Addiction Treatment Magazine

Although they, admittedly, happen much more infrequently than DUI-related car accidents, alcohol-related boating accidents can be just as deadly. During the height of the summer season, it is always a good idea to remind friends and loved ones of the risks associated with boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol. These recent BUI stories [...]

Criminal Liability for Failing to Aid in Drug Overdoses

It’s no secret that insurance companies are in business to make a profit. They agree to compensate policyholders in the event something unexpected happens; policyholders agree to pay money each year, regardless of whether compensation is actually paid out.

Underage drinking is a problem in all 50 states. Not one has introduced a law or policy that can effectively wipe out the risk of minors acquiring and consuming alcohol. Some states, however, are more effective than others at prevention, education and discipline in the area of underage drinking.

It is often easy to assume the war on drugs is centered on men, when in truth it is affecting an untold number of women. According to an Alertnet article, the rate of female imprisonment has increased by nearly 800 percent since 1977, and this number is still rising. Much of this increase is attributed [...]

While a number of issues stand to divide Democrats from Republicans, one growing problem is uniting them to find a solution. According to a report in the State Bill News, drug addiction and crime are serving as the catalyst to unite leaders and the attorney general and state Public Defender’s Office as they aim to [...]

As a United States immigration attorney, I am routinely required to apply various grounds of inadmissibility, deportability and bars to naturalization to fact patterns presented by those hoping to enter, or stay in, the United States. US immigration laws impose different eligibility standards on aliens depending on where they are, what benefit they are seeking, [...]

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…unless they are criminals, alcoholics, drug addicts, sick or really poor.” You may recognize the first part of that sentence as the most famous phrase from The New Colossus, the poem written by Emma Lazarus and etched on the Statue of Liberty over [...]

Governments must work together with businesses to discourage minors from purchasing illegal products like alcohol and cigarettes and even drugs. Setting up consequences for the adolescents is one tactic, but adding a consequence for fooled businesses encourages them to take responsibility for evaluating each sale carefully. A recent effort by the UK to discourage the [...]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is initially responsible for determining the immigration consequences of your DUI. The USCIS may find a DUI conviction to be a crime involving moral turpitue (CIMT) or a violent crime. Such a finding can lead to inadmissibility to the US, deportation from the US, denial of a [...]