All posts tagged "Drugs"
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Emily Dalgo | June 9, 2015
Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe: The Rise of Synthetic Drugs
What's the legal outlook?
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Anneliese Mahoney | May 16, 2015
Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out this week's weird arrests.
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Ashley Shaw | April 30, 2015
Granny Arrested For Smuggling Cocaine in Her Girdle at JFK
Weird crime roundup: mom-in-law shot by bullet ricocheting off armadillo and granny caught smuggling cocaine in her girdle.
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Chelsey D. Goff | March 2, 2015
ICYMI: Best of the Week
ICYMI, here are the top three stories from Law Street.
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Jessica McLaughlin | February 27, 2015
Heroin: The New Drug of the Middle Class?
Why has heroin become a popular drug for middle class Americans?
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Ashley Shaw | February 5, 2015
Coco Puff and Sam Adams Charged With Defrauding the Government
14 pharmacy employees used fake names to defraud the government.
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Valeriya Metla | January 30, 2015
U.S. Drug Policy: Civil Rights Issue or Fair Enforcement?
The War on Drugs has led to mass incarceration, but is it a Civil Rights issue?
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Anneliese Mahoney | January 11, 2015
Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out the top five weird arrests of the week.
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Chelsey D. Goff | January 1, 2015
New Year’s Resolutions Celebs & Politicians Should Make for 2015
Check out the New Year's resolutions we wish politicians and celebrities would make in 2015.
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Anneliese Mahoney | November 4, 2014
States to Watch Today: Marijuana Laws On the Ballot in Oregon, Alaska, DC
Know the differences between the marijuana laws on the ballots today in Oregon, Alaska, and DC.
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Anneliese Mahoney | November 1, 2014
Top 5 Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out the top 5 weird arrests of the week from Law Street.
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Chelsey D. Goff | October 20, 2014
ICYMI: Best of the Week
Missed out on some of the most interesting news last week? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
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Evangelos Siozios | October 17, 2014
EDM Stands for Electric Dance Music, Not Eating Dem Mollies
Electronic Dance Music ("EDM") is here and it's taken the United States by storm. T
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Allison Dawson | October 14, 2014
Woman Gets Six Extra Years in Jail Due to Pregnancy
Last July a young woman named Lacey Weld from Tennessee was sentenced to 12 years in prison...
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Anneliese Mahoney | October 13, 2014
Congress to Investigate Rising Generic Drug Costs
If you are going to a pharmacy for a particular drug, you're often offered a choice -- do...
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Anneliese Mahoney | October 9, 2014
The DEA Stole a Woman’s ID for a Facebook Account, Now It’s in Court
Sondra Prince (now Sondra Arquiett) made a startling discovery: the government was impersonating her.
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Allison Dawson | September 10, 2014
Welfare Weed – Let the Lazy Be Lazier
The Berkley City Council in California has unanimously approved making pot dispensaries donate 2 percent of their product...
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Matt DeWilde | July 24, 2014
Interior Checkpoints in Arizona Draw Complaints
In Arizona, if you are within 75 miles of the Mexican border, you might just come across a...
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Marisa Mostek | July 22, 2014
Are We Nearing the End of Failed Mandatory Minimum Sentences?
Keeping non violent criminals incarcerated for decades leads to overcrowded conditions and billions of taxpayer dollars. The mandatory...
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Alexandra Stembaugh | July 11, 2014
Legal Marijuana Laws: Colorado v. Washington
Washington and Colorado are the first states in the nation to allow recreational marijuana sales; however, the states...
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Marisa Mostek | June 24, 2014
Colorado Crime Down Since Pot Legalization; is Washington to Follow?
After Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana, skeptics believed the rate of crime would elevate if not skyrocket; however,...
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Dennis Futoryan | May 22, 2014
SCOTUS Steps Up Amid Execution Controversy
Justice Samuel Alito stayed the execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew this week in a rare...
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Anneliese Mahoney | February 3, 2014
The Scary Side of Designer Drugs
During the summer and fall of 2013, a drug called “Molly” started to make headlines. As a 20-something,...
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Anneliese Mahoney | December 6, 2013
How U.S. Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty
The Human Rights Watch is an independent organization dedicated to protecting human rights domestically and around the globe....
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Vasudha Sadana | November 27, 2013
Our Everyday Drug Dealer
Recently, Johnson & Johnson had a $2.2 billion settlement, rendering it the third highest pharmaceutical fraud settlement made...
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Peter Davidson II | November 25, 2013
A Tale of Two Politicians
I have made known how I feel about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The cliff notes version is that...
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Anneliese Mahoney | October 7, 2013
The Silk Road Shutdown: Why It’s Important
The Internet black market is a fascinating place. It relies on security, word of mouth, and above all,...