A Texas drug charge can affect many areas of your life, including your finances, your ability to hold down a job and even your personal or familial relationships. However, if your drug offense was not a violent one and you have a genuine desire to overcome your...
Drug Charges
Finding employment after a drug conviction
Serving time because of a drug conviction in Texas may leave people feeling disconnected when the time comes for them to reenter society. One concern they may have is whether or not they can get a job. Even though people may face challenges along the way, they can...
What types of drug treatment facilities are available?
If you currently face drug charges, it may help to attend a drug treatment program. Many people with drug charges have a substance abuse disorder and you may look more favorable if you take the necessary steps to end your relationship with recreational drugs....
Texas legislation seeks to reduce marijuana possession penalties
With over 35 states with legalized medical marijuana, every state government is looking at their relationship with cannabis and cannabis-related products. Right now in Texas, hemp and CBD oil allowances have made marijuana possession charges more complicated....
You must fight hard against first-time drug possession charges
Receiving drug charges is a serious life event, and anyone facing drug charges should respond quickly with a strong defense. If you recently received drug possession charges for the first time, it is important to use all the resources and guidance that you have...
Trendy marijuana dabs are a felony in Texas
Although marijuana concentrates, like pressed hashish, have existed for centuries, a modern form of this extract is currently quite popular. Butane hash oil, also called BHO, wax, glass, shatter or dabs, is a highly concentrated form of marijuana extract that has seen...
Man busted for meth possession was guilty only of eating doughnut
At first blush, it sounds like a joke. But as you read more of the story, the humor fades. The punchline of the story is that a 64-year-old man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine while armed with a weapon. The reality: police had mistaken the crumbled...
Sharing your medication could result in serious criminal charges
This last year, thousands of people died of opium overdoses around the country, including across Texas. As a result, both law makers and law enforcement are looking carefully at heroin, opiate and opioid medications in the hope of curbing this public health epidemic....
Texas booms: Drugs and oil
America's economic might has many sources, but one of the most reliable has been oil. Texas is, of course, the epicenter of U.S. oil. The state's oil industry has gotten a big boost in recent years from the boom in shale oil in the western Texas. With the surge in oil...
By the numbers: 14 arrests, 4 pounds of meth, 4 guns, 14,000 grams of GHB
Far north of Edinburg, Texas law enforcement officers have arrested 14 people and seized a wide variety of items. West of Dallas, Parker County officials say those arrested are part of a drug trafficking operation that is peddling methamphetamine and hydroxybutyrate...