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...

Drug Possession: Fingerprints?

Drug Possession: Fingerprints?   I have written previously on “affirmative-links,” in this blog. In order to charge a person with possession of a drug, the State must prove that (1) the person knew the substance in his possession was contraband, and (2) the person...