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Opioids
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Another look at trend to prosecute some opioid overdose deaths as homicides
Main December 18, 2017Another look at trend to prosecute some opioid overdose deaths as homicidesThis morning's Wall Street Journal has this new article on the (not-all-that) new trend of considering…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Opioids: Treating an Illness, Ending a War”
Main December 13, 2017"Opioids: Treating an Illness, Ending a War"The title of this post is the title of this new report from The Sentencing Project. Here is how the report's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will any state really start conducting executions with opioids?
Main December 11, 2017Will any state really start conducting executions with opioids?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy Washington Post article, headlined "States to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
AG Sessions announces stepped up efforts to address opioid crisis
Main November 29, 2017AG Sessions announces stepped up efforts to address opioid crisisThis new press release, titled "Attorney General Sessions and Acting DEA Administrator Patterson Announce New Tools to Address…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio getting started on Justice Reinvestment 2.0 to confront latest criminal justice challenges
Main November 27, 2017Ohio getting started on Justice Reinvestment 2.0 to confront latest criminal justice challengesFor more than a decade, the Council of State Governments Justice Center and the Justice…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Fentanyl Billionaire Denies Paying Kickbacks
Opioid multimillionaire John Kapoor pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud in an Arizona federal court; prosecutors claim that Mr. Kapoor’s company — Insys…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
The Opioid Abuse Crisis and the Marketing of Oxycontin (Recent New Yorker Article)
Last week, in open court, I watched a CCTV videotape of a well-dressed, middle-aged man enter a bus, take a seat, and promptly take consecutive hits of Fentanyl-laced heroin. Within…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some more diverse reading about the opioid crisis
Main November 4, 2017Some more diverse reading about the opioid crisisAs I have said in prior posts, I could readily fill this blog multiple times a day with tales of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Just a smattering of Fall highlights fromMarijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Main October 29, 2017Just a smattering of Fall highlights from Marijuana Law, Policy & ReformIt has been quite some time since I have done a round-up of posts of note…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump to declare opioid epidemic a “public health” emergency
Main October 26, 2017Prez Trump to declare opioid epidemic a "public health" emergencyAs reported in this piece from The Hill, "President Trump on Thursday will instruct the acting director of…