LawCommentary
South Philadelphia residents are outraged that a nonprofit called Safehouse had “ambushed” them by announcing, with virtually no warning, that it would open a supervised… Read More
LawCommentary
Seven years ago, I got a call every parent fears: I lost my daughter to a driver who was high on “legal” marijuana. With this… Read More
LawNews
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti placed her left hand on her old law school textbook, “A Theory of Justice,” from New York University as she was sworn in… Read More
LawCommentary
Raphael Rodriguez recently made the switch from smoking marijuana to vaping it, after taking a trip with a friend to a medical marijuana dispensary in… Read More
InternationalNews
In testimony before a congressionally created panel that oversees U.S.-China economic and security issues, four specialists outlined negative implications of China’s expanding role in the global… Read More
LawCommentary
During the first round of the recent Democratic primary debates, Sen. Cory Booker seemed at first to appreciate the dangers of overcriminalization. “Our country has… Read More
LawNews
The decision by Denver voters last week to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms marked a significant shift in the debate over legalizing illegal drugs—which up to this… Read More
LawNews
A toxicology specialist has found a connection between legalized marijuana and a threefold increase in related visits to emergency rooms in Colorado for heart and… Read More
LawCommentary
Republicans and conservatives dating back at least to Richard Nixon have used the slogan “tough on crime” and its corollary “lock ’em up and throw… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Mental illness is a very real problem that affects many aspects of our society. In the United States, as of 2016, an estimated 10.4 million… Read More
