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Mcfadden V. United States: Deconstructing Synthetic Drug Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Mcfadden V. United States: Deconstructing Synthetic Drug Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Jeffrey C. Grass JD, MS, ACLM
Since January 2014, nationwide law enforcement operations have been conducted targeting drug trafficking organizations operating in communities across the country. The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), with other federal, state, and local partners announced the culmination of Project Synergy Phase II, an ongoing law enforcement operation targeting every level of the global synthetic designer drug market. The DEA Special Operations Division (“SOD”) working with the DEA Office of Diversion Control (“ODC”) has served arrest and search warrants in thirty-five …
Mcfadden V. United States: Deconstructing Synthetic Drug Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Mcfadden V. United States: Deconstructing Synthetic Drug Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Jeffrey C. Grass JD, MS, ACLM
n order to convict an individual of distribution of a controlled substance analogue, must the government prove that the individual knew that the substance constituted a controlled substance analogue, or is it sufficient merely to prove that the individual distributed the substance with the intention that it be for human consumption?
Deconstructing Synthetic Marijuana Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Deconstructing Synthetic Marijuana Prosecutions, Jeffrey C. Grass Jd, Ms, Aclm
Jeffrey C. Grass JD, MS, ACLM
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) implemented Project Synergy II, which began January 2014. Project Synergy II was coordinated by DEA’s Special Operations Division (SOD), working with the DEA Office of Diversion Control. As of today, more than 227 arrests have been made, and 416 search warrants served in 35 states, 49 cities and five countries, along with more than $51 million in cash and assets seized. These series of enforcement actions included retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. However, the manner in which the anti-synthetic marijuana laws have developed is so problematic and their retroactive enforcement so patently unfair that the criminal …