What does it mean when the State of Arizona says the drugs were over the threshold amount?
When drugs are possessed in sufficient amounts, Arizona law requires mandatory prison. Each drug has a different specified amount that triggers a mandatory prison sentence. The specified amount is called the “threshold” amount. However, simply because you are found with an amount above the threshold that does not automatically mean you are going to prison. The issues of whether the amount of the drugs found is over the threshold amount is commonly debated and confronted.
