Once upon a time not so very long ago, patients could visit various doctors and obtain multiple narcotics prescriptions with little fear of the legal consequences. The practice became known as "doctor-shopping," and it greatly contributed to the flood of opioid drugs...
For many people dealing with addiction to opioid painkillers, the problems started innocently enough. Often, people struggling with addiction started out taking a medication as prescribed by their physician. However, when their symptoms began to get better, they found...
Drug addicts often face serious social stigma, along with criminal consequences for their choices. Although many people like to imagine that addiction is a choice, there is plenty of reason to believe that addiction is really a disease. Some people have a genetic...
Imagine the police pull you over and frighten you so badly that you confess to a crime you didn't commit. Or, maybe you answered police questions in the wrong way and now the prosecution is using what you said against you in court. These kinds of situations happen a...
Like many other criminal offenses, racketeering charges in Texas can have some serious consequences. The state has enacted racketeering laws in order to combat the activities of gangs and organized crime.In general, racketeering involves participating in illegal...
