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Marijuana Use Associated with Traffic Accidents

Those who push for the legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes often promote the medicinal value found in its use. It has been shown to relieve pain for chronic pain sufferers without some of the unpleasant side effects found in certain other types of treatments. The drug must be fully explored for potential [...]

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New App Hopes to Curb Drinking and Driving

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) recently released a new smartphone app which it hopes will lead to fewer impaired drivers getting behind the wheel. Called "Show Me My Buzz," the app is currently available for Androids and iPhones.

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DUI? You’re Not Getting into Canada, Eh?

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, [...]

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DUI and the Consequences for US Immigration Benefits

DUI and the Consequences for US Immigration Benefits

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 [...]

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