COLEMAN, Judge.
Under Code § 18.2-251, commonly referred to as the first offender drug statute, when a defendant who has not been previously convicted of a drug-related offense pleads guilty to a charge of illegal drug possession, the judge may, with the defendant's consent, defer disposition of the charge, place the defendant on probation upon the condition that he or she submit to drug treatment and screening, and, upon the defendant's satisfactory completion...
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