Drug Charges

Mississippi does have a drug court and intervention program. This program can sometimes be used to help nonviolent offenders avoid incarceration after a drug-related arrest. The drug court program is judicially monitored, using comprehensive supervision and routine...

Prescription medications are classified as controlled substances. They are legal for use, but only if there is a valid medical need. Once a doctor has written a prescription and it has been legally filled at a pharmacy, only then can the individual in question possess...

Drug trafficking is one of the most serious criminal offenses prosecuted in the U.S. that is related to controlled substances. Individuals accused of trafficking offenses may have sold drugs to others, transported controlled substances or participated in a scheme...

Marijuana laws have changed substantially in recent decades. Many states, including Mississippi, have adopted programs that allow people with debilitating or chronic medical conditions to legally use marijuana. A smaller collection of states have legalized marijuana...

Many drug possession cases are straightforward legal matters. When police officers find drugs in someone's pockets or inside a bag in their possession, it is a simple matter to establish that the individual had possession of prohibited drugs or controlled substances....

Mississippi is a state that still prosecutes offenders for minor marijuana charges, unlike many other states that have decriminalized or even legalized its recreational use. In fact, a Mississippi appeals court ruling upheld the life sentence without possibility of...

Having their teenager get arrested on drug charges should be every parent’s wake-up call. If your teen’s drug usage was previously unsuspected, consider this to be the red flag waving. By the time of an arrest, your teen’s drug use may have progressed past the...

One of prosecutors’s favorite ploys is to charge someone with a more serious crime in order to get them to accept a plea deal on a less serious one. They get the win they want, by painting a picture of a worst-case scenario where someone could face years in jail if...

Drug possession is a serious criminal charge in Mississippi. Being charged with drug possession could cause a defendant to not only spend time in jail and be expected to pay fines but it could also affect their job, housing, voting and education opportunities.  During...

You may have heard that Mississippi decriminalized marijuana, and you may be wondering what that means for the use of marijuana products moving forward. After all, many states have now turned to legalization. Voters have authorized the use of both recreational and...