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…

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…

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…

A 27-year-old surgical technician working for a well-known orthopedic group in the Philadelphia area wanted legal representation on misdemeanor marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia charges that he was facing in Bucks County. Doylestown criminal defense attorney Michael Fienman was hired…

A man was driving down Joshua Road in Whitemarsh Township, PA. At the intersection of Joshua Road and Germantown Pike, the driver before him was slow turning right. That’s when the man rolled down his windows, cursed the other driver,…

In about a month, possessing small amounts of marijuana in Philadelphia will no longer be a crime within Philadelphia city limits. On Sept. 18, the city council in a 14-2 vote approved a bill that will decriminalize possession of one ounce…