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- Real name:
- Alexander DeLuca
- Member since:
- February 4, 2006
DeLuca holds M.D. and MPH degrees, practiced addiction and pain medicine, is currently an advocate for harm reduction and pain patients / doctors, and consults in addiction and pain pharmacotherapy, drug development, and treatment program design.
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An Interview with Richard Lee on the Tax Cannabis 2010 California Ballot Initiative
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/07/an-intervie...The proposed Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative for the 2010 California ballot has already received a significant level of press coverage. Here's a short interview with Richard Lee, who is the proponent of the initiative, the president of Oaksterdam University, and the founder of Oakland's Civil Liberties Alliance, which helped pass Oakland's Measure Z
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On "Growing Your Own" - Is That Really the Important Battle?
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/07/on-growing-...Pete of Drug WarRant referred yesterday to a post from NORML arguing that any proposals around marijuana legalization must include provisions to allow people to grow their own marijuana, and that "those of us who lobby on this issue must insist on amendments to permit personal cultivation."I disagree. A law permitting personal cultivation of
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We Stopped Afghan Eradication. So What About Our Domestic Eradication Programs?
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/07/we-stopped-...Now that we've admitted that opium eradication in Afghanistan was simply a massive "waste of money," shouldn't the next logical step be to take a look at the eradication campaigns we have going on right here on our own soil? (Above: Opium eradication. Photo by David Guttenfelder, Associated Press, from the website of the Seattle Times
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FDA Weighs Pulling Nyquil off Shelves to Address Acetaminophen Overdose
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/fda-weighs-...The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog notes that the FDA is mulling whether to pull Nyquil off the pharmacy shelf to address the problem of acetaminophen overdose. Acetaminophen (which is called paracetamol by folks in other countries) can cause liver failure in high doses, something that the public still apparently has not grasped
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Frat Kid Convicted of Running Cocaine Ring Gets Probation
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/frat-kid-co...Some folks get 55 years in prison for dealing marijuana, and some folks run a cocaine ring out of their frat house and end up getting probation because they were merely "naive."Nothing to see here. Move along.
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On Sweden's Drug Policy
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/on-swedens-...Another in a series of very interesting short films from the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, this one looking at the drug policy of Sweden, which is regarding by the UNODC as a "successful" model of drug control. This video is amazing for featuring such a thoughtful back-and-forth discussion about the pros and cons of drug prohibition
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U.S. to Scrap Afghan Opium Eradication: "A Waste of Money"
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/us-to-scrap...Via the NYT: TRIESTE, Italy (AP) -- The United States has announced a new drug policy for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication programs while significantly increasing its funding for alternate crop and drug interdiction efforts. The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke,
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Prescription Drugs a Factor in Jackson Death?
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/prescriptio...The NYT raises that concern, but doesn't give any details. The Times (UK) reports the following: The list of prescription drugs that Michael Jackson was reported to have taken includes drugs from three main chemical classes. Those most frequently referred to are the anti-depressant sertraline, known as Zoloft in the US and Lustral in
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Kids These Days versus SCOTUS: The High Court's Jurisprudence Around Drugs is Looking a Little Out of Touch
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/kids-these-...Back in June of 2007, when the Supreme Court decided the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case (Morse v. Frederick), I noted that the Court's use of the term "illegal drug use" did not seem sensitive to the complex realities of the way "legal" over-the-counter and prescription drugs are used these days by young people for recreational purposes
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A Big Day at SCOTUS: Wins in Safford v. Redding and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2009/06/a-big-day-a...The U.S. Supreme Court today held that school officials violated the Fourth Amendment when they strip-searched a 13-year-old student based purely on the uncorroborated allegation that she possessed ibuprofen and an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug. That case is Safford United School District v. Redding, the opinion by Justice Souter. (
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