity, but that has not worked in the past for people who were unaware of their actions due to too much alcohol or illegal drugs, so it would not likely be usable in this case either.  What may happen is that he could plead to a lesser charge due to impaired judgment brought on by a combination of a small amount of alcohol in conjunction with a legal benzodiazepene (I assume here that he had this as a prescription, and was not taking it illegally)- However, even that is iffy, because all people given BZDs are strongly warned about taking it with alcohol, and on the bottle itself there are strong warnings.  If he were using the drug illegally, then that pretty much shoots down all defenses.  But, in the end, just because he did not remember, or even know what he was doing, does not mean he will not be held legally accountable-he definitely will...how strongly will depend on his past record, the reason he was using the BZD, and the severity of the crime.  Get a good lawyer and try to plead a lesser charge based on reduced judgment due to ignorance of the drug interaction effect.  I just hope the BZD was a prescription for him.  Good luck, MJ
890233
yea.....but u get automatically taken to jail....so its better to take it
152945
Possession of a controlled dangerous substance(Poss. of Drugs).My husband works for a jail
909427
Not unless you take a large amount of it and overdose in which case a drug test will be the least of your problems. But it is not a drug that is tested for on standard drug tests.
271781
The answer depends entirely upon where a person lives in the United States and what drug and what quantity and what purpose (and probably other factors as well).  Ask a lawyer.
59526
I would think your best answer is to talk to your lawyer, and if you don't have one.. you are definitely going to need one. If it's only a minor amount of drugs you should be able to get out on bail, but twice in a month is NOT GOOD. I would highly consider changing your behavior.
499089
dangers are he will steal from you, pawn off everything he can to get the drug, be in and out of jail, steal from ANYONE, break into places to get things to sell, i have even know them to find reciepts at stores and go in and steal the shit and take it back for cash. my father in law has had over 100,000.00 stolen out his bank account they steal checks and cash them. there is alot to a crack head. they are theives or become eventually so they can get that next high they are nasty mother fuckers they all should be locked away and the key throwns away
66985
Depends on which state and what you're convicted of......and how well you do at keeping your nose clean in there...in wide numbers, you could serve anywhere from 35% to 100% of your sentence...go to http://www.prisontalk.com and look in the appropriate state forum to get the details for your state and the charges.
1125040
You can get busted and you usually get a choice to give up others.  I used to be a case worker for Dept. of Family and Children Services and at least 5 times a person used their snitch pay as income.  Apparently they just walk into the police or sheriff dept. and volunteer to do it.  The pay was around $50 per drug bust.  One of my clients was found dead in 4 pieces, I never wondered why.
895380
i agree with christoph...s. Call the police. This situation is one in which you cannot control any more than he apparently can. This is not behavior that should be tolerated. If he goes to jail it might save his life and your sanity ! at least in jail he will have no choice, but to stop using. And also they have NA (narcotics anon.) meetings and some sort of re-hab services available to him. I know it's a hard decision to make but I wish I had done that for my husband, He died due to a cocaine overdose and I was a widow at age 27, Please think about it. God Bless you and your dad.
21602
The Presumption Clause under Section 17 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) stipulates that anyone caught in the possession of a certain amount of a controlled drug is presumed to be trafficking in the drug and the onus is on him to prove that the drug found on him is not for the purpose of trafficking.\n\nUnder the MDA, a person is presumed to be trafficking in a controlled drug if he possesses more than:\n\n    * 2g of heroin;\n    * 3g of morphine;\n    * 100g of opium;\n    * 15g of cannabis;\n    * 10g of cannabis resin;\n    * 30g of cannabis mixture;\n    * 3g of cocaine;\n    * 25g of methamphetamine; or\n    * 10g of any or any combination of the following:\n          o N, a-dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine;\n          o a-methyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine; or\n          o N-ethyl-a-methyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine \n\nFollow the link below for more details.
32536
Yes, it depends on the laws of the state where you are tried and sentenced.  And if you, or someone you know, was arrested for that, you'd need to know a few more details bfore you could get much of annswer.