Denver Colorado Drug Crime Attorneys

Whether you are charged with a state drug offense or a federal drug trafficking charge, Graf & Associates, P.C. understand how your case is prosecuted and the best way to defend you. As a former prosecutor on the Rocky Mountain Organized Crime Drug Task Force, we have an intimate knowledge of how your case was investigated and will be prosecuted. We use that knowledge to provide you with the best defense available. You have the right to be represented by an attorney who has extensive experience with drug cases. We handle state and federal drug charges involving all types of drugs:

• Marijuana (including cultivation)
• Methamphetamines (including manufacturing and meth labs)
• Cocaine
• Crack Cocaine
• Heroin
• Ecstasy
• Prescription pain medicines such as Oxycodone, Percocet and Vicodin

Drug Courts

There is a general recognition that the “war on drugs” has been a failure. The United States spends more on imprisoning drug offenders than the rest of the world combined. A new tool in dealing with the ravages of drug abuse has been termed “Evidence Based Sentencing” which has been implemented through drug courts. Pockets of society recognize that putting people in prison and throwing away the key is not the best way to combat drug abuse. Instead, research shows that drug treatment and rehabilitation, accompanied by a partnership of close supervision by the court, probation, and social service organizations leads to a substantially lower risk of recidivism. Drug offenders are held accountable but are offered the help to succeed rather than waiting for failure. Graf & Associates, P.C. are experienced practitioners in drug court and employ the same strategies in non-drug courts. The policies may be similar but the actual method of practice in Denver Drug Court and Boulder Drug Court are different. Likewise, the new Arapahoe Drug Court and Mental Health Court have their own policies and procedures. You need a law firm like Graf & Associates, P.C. with experience in these drug courts.

Crack Sentencing Changes

Federal Sentencing Guidelines from the 1980s and 1990s resulted in gross disparagement of sentencing between cases involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Commission and the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 have changed resulting in significantly reduced sentences for cases involving crack cocaine. The good news is those changes are retroactive and can result in sentence reductions. We can file §3582(c) motion on your behalf to reduce your sentence.