Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Guessing the correct result and even the basic rationale of the Supreme Court’s cell phone case could be considered a minor achievement,…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The evidence continues to mount of the dangerous health risks of today’s potent forms of marijuana, especially to segments of the population such as juveniles and young adults. But the medical evidence seems to be having little effect in view of a combination of denial, lack of political will, and ignorance…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The U. S. Supreme Court will hear argument today on two cases involving warrantless searches of cell phones. The case is probably the most important and most difficult 4th Amendment case of the term. Lower courts are split on the issue, and the number and tone of the appellate…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com A recent study by researchers from Northwestern University and Harvard University Medical School has concluded that even moderate use of marijuana by young adults affects the structure of their brains. The study, published in the April 16, 2014 Journal of Neuroscience, found that the size and shape of the region of…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The data on the costs to children–both in human and monetary terms—in states which have legalized marijuana continues to mount. Not only have medical studies shown serious health risks, increased hospital admissions, and more prevalent use by teenagers in those states, but now a study has shown that even younger children…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com As the war of words heats up on the trend toward legalization of marijuana, two medical societies have issued their positions on the subject, particularly as it relates to the effect of the drug on teen agers. As reported earlier, some medical studies have shown negative neurological effects of regular marijuana…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In a recent conversation in a Detroit watering hole in metro Detroit with past and present federal agents, the stories of the…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The use of marijuana by American teens continues to increase. Unlike use of other drugs and alcohol, which are either decreasing or remaining stable, the use by 8th and 10th graders went up 1.3 and 1.8 % in 2013, according to the Monitoring the Future study conducted by the University of…
