Possession of a Controlled Substance: Indianapolis Indiana South Bend Ft Wayne

Possession of a Controlled Substance

The United States has been suffering from the destruction of its neighborhoods, families and communities with methamphetamine abuse rising to epidemic proportions. In a recent study, there are approximately 1,000,000 more people arrested per year for possession now than there were just ten years ago. There is a Zero-Tolerance attitude in practically all the law enforcement agencies across America and this is being explicitly expressed towards any form of drug offense.

Some of the drugs that law enforcement is focused on getting off the streets are:

Cocaine

Heroin

Marijuana

Methamphetamine

MDMA – Ecstasy

Oxycontin

Even though illegal drugs are highly abused, the trend for drug users shows that more people are using U.S. illicitly manufactured and prescription drugs more than ever before. The latest statistics from the Narcotics Control Board is reporting that from 92’ to 03’ the use of prescription drug abuse has increased from 7.8 million to 15.1 million. College students showed the largest increased usage was with Vicodin and Oxycontin at 7.4% of the targeted group admitting using the drugs.

Drug courts and diversion programs are becoming an increasingly popular way to counter the over burdened court system and possibly help the drug addicts and abusers to stop their vicious cycle of addiction.

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