Interstate 20 running East and West through Birmingham is a well-known drug trafficking pipeline for narcotics. Multiple drug busts happen almost weekly from Alabama to Georgia to Louisiana according to Drug Enforcement Agents. The most common drugs seized are...
Alabama has a prison problem. Not a crime problem, but the problems that come from warehousing too many inmates in too few prisons without adequate personnel, health care, access to social programs and other necessities.In 2019, the United States Department of Justice...
Drug trafficking charges are incredibly serious. Generally speaking, drug trafficking is both a felony and a federal crime -- and that means that prosecutors usually seek significant prison time for those convicted of their charges.As scary as your situation may be,...
Cameras are everywhere these days. Almost everyone seems to have a powerful little camera and recording device right in their pockets now that cellular phones are pretty much standard equipment for anybody leaving their home. However, the surveillence of your life may...
The newest target in Alabama's war on drugs may be something you've never heard of before: A powerful painkiller known as kratom.Kratom is described as either an herb or a drug, depending on who you ask. It's made from the leaves of the kratom tree, a plant native to...
A three-year effort by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force resulted in the arrest of a 34-year-old drug "kingpin" and 17 others on a bevy of charges related to what authorities say was a multimillion-dollar drug operation in Jefferson County.In total,...
In the wave of changing social attitudes toward marijuana, the majority of states have authorized its use for certain medical conditions. Recreational marijuana is now available in at least 10 states and the possession of small amounts of the drug has been largely...
In much of the continental United States, opioid abuse and overdose deaths are making the biggest headlines. In Alabama, however, the use of methamphetamines (meth) is drawing more attention from law enforcement. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official even...
"If you get arrested, don't call me for bail money!"Those are the words of many parents who are trying to impress on their young adult children the importance of staying out of trouble with the law. However, it's time to rethink that tactic. If your son or daughter is...
If someone asked you whether marijuana is legal or illegal, would you be able to answer right away? The status of pot and pot-derived products continues to change almost weekly in states around the country.For the record, marijuana is still illegal here in Alabama....
