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Drug Tests and Marijuana
Commonly, I am asked how long marijuana stays in a person’s system. This is a bad question, because it is imprecise—by system, do you mean in a person’s urine, hair, or blood? If the concern is drug testing through probation in Denton and most counties, urine is the...
Charged With v. Convicted Of
With the current news of massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Texas and other states, much talk has been devoted to explaining exactly who is being seized by ICE for deportation. Discussion has largely centered on immigrants who have been...
UPDATE: War on Drugs 2017
UPDATE: On February 3, 2017, during a daily press briefing, Sean Spicer, press secretary, fielded a question from the press regarding “the problem with synthetic fentanyl being cooked up with labs in the Northeast.” Spicer recognized the “major problem” that is the...
The War On Drugs 2017
A “Law and Order” approach is toxic for the War on Drugs. That anyone actually has to say (or write) this is staggering in 2017. Forty-five years into the War on Drugs and more than a trillion dollars spent kicking in doors, talking tough talk, and sentencing those...
Harm Reduction and Heroin Use
An article in the Washington post (read it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/08/heroin-deaths-surpass-gun-homicides-for-the-first-time-cdc-data-show/) from December 8, 2016, serves as a reminder of the growing human cost of the War on Drugs: In...
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