Sentences with phrase «at illegal levels»

Volkswagen Group's so - called «defeat - device» emissions software has allowed hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles from the 2009 - 16 model years to emit nitrogen oxide at illegal levels while thwarting emissions tests.

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Marijuana remains an illegal drug at the federal level in the United States, although 29 states and the District of Columbia have made medical marijuana legal.

«Importantly, the series also shows a sharp decline in the flows of illegal immigration at the U.S. - Mexico border during the last recession, and those flows have remained at historically low levels since then.»

Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).

The Tenth Amendment has empowered states to launch marijuana programs even if it remains illegal at the federal level.

Sources at the European Commission and the European Parliament have confirmed that network - level ad blocking would therefore be illegal, unless individual EU countries pass specific legislation to exempt it from the bloc - wide net neutrality rules.

At the federal level, no law has explicitly made fantasy sports contests illegal; the most recent relevant legislation, the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, left fantasy sports out of it.

Essentially, the memo makes it clear that while marijuana is illegal at the federal level, the U.S. government will rely on states where cannabis is legal to enact tough laws.

Yet marijuana remains illegal at the federal level.

Canaccord Genuity said in a note that the move could position Namaste for a potential TMX listing, as the stock exchange has threatened companies with possible delisting over any pot - related operations in the U.S., where marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.

Lastly, when it comes to businesses that are legal at the state level, but illegal at the federal level, the IRS has not come out and said you can not use ROBS for these types of businesses.

Marijuana might be illegal at the federal level in the United States, but it's nonetheless among the fastest - growing industries in the country.

To answer your questions, all chiles are tested at the border for pesticides, and those showing positive for illegal levels are not admitted to the U.S.

And so I think a lot of people, businesses, leagues, their counsels are saying, «This is illegal at the federal level.

«And it's pretty straightforward: It's illegal at the federal level.

Each illegal immigrant could trigger a maximum fine of # 4,000 - # 2,000 for the driver and # 2,000 for the carrier — but fines were very rarely at this level.

The loss of the suspension system will concern staff and police, as the backlog at ports and entry points often reaches unacceptable levels under the various new procedures set up to detect illegal immigrants.

It is at the work level where we can pick up many of these illegals,» he added.

Christopher Tilley from the Home Office who designed a cross-governmental strategy to tackle illegal working and exploitation in the construction industry; coordinate enforcement action at the national level; and advise senior government officials on exploitation and illegal working matters will be giving a keynote address to the International Inspiring Construction Conference.

«It is also very important, at this juncture, to tell the whole world that Jimoh Ibrahim, the acclaimed candidate of the illegal parallel PDP primary, is not a member of the PDP from ward to state level.»

Yet in the United States, where 25 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, there are no state - wide efforts to collect data on how patients are using cannabis or on whether they have been affected for good or ill, in part because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.

At the same time, people in Oregon were falling ill, too, and tests of watermelons found extremely high levels of aldicarb, which was illegal to use on all melons.

Trade in cactus species occurs at national and international levels and is often illegal, with 86 % of threatened cacti used in horticulture taken from wild populations.

«Compared with alcohol and other drugs, cannabis holds a unique place in federal and state policies — continuing to be illegal federally but with medical and recreational use legalized at the state level.

It looks like SkaDate dating script has reached the level of popularity desired and feared by many software producers at the same time — illegal copies of our dating solution emerge in the shady back alleys of the Internet, and some users take the opportunity to try them out without considering consequences.

The network will help them start conversations and engage with local and national decision makers who have not just a moral but a legal duty to take urgent and bold action to tackle the illegal and harmful levels of air pollution that are putting their families» health at risk.

And yet as our students become healthier (even going so far as declining the doughnuts, candy, and pizza we bring in on last - day - of - class parties — something were allowed to do at the university level, which I understand would be impossible, if not illegal, to do in an elementary school) we so - called adults seem to be getting more and more unhealthy in our eating habits.

It made illegal aliens ineligible for public social services, public health care services (unless in cases of emergency under federal law), and public school education at elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels.

The horizontal portion of the conspiracy constitutes per se illegal conduct in that the Publishers Defendants and Apple agreed to raise, fix, stabilize and maintain the retail consumer prices the eBook versions of hardcover best sellers and new releases at artificially high levels.

That means there are certain things which may now or in the future become legal in PA but remain technically illegal at the Federal level which would not be covered by insurance, for obvious reasons.

Marijuana production and selling are legal in some states, but illegal at the federal level.

It's ridiculously tragic that in a nation where about half of all dog owners share beds with their dogs that puppy mills — albeit illegal — are obviously at some level allowed to exist.

Thus far, cannabis can't be certified organic under the USDA's federal program since it is still illegal at the federal level.

However, in the last six months the two governments have had at least three high - level meetings on curbing the illegal timber trade: in November 2005, February 2006 and April 2006.

A vexing problem for hemp growers is that the plant is considered illegal at the federal level under the Controlled Substances Act.

What's really the unnecessary toll on Costa Rica's reputation here, the very curiously timed and executed arrest of Paul Watson or the continued illegal shark fin trade (which only exists because of government corruption at some level) that Watson and Sea Shepherd put themselves in harms way to prevent?

Of course, we should, as a beginning to our discussion, remind everyone that although Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana at the state level, marijuana remains illegal everywhere in the United States under federal law.

There are state guidelines, some states have constitutions prohibiting sobriety checkpoints (lots of case law at the state level regarding this), and some state legislatures have made these illegal.

At a very simple level, when someone does something illegal, you might want to (1) force them to stop doing it, or (2) punish them.

In December 2014 an authoritative report from the US Senate chaired by Senator Dianne Feinstein found compelling evidence of illegal tortures carried out on the instructions and authority of government officials, including some at the very highest level.

At an administrative level it is illegal, though the matter has not been resolved by SCOTUS.

That means there are certain things which may now or in the future become legal in PA but remain technically illegal at the Federal level which would not be covered by insurance, for obvious reasons.

«The regulatory risks are many, but the biggest one boils down to the fact that marijuana is still illegal at the federal level,» Jack added.