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Scalia Criticizes Scope of Federal Drug Laws
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a few choice words about the reach of federal drug laws this week.
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Linn State Admits They Have No Data to Justify Drug Testing Program
[image:1 align:right caption:true]A month ago we noted in Drug War Chronicle that Linn State Technical
No "Sweetness" for Medical Marijuana Patients, ATF Says
ATF Says No Guns for Medical Marijuana Patients [FEATURE]
Federal gun control laws have long barred "addicts" or "illegal drug users" from owning firearms, but a recent restatement of that law with explicit reference to medical marijuana patients is raising eyebrows -- and concerns.
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ACLU Blocks Missouri College Drug Testing
A Missouri technical college's plan to force students to take suspicionless drug tests is on hold after the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.
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Veteran, ACLU Challenge Florida Welfare Drug Test Law [FEATURE]
The new Florida law require welfare applicants to pass a drug test has now been challenged in federal court.
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Chronicle Book Review: BONG HiTS 4 JESUS
The BONG HiTS 4 JESUS case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and now, an Oregon professor has written all about it.
The federal courthouse in Orlando, where a judge threw out Florida's drug law. (image via Wikimedia)
Federal Judge Throws Out Florida's Drug Law
Florida's drug law has been found unconstitutional because it did not require proof of criminal intent. Tens or hundreds of thousands of cases could be affected.
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What Were Florida's Legislators, Prosecutors and Judges Thinking?
[image:1 align:right caption:true]A federal judge in Orlando, Florida, did something good and important this week.
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Medical Marijuana Group Appeals DEA Rescheduling Decision
Americans for Safe Access is appealing in the federal courts the DEA's decision to keep marijuana Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act.
Ecstasy tablets. A federal judge has ruled that Ecstasy offenses are punished too harshly. (Image: Wikimedia.org)
Federal Judge Rejects Ecstasy Sentencing Guidelines
The federal sentencing guidelines for Ecstasy offenses are too harsh and not supported by the scientific evidence, a federal district judge has ruled.