Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid with 50 to 100 times the potency of morphine. Generally, doctors use it to treat severe pain after surgeries and sometimes chronic pain issues. While the drug serves a medical purpose, it is illegal when used outside of a prescription....

When facing a drug trafficking charge, the range of sentences for an alleged offender can vary widely based on certain factors — the schedule of the drug, the amount in question, prior convictions and other elements will affect the judge’s ruling. Florida and federal...

Prison (or the threat of prison) is supposed to be a deterrent to criminal activity. In reality, prison is often just a temporary holding ground through which an endless parade of the convicted is constantly rotated. A late-2019 report by the Prison Policy Initiative...

You have a drug problem. To support your habit, maybe you deal a little to your friends -- or maybe you carried a few packages between your dealer and someone else. Whatever happened, you got caught. Naturally, you're terrified -- but the police officer has just made...

The cost of the average fix has been going up considerably, lately. The cost of illegal drugs, just like everything else on a consumer-driver market, rises according to the law of supply and demand. Right now, social, medical and economic situations are creating a lot...

You value your friends and loyalty, so when you found out that investigators were nosing around your buddy's business and looking for evidence of illegal activity, you tipped your buddy off. Your buddy responded by destroying their computer, setting fire to their...

Nobody wants to live in a crime-infested neighborhood -- but it's important not to take away people's civil liberties and their right to due process in the name of safety. All over America (including Florida), "crime-free" multi-unit housing programs are taking hold....

Florida has been undergoing something of a reformation, at least where its criminal justice system is concerned. Legislative changes have -- for the first time -- reversed the tough-as-nails approach to all drug offenses that the state adopted in the wake of the War...

The COVID-19 virus has been making a lot of headlines around the nation. People are naturally concerned about how to stay safe. Well, several police departments (including at least one here in Florida) decided that they might be able to take advantage of the growing...

Maybe you share your drugs with a friend who just had a back injury. Maybe you sold a few pills because you just needed to make the bills. Maybe you're just dealing enough to support your own habit. You're careful about who knows what you're doing, and you never...