The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a call for radical changes in the criminal justice system in the State of Arizona. The report, issued this month, focuses first on the fact that over the past 50 years, the United States has increased dramatically...
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Arizona Supreme Court Nixes Law Banning Medical Marijuana on College Campus
Just over a year ago, we reported in our blog ("Court Says No to College Ban on Medical Marijuana") that the Arizona Court of Appeals had examined the legislature’s attempt to ban medical marijuana on college campuses. The legislative ban was seen by the court as an...
New Arizona Law Targets Opioid Epidemic
We have written in the past about the opioid epidemic, and in particular the fact that Arizona is among the states with the highest rate of prescription drug overdose and prescription drug abuse in the nation. That article was written in 2016, and Arizona has finally...
Marijuana and Prisons in the United States
We’ve reported in the past about the enormous number of people incarcerated in the United States. In fact, the U.S. has by far the highest percentage of prison and jail inmates in the world. You may have heard lots of purported reasons for this fact. Some say we’re...
Court Says No to College Ban on Medical Marijuana
History of Attempts to Legalize Marijuana for Medical Use in Arizona Medical marijuana has had a rather tortured history in Arizona. When Proposition 203 was finally passed by the voters in 2010, it was actually the fourth time that the issue was on the ballot. Here...
Arizona Ranks High in Deaths from Prescription Drugs
With all the talk about heroin, cocaine, and in particular marijuana, it is easy to lose sight of another huge aspect of the drug problem. We’re speaking, of course, about prescription drugs. Last week United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murphy spoke on the subject...
Arrest Made in Methamphetamine Smuggling Case
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A man crossing the border at the Port of San Luis has been arrested for attempting to smuggle 38 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States. According to a news...
Methamphetamine, Pot Found in Phoenix Homes
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] In separate incidents in Phoenix last week, drug busts focused on both methamphetamine and a marijuana growing operation. The first bust resulted from an operation in west...
Alice B. Toklas – Alive and Well at Chaparral High
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] For those of our readers who aren’t familiar with her life, Alice B. Toklas was a literary and artistic figure during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in the...
Naked PCP-Fueled Carjacking Case Not Over Yet
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] We reported in our blog in July of last year (Naked Carjacking in Phoenix) on the rather bizarre case of a John Brigham, who allegedly caused at least two collisions,...