Real Truth About Drug Cases In Los Angeles
Drug cases have had a history in Los Angeles from the 80s when Ronald Regan was president and passed all of these strict drug laws where people were getting mandatory minimums in jail, sent to prison for long periods, to now fast-forward ahead to 2016, 2017, 2018 where all these propositions are passing. Marijuana has been legalized in California.
Other drug offenses, like possession of cocaine, which was a straight felony for many years, are now misdemeanors.
It's unbelievable that the turn of events has gone on. But the truth is that even though they've relaxed in a lot of areas of the drug laws, when it comes to selling drugs and possessing weapons with drugs and all the bad things that we associate with drugs,
like gang members and mafia-type activity, the prosecutors and judges are still very strict on these crimes and maybe even more strict than they were before because they've lost the ability in a lot of cases to put severe punishments against those individuals who are possessing the drugs.
So, now they've turned their attention to those individuals who are selling it, who are supplying or putting it on our streets, and who are using violence to protect and sell their drugs.
Law Enforcement Sophistication Pursuing Illegal Drugs
And they are trying to put these people in prison for long periods.
Multi-task forces are going around with the federal and state governments, breaking upon doors, searching people's homes, pulling them out of their cars, and following them. The individuals involved with these drugs are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
They are shipping them in considerable trucks to hide them from law enforcement, using all types of communication media, such as a What's Up App, texting, and social media. They're hiding their activities from law enforcement.
So, that's causing law enforcement to have to get more sophisticated in the pursuit of these drugs that are entering the United States, specifically Los Angeles.
So, the absolute truth is, if you're charged with any drug-related defense, number one, hopefully for your sake, it's one of those possession-type cases. They're not claiming you are selling because if it's a sales-related case — and under that sales umbrella is the word trafficking, possession for sales, even giving away drugs is on par with selling drugs.
So, the bottom line is, if you have one of these types of offenses, you need to get an attorney who has dealt with these types of cases before.
In the twenty-five years that I've been dealing with drug sale-related offenses, all kinds of different things have happened. Various drugs have been introduced — synthetic drugs and ecstasy. The list goes on and on, while the other drugs that have been there for many, many years have remained.
But the bottom line is, if you're involved with any controlled substance that's being illegally sold and it's impacting people's lives and society, bet your bottom dollar every law enforcement agency there is out to catch those types of activities.
For example, the local Los Angeles authorities or the federal government. They are looking to stamp out not only the sale and possession of drugs but also the activities that surround those sales and possessions.
Guns being involved in enforcing the sale of drugs, trafficking of drugs throughout the United States, and in particular, California, Los Angeles, and any other activity that's connected with the sale and possession of narcotics is going to be infiltrated by the government to attempt to stop people from using and possessing drugs.
So, if you have a case in a local courthouse in Los Angeles and need help, you may be concerned because you believe you're looking at many years in prison. To try to turn that tide, do damage control, and defend yourself, your rights, and your freedom, you need an attorney who knows these types of cases.