Monthly Archives: May 2026
Driver Faces Criminal Charges After Fatal Golf Cart Accident
Drunk driving almost always results in criminal charges if the police catch you, but people who cause motor vehicle collisions while they are sober do not always end up in criminal court. Of course, the laws vary from one state to another. In nearby New Jersey, drunk driving is a civil infraction, much like… Read More »
Harrisburg School Van Driver Pleads Guilty To Drugged Driving
The most iconic school transportation vehicle is the yellow school bus. Toddlers point excitedly and mime the motions of the “Wheels on the Bus” song when they see one driving down the road. At the other extremity of childhood, teenagers who are counting the days until they can get their driver’s licenses deride the… Read More »
So, Cannabis Is Schedule III Now
The popular movement to legalize cannabis is decades old, but in the past ten years or so, we have seen a lot of legal acrobatics whereby cannabis isn’t illegal, but where it isn’t legal, either. There have been scenarios where you can smoke weed in Philadelphia but not in Pennsylvania, where Colorado is 420… Read More »
Medetomidine Withdrawals Add A Scary Twist To The Opioid Epidemic
Like the title character of Stephen King’s IT, the opioid epidemic maintains its fearsome nature by constantly changing shape. First there was morphine, then heroin, then prescription opioid pills like oxycodone, and then fentanyl, an opioid so strong that a tiny dose can kill. While there are other opioids in existence that are stronger… Read More »
