We’ve blogged about the changes to Minnesota’s drug laws to target more synthetic drugs and the first arrest in Winona, MN for possession of synthetic drugs as the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. Now, Minnesota has had the first arrest for driving under the influence of a synthetic controlled substance. Minnesota’s drinking and impaired driving [...]
Tags: bath salts, controlled substances, dakota county, DUI, DWI, DWI attorney, fleeing police, minnesota, synthetic drugs, vermillionIn St. Croix County the first arrest involving bath salts happened on Saturday morning. A teen from Hudson, Wisconsin was pulled over Saturday morning after a deputy saw him driving erratically. He was booked into the county prison with one count of OWI (operating a vehicle while under the influence of a drug). When he [...]
Tags: bath salts, Bennerotte and Associates, cathinone, controlled substance, Controlled Substances Crimes, criminal defense attorney mn, DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, DUI, DWI, hudson, khat plant leaves, legal high, owi, st. croix county, synthetic drug laws, synthetic drug laws mn, synthetic drug side-effect, synthetic drugs, synthetic marijuana, United States Department of Justice, wisconsinToday, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill that makes the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana illegal. The sale of the drug would be a gross misdemeanor and the possession of it would be a misdemeanor level crime. Democratic Senator Katie Sieben was at the head of the group against this drug. She is from [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, Criminal Defense Attorney, drug side-effects, gross misdemeanor, k2, misdemeanor, side-effects, spice, synthetic drug laws, synthetic drug laws mn, synthetic drug side-effect, synthetic drugs, synthetic marijuanaBennerotte & Associates has previously reported the possible ban on synthetic marijuana and other synthetic substances. The ban is starting to make some headway. Fox 9 News reported that yesterday the House voted to add a ban on synthetic marijuana as part of a health and welfare spending package. Today, a Senate public safety panel [...]
Tags: Bennerotte and Associates, controlled substance, Criminal Defense Attorney, legalization of marijuana, Mark Ostrem, misdemeanor, synthetic drugs, synthetic marijuanaNational media reported the massive drug overdose in Blaine Minnesota in Anoka County. ABC News reported the mass overdose in this video. The overdoses resulted in the death of one nineteen year-old and the hospitalization of ten other people. As a result, Timothy Richard Lamere, a twenty-one year old Blaine man, was arrested on suspicion [...]
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