If you find yourself the subject of a police stop based on suspicion that you are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including marijuana, at some point you might find yourself being subjected to a roadside drug test. This can take the form of a test to measure the presence of drugs in…
If you have watched episodes of law-enforcement-related reality television, you may have seen police testing substances that they find in the vehicle of a driver that they have pulled over. These tests typically involve placing a suspect powder into a pouch containing one or more glass vials that contain chemicals which react to illegal drugs…
You may already know that proposals are in the works to change the way that Oklahoma’s criminal laws treat those convicted of “low-level” drug possession (by “low-level” we mean conviction for possession of illegal drugs valued at less than $1,000). The proponents of these proposals, which have secured the number of signatures required to place…
Although it may seem so at times, police generally do not initiate DUI traffic stops for no reason or for arbitrary reasons. The best advice to avoid being pulled over for any vehicle-related stop remains, “Don’t give them a reason.” If you do get pulled over and the police officer suspects you of drunk or…
There are some kinds of crimes that might be argued to be “victimless” – meaning, contrary to violent crimes or property crimes in which others are injured or their possessions are stolen, a victimless crime is one in which no one (except perhaps for the alleged perpetrator) is harmed. Prostitution is one such supposedly victimless…
