Drug Crimes

The terms “controlled substance” and “illegal drug” are not perfect synonyms. You can get criminal charges for illegal possession of a controlled substance, but the Controlled Substances Act includes five categories for how tightly it controls the substances. All the schedules except Schedule I are pharmaceutical drugs that physicians can legally administer or prescribe to […]

The good news is that drug overdose deaths have decreased in Oklahoma by more than 40% since 2025. Opioids, especially fentanyl, are the most commonly cited drugs in overdose reports. The decrease could be due to a combination of the availability of naloxone to reverse the effects of opioids, increased access to substance abuse treatment, […]

If your criminal defense lawyer told you that the prosecution planned to persuade the jury that you were guilty by using a Xerox machine, your first response would probably be to laugh. Hasn’t forensic technology advanced beyond that point? People used to get excited about photocopy machines in the 1980s, when the only alternative was […]