Essay On Drug Paraphernalia

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Drug Paraphernalia Florida Statute 893.145 The Fort Lauderdale Defense Lawyer Bradford Cohen has experience in criminal cases of Drug Paraphernalia. You can be criminally charged with possessing syringes, rolling papers, pipes, bongs, straws, or anything else used to ingest or assist in ingesting illegal narcotics. There is a wide use of discretion when it comes to getting charged with this crime. Usually it is charged along with a criminal charge of possession of drugs or narcotics, but it does not have to be charged in such a manner. An officer may try and make an arrest if you have rolling papers on you. Just because you are arrested and charged with a crime does not mean you will be convicted. There are many defenses to the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. …show more content…
But that’s not all. Here at Bradford Cohen Law our attorneys cover a wide range of Drug Paraphernalia cases which includes possessing Smoking and carburetion masks, Roach clips (objects used to hold burning material, such as a cannabis cigarettes that become too small or too short to be held in the hand) Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials, Chamber pipes, Carburetor pipes, Electric pipes, Air-driven pipes, Chillums, Ice pipes or chillers, a cartridge or canister (a small metal device used to contain nitrous oxide) a charger (sometimes referred to as a "cracker," which is a metal or plastic device that contains an interior pin that may be used to expel nitrous oxide from a cartridge or container) a charging bottle (a device that may be used to expel nitrous oxide from a cartridge or canister) A whip-it (device that may be used to expel nitrous oxide) a tank, a balloon a hose or tube, a Even 2-liter-type soda bottle or Duct

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