Drug Policy

Florida’s New Opioid Prescription Law Creates Questions for Patients and Providers

With the opioid epidemic raging across the United States – opioid overdoses are currently the leading cause of accidental death in the country – Florida has taken drastic steps to curb accessibility of the drugs to patients and has placed additional requirements on doctors that seek to prescribe opioids for pain management.   The law, which went into […]

Trump Reportedly Wants To Execute Drug Dealers

Trump Reportedly Wants To Execute Drug Dealers

New report claims Trump would “love to have a law” that calls for the death penalty for drug dealers. News website Axios reported late Sunday that Trump considers drug dealers to be worse than serial killers and would love the U.S. to pass laws making capital punishment mandatory for drug traffickers. In Singapore, the death […]

Sheriff Threatens Drug Dealers In Menacing Video

Sheriff Threatens Drug Dealers In Menacing Video

Flanked by Kevlar-clad SWAT members wearing masks, this Florida sheriff sends a strong message to drug dealers: “We’re coming for you.” Florida Sheriff Peyton Grinnell posted a menacing video on the Lake Country Sheriff’s Office Facebook page last Friday, addressing the concerns regarding overdoses related to heroin. “I am Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell,” he […]

PA Governor in Favor of Easing Marijuana Restriction Laws

In April 2016, after efforts from lobbying groups, appeals from state citizens, and a push from the state legislature, Pennsylvania Governor Tim Wolf signed a bill that legalized medical marijuana throughout the state. The new law specifies 17 conditions for which using marijuana as medical treatment is now legal, including cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, […]