San Diego Drug Offense Lawyer
David Boertje is a Drug Offense criminal defense attorney in the San Diego, Carlsbad, and Chula Vista areas who can aggressively defend your case. Most Drug offenses tend to involve illegal or prescription drugs.
What are Drug Offenses?
Drug possession, the intent to sell, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and importation are the many varieties of drug offenses you can be charged with in San Diego.
Many times clients are charged with intent to sell even if they were not selling. This is because the police assume your will sell due to large quantities or individual packaging. Search and seizure issues often affect the outcome of our cases, which give better odds of overcoming the charge.
Many factors determine the seriousness of the charge like whether drugs are for personal use or for sale. The amount of drugs also affects the severity of the charge. Drug offenses may be a felony or a misdemeanor due to the type of drugs or past criminal records.
Drug offenses are serious and may include prison time, fines, seizure of assets, loss of a driver's license, and being required to register as a narcotics offender.
There are several drugs although some may be legally prescribed from a doctor. Drugs that are illegal on the street include:
- Cocaine
- Crack
- Heroin
- Inhalants
- LSD (Acid)
- MDMA (Ecstasy)
- Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth)
- Steroids
- Cannibis
- Opium
- Morphine
It is very important to obtain a skilled San Diego Drug Offense Lawyer as soon as possible due to the severity of offense. David Boertje has successfully obtained reduction in charges, dismissals, probation, drug treatment and in other cases, reduced prison time.
It is possible to avoid prison if you respond to the charges quickly, call David Boertje today!