Drug Crimes

Since the mid-1980s, the national strategy for preventing drug abuse has shifted away from tougher law enforcement measures to public education campaigns, beginning with Nancy Reagan's "Say No to...

Marijuana is illegal for nonmedicinal use in the United States, and California is no exception to this rule. Under state law, Marijuana's general illegality is promulgated under California Health...

The legalization of marijuana was the top question to President Obama on his online forum to the American public earlier this year. With personal rights seeming to disappear everyday, it sometimes...

Even if you did not grow up during the 1960s, you still know of the lore and allure of marijuana. Music artists dedicate songs to the plant and the criminal underground manages a vast black market...

A hotly debated subject in the United States, marijuana legalization has many implications on the government, local and individual levels. More and more states, however, are legalizing marijuana...

Though many reputable organizations and much of the American public support the idea of legalized medical marijuana, it remains prohibited at the federal level. As of 2009, despite federal...

Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illegal drugs. Both the federal government and the states have laws regulating possession of this drug. Some laws completely ban marijuana possession...

Marijuana reform laws are an effort to remove criminal penalties associated with the private use of marijuana. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and the Drug...

When considering examples of drug cases, it is important to remember that drug laws vary from state to state. For example, some states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes; others have...

Section 11357 of California's Health and Safety Code covers its marijuana laws. These laws are void if the person has a reason authorized by law to possess or use marijuana.

The legalization of marijuana, although controversial in the United States, could lead to many economic and safety benefits, and would take power away from violent drug cartels that currently run...

Alaska has a complex relationship with marijuana, which is reflected in its laws. The state has alternately decriminalized and attempted to recriminalize possession of even small amounts of the...

California's marijuana laws are part of the state's Health and Safety Code Section 11357. Though state is fairly liberal in its allowances for possession, it is most known for its medical...

Headline crime, gangster, drugs, serial killers, terrorist attack. If you are like me you know families that has been destroyed because of substances abuse or drugs, on going drug sales increases...

For almost a century the government has placed criminal penalties on those who grow, use or possess marijuana. Still, millions of people use it, not to mention that it is the United States' single...

During the 20th century, the U.S. federal government made marijuana illegal. This included the use, possession, cultivation or transfer to another individual or company. Throughout the U.S.,...

Testing for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is typically conducted using urine or a hair sample. The latter has come to be known as a much more accurate and harder to fool test. The test begins with...

There's a great controversy in the United States over the legalization of marijuana. In order to find the cons of legalizing marijuana, the easiest method is to use the reasons that people cite...

Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the United States. It is a psychoactive drug that comes from the Cannabis plant, and it's also illegal to use as a recreational drug in Florida....

Marijuana is a psychoactive drug commonly referred to as hash, weed or cannabis. The use and distribution of marijuana is illegal in most states, including Arizona. However, due to marijuana's...

The production, distribution or packaging of the psychoactive drug marijuana is illegal in the state of Arkansas. Marijuana is often thought of as a less-prohibited drug than some others, but...

In most cases, dealing the psychoactive drug marijuana, also known as pot and weed, is illegal in California. There are certain individuals allowed to distribute marijuana in controlled settings...