Marijuana Charges

A recent lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania doctor is seeking to guarantee gun ownership rights for medical cannabis patients. Under current federal law, people who use cannabis and other illegal drugs are banned from purchasing firearms. Although cannabis remains a…

Pennsylvania will soon end the practice of suspending the driving privileges of people convicted of drug crimes. Both chambers of the state legislature approved the reforms almost unanimously, and Governor Wolf signed them into law on October 25, 2018. This…

While typically in conjunction with holidays associated with increased alcohol consumption, like Thanksgiving, July Fourth, and New Year’s, police in Lower Merion Township, PA will be out in full force this weekend and strictly enforcing DUI laws. The campaign will…

Does marijuana use alter a person’s ability to safely own and use a firearm? It may seem like an easy question to answer, but it is more complicated than you might suspect. With the current trend regarding medical and recreational…

Despite the recent change in the law regarding medical marijuana, cultivation, or growing marijuana, is a very serious crime in the state of Pennsylvania. Penalties include fines of up to $15,000 and spending between 1 and 5 years in state…

Not long ago, on a rainy night in rural Chester County, a young man was in the parking lot of a movie theater when police approached his vehicle. Apparently, the officers discovered that the driver was “hot-boxing” his car, which…

Sometimes attorneys become involved with a case after a client previously undervalued the need for proper legal advice. This was the situation recently for a man in Lower Merion Township when he found himself in legal trouble after being stopped…

A 28-year-old man from New Jersey was driving with a friend in his passenger seat, but unbeknownst to him, the friend had just purchased marijuana prior to getting in the car. Police officers witnessed the transaction and pulled the car…

During a traffic stop, police officers in Upper Darby, PA detected the scent of marijuana and after discovering the substance and a smoking device, they charged the driver, a 23-year-old man with possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. This young man…

In Pennsylvania, you can get a DUI for being under the influence marijuana. If a blood test reveals that you have one nanogram of THC in a one-milliliter sample, you could get convicted. While there is still no scientific consensus…