Coronavirus Update from Baltimore's State Attorney
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby ordered dismissals of pending criminal charges against people arrested for drug possession, attempted drug distribution, prostitution, trespassing, minor traffic offenses, open container, and urinating in public. The State's Attorney ...
Fatal Drug Overdoses Can Bring Serious Criminal Charges
Prosecutors here in Maryland and throughout the country are working to do whatever they can to stem the opioid epidemic that takes too many lives each ...
In the pantheon of drug-related offenses, sharing your prescription medication with someone probably seems like an innocent thing to do. Whether it's ...
'Good Samaritan 911' Laws Are Designed to Help Overdose Victims
Many people who die from drug overdoses don't intend to end their lives. Overdoses are the number one cause of accidental death for people from 25 to ...
Drug Experts Respond to Trump's Call for Executing Dealers
President Trump raised some eyebrows last month in a speech where he discussed how to tackle the nation's opioid epidemic. According to the Centers ...
Attorney General's Stand on Marijuana Raises Concerns for Users
When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced at the beginning of the year that he was directing federal prosecutors to use their own discretion ...
Baltimore Police Officers at Center of Drug Investigation
Sometimes the people who get caught up in criminal investigations and end up facing charges are those whose duty it is to enforce the law. That's the ...
Drug-Related Arrests Rose Last Year -- What's Next?
-The Obama administration, as most of our readers know, sought to minimize the incarceration rates and the severity of penalties for people convicted ...