Sentences with phrase «drug is against the law»

Either way, your teen taking that drug is against the law.

I don't know such drugs were against the law,» he said.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind an Obama - era directive that made enforcing marijuana laws against companies that comply with state laws a «low priority» raised ire in both parties and stoked uncertainty in states where the drug is legal.

That's why we have laws against drug use, and rightly so.

While not endorsing her bid for Attorney General, he is suggesting her record on Rockefeller Drug Law reform is being distorted by some of the candidates running against her in a press release that just came out.

Caputo noted his longtime friend and mentor Roger Stone and Credico are «old buddies,» but Caputo said he had never before met the drug law reform advocate / comedian, who is currently running in a longshot primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the justice system.»

The development is a further sign that civil society is increasingly turning against the more draconian responses to drug law and searching for alternatives.

Any test case against a CBD seller would draw attention to both the absurdity of a law which even the department who wrote it and are tasked with enforcing it don't understand, and the truly arbitrary nature of our drug law enforcement.

The State Coordinator, NYSC Ekiti State, Mrs. Nwano Eze Ukgha who put the number of youths registered in the new batch at 2,066 warned the corps members against indulging in cult activities, consumption of illicit drugs, and other forms of unwholesome acts on the camp as erring members would be handed over to the camp court for trial according to the by - laws.

Lawmakers and Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota have urged the Assembly to pass harsher rules against hit - and - run perpetrators, saying that the current rules encourage those who are breaking the law — more specifically, those drinking or on drugs, to flee the scene after a crash.

According to a sponsor of the bill, David Tubilio, a Yonkers Republican, the law will seek to blockade Westchester against the harmful effects of the drug, which elsewhere across the state and country is sold legally over-the-counter.

It highlights all of Rice's negatives — from the fact that she used to be a registered Republican (she switched to independent when she went to work in Pennsylvania and then became a Democrat just before first running for DA in 2005) to her failure to vote for 18 years to her firing of women — mostly mothers — who were working part time at the DA's office to her alleged lobbying against «real» Rockefeller Drug Law reform.

The NYSC coordinator also warned corps members against cultism and drugs, saying anyone caught would be dealt with according to the provisions of the law.

Stand - up comedian Randy Credico, who helped bring about reform of the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws, is now setting his sights on the New York state comptroller's office, where he is protesting against state pension fund investments in the private prison industry.

The drugs have been sold as «bath salts» or «plant food» to skirt laws against marketing them for internal use, but in the U.S., UK, Canada and many other countries, their sale for any purpose is now banned.

«It is extraordinary how many patients describe themselves as collateral in the war against drugs,» where law enforcement concerns for potential abuse take precedent over the medical imperative to treat suffering, said author — journalist Melanie Thernstrom, who participated on the committee as a patient advocate.

They were inner - city vigilantes, detectives, nurses and ex-cons that waged anti-establishment wars against authority, drugs, gangs and corruption — one - man (or woman) hit - squads operating against the real - world political backdrop of Nixon's «law and order» campaign.

Sicario: Denis Villeneuve's grimy depiction of U.S. law enforcement's any - means - necessary war against Mexican drug cartels is filmed with the kind of precision and technical artistry that it's almost beside the point whether the story itself is something you care to get swept along with.

To learn more about filing a defective drug claim against C.B. Fleet Company, contact a personal injury attorney who is familiar with the laws in your state.

At the Law Office of Mark J. Sacco, our practice is focused exclusively on criminal law and defending clients against offenses ranging from driving under the influence and drug possession to violent crimes and fraLaw Office of Mark J. Sacco, our practice is focused exclusively on criminal law and defending clients against offenses ranging from driving under the influence and drug possession to violent crimes and fralaw and defending clients against offenses ranging from driving under the influence and drug possession to violent crimes and fraud.

An activist against the war and in favor of drug - policy reform, he was executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws from 1983 to 1986 and of the Ralph Nader - connected group Democracy Rising, which opposed the 2003 Iraq war.

Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler encourages jurors to refuse to enforce victimless drug laws that have disproportionately been used against and disproportionately harm people of color.

Soros opines that exposure to the criminal justice system is potentially more detrimental to a young person than marijuana itself, that enforcing marijuana laws costs taxpayers billions while benefiting only foreign drug kingpins, and that laws against marijuana, from their inception, have been motivated by racial prejudice.

For example, an analysis of this concept in the context of random drug testing of students engaged in extracurricular activities where the school's common law authority is balanced against constitutional concerns about privacy under the 4th Amendment is found in the U.S. Supreme Court case Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995).

In recent times, legal aid has funded key cases that have created new law, be it Colin Ross's successful fight against his local health trust to get life - saving cancer drugs, the Gurkhas» settlement rights claim, or Debbie Purdy's successful bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

So if you are making a claim against a pharmaceutical company, for example, it helps to know that the Missouri product liability law firm is able to take on defective drug cases.

In particular, Eli Lilly claimed that the development of the «promise doctrine» in Canadian patent law led to the invalidation of patents protecting its drugs atomoxetine (Strattera ®) and olanzapine (Zyprexa ®) by Canadian courts, and that this doctrine was radically new, arbitrary, and discriminatory against pharmaceutical companies.

Operating any motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol can be dangerous and is against the law.

«In a decision that sharply pits the court's view of a coherent drug strategy against the Conservative government's, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 9 - 0 the health minister can not deny a legal protection to addicts and clinical health workers who would otherwise be penalized by federal drug laws.»

A Baton Rouge injury attorney from The Layfield Law Firm, LLC is adept at handling cases involving dangerous drugs against offending companies, and has seen many victims find the compensation they deserved with a well - presented case.

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs in New Mexico In New Mexico, it is against the law and a crime to drive if one is incapacitated by a drug.

There may well be provisions of our criminal laws which are seldom enforced, but one can hardly claim that to be true with respect to the various criminal provisions against drug trafficking (as opposed to mere possession)-- which have been widely and routinely enforced for decades and which no political party has, in any seriousness, proposed eliminated.

When Parliament repeals the prohibition against drug trafficking (at least with respect to pot) it may become a by - law issue — though, given that the federal government and the provinces continue to heavily regulate the sale of other substances such as cigarettes and alcohol, and if the sale of pot (other than for medicinal purposes) is ever legalized we should expect it to be heavily taxes, the notion that the sale of pot will ever only become a by - law issue seems far - fetched — but until it does it's simply wrong to say this is a by - law issue.

The New York Medical Malpractice Law Blog: «The true impact of this case is, of course, that similarly situated victims of inadequate drug warnings will now be able to initiate actions against the drug maker in state court.

The Trump administration said it will seek stiffer penalties against drug dealers — including the death penalty where appropriate under current law — and it wants the number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers to be cut by one - third nationwide as part of a broad effort to combat the opioid crisis.