Carson City deputies arrest Grass Valley woman on multiple drug charges

A Grass Valley woman faces multiple charges, including driving under the influence of drugs, carrying a prescription drug without a prescription, marijuana possession and having a hypodermic needle.
According to the arrest report, on Tuesday at about 7 p.m. dispatch broadcasted an attempt to locate a possible DUI driver in a white Acura with California plates, speeding on Carson Street and unable to maintain a single lane.
The arresting officer located the Acura on Carson and 10th streets tailgating another car and then cutting them off. The officer stopped and made contact with the woman, identified as a 27-year-old massage therapist, who smelled of pot, had red watery eyes and slurred speech, according to the arrest report.

The woman gave consent to search the vehicle using a K9 and while questioned by the deputy, she denied smoking marijuana. She was given a field sobriety test and didn't pass. The woman told the deputy that she smoked pot a month ago and that it would still be in her system, according to the arrest report.
The deputy requested an NHP officer to bring a Dreager Drug Test to the scene. The trooper arrived and administered the test on the woman, which showed positive recent marijuana use, according to the arrest report. The deputy conducting the search advised the arresting officer that he found a bottle of white tablets on the front passenger seat floor board.
The woman told the officer the tablets in the clear container are prescription medication prescribed to one of her friends, for sores on her face. She told the deputy she did not have a prescription. The deputy looked up the tablets under identadrug.com and was able to identify the prescription as the antiviral medication Zovirak. The woman faces a felony charge for carrying prescription medication without a prescription.
Deputies continued with an inventory of the vehicle for impound and found a plastic container with marijuana in the center console of the vehicle. Deputies also located a used hypodermic needle in the rear right passenger seat floor board. The needle was photographed and booked for destruction.
The woman was taken to jail and two blood samples were administered. She faces charges of unsafe lane changes, possession of a prescription drug without a prescription, possession of marijuana, possession of a hypodermic needle, and driving under the influence of drugs. Bail has been set at $5,063.