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In Re Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation
Keywords social media; addiction; mental health; adolescents; product liability; negligence; 2024 lawsuit; social media platforms; harmful features; design(2024)
People v. Smallwood
Keywords Eighth Amendment; proportionality; attempted murder; life sentence; mental illness; substance use; early trauma(2024)
State v. Schober
Keywords medical cannabis; probation; marijuana; marijuana ban(2024)
United States v. Burchfield
Keywords malingering; substance use disorders; delusions; secret societies; spaceships; legal competency; expert evaluation; testimony(2024)
United States v. Antonio Taylor
Keywords conviction; competency; personality disorders; alcohol use disorder; cocaine use disorder; malingering; rational understanding; clear error(2024)
DiFraia v. Ransom
Keywords ADA; Eighth Amendment; opioid-use-disorder medication; prison officials; substance-use rights; individual-capacity claims(2024)
State v. Matrongolo
Keywords drug use; witness credibility; impeachment; due process; evidentiary questions; addiction; legal relevance; criminal trials(2024)
Edwards v. State
Keywords Texas; Edwards; cocaine; breastfeeding; infant; conviction; reversed; lack of evidence; serious mental harm; child endangerment(2023)
Bennett v. State
Keywords Mississippi death penalty; ineffective assistance of counsel; sentencing; evidence of trauma; mental illness; death sentence appeal; 2021 Mississippi case; substance use(2023)
State v. Starkgraf
Keywords Washington state; drug court; Kristopher Starkgraf; opioid use disorder; termination; court of appeals; rules violation; lack of progress; 2023 case; appeal upheld(2023)
United States v. Reyes-Correa
Keywords First Circuit; supervised release violation; substance use; mental health issues; maximum sentence; 36-month sentence; insufficient explanation; federal case; Reyes; sentencing(2023)
BDP v. Commonwealth
Keywords Kentucky; Casey's Law; involuntary drug treatment; fentanyl; Court of Appeals; physician exam; drug order; B.D.P.; reversed; invalidated(2023)
United States v. Johnson
Keywords compassionate release; federal case; pandemic; incarceration; trauma; addiction; lack of treatment; COVID conditions; harsh prison conditions; overly punitive sentence(2023)
Morrissette v. State
Keywords Alaska murder case; meth-induced psychosis; intent; criminal intent; 99-year sentence; Alaska court ruling; 2023 Alaska crime; drug-induced psychosis; sentencing appeal; Morrissette case(2023)
People v. Salazar
Keywords Salazar; California Supreme Court; resentencing; meth use; trauma; mental illness; sentencing laws; trail judge; remanded; California(2023)