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11 May
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The Oklahoma Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act and Its Consequences

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The Oklahoma Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act and Its Consequences

In Oklahoma, the Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act prohibits drug crimes involving large amounts of controlled substances. Sentencing requirements for people convicted of drug trafficking have changed in recent years, but Oklahoma still has one of the strictest sets of drug laws in the country. Oklahoma law criminalizes possessing, distributing, manufacturing, or transporting into the state certain quantities of various different controlled dangerous substances. Further, the Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act also prohibits (1) possessing CDS with the intent to manufacture drugs in large quantities and (2) using or soliciting services of a minor to distribute or manufacture a CDS. All...

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26 March
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Sentence Enhancements for Drug Crimes Involving Children

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Sentence Enhancements for Drug Crimes Involving Children

In Oklahoma, committing drug crimes that involve children leads to increased jail time and penalties. Specifically, the criminal sentence for the underlying crime will be doubled or tripled, with other restrictions imposed. This is known as a sentence enhancement. Drug court judges may impose sentence enhancements for people who use minors to distribute or transport drugs, for people who distribute drugs near schools, and for people who possess or buy drugs near schools or in the presence of young children. The enhancements emphasize the state’s focus on keeping drugs away from children under age 18 – both for safety reasons and...

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30 October
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Driving with Alcohol in the Car: What You Need to Know

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Driving with Alcohol in the Car - What You Need to Know

If you are driving with alcohol in your car, even a newly purchased bottle, make sure you understand Oklahoma law on transporting open containers. The law prohibits not only drinking while driving a motor vehicle, but also transporting any container of alcohol that has been opened, even if you are not drinking from it. Oklahoma’s open container law makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by a $500 fine and six months in jail, to “[k]nowingly transport in any vehicle upon a public highway, street or alley any alcoholic beverage except in the original container which shall not have been opened”. 37 O.S....

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