The information in this section will help you prepare for your surgery. Read through this section when your surgery is scheduled and refer to it as your surgery date gets closer. It contains important information about what you need to do before your surgery.
Under federal and state drug laws, the government can charge a person for playing a part in the cultivation or manufacture of a controlled substance. Cultivation includes growing, possessing, or producing naturally occurring elements in order to make illegal controlled substances.
If you know the drug is a controlled substance but believe it to be cocaine and it turns out to be heroin, you have still violated section 11350. The requirement that possession must be of a âusable amountâ is intended to protect you from prosecution if you are found with a baggie that has trace amounts of the drug.