The Politics of Side Effects: Marijuana Versus Antidepressants

Two types of drugs have been in the news in the last couple of days because of concerns about the side effects they can produce in small populations of users.  In both cases, the side effect is fairly rare, but in both.

Professor Doris Marie Provine of Arizona State University's School of Justice & Social Inquiry is the author of a really interesting and challenging new book called Unequal Under Law: Race in the War on Drugs. I keep coming back to this book.

Originally posted on Drug Law Blog by attorney Alex Coolman Part of this blog's proposal for making drugs boring -- that is, making them something we can trust to the judgment of individuals rather than the coercion of the police, courts and.

The fur continues to fly in the Wecht case in the run up to the retrial, currently scheduled for May, 27 2008. As I have previously stated in this blog, it is my hope that this blog will raise the standard of.

To summarize Obi-Wan Kenobi, "You will never encounter a more miserable hive of trash and villainy." Visitors to Las Vegas  notice the neon and spectacle. The cops who control the tourist sectors see something else. As the nation's economics has recovered, so.

It was inevitable that with the thousands of empty homes in and around Las Vegas that squatting would become an issue. The reality is that squatting has been a problem in Las Vegas for a long time but has been made worse.

In an order issued Friday, Tacoma’s Judge Robert Bryan determined Clark County’s road crews ignored the lawful rights of over six destitute citizens when they men were thrown out of their tarps and canopies. Cookers, medications, documentation and photos were destroyed during.

March 31, 2016 was a sad day for the Metro Police dog, Nicky, who was killed during an officer shootout. Just a few weeks ago, this K-9 had been stabbed several times during a law enforcement response to a disturbance call. The.

Releasing gang members and other prisoners from California jails has created a problem for Las Vegas as it appears that these gangbangers and other common criminals are now moving into there to set up shop. This has also resulted in a rise.

The United States relies more heavily on imprisonment than any country in the world, with the War on Drugs the major driving force behind high incarceration rates.  While common perception paints young men as the greatest victims of the drug war, conspiracy.