 People ask, what is a dangerous drug crime in Arizona? What is a dangerous drug? Well, dangerous drugs are normally narcotics and barbiturates, things of that nature, clearly heroin, other things that are mixed in, ecstasy. It is not, however, marijuana. Marijuana has its own category under the sentencing and guidelines of the law in Arizona. With dangerous drugs, if you simply possess a dangerous drug, it can jump up to a class four felony and it's very important that you have a lawyer who knows what they're talking about to get rid of it. Now, if you're possessing your prescription, clearly that's not a dangerous drug. Let's say it's a prescription for Vicodin or a prescription for Oxycodone or something like that. If it's somebody else's prescription, then you're possessing what's known as an illicit drug because you don't have the script for it that happens to be dangerous. Now, a legal drug would be heroin that also happens to be dangerous. But if you're charged with any dangerous drug crime, contact us immediately and we'll see what we can do to help you out.