In Massachusetts, the passage of “The Regulation and Taxation Marijuana Act” made recreational cannabis consumption legal for adults age 21 and over. This might make you wonder why driving after (or while) smoking marijuana is still controversial,...

The CDC reported more than 700,000 drug overdose fatalities between 1999 and 2017, with more than two-thirds of deaths in the final year attributed to the abuse of opioids. Synthetics like Tramadol and Fentanyl may have overtaken heroin or more...

For a first-time offender—or even a second-time offender—an OUI conviction is a misdemeanor in Massachusetts. This means your first OUI in Massachusetts is not usually punishable by imprisonment in state prison, although a sentence could include...

For most people, a driver's license suspension has an enormously negative impact on day-to-day life.  You may need your car to get to work, buy groceries, take care of your kids, report to the court-assigned alcohol education program, and more.

In Massachusetts, there are two ways in which the government can prove a charge of DUI. The first is by simply offering evidence that demonstrates the person’s ability to drive was impaired. These kinds of cases usually involve the subjective...

If you’ve been charged with a DUI, then your driver’s license has likely been suspended as a result of your refusal to take a breathalyzer test or your failure of the test itself. A license suspension would put anyone in a difficult place, which is...

If you’ve been arrested for drunk driving, then you’re inevitably going to be asked to take a DUI breath test. This can be a tense situation, and as such, you’re going to want to know how to respond, what to do, and what kind of actions you should...

In August 2017, the Secretary of Public Safety in Massachusetts, Daniel Bennet, directed his legal staff to open an investigation into why the Commonwealth had not produced important, relevant, and exculpatory documents relating to faulty...

If you’ve been pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving in Massachusetts, it’s important that you are properly informed on the potential repercussions you could face, especially with respect to your driver’s license.

OUI law in the United States isn’t all that old. This makes sense seeing as how getting around by car is a modern convenience that most American families couldn’t afford just 50 years ago. This means that much of the local law is evolving with the...