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United States v. Moore
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; methadone; addiction treatment; medical practice(1975)
Ravin v. State
Keywords right to privacy; marijuana; personal use; home use; compelling state interest; adult use(1975)
People v. Broadie
Keywords mandatory life sentence; narcotics sales; 8th Amendment; unconstitutionally disproportionate; drug offenses; severe penalties; inflexible penalties; drug sentencing(1975)
Breed v. Jones
Keywords juvenile offender; double jeopardy; Fifth Amendment; juvenile court jurisdiction(1975)
United States v. Bass
Keywords Demerol addiction; insanity defense; federal case; Bass case; drug addiction; sanity; conviction; expert testimony; government; rebuttal(1974)
Cudnik v. Kreiger
Keywords pretrial detainees; methadone treatment; due process; methadone programs; jail officials; inmate healthcare(1974)
United States v. Kiffer
Keywords Schedule I; Marijuana; distribution(1973)
State v. Kanter
Keywords marijuana possession; narcotics; due process; equal protection; privacy; autonomy; criminalization(1972)
People v. Lorentzen
Keywords mandatory minimum sentence; marijuana sale; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionality; nonviolent offender; rehabilitation; shorter sentences; drug sentencing(1972)
People v Sinclair
Keywords marijuana conviction; cannabis; narcotic; equal protection; scientific evidence; less harmful; less addictive; opiates; marijuana(1972)
Papachristou v. Jacksonville
Keywords vagrancy law; due process; arbitrary arrests; marginalized people; addicts; pushers; unconstitutional(1972)
People v. McCabe
Keywords Marijuana; rational basis; drug classification; mandatory sentence; hard narcotics; drug classification(1971)
Smith v. Follette
Keywords sentencing law; drug addiction; prison; treatment; due process; equal protection; felonies; judicial sentencing(1971)
Holt v. Sarver
Keywords Eighth Amendment; prisons; medical care; rehab; cruel and unusual punishment; totality test(1971)
Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents
Keywords warrantless drug raids; federal agents; narcotics enforcement; drug raids; police misconduct; civil rights(1971)