Arrested For Marijuana At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)?
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Don’t take marijuana to the airport in Los Angeles or any airport in California for that matter. It’s a really bad idea. Even if you have a valid medical marijuana recommendation from a physician and even if you’re traveling within…
read moreHow Federal Marijuana Prosecutions Are Different Than California Cases
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A recent marijuana seizure off the coast of Southern California is a good example of how federal marijuana cases differ from marijuana prosecutions in California courts. Most notably, the amount of marijuana seized by the Coast Guard was more than…
read moreIs Heroin More Dangerous Than Marijuana?
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
This is one of the questions that Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart refused to answer directly when she testified before Congress this week This is hardly a difficult question, especially for anyone who knows anything about how drugs are…
read morePolice Dogs Sniffing For Drugs Are Surprisingly Unreliable
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles, I see firsthand how dogs can be used to prevent a wide array of people from being treated justly. Before going any further, let’s get something out of the way: I love…
read morePCP Arrests In Los Angeles and Culver City
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that two individuals have been arrested in Los Angeles County in what law enforcement officials are describing as a huge PCP operation. PCP is the acronym for the drug 1-(1-phencyclohexyl) piperdine. It’s chemical name…
read moreArrests in Mexico-Los Angeles-Denver Cocaine Ring
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
It does make for a nice headline: “Feds Make Largest Mass Drug Arrest in Colo. History.” On February 9, 2012 federal and state authorities announced that they had arrested more than 80 people in connection with a long investigation of…
read moreCocaine Related Arrests at LAX
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was on February 2 the scene of high-profile drug smuggling arrests. Two Spanish nationals, mother and daughter, were stopped allegedly carrying up to ten pounds of cocaine. According to the local NBC affiliate, the pair…
read moreAre Bath Salts Legal in California?
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
MDPV, Mephedrone 4 (aka 4-MMC), and Methylone (M1), the key ingredients in “Bath Salts” are, as of this writing, appear to be banned in California and are clearly under a federal ban. However, California’s odd new law appears open to numerous challenges.
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