Monthly Archives: June 2023
Florida Criminalizes Eight Synthetic Opioids
Opioids are not new, and neither is opioid abuse and addiction. Despite this, the opioid drugs most prevalent in the illegal drug supply change frequently, due to the availability and cost of these drugs and to new drugs being synthesized and sold legally or illegally. In the early 2010s, legal but poorly regulated pain… Read More »
The Sixth Amendment And Criminal Trials
Protecting people from excessive and unwarranted punishment and criminal prosecution is one of the foundations of a just society. The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which are the first ten amendments to the Constitution, deal in various places with safeguards that protect people accused or suspected of crimes from unjust and… Read More »
Recreational Cannabis In Florida Gets One Step Closer To Ballot Initiative
If your only evidence was the number of people rolling joints in plain sight, it would be understandable if you thought that recreational cannabis was legal in Florida and had been since before you arrived here. In fact, cannabis laws in Florida have changed quickly over the past decade, but recreational cannabis use remains… Read More »
