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Full-Text Articles in Food and Drug Law
American Edibles: How Cannabis Regulatory Policy Rehashes Prohibitionist Fears And What To Do About It, Jay D. Wexler, Connor Burns
American Edibles: How Cannabis Regulatory Policy Rehashes Prohibitionist Fears And What To Do About It, Jay D. Wexler, Connor Burns
Faculty Scholarship
Why can’t we buy a cannabis muffin with our morning coffee? For much of the past century, the answer was simple: cannabis was illegal. Now, however, with more and more states legalizing cannabis for adult use, the answer is far less clear. Even in those states that have legalized cannabis, the simple action of buying and eating edibles at the same location has somehow remained a pipe dream despite consumer demand. Digging a little deeper, we can see how contemporary alarmism, by rehashing the same prohibitionist rhetoric demonizing cannabis for over eighty years, has once again arisen with a new …
The War On Drugs: Moral Panic And Excessive Sentences, Michael Vitiello
The War On Drugs: Moral Panic And Excessive Sentences, Michael Vitiello
Cleveland State Law Review
The United States’ War on Drugs has not been pretty. Moral panic has repeatedly driven policy when states and the federal government have regulated drugs. Responding to that panic, legislators have authorized severe sentences for drug offenses.
By design, Article III gives federal judges independence, in part, to protect fundamental rights against mob rule. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has often failed to protect fundamental rights in times of moral panic. For example, it eroded Fourth Amendment protections during the War on Drugs. Similarly, it failed to protect drug offenders from excessive prison sentences during the War on Drugs. This Article …
The Search For Answers: Overcoming Chaos And Inconsistency In Addressing The Opiod Crisis, John Kip Cornwell
The Search For Answers: Overcoming Chaos And Inconsistency In Addressing The Opiod Crisis, John Kip Cornwell
Mitchell Hamline Law Review
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