Controlled substance convictions may affect immigration status
In Bermudez v. Holder, a court recently ruled that possessing “a pipe and/or packets” that are used with the drug methamphetamine is a violation of the state law “relating to a controlled substance.”
Specifically, California’s law relating to controlled substances makes it unlawful to possess an opium pipe or any [...]

In 1996, California voters approved Prop. 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act. Under this Act, a qualified patient may possess up to eight ounces of marijuana. While the act removed many of the criminal penalties of possession for qualified patients, there are still some legal issues that medical marijuana patients need to be [...]