On July 6, 2011, the governor of Maine signed a bill establishing fines for possession and penalties for trafficking of MDPV. On September 7, 2011, the DEA took advantage of its emergency scheduling authority to ban Mephedrone (4-MMC), MDPV, and Methylone (M1). The substances were made illegal to possess and sell for 12 months until the DEA and Department of Health and Human Services determines if these substances should be permanently banned. On October 17, 2011, an Ohio law banning synthetic drugs took effect barring selling and/or possession of "any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers" listing ephedrine and pyrovalerone. It also specifically includes MDPV, misspelling the full name as "methyenedioxypyrovalerone".Four days after this Ohio law was passed, the DEA's national emergency ban was
(2013, September 25). Knee-Jerk Prohibition of New Drugs Out-of-Step With Momentum for Sentencing and Drug Policy Reform. In The Daily Chronic. Retrieved November 1, 2013, from http://www.thedailychronic.net/2013/25695/u-s-senate-hearing-synthetic-drugs-offers-failed-drug-war-policies-past/ Price, E. (2013, May 29). Synthetic drug calls down since law passed.
Conflict Theory and the Government Shutdown Eugene Peter Lewis, Jr. SOCI 200- D01 LUO Mrs. Susan Deneen November 24, 2013 One of the biggest news stories of 2013 as we near its close is the shutdown of the United States government. The legislative branch of the government has a task enumerated by the Constitution- agree on spending so that the government may be funded. When this does not happen, most of the rudimentary processes of the government fail to function. The Republican members of the House of Representatives desired to fund the government with the obvious exemption of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The Democrats in the United States Senate insisted on funding the entire federal government, including
One controversial topic that has been up for vote in the California ballot is legalization of marijuana. Proposition 19 is the “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act”, this would have made it legal for adults 21 and older to possess one ounce of marijuana and consume it in private as long as no children were present. Proposition 19 would have also allowed adults 21 and over to grow pot in small gardens or plots. Also, this would have authorized local governments to sell the drug at licensed establishments, as well as to permit commercial pot cultivation. Marijuana legalization was overwhelmingly rejected by California voters in 2010.
Prohibition means the banned of alcohol. They put a stop to alcoholic beverages. America chaned its mind about banneding alcohol beverages because after the prohibition was passed, depression started going on, higher homicides started to rise and congress men and senators were being hypocritical. When prohibition was passed many people wanted alcohol back and were going to do whatever they had to, to get a taste of beer or whiskey. By them doing this made america change there mind about prohibition.
America is trying to clamp down on this illegal immigration problem. In December 2005, a law and order was passed that would tighten the nation’s border and make it a felony to be in the country illegally. Some Americans think this is a change for the better, while others think other wise. So the Senate decided to introduce a guest-worker program that would let workers into the U.S to work and seek permanent residency after six years. The old law use to be a 5 year wait and a clean
The British felt they had the right to search for deserters on any ship, anywhere in the ocean. Sometimes British generals made mistakes and American citizens would be wrongly accused of deserting. Many times it would take years for the mistake to be corrected. To try to influence the European economy, President Jefferson passed the Embargo Act in 1807. It stopped almost every American vessel from sailing and closed trade with Europe; however, instead of disturbing Britain’s economy, the act adversely affected every region of the U.S., and its economy stalled.
In 2005, voters in San Francisco and California, approved “Proposition H,” which banned the sale, manufaction and distribution of guns and ammunition within the city. One day after the approval, the NRA filed a lawsuit in order to reverse the ban saying it overstepped local government authority. Months later, a Superior Court Judge sided with the NRA and nullified the ban. Instances like this have been seen across the nation further illustrating the power of the NRA. The issue on the sale of firearms is a highly disputed one.
Should Assault Weapons and Large Magazine Clips be banned? Does banning assault weapons, reduce gun violence? The debate on banning assault weapons has increased recently after the recent mass shootings that have occurred over the last few years such as the ones in Aurora Colorado, Newtown, Connecticut. Both pro-gun activist and anti-gun activist have been in heated battle, with the former wanting to safeguard the right to own guns, while the latter wants laws to be enacted banning assault weapons. At the core of this argument is whether if assault weapons are banned the resulting effect will be that gun violence will reduce.
bites to her neck and head (Rychnovsky 39). In 1996, because of Schoener’s death and other highly publicized attacks, California politicians presented voters with Proposition 197, which contained provisions repealing much of a 1990 law enacted to protect the lions. The 1990 law outlawed sport hunting of mountain lions and even prevented the Department of Fish and Game from thinning the lion population.