Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. � 801 et seq.("CSA") as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, Pub .L. No. 91-513, 84 Stat. 1236. The CSA establishes five "schedules" of certain drugs and...
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In 2002, a South Carolina state court convicted Keith Lavon Burgess of possessing a small amount of cocaine in violation of S.C. Code Ann. � 44-53-370(d)(1). Brief for Petitioner at 3. South Carolina classifies simple possession of cocaine as a...
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In July 2011, in Charlottesville, Virginia, Stephen D. McFadden was arrested for illegally distributing a synthetic stimulant known as “bath salts,” whose effect was similar to illegal substances such as “cocaine, methamphetamine, and methcathinone.”...
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The United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, is responsible for adding substances to and maintaining the Federal Controlled Substance Schedule. See Brief for Respondent, Eric Holder, at 2–3. Holder and the Department of Justice are also...
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Whether, when applying the categorical approach to determine whether a non-citizen should be removed, a conviction under a provision of state law that encompasses both felony...
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Petitioner Dr. Xiulu Ruan owned and operated a pain clinic and pharmacy with his partner Dr. John Couch. United States v. Ruan, at 1121–22. From January 2011 to May 2015, Ruan and Couch prescribed over 475,000 doses of Transmucosal Immediate-Release...