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Protect Your Rights in Case of a Federal Drug Charge

Federal drug charges against individuals often begin with a law enforcement officer asking questions about drug crimes or asking the permission to search the property of the suspected person and end with consistent fines or prison time. In order to increase their chances of avoiding conviction, all suspected individuals should be well aware of their rights, remain calm and ask the permission to exercise those rights.

Types of federal drug charges

Federal law discusses many types of drug related crimes, but the most often committed ones are possession, distribution, sale, trafficking, grooving and manufacturing illegal substances. The most common types of drugs involved in these crimes are marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, LSD and methamphetamine.

A possession charge is usually filed when a person had in his property a certain amount of drug, considered enough only for personal use. Distribution or sale is suspected when a law officer considers the amount of drug more than one person could consume. Trafficking charges are more complex, involving the transport of drugs across state or international borders. A drug manufacturing charge can be filed when a person was illegally growing plants in order to …

The Current Federal Minimum Wage

History of Minimum Wage Law The first form of minimum wage law was introduced in 1896, but instead of requiring employers to pay at least a guaranteed minimum wage amount, the law in its infancy only set up arbitration boards to prevent labor strikes. Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the colony of Victoria, Austria were the first to establish laws creating arbitration boards of this nature. The first of these laws were created in New Zealand in 1896 under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. 1899 is when Victoria, Austria came on board with arbitration counsels. In 1907, Australia set a “living wage” for a family of four.

The Trade Boards Act established arbitration boards in 1909 for the United Kingdom. In 1912, Massachusetts and the United States were the first to set minimum wages for women and children in an attempt to control the proliferation of sweat shops and manufacturing industries. It was not until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was passed in the U.S. that a national minimum wage standard was set for most workers in the public and private sector. The law for minimum wage in the US …