Marijuana and California State Law
Marijuana and California State Law Marijuana and California State Law: A growing number of states are defying the federal marijuana ban, not only by rewriting their own laws, but by actively cooperating...
New Cannabis Laws go into effect
New Cannabis Laws go into effect Earlier this spring, the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control, Department of Public Health and Department of Food and Agriculture released proposed...
DUI Blood Draws without a Warrant
DUI Blood Draws without a Warrant Imagine this DUI arrest: A vehicle stop is made. The driver fails to pass the FSTs (field sobriety tests) and perhaps a PAS...
Marijuana Tax Act and Federal Law
Marijuana Tax Act and Federal Law Marijuana Tax Act and Federal Law – Eighty years ago this month, in August, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed House Bill 6385: the...
California First Offense DUI
California First Offense DUI A DUI with no priors is considered a California First Offense DUI. For a first time DUI with no priors, the law has certain specific things that...
Orange County DUI Checkpoints 7/29/17
Orange County DUI Checkpoints 7/29/17 These are the Orange County DUI Checkpoints 7/29/17, and for the whole weekend. There were checkpoints announced in the cities of Westminster, Anaheim, and Laguna...
Were marijuana laws racially discriminatory?
Were marijuana laws racially discriminatory? As NORML marijuana lawyers in California, we had notification of one of our colleagues making an argument today (July 18th, 2017), in court in Connecticut...
Retrograde Extrapolation in DUI cases
Retrograde Extrapolation in DUI cases What is retrograde extrapolation? Retrograde Extrapolation in DUI cases is a very inexact method in science. It is the method of using existing known details...
The Necessity Defense in a DUI case
The Necessity Defense in DUI cases One defense allows justification of drunk driving, if there was a compelling enough reason to break the law. A person can be found not...
Orange County DUI Probation Terms