Toughness on crime gives way to fairness, cost reality
Drug addicts, swept up en masse in the aftermath of New York's so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws of 1973 and the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, are being treated as medical patients rather than criminals. …. Last summer, when he announced a plan … Read more on Green Bay Press Gazette
Rucci plans anti-heroin campaign
Rucci (D) took a vocal stance against drug use in the county, particularly the growing trend in opioid and heroin abuse. “There's a drug crisis throughout our state, and I'm concerned … Among proposed means for stemming the drug use tide were ways to … Read more on So Md News
Doobie-doobie-do or don't: onus for prescribing medical pot now on doctors
But the plan went up in smoke March 21, at least temporarily, when a B.C. federal court judge granted an injunction allowing anyone currently licensed under the sunsetting rules to continue growing plants until a constitutional challenge mounted by a … Read more on mysask.com