Fletcher v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is possession of a dangerous drug; the punishment, two years in the county jail.

The complaint and information allege that appellant possessed “a dangerous drug, to wit: a barbituric acid derivative.”

Initially, appellant urges that such instruments failed to sufficiently describe the dangerous drug allegedly possessed so as to inform him of the act upon which his conviction was sought.

Article 726d, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., provides in part:

“Definitions

“Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act: (a) The term ‘dangerous drug’ means any drug unsafe for self-medication, except…