Illinois Senate Bill Would Prohibit Raw Odor of Marijuana Justifying Police Search As we have previously covered, given a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling, there are different standards for when the smell of raw cannabis, in contrast to burnt cannabis, (standing...
DOJ to Devote Major Resources to Eliminating Cartels Shortly after receiving her confirmation and swearing into office, the new Attorney General Pam Bondi issued 14 memorandums to all Justice Department (“DOJ”) employees outlining the various priorities and directives...
Proposed Legislation Would Have Effectively Banned Delta-8 Products Outside Dispensaries As we have previously covered, there have been increasing pressure from some lawmakers to crack down on Delta-8 and other hemp derived products as they have soared in popularity,...
Supreme Court Rules Raw Cannabis Smell Justifies Search of Vehicle Just months after ruling that the smell of burnt cannabis alone cannot justify a police officer subsequently searching a vehicle, as we covered here, the Illinois Supreme Court found that the opposite...
Search Reveals Over $40 Million of Cocaine in Vehicle Illinois State Police brought felony charges against 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh, both from Canada, after recovering over $40 million of cocaine during a traffic stop. Police pulled...
DOJ Arrests Chinese Nationals for Fentanyl Distribution Two weeks ago the Department of Justice announced that they indicted eight Chinese nationals and filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies for alleged fentanyl manufacturing and...
Wisconsin Court Rules Marijuana Scent Alone Warrants Police Search Recently the Wisconsin Supreme Court narrowly ruled that police officers were justified in conducting a search of a vehicle based on the purported smell of marijuana, overturning a lower courts ruling....
The stigma surrounding psychedelics has seemed to change with the times. Accordingly, there have been what appears to be widespread efforts to change the legal status of certain psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, more commonly referred to as Magic Mushrooms. But...
There’s a changing perspective in society. It was less than a decade ago that Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize marijuana. Before that, possession of marijuana was a crime throughout the country. Since many states are legalizing marijuana in...
The federal government takes drug crimes seriously. They have virtually unlimited resources to prosecute these crimes and aggressively prosecutes serious drug crimes. If a person is facing federal drug crimes charges, they can be scared and stressed over the...
