Florida Bar re Roberts

We have before us Gail Anne Roberts’ petition for reinstatement to the practice of law. The referee recommended that the petition be granted. The Florida Bar has appealed that recommendation, asking that we deny the petition. We have juris-diction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed, we find that the petition should be denied.

The following facts were found by the referee in this case. Gail Anne Roberts was conditionally admitted to the Florida Bar in 1986 based on her admission of prior drug-use and a 1981 arrest in Iowa for possession of a controlled substance, which was…