Two Lehighton men admitted to drug charges Tuesday in Carbon County court in separate incidents.

Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas.Meth materialsTimothy R. Tappan, 27, pleaded to one count of possession of materials used in the manufacture of controlled substances.Tappan was arrested on July 16 in the area of 141 South St. by Lehighton police. Police stopped Tappan in the area and found materials used in the making of methamphetamine in a backpack he was wearing. In exchange for the plea, a charge of operating a methamphetamine lab was dropped.Tappan also pleaded in another pending case to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested for that charge on June 23 by Lehighton police in the area of South First and South streets. Police stopped him and found in a backpack needles of the type used in drug use.Serfass deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. The judge also told Tappan he is facing a state prison term at the time of sentencing.Sold drugsPatrick McLaughlin, 21, pleaded to one count of criminal use of a communication device.He was arrested on March 11 by a vice unit of the state police at Hazleton at South Fourth and Mahoning streets in Lehighton.Police charged that McLaughlin made several sales of heroin to a confidential informant. The sales were arranged by cellphone with McLaughlin.Serfass sentenced him to serve six to one day less 24 months in the county prison, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance for D&A use, supply a DNA sample, render 150 hours of community service, pay court costs of $1,000, and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole.He was given credit for 198 days already served in the prison and paroled.