The Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 1973 as a state response toward uniformity with the federal drug law that was enacted three years earlier. Known as Chapter 893, it has become the controlling...
Drug charges are serious in every state, no matter whether the accused was allegedly in possession of or was selling or transporting illegal substances at the time of the arrest. Sometimes, a possession charge can turn into a trafficking charge when the quantities of...
Police in Florida executed a search warrant on the afternoon of June 16 at a Fort Meyers home that was allegedly being used to distribute drugs. Two local men were taken into custody without incident at the scene. A 22-year-old Lehigh Acres man attempted to flee from...