 Hi, I'm David Cantor with the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor and today I'm going to talk about possession of drug paraphernalia in Arizona. According to Arizona Revised Statute 13-3415, possession of drug paraphernalia occurs when a person intentionally possesses drug paraphernalia to consume, manufacture, grow, harvest or package marijuana or other types of drugs. Now normally this is pipes, bongs, baggies, pill bottles, needles, things of that nature. Punishment, if you have no prior felonies, this is a Class 6 felony, which you can get anywhere from probation up to two years in prison. Now probation means the judge can say, I'm going to give you probation, remain law abiding, don't use any drugs, report to your probation officer. But as a condition of probation, I'm also going to give you jail, anywhere from zero days in jail up to one year in jail. Now there are certain defenses, one of them is the Medical Marijuana Card. Go to our site dmcantor.com because it's very detailed and we'll explain exactly how that works with the Medical Marijuana Card because obviously you need something to carry your legal marijuana in. Other defenses are lack of knowledge, meaning you didn't know the marijuana was in a car or in a backpack or in a house, illegal search, lack of consent to the search, coerced consent to a search or bad search warrant. Those are all good defenses. Our lack of Miranda rights being read, coerced statements, you ask for a lawyer and they won't give you one, that's denial of right to counsel. Fingerprint analysis is flawed because we're going to look for prints on the paraphernalia. Sloppy police reporting, these are all good defenses. Now you're going to hear about what's called Prop 200 and task. Task is a diversion dismissal class where you can be placed on probation, do classes, take UAs and eventually the case will be dismissed. Prop 200, what this refers to is on a first offense they can't give you prison or jail. However they can give you probation and if you violate they'll take you right into custody, hold you as non-bondable even if you have a million dollars in your pocket and they'll hold you for four to six weeks then you get released and then if you violate again they keep bouncing you back and forth so you really want to fight these charges. Get them down to misdemeanors and get rid of them all together. So if you are a loved one, we're charged with possession of drug paraphernalia in Arizona, give us a call. We know what we're doing. We have multiple certified criminal specialists and we'd love to help you out with a free initial consultation. Take care.