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Drug Criminalization
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Online2023
Why U.S. States Need Their Own Cannabis Industry Banks
The legal cannabis trade is the fastest growing industry in the United States. In 2019, about 48.2 million Americans used the drug at least…
Christoph Henkel & Randall K. Johnson -
NoteVol. 100 · Iss. 5
Automatic F: Reforming Teacher Disqualification Laws in New Jersey
Introduction In 1971, when Peter Bond was about twenty years old, he was convicted of a drug offense. He served his penalty: one year…
Sean Milligan -
Online2023
The Controlled Substances Act: An International Private Delegation That Goes Too Far
Introduction Under current Supreme Court precedent, Congress can delegate regulatory authority to federal agencies so long as it supplies an intelligible principle to guide…
Shane Pennington & Matthew C. Zorn -
NoteVol. 99 · Iss. 3
MDMA and Psilocybin for Mental Health: Deconstructing the Controlled Substances Act’s Usage of “Currently Accepted Medical Use”
ABSTRACT MDMA and psilocybin are drugs that exhibit almost never-before-seen relief—including complete remission—from debilitating mental health disorders including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and…
Nabil Al-Khaled -
NoteVol. 88 · Iss. 4
Shake and Bake: The Meth Threat and the Need to Rethink 21 U.S.C. § 841(C)(2)
21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2) (the “pseudoephedrine statute”) imposes a prison term of up to twenty years for any person who “distributes a listed chemical…
Raphael S. Nemes -
NoteVol. 88 · Iss. 2
Kimbrough, Spears, and Categorical Rejection: The Latest Additions to the Family of Federal Sentencing Policy Cases
In the past three decades, the federal sentencing system has been in a state of flux. At the core of the debate, and at…
Sophia A. Vandergrif -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 4
Legalization Conflicts and Reliance Defenses
This Article addresses an open question of pressing practical import—whether people and businesses operating in the shadow of a legalization conflict have a reliance…
Mary D. Fan -
ArticleVol. 90 · Iss. 4
Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions
This study gathers data from two mass exonerations resulting from major police scandals, one involving the Rampart division of the L.A.P.D., and the other…
Russell Covey