Drugs Laws

Under the California Penal code, drug laws are under a number of different areas. For example, they can appear in Health and Safety Code or in the Penal Code. There are numerous types of controlled substances, for example, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Crack-Cocaine, Heroine, Vicodin, Oxycodone are just a few of the drugs that are covered by these laws. There are many drugs that are prescriptions but can still be found to be controlled substances.

Drug laws are very harsh and can completely ruin a persons life. If you are lucky and have a skilled attorney or a friendly district attorney, you can walk way from the drug charge with nothing more than a warning (highly unusual and don't expect it!). More like, if it is your first offense and you had a small amount on you (this all depends on the controlled substance) you will likely get probation and have to take narcotics anonymous classes. If you have multiple offenses or were caught with a great deal of the controlled substance you are probably looking at state time.

The laws are broken down into a couple categories. There can be drug possession for personal use or drug possession with intent to sell. In general possession with the intent to sell is worse than drug possession for personal use.