What do “alcohol inhalers” – devices that allow individuals to inhale alcohol vapor, and thereby get drunk without experiencing any hangover – have to do with the much touted increasing strength of marijuana ? Just this: that our society has been able to draw a distinction between the legal and responsible use of alcohol, which […]
READ MOREEyeing a Permanent Beach Alcohol Ban in San Diego
I’ve got two reasons for being interested in the possibility that San Diego voters will make permanent a one-year beach alcohol ban in this year’s election. The personal reason is that I’m originally from San Diego and still go down to the beach there all the time to surf. It’s been interesting to listen to […]
READ MOREOn the Broader Implications of Eschenbach, and the relevance of Lawrence v. Texas to Medical Marijuana
To expand a little on yesterday’s post about Abigail Alliance v. Eschenbach, the rationale articulated by the DC Circuit in upholding a right to access non-FDA approved could have broader implications that would be relevant for the argument on medical marijuana, but ultimately the relevance depends on the way the due process balancing analysis would […]
READ MOREDmitry Belorossov and Citadel
The matchless background and distinguished legal forte of New York’s marquee defense attorney, Arkady Bukh, has sheared decades from the sentence Dmitry Belorossov initially faced. Belorossov, 22, had been accused of operating Citadel, a botnet, and helping develop improvements to the malware which led to over $500 million in losses. Instead of leaving prison as […]
READ MOREWill New Credit Card Chips Decrease Fraud Crimes… or Increase Fraud Crimes?
In an effort to fight credit card fraud, card issuers have spent between $200 and $800 million distributing new cards with embedded microchips. The goal is to establish a protocol for two-factor authentication and to prevent the mass collection and unlawful use of credit card numbers using skimmers. Wired.com, however, suggests that these new cards […]
READ MOREMy Activist by Inna Inic
Inna Inic 246 E. Coast Dr. Palm Harbor, FL 34683 3/9/1996 (727) 458-1311 University of Miami Criminal Justice Cindy Sheehan is known for her bravery for being an anti-war activist. She lost her son during the war action in Iraq and she fought hard to stop the war against Iraq and to save the […]
READ MOREAbigail Alliance Letter in Washington Post
The president of the Abigail Alliance — the group that was the petitioner in that recent DC Circuit case on access to lifesaving drugs that have not yet received full-blown FDA approval — has a letter to the editor in today’s Washington Post. The last graph says: We are confident that access to these drugs […]
READ MOREElectronic Monitoring Can Be Expensive for Defendant
Electronic monitoring involves a defendant being required to wear an ankle bracelet so his or her movements can be monitored. The use of electronic monitoring has increased dramatically in recent years. From 2000 through 2014, there was a 32 percent rise in the use of electronic monitoring. One article from International Business Times reported that […]
READ MOREScience Magazine on Abigail Alliance v. Eschenbach
Science Magazine Editor in Chief Donald Kennedy published an editorial Friday taking aim at the DC Circuit’s recent decision in Abigail Alliance v. Eschenbach. In Abigail Alliance, the court said that mentally competent, terminally ill individuals have a due process right to access medication that is safe enough for testing on human subjects. Kennedy says […]
READ MOREACLU’s Operation Meth Merchant Case Hits a Snag
Two of the witnesses who were supposed to testify about racial profiling in Georgia’s notorious Operation Meth Merchant sting campaign have decided instead to invoke their Fifth Amendment privilege to remain silent, leaving the ACLU without much evidence in its legal challenge to Meth Merchant arrests. A third witness who apparently also has knowledge of racial profiling […]
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