Federal Crimes

It is unfortunate that the federal sentencing guidelines are so harsh. Time and time again, young men and women are caught with drugs that they are unaware of that are contraband and that carrying it across state lines or national borders carries a completely different punishment than if they were accused of just possession.

Most recently, we have seen young men and women carrying THC cartridges back from areas of the country where that type of product is actually legal to possess and then they come back through the airport and for one reason or another are caught with it on their person. They didn’t know that carrying a THC product is (1) a controlled substance and (2) bringing through the airport could escalate the possession of the THC pen to a drug trafficking charge. Now, this doesn’t always happen, but it can if the person is in possession of a certain amount of THC. This can also happen with just normal marijuana. It depends on a lot of factors.

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