Guideline H: Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse
Illegal drug involvement, including marijuana, and misuse of prescription drugs.
3,429
decided hearing cases
25%
granted
The specific issues, and how they fared
Marijuana
25% granted · 2,991Drug involvement — unspecified
23% granted · 1,493Cocaine
21% granted · 680Drug distribution / dealing
17% granted · 488Stated intent to use again
15% granted · 455Drug test failure
16% granted · 334Mitigations judges credited most
Acknowledgment & remorse
88
Documented abstinence period
49
Passage of time
21
Signed intent with revocation clause
18
Rehabilitation evidence
16
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
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Descriptive statistics from decided public DOHA cases. Not legal advice or a prediction. † marks samples under 20 cases.