FDA Approves Cannabinoid for Nausea
Straight out yesterday’s press release from Valeant Pharmaceuticals: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE:VRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given marketing approval for Cesamet (CII) (nabilone) oral capsules. Cesametis used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional anti-emetic treatments. “There is still a significant unmet need in treating one […]
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Criminal Court Records
There are courts at the municipal, county, state, and federal levels, each with its own set of criminal records. A county may be considered as a province or a specific region, and there are almost 3000 counties in the United States. Each and every county court maintains its own set of criminal records. Normally the […]
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Criminal Injury Claim – Are You Serious
Injuries due to criminal activities, can be one of the most complex and traumatic experiences that anyone can suffer. A criminal injury claim in these terrible incidents, can profoundly affect both the victim and the victim’s friends and family, leaving both emotional and physical scars that can last a lifetime. Few people understand the […]
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Criminal Background Check
Background checks are a useful screening and selection tool for companies. Of the many types of background checks, criminal background checks are routinely carried out by employers to ensure that they are not courting a risk of physical and mental trauma. In fact, in several states in the U.S, criminal background checks are compulsory for […]
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Criminal Defense Attorneys
If you have been accused of a crime, you know how terrifying it is to face the possibility of going to jail. The function of a defense lawyer is to represent anyone accused of committing a crime to the best of their abilities. A criminal defense attorney has many jobs. Questioning a witness in […]
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Gonzales v. Raich One Year Later: The Argument In Raich is Far From Finished
(Note: This is the second in a series of posts related to the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision inGonzales v. Raich, which will take place on June 6. The first post in the series, which deals with law enforcement action post-Raich) The Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Raich was a defeat for […]
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Medical Marijuana Motivates CPS to Remove Child From Home
An eleven-month child was grabbed by social workers and placed into foster care because of legally prescribed medical marijuana. The child’s father was put into handcuffs while the young mother cried. No law had been broken, Child Protective Services (CPS) has the uncontrolled power to tear families in a moment without trial, judge or jury […]
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Pfizer Researching Public Attitudes on Celebrex
As part of its recently renewed promotion of Celebrex, Pfizer is trying to figure out who is or might soon be using the drug and what they think about it. If you pop over to the website for Celebrex just now, an offer comes up to pay you a few bucks to take a market […]
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Eyewitness Testimony Isn’t What It Used to Be
“There is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the stand, points a finger at the defendant, and says, ‘That’s the one!’” — Former US Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. What the good judge said is convincing. And it makes for good television. Perry Mason was famous for […]
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Top 10 Drug Law Blog Stories of 2008
Here are the Top 10 Drug Law Blog stories of 2008. Keep in mind that my stories reflect the focus of this blog — i.e. on changing areas of criminal drug law, with emphasis on California — and so do not add up to the same list that might be compiled by a lawyer who […]
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