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What is Happening with the Florida Drug Law?

Andrew Stine
Date: November 21, 2011 11:30 AM
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What is Happening with the Florida Drug Law?
Fighting a drug charge can be extremely complicated. Now with the new changes in the Florida Drug Law, things may be even more confusing. A criminal defense lawyer is the best person to speak with if you have questions about the drug crime allegations against you. Since Orange County Judge Mary Scriven found the Florida Drug Abuse Prevention and Control law unconstitutional, charging offenders with drug crimes involving intent is becoming a grey area.
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How Drug Possession can Result in Child Neglect Charges

Andrew Stine
Date: September 26, 2011 9:44 AM
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Source: Palm Beach Post
How Drug Possession can Result in Child Neglect Charges
More often than not, when a person is accused of committing a crime, there is usually more than one crime in question. Many crimes do not have very significant sentences but what usually lands people in prison for long periods of time is being convicted of multiple crimes at once.
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Can Oxycodone Busts Happen Outside of Pain Clinics?

Andrew Stine
Date: August 19, 2011 11:27 AM
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Can Oxycodone Busts Happen Outside of Pain Clinics?
South Florida is known as the pain pill capital of the United States. Prescription drug schemes can be found anywhere but the most common place for it is in pain clinics spearheaded by doctors trying to make an illegal profit. Recently, a prescription drug bust occurred at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Riviera Beach.
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How Serious is Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Andrew Stine
Date: August 1, 2011 10:45 AM
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Source: Palm Beach Post
How Serious is Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Possession of drug paraphernalia is a residual charge usually added on to a drug possession or drug trafficking charge. While possession of drug paraphernalia is a first-degree misdemeanor, it is punishable by up to a year in jail and expensive fines. Even if you walk away on probation for the misdemeanor offense, you most likely could end up with a permanent criminal record.
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Florida Drug Statute Declared Unconstitutional - What This Could Mean for You

Andrew Stine
Date: July 29, 2011 11:54 AM
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Florida Drug Statute Declared Unconstitutional - What This Could Mean for You
Florida’s passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act in 2002 that eliminated criminal intent as an element of the crime. Florida is the only state to eliminate criminal intent. A federal judge has now declared this drug statute as unconstitutional saying that criminal intent is not required to be proven by prosecutors. 
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How are Drug Traffickers Using the Internet and Getting Away with it?

Andrew Stine
Date: June 6, 2011 7:53 AM
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Source: WPTV News
How are Drug Traffickers Using the Internet and Getting Away with it?
Drug-related crime covers a significant percentage of all crime committed in South Florida. Many officials believe that the huge drug problem in our area is due to the close proximity to international ports. International ports make it much easier for drug traffickers to transport large amounts of drugs to South Florida for distribution elsewhere. However, criminals are becoming more creative with their distribution methods – including using the Internet.
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How Marijuana Dealers are Getting More Creative When Selling

Andrew Stine
Date: June 3, 2011 7:49 AM
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How Marijuana Dealers are Getting More Creative When Selling
Marijuana dealers are getting more and more creative with their methods of distribution. As the local government invests more money, time, and officers in an attempt to squash the marijuana craze in Palm Beach County, dealers are stuffing their pot into anything from cupcakes to Subway sandwich bags.
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Are Pot Cupcakes the New Pot Brownies?

Andrew Stine
Date: May 2, 2011 10:12 AM
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Are Pot Cupcakes the New Pot Brownies?
For drug dealers, the method of distribution is a key component to whether or not they are caught by law enforcement officers. Marijuana is such a diverse drug that it can be cooked into several concoctions that often slip right past law enforcement and into the drug market.
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Update: Andrew D. Stine Makes Closing Arguments and Michael Kagdis has been Acquitted

Andrew Stine
Date: April 8, 2011 9:51 AM
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Update: Andrew D. Stine Makes Closing Arguments and Michael Kagdis has been Acquitted
Criminal defense lawyer Andrew D. Stine made his closing arguments on Wednesday in the case of Michael Kagdis who was facing four felony drug charges, including trafficking. Kagdis was arrested when police used a confidential informant who was actually one of Kagdis’s personal friends.
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Andrew D. Stine Defends a Man Accused of Drug Trafficking - Caught by a Confidential Informant

Andrew Stine
Date: April 6, 2011 9:00 AM
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Andrew D. Stine Defends a Man Accused of Drug Trafficking - Caught by a Confidential Informant
Criminal defense lawyer Andrew D. Stine is defending event planner Michael Kagdis, 42, who is facing four felony drug charges, including trafficking of Roxycodone. He was arrested after a search where police found a small bag of cocaine in a jacket in his bedroom closet and 50 Roxycodone pills in an unmarked prescription bottle in his car.
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