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Castle v. United States

Keywords Insanity defense; duress; addiction; criminal responsibility; legal insanity; D.C. Circuit; jury; conviction; appeal; affirmation(1964)

People v. Ortiz

Keywords heroin conviction; police entry; legal justification; illegal search and seizure; due process; exclusionary rule; Fourth Amendment(1964)

In re De La O

Keywords narcotic addict; civil commitment; drug users; treatment; chronic drug use; punishment(1963)

Robinson v. California

Keywords 8th Amendment; 14th Amendment; addiction; criminalizing addiction(1962)

Linder v. United States

Keywords medical practice; addiction treatment; Harrison Narcotics Act(1925)

United States v. Behrman

Keywords Harrison Narcotics Act; morphine; addict; prescribing; criminal intent; bad faith(1922)

Webb v. United States

Keywords maintenance; medical practice; addiction treatment; Harrison Narcotics Act(1919)

United States v. Doremus

Keywords Harrison Narcotics Act; opioid distribution; taxation(1919)

Anderson v. Benton County

Keywords methadone; jail; 8th Amendment; deliberate indifference; Monell liability; prescribed medication

State v. Gee

Keywords convictions; rape; sodomy; kidnapping; robbery; cocaine use; substance use; intent

Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System

Keywords Criminal justice; Drug treatment; Substance [use]; Offenders; Implementation; Psychiatry

Burrage v. United States

Keywords sentencing enhancements; drug sentencing; contributing factor; drug death; sentencing guidelines

Sherman v. United States

Keywords Entrapment; government inducement; drug addiction; coercion

Conant v. Walters

Keywords Medical marijuana; physicians; patient rights; medical recommendations; federal interference; cannabis

United States v. Russell

Keywords methamphetamine production; DEA; conviction; supply