Sentences with phrase «drug is illegal»

(At the same time, a prologue comes up with a hilariously arbitrary reason as to why the drug is illegal in the first place.)

Drugs are illegal because they are harmful - they destroy lives and cause untold misery to families and communities.

Because the drugs are illegal and data is extremely difficult to obtain, the participants relied on their collective knowledge and experience to score the drugs and a decision analysis model to aggregate the judgments.

Today, many of those drugs are illegal, but if clinical trials testing their efficacy yield positive results, a handful could become prescription medicines in the next decade.

Pot along with a raft of other drugs are illegal in Malaysia and you do not want to be caught with them.

Selling illegal drugs is illegal - how you do it is irrelevant.

Not exact matches

The Transportation Security Administration, the federal agency in charge of screening passengers, isn't specifically looking for drugs that are illegal under federal law, a spokesman said.

Marijuana is still a Schedule I drug and is illegal on the federal level.

That means an illegal drug is already one - third the size of a legal industry that benefits from national advertising and a vaunted spot in Canadian culture.

The 2010 University of Brasilia study found that a drug is used in at least half of illegal abortions in Brazil.

The federal government still classifies marijuana as an illegal drug, even as a growing number of states are legalizing its use.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence estimates that 70 percent of an estimated 14.8 million U.S. individuals who use illegal drugs are employed.

But what exactly is a Schedule I illegal drug?

BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem and underground Bitcoin exchanger Robert M. Faiella have been charged with using bitcoins to buy and sell illegal drugs to Silk Road users.

Then there's the absurd and arbitrary distinction we draw between bad drugs (illegal, immoral) and good drugs.

There are legal implications as well: Anyone who wants to get involved in this industry has to take on the reputational risk and the legal risk, because even though numerous states have legalized it, cannabis is still a Schedule I, federally illegal drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

Busha told police he had misdialed 911, but deputies said they noticed a handgun in a holster on a table and signs of illegal drugs at Busha's home, which was near an elementary school.

«During the search, deputies located several firearms, numerous firearms parts, two ounces of meth and other illegal drugs, illegally - possessed prescription drugs and $ 84,994 in cash; all of which were seized and taken into evidence,» Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said in a statement issued at the time.

After all we're just talking about social media, this isn't a campaign to raise awareness about illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription opioids.

Friedman was of the opinion that all drugs should be legal, and he believed that the fact that they were illegal was the largest reason for the problems surrounding drug use.

One key factor contributing to the trend is the major spike in fatalities related to drugs, including prescription painkillers containing addictive opioids (like oxycodone and fentanyl) and illegal drugs like heroin; another is the second straight year that gun deaths have risen after 15 years of remaining relatively stable.

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

Current illegal drug use is not protected.

Cannabis sales are still illegal on the federal level, and the Trump administration has played coy about its plans for the burgeoning marijuana industry, even as the man the president hand - picked to be the country's law enforcement officer has made it no secret that he despises the drug.

Likewise, there is no auction record for 50.44 Bitcoins seized by the Secret Service in 2014 from a couple who ran an illegal drug and money - changing site under the name «JumboMonkeyBiscuit.»

While cannabis for recreational or medical use is legal in several states, such as California and Colorado, it is classified as an illegal schedule 1 drug under U.S. federal law.

The system — the first time ever that a state has put itself in charge of the production and distribution of marijuana — is designed to undercut lucrative and illegal drugs trafficking.

Lift CEO Matei Olaru said he believes its accounts were targeted in connection with the U.S. tech giants» policies barring promotion of the sale of illegal, prescription or recreational drugs, even though medical marijuana is legal in Canada and recreational pot will soon follow suit.

«Society has to be cleansed of corruption, extortion, illegal drugs and arms smuggling, of the trafficking of human beings, so many of whom are children reduced to slavery.»

In fact, Garcia Zarate had never been convicted of a violent crime before Steinle's shooting — his previous convictions were for nonviolent drug crimes and illegal entry.

It is illegal for Americans to purchase foreign drugs online, but the government will not prosecute people buying drugs with a prescription that they would have trouble affording at home.

One of the world's largest couriers has been accused of conspiring to deliver prescription drugs on behalf of illegal Internet pharmacies.

The cryptocurrency, originally championed by hacking cliques who flew close to anarchism, has an association with the «dark web» and shady forums where drugs, sex, and other illegal products and services are bought and sold.

The closure of Silk Road in October, the online marketplace that allegedly allowed more than a billion dollars of illegal drugs and illicit services to be bought using the virtual currency, is cited as another major driver.

Lots of things exist for a while unbothered by the law until someone cracks down, whether it's a certain drug, or, for example, people using bitcoin for illegal purposes.

The referendums come amid shifts in American opinions on marijuana in recent years that have energized efforts to legalize cannabis, a drug that remains illegal under federal law even as Colorado and Washington state have been given the go - ahead to experiment with legalization.

«My words have been grossly mischaracterized and taken out of context... I was discussing the value of treating people for using dangerous and illegal drugs like marijuana, and the context in which treatment is successful.»

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but so far eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational use, while 28 states in total have legalized medical cannabis.

He said that reports of him manufacturing illegal drugs such as crystal meth in his lab are unfounded.

Candidates are automatically disqualified if they smoked pot in the last three years, or used another illegal drug in the last ten years.

The postal service, in a statement, said it is «working aggressively» to stem the flow of illegal drugs, but noted it is restricted in some ways its competitors are not.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is about to make a decision that could have wide - ranging implications on the state - sanctioned marijuana industry: to reschedule or not to reschedule marijuana's position as an illegal substance.

The treaty, which is still in effect, requires all countries part of the treaty to «prevent and combat» drugs and drug addicts and to enforce punishment against the unauthorized cultivation, production or possession of opium, coca (and its derivative cocaine), marijuana and other illegal substances.

Drugs are rescheduled often, but marijuana has been deemed a Schedule I substance for 46 years, which makes it illegal to grow, possess, use, or distribute under federal law.

The Food and Drug Administration issued more than a dozen warnings over the illegal packaging practice, saying it can lead to poisoning if children mistakenly drink the liquids, which are intended for use with e-cigarettes and vaping devices.

It's not a tenable position,» he told Fortune, referring to the fact that major banks have been afraid to take on cannabis business clients because the drug remains illegal on the federal level.

The war on drugs is an expensive battle because a great number of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in jail.

There's another cost to the war on drugs, however, which is the revenue lost by governments who can not collect taxes on illegal drugs.

If we don't want it to become the preferred payment system for purchasing recreational drugs, prohibited sexual material or your favorite illegal good, it can be redesigned.

Of course, this doesn't happen because the product is illegal; the prospect of jail time deters many entrepreneurs and the occasional drug bust ensures that the supply stays relatively low.