Common Drug Law Terms and Laws

使用时drugs可以对你的心理和身体产生显着的负面影响身体健康, using or owning drugs can put you at serious risk of legal action.

Many addictive drugs, including medications available by prescription, are “受控物质,” which means that there are laws in place that control the use and even possession of these drugs.有这些药物没有医生的处方and supervision can land you in real trouble.

不同违规行为的句子也有所不同。有什么可能在一个州的监狱判决可能只会让你罚款和另一个罚单。

有许多关于毒品的法律，但以下是一些最常见的。

“简单”占有

"Simple possession of drugs" means you have a small amount of the drug on your person or in your car or home. The amount is limited enough that it is assumed to be for personal use, rather than for distribution or sale.

Possession laws also apply when you don't actually have literal possession of the drug, but you have control over what happens to the drug. For example, you have the key to a locker that contains the drug or if you have drugs stored in a storage locker.

“贩运”药物

Trafficking of drugs generally refers to the distribution or selling of drugs, commonly known as drug dealing. It also includes the growing or manufacturing of drugs, for example, growing cannabis or making methamphetamine.

进口和出口药物也是一种贩运形式，所以如果你和你一起度假，那将是贩卖，而不是简单的占有，即使是为了您自己的个人使用。

你拥有的药物的量很重要;如果您拥有大量药物，则可以理解，您有意图将药物提供给其他人。如果您拥有少量药物，这比少量药物更严重，这似乎是个人使用。

您可能需要购买更大量的药物供个人使用，以便省钱或与朋友分享。如果您的占有量更大，您可能会被视为拥有供应的意图，即使它真的为您自己使用。如果您打算与朋友分享，情况会变得更糟，因为它不适合个人使用。

拥有与毒品有关的物品

There are also laws that prohibit other items related to drug use or making drugs. For example, substances used to cultivate or manufacture drugs as well as the paraphernalia used to consume drugs, such as bongs, crack pipes, and syringes.

在拥有毒品时，你在哪里

法律还考虑到占有药物的占有权。占有费用的严重性如果发现您在您靠近弱势群体的地方拥有毒品，包括学校，协助生活设施或日托。

如果您对毒品法以及其后果有任何疑问，请咨询您的司法管辖区的法律或律师很重要。