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Burglary With Intent to Steal Drugs

There have been some major changes to the laws concerning the possession, sale, and manufacture of controlled substances this year. One major change concerns what level of offense a person can be charged with for breaking into a car or commercial building. Under...

Can You Film A Cop in Texas?

Videos of police are prevalent in the news of late, whether it be video related to investigations (officer body-camera video of police allegedly planting evidence in Baltimore when investigating a drug case), traffic stops (Philando Castile video), or during...

Changes to the Law on Sealing Records (2017)

I posted this to my website under Expunctions/Nondisclosures earlier today. I want to re-post it here, for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a great reminder that the law is organic—it moves forward, backwards, etc. all the time. Secondly, it’s a good reminder to all...

“Don’t Take the Brown Acid”: on festivals testing drugs

In what has become a well-known quote from the 1969 Woodstock festival, an announcement was made from the stage that:   “the brown acid that is circulating…is not specifically too good. It is suggested that you do stay away from that. Of course it’s your own...

A Turn Towards Cruelty: the opioid epidemic update

No one will be able to pinpoint the precise moment that it occurred, or offer more than conjecture about the origin of its appearance, but without question a tidal wave of cruelty has spread over discussion of combatting the opioid epidemic, drowning reason,...

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