Drug Trafficking Attorney Los Angeles

Federal drug trafficking charges are usually related to trafficking of substantial amounts of controlled substances.  Title 21 of the U.S. Code contains all the federal drug offences.  Drug trafficking not only includes the distribution, importation, transportation and sales of large quantities of controlled substances.  In addition, cultivation and manufacturing of controlled substances can be charged as a federal drug trafficking offence. The federal sentences for trafficking can include lengthy imprisonment with a possibility of a life term in federal prison, usually for repeat offenders.  Drugs that are typically involved in federal drug trafficking cases are cocaine, cannabis, heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy, steroid, human growth hormone (HGH), LSD and GHB.

Pursuant to Title 21 of the US Code, a person can be charged for the actual amount of controlled substance possessed as well as the amount a person was intended on purchasing in a controlled buy operation by government agents. Thus, a person may never possess any controlled substance yet be charged with a federal drug crime.