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July 1, 2022 Jeff Welty

…before Russia invaded Ukraine. She was charged with bringing less than a gram of cannabis oil into the country. The United States government has concluded that she is being wrongfully…

Expert Testimony Regarding Impairment

October 11, 2017June 9, 2010 Shea Denning

…category of drug (central nervous system depressant, central nervous system stimulant, hallucinogen, dissociative anesthetic, narcotic analgesic, inhalant, or cannabis) caused the impairment. The DRE certification and evaluation process is described…

Hemp or Marijuana?

May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 Phil Dixon

…marijuana? Not very easily. No field test exists of which I’m aware, and traditional chemical analysis of cannabis typically only looks for the presence of THC, which is present in…

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July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Shea Denning

…guilty. CNN reports that WNBA star Brittney Griner pled guilty in a Russian court to charges that she smuggled less than a gram of cannabis oil into the country. Experts…

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November 5, 2021 Christopher Tyner

…in the line of duty in November of 1981. THC Raid. The Greensboro News & Record reports that a Greensboro business that sells cannabis products was raided by Greensboro police…

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October 16, 2017April 5, 2012 Jeff Welty

…a cannabis cultivation college on Monday in the San Francisco Bay area widely known as the ‘Princeton of Pot’ and the ’Harvard of Hemp.’” Who knew there was such a…

Case Summaries – N.C. Court of Appeals (Nov. 1, 2022)

November 3, 2022 Alex Phipps

…definition of THC in place at the time. “The brown material was neither a part nor a variety of the plant Cannabis sativa.” Teague Slip op. at 34 (emphasis in…

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November 4, 2022 Jeff Welty

…developments in cannabis and drug identification in the state, new state cases on identity theft and going armed to the terror of the public, as well as a review of…

State v. Fincher: No Foundation Required for DRE Testimony

April 18, 2018 Shea Denning

…central nervous system stimulant, hallucinogen, dissociative anesthetic, narcotic analgesic, inhalant, or cannabis) caused the impairment. The DRE officer who examined Fincher concluded that she was impaired by a central nervous…

Pills, Edibles, and Drug Mixtures in North Carolina: The Medium Matters

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Phil Dixon

…soon, given the advent of new cannabis products. Marijuana might qualify as a Class 1 or Class 3 misdemeanor, a Class I felony, or trafficking. The classification generally depends on…