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Possession of Certain Chemicals Could Land You in Jail

By Walin & Klarich

Why You Need a Good Drug Defense Attorney The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has a list of chemicals that it has placed on a watch list. The Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988 imposed legal impediments to obtaining the chemicals necessary to manufacture drugs of abuse. The DEA, with the help of the State Department, monitors the flow of these chemicals over state and international borders. Currently, there are over 22 chemicals and 27 named steroids that are on the FDA?s watch list. Possession of any one of these chemicals or steroids, whether willful or not, could lead to an investigation and ultimately an arrest. The problem is that these chemicals are readily available from any hardware or home improvement superstore and they can be used for other purposes, besides for making drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).