Have you actually taken part in a narcotics related trial? Few, if any attorneys would or do allow their client to get on the stand to testify in a narcotics trial. They get to just sit there while the defense attorney takes shot after shot at the officer. It opens the door to questions about the bad act commited by the defendant from the prosecution. Instead, they attack the integrity of the investigating officer/detective, try to say the officers lack experience or training, their inveistigative