Drug Recognition Evaluation and Chemical Confirmation of a 25C‐NBOMe‐Impaired Driver

This case report details an individual arrested for drug‐impaired driving after leaving the scene of multiple motor vehicle collisions and evading police. The driver was examined by a drug recognition expert and failed the drug recognition evaluation. The driver admitted to using cocaine, marijuana, an antidepressant medication and “N‐bomb,” a novel psychoactive substance that possesses hallucinogenic properties. Toxicological analyses at the Centre of Forensic Sciences’ Toronto laboratory revealed only the substance 2‐[4‐chloro‐2,5‐dimethoxyphenyl]‐N‐[(2‐methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine (25C‐NBOMe) in the accused's urine. This is the first report in which 25C‐NBOMe was identified through DRE and toxicological analyses in a drug‐impaired driver.     

Enhancing Information Sharing in Family Drug Courts: A Lean Six Sigma Case Study

Given the variety of stakeholders involved in cases within family drug courts, efficient communication and information sharing, which are needed to support decision‐making, can be quite challenging. Through a case study in one family drug court system, this research employed an action research approach to improve the information sharing process following the Lean Six Sigma methodology. The solutions implemented through this study contributed to improving the quality of the services provided by this court system and its overall productivity. In addition, this research extends our knowledge about methods for improving court systems from which others can learn to guide future improvement efforts.     

“Good moral characters”: how drug felons are impacted under state marijuana legalization laws

This article examines how drug felons will be impacted by marijuana legalization in the United States. What will happen to drug felons whose charges would be legal under current law? Can drug felons work in the newly developing legal marijuana industries? In this article we will overview the statistics on arrests and convictions with their high rates of racial disparities. The war on drugs has inspired the development of more repressive criminal justice tactics such as asset forfeiture, high rates of re-incarceration during parole for marijuana violations, drug courts and their further reach into lifestyles, and the difficulties of prisoner reentry, especially for drug felons, who are barred from many jobs and social services. We will look at the regulations of felony offenders working in the cannabis industry. And we will consider the outcomes of retroactive ameliorative relief for this case of marijuana possession felonies under legalization.     

Rapid screening for the detection and differentiation of γ-hydroxybutyrate using ion chromatography

The analysis of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is problematic because it is hygroscopic, it lacks a good UV chromophore, and it undergoes heat-induced cyclization. This paper presents a new method utilizing ion-exchange chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection. The simple sample preparation, rapid analysis time, and inorganic anion detection capabilities are all advantages over the current methods. The detection of inorganic salts (formed during GHB synthesis) gives insight into the synthetic route utilized and can aid in drug seizure comparison. The developed method has a detection limit for GHB anions of 0.57 mg/L and chloride of 0.22 mg/L. A comparison of this technique with a current gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique is presented, and a t-test found that the two methods' results are not statistically different at the 99.9% confidence level demonstrating the merits of this fast, simple, and informative IC method as a routine screening tool.     

《中美限制进口中国文物谅解备忘录》及其对中国的影响

制止文物被盗和非法贩运需要国际社会的通力合作。根据1970年联合国教科文组织《关于禁止和防止非法进出口文化财产和非法转让其所有权公约》,中美两国于2009年1月14日签署了《中美限制进口中国文物谅解备忘录》,美国政府将对列入"指定清单"的中国文物实施进口限制。该备忘录的签署和实施对中国的文化遗产保护产生了巨大的影响。它不仅在很大程度上促进了中国相关法律法规的完善,推进了中国文物管理体制的改革,而且推动中国加大打击文物犯罪力度,并加快国际合作的进程。     

我国创新药物专利司法保护的量化分析——基于药品专利案件裁判文书的实证研究

专利司法保护的范围和强度对制药企业自主创新具有关键的作用,人民法院审理药品专利案件的司法实践正是发挥这一作用的具体体现。细化该类案件中各种审判因素,从微观角度逐一进行深入剖析,对具体条款的调整、具体措施的推行以及审判实务中裁判尺度的把握将发挥积极效果。本文将以“中国知识产权裁判文书网”登载的所有药品专利案件为样本,通过建立指标体系进行量化统计,对近年来我国药品专利民事诉讼的主体、客体、适用法律、审理裁判等方面进行具体分析,探究此类案件在审理实践中所存在的问题及其成因,以期为完善药品专利司法保护制度提供可行的政策建议。     

反思严惩毒品犯罪的传统刑事政策

我国历来对毒品犯罪打击甚严,但从长期的实践来看,一味严惩毒品犯罪效果不甚理想。我们应客观地对毒品犯罪进行评价,在打击毒品犯罪时落实宽严相济的刑事政策,严格规范侦查手段,注重打击与教育相结合,从而获得禁毒效果的最大化。     

浅谈我国对吸毒行为刑事政策的应有调整

我国对吸毒人员一贯采取治病救人、教育改造的刑事政策,惩罚色彩很弱。至今为止,我国法律对吸毒行为的最严厉措施仅限于劳动教养。然而,走私、贩卖毒品等犯罪的愈演愈烈与对吸毒行为的控制不力是有密切关系的。鉴于吸毒行为本身的社会危害性以及现有保安措施的缺陷,《刑法》应对某些严重的吸毒行为增设吸毒罪予以刑罚规制。与此同时,其他法律法规中对吸毒人员所制定的保安处分措施也应加以完善。只有打防并举、多管齐下,才能遏制日益严重的毒品违法犯罪。     

试论毒品走私犯罪案件侦查

毒品走私是“全球性”的难题,与青少年犯罪、恐怖袭击并称为三大公害。文章阐述了当前我国毒品走私面临的国内外形势,分析了当前毒品走私犯罪活动的手段和特点,有针对性地提出了打击毒品走私犯罪活动的侦查方法。