Will it be lighter to hire a lawyer for drug abuse and drug trafficking?

Drug abuse should be punished by public security, and drug trafficking should be investigated for criminal responsibility, regardless of the quantity. If the lawyer is entrusted to intervene in the case in time, the lawyer may, according to professional legal knowledge, facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on the defendant's innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of his criminal responsibility, and safeguard the defendant's litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests.

Legal basis:

According to Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law, the defender's duty is to provide materials and opinions on whether a criminal suspect or defendant is innocent or light, or to reduce or exempt his criminal responsibility, and to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.

Article 36 A defense lawyer may provide legal aid to a criminal suspect during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Ask the investigation organ about the crimes and cases suspected by the criminal suspect, and put forward opinions.

Article 37 A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.