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Under Alabama Code, first-time "personal use" offenders can be charged with Possession in the Second Degree, § 13A-12-214. That offense is classified as a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty authorized is a 1-year jail term (although it can be suspended with probation ordered) and a $6,000 fine.
The chemical endangerment law, which passed in 2006, was originally created as a means of protecting children from methamphetamine laboratories. Although the original wording of the law made no mention of unborn children, Alabama state prosecutors began filing charges against mothers who had used illegal drugs during their pregnancies, under the assumption that the definition of "environment ...
This bill provided that any infraction of a provider in an over-the-counter sale who willfully and knowingly supply, deliver, or give possession of a non-prescription drug that contains dextromethorphan to a person under the age of 18 would incur a fine of $250.The bill also mentions that proof that identification at the time of purchase was ...
Under the current Code of Alabama Section 13A-10-52, fleeing a law enforcement officer is a Class A misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $6,000.
The warden of an Alabama prison was arrested Friday on drug charges, officials with the state prison system confirmed. Chadwick Crabtree, the warden at Limestone Correctional Facility, was charged ...
Crack cocaine. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–220 (text)) was an Act of Congress that was signed into federal law by United States President Barack Obama on August 3, 2010, that reduces the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio [1] and eliminated the ...
The law has been revised over time, and now includes a provision that suggests child abuse can include babies born affected by drug withdrawal. It is up to each state to determine how to interpret ...
In late 2002, Rep. Joe Baca (D- California) introduced a bill (Congress bill HR 5607) to schedule salvia as a controlled substance at the national level. Those opposed to Joe Baca's bill include Daniel Siebert, who sent a letter to Congress arguing against the proposed legislation, [1] and the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE), who sent key members of the US Congress a report on ...