"I'm not sure if making more issues that are drug-related into
criminal acts is the best way to solve the drug problem. Addict's
problems generally started before taking drugs, and then got worse
after starting drugs," opined Daniel H. Wannamaker of Wannamaker and
Associates, an Austin, Texas, law firm.

In addition, making more laws means more police, more enforcement,
more chances for the miscarriage of justice, and even greater
opportunities for the abuse of human rights under the Constitution.

"Where will the money for more law enforcement come from when the
nation's deficit is staggering and we're currently in a nasty
recession?" questioned Wannamaker. The fact is the drug problem has
been with us for years. "We're only seeing more of it thanks to the
drastic downturn in the economy," Wannamaker pointed out.

"Things like marijuana, ecstasy and LSD are illegal, but so is
taking prescription drugs without a prescription," said Wannamaker.
Yes, there's a booming business through drug traffickers for
prescription drugs, including some highly recognizable painkillers such
as Oxycontin, Codeine and Dilaudid.

"There is also the offense of trafficking as well," said Wannamaker.
In all of this rush to codify having drugs, using drugs, selling drugs
and importing drugs, an important factor usually gets overlooked. "That
factor is the right of the person charged to be regarded as innocent
until proven guilty," insisted Wannamaker who knows this fact all too
well since he is a board certified criminal defense lawyer.

"We cannot, as a nation, override people's constitutional rights and
assume they are automatically guilty of a crime if they had some "weed"
or whatever in their possession. Things are not always what they appear
to be, and that is why we have criminal defense attorneys – to defend
people's inalienable rights," said Wannamaker.

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