All posts tagged "Drugs"
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Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe: The Rise of Synthetic Drugs
What's the legal outlook?
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Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out this week's weird arrests.
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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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ICYMI: Best of the Week
ICYMI, here are the top three stories from Law Street.
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Heroin: The New Drug of the Middle Class?
Why has heroin become a popular drug for middle class Americans?
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Coco Puff and Sam Adams Charged With Defrauding the Government
14 pharmacy employees used fake names to defraud the government.
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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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Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out the top five weird arrests of the week.
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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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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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Top 5 Weird Arrests of the Week
Check out the top 5 weird arrests of the week from Law Street.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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,...
