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President Trump’s opioid panel will recommend nationwide drug courts, tightened requirements for prescribers

The commission will recommend the Department of Justice establish [more] drug courts in every federal district, and that individuals with substance use disorder who violate probation terms be diverted to a drug court… President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic plans to encourage the federal government to establish drug courts in every federal judicial…

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Jeff Sessions says it would be ‘healthy’ to have ‘more competition’ among medical marijuana growers for research

Jeff Sessions wants to expand the supply of medical marijuana grown for research [He] said he wants to see “more competition” among medical marijuana growers who supply the plant to researchers, in his Wednesday morning testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hatch [R-Utah] co-sponsored a piece of bipartisan legislation, the MEDS Act, which is designed…

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Eugene citizen committee not queasy about Kesey

On a 7-2 vote, a citizen advisory committee on Monday (October 9th, 2017) endorsed changing the formal name of downtown Eugene’s Broadway Plaza to Kesey Square. Councilor Mike Clark and John Iglesias, chief executive of Eugene-based Northwest Community Credit Union, voted against the recommendation. The vote came near the end of a 90-minute meeting, the…

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While hearing case, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan waxes nostalgic about weed at parties

Important to the case is whether the partiers knew or should have known they were trespassing on the property, a brick duplex in what attorneys said was a low-income neighborhood in northeast Washington. The partiers contend they thought they were [the host’s] guests. Justice Elena Kagan tapped her own experience in assessing the situation. “There…

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…Head of drug enforcement administration to leave

[In] July [of 2017, President Trump of the United States] told law enforcement officers “please don’t be too nice” when handling crime suspects. Mr. Rosenberg forcefully rejected [those] comments, sending an email to all D.E.A. employees at the time to tell them that they should not mistreat suspects. “We must earn and keep the public…

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