Archive for Drug Laws

Is Heroin More Dangerous Than Marijuana?

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

This is one of the questions that Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart refused to answer directly when she testified before Congress this week This is hardly a difficult question, especially for anyone who knows anything about how drugs are…

read more

PCP Arrests In Los Angeles and Culver City

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that two individuals have been arrested in Los Angeles County in what law enforcement officials are describing as a huge PCP operation. PCP is the acronym for the drug  1-(1-phencyclohexyl) piperdine.  It’s chemical name…

read more

Arrests in Mexico-Los Angeles-Denver Cocaine Ring

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

It does make for a nice headline: “Feds Make Largest Mass Drug Arrest in Colo. History.” On February 9, 2012 federal and state authorities announced that they had arrested more than 80 people in connection with a long investigation of…

read more

Cocaine Related Arrests at LAX

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was on February 2 the scene of  high-profile drug smuggling arrests. Two Spanish nationals, mother and daughter, were stopped allegedly carrying up to ten pounds of cocaine.  According to the local NBC affiliate, the pair…

read more

Are Bath Salts Legal in California?

Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer

MDPV, Mephedrone 4 (aka 4-MMC), and Methylone (M1), the key ingredients in “Bath Salts” are, as of this writing, appear to be banned in California and are clearly under a federal ban. However, California’s odd new law appears open to numerous challenges.

read more
Let's talk