Drug Crimes

If you have been charged with controlled substance crime, you need to hire an aggressive attorney to defend you and fight for your rights. Most of the Minnesota criminal charges for controlled substance crimes involve drug possession, drug sales, drug manufacturing or a combination thereof. The penalties for controlled substance crimes for drug possession, sale and manufacturing offenses are becoming increasingly more severe. Law enforcement officers are aggressively making arrests. Prosecutors are less likely to overlook controlled substance crimes. Judges don’t want to be known as soft on drug criminals. Make sure your innocence is secure. Contact Minnesota Criminal Defense Attorney John Scott today for a FREE consultation.

Drug Possession, Drug Manufacturing and Sale Crimes

Drug possession arrests are occurring more and more frequently, and the penalties for convictions are becoming increasingly harsher. While drug possession essentially involves the harboring or control of any illegal substance, individuals who are caught with chemicals used in drug manufacturing or apparatuses related to drug cultivation or use may also be charged with possession. The seriousness of the offense that you are charges with depends on the type and quantity of the drugs. The types of drug crimes that Attorney John Scott handles include:

• Possession of Controlled Substances
• Manufacturing Controlled Substances
• Conspiracy to Sell Controlled Substances
• Using forged prescriptions to obtain controlled substances

Prescription drug crimes from fake or forged prescriptions

Prescription drugs can be dangerous if they are abused or misused. Minnesota and Federal crime laws regulated these prescription drugs that are available by illegal means, which eliminates the need to manufacture and process the drugs. For example, a few prescription opiates and pain relievers such as the group of the fentanyl analogues, are much stronger than heroin found on the street. They are sourced either from stolen or forged prescriptions and occasionally from Internet sale. Benzodiazepines, in particular temazepam and flunitrazepam, are also frequently diverted to the black market through forged prescriptions or pharmacy robberies.

A Very Serious Offense

Some classes of dugs are more serious to possess than others, and the criminal penalties are higher. Methamphetamine and Cocaine are two types of drugs that are classified within the serious category of drugs that present a high risk of abuse and addiction. If anyone is thinking that “Meth” or cocaine are essentially just party drugs, they're in for some bad news. The war on drugs is not cutting anyone any breaks; prosecutors will do their best to convict you. State district attorneys are no less eager to show that they're tough on drug crimes.

Federal Drug Charges

Both the Minnesota state criminal law and the Federal laws cover criminal activities involving controlled substances. The drug crime laws for the state and the federal government have some overlap, but they are not mirror images of each other. Moreover, the federal justice system is not simply a larger version of the states' criminal justice systems. A person who is being charged with a federal drug crime or who is under suspicion or investigation for a federal drug crime needs legal representation by attorneys who are specifically experienced in both state and federal drug laws.

Controlled substance activities that are Federal Drug Crimes

Federal drug laws pertain to the possession, distribution, sale, trafficking, cultivation, and manufacturing of various controlled substances. These drugs include marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, a number of narcotic-based drugs that much of the public would not think of as being covered by drug crime statutes, such as Oxycodone and Vicodin, and more.

• Possession
• Manufacturing
• Trafficking
• Conspiracy to Sell
• Selling and distributing controlled substances

What a Minnesota Criminal Defense Attorney Can Do

An experienced criminal defense attorney will work with both the state and federal courts as your drug crime defense attorney. Attorney John Scott will work to get the charges against a client eliminated or reduced. Whether at the investigative stage, during pre-trial negotiations with the U.S. Attorney's Office or at trial, Attorney John Scott will attack the state’s case and make sure your innocence is presumed.

The sooner you hire Attorney John Scott as your criminal defense attorney in the criminal process, the easier it is to protect your rights and your innocence. As soon as you as suspected of a drug crime, the police will not be on your side. It is important to aggressively fight the collection, admissibility and sufficiency of the state’s evidence, and the reliability and accuracy of drug test results, and all violations or your constitutional rights.

Don’t risk your innocence, your freedom or your future. Please call today for a FREE consultation.