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Vice Crimes

13 October, 2015 - 16:22

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify the sources of federal and state drug laws.
  2. Describe a drug schedule.
  3. Analyze various drug crimes and their grading.
  4. Identify two modern trends in state drug crimes statutes.
  5. Identify a potential constitutional challenge to a state’s medical marijuana statute.
  6. Analyze prostitution, pimping, and pandering and their grading.

Vice crimes offend the sensibilities, yet are often victimless and harmless, other than harm done to the defendant or society in general. "Drug Crimes" explores drug crimes, including manufacture or cultivation, possession, sale, and under the influence offenses. Upcoming sections analyze prostitution, pimping, and pandering. In the final section, various vice statutes are available for review, including statutes criminalizing gambling and conduct involving alcohol.