Tag: contraband

The Cannabis Industry Takes Another Step Towards Mainstream

11/12/18

By: David Molinari
In 1996, the People of the State of California first passed an initiative to legalize medicinal cannabis. The legislature toyed with drafting the statutory framework regulating the medical cannabis industry. Finally, in 2014 the first “legal” medicinal …

Supreme Court Update: Drug Dog’s Sniff is “Up to Snuff”

2/21/13

By: Brian Dempsey
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court concluded that an “alert” by a well-trained narcotics detection dog establishes probable cause for the search of a vehicle’s interior for further evidence of illegal drugs.  Florida v. Harris, …