Sentences with phrase «find small amounts of the drug»
The Legal Aid Society is seeking an injunction compelling the NYPD to enforce a directive reminding officers that they may not arrest someone on a misdemeanor marijuana charge if they find small amounts of the drug in their clothing.
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At the other end of the range stands the addict who is charged for sharing a small amount of a Schedule I drug with a friend or spouse, and finds herself sentenced to a year in prison because of a single conviction for sharing marihuana in a social occasion nine years before.
In the Oakes case itself, the Supreme Court found that the federal government failed to rationally connect Oakes» possession of a small amount of illegal drugs and money to the presumption that he was engaged in the crime of drug trafficking.