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Robert Vaughn in Key West
Attorney Robert Vaughn has been invited to address the National Association for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) at their annual convention scheduled December 4-6 in Key West, Florida. Vaughn will be addressing the membership on Saturday morning, December 6 and will center his discussion on state and federal drug paraphernalia laws, prosecutions and issues. Recognized as a national expert on drug paraphernalia, Vaughn will also discuss with attorney members how to counsel with clients who wish to open retail stores that sell contemporary pipes and tobaccos. Vaughn is looking forward meeting and discussing the issues with all in attendance!
“THE LETTER OF THE LAW”
October 1, 2008
Volume 28 - Issue 10
28 Years of Continuous Publication
Robert Vaughn is an attorney licensed in all courts of the State of Tennessee, various federal district courts, six United States Courts of Appeals, and before the United States Supreme Court. His emphasis and practice remains in the area of drug paraphernalia. He has litigated and lobbied this issue in 35 states and Washington, D.C. since 1981. The Newsletter format, in various forms, has been in continuous monthly publication for 28 years.
Inside this issue…
Front Page Articles:
- Much Ado About Salvia
- Detox or Not?
- Federal Law Review
Includes information from California, Florida, Texas & Wyoming
- State Law Review
Includes information from California, Mississippi, Ohio & Pennsylvania
- In Every Issue:
About the Author
Subscription Information
"Think Straight in 2008"
Much Ado About Salvia
For the past few months, The Newsletter has been focusing on the substance Salvia Divinorum. The substance is not regulated at this time under federal law. Bertha K. Madras, a deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy said federal regulators remain in a quandary. It must be noted that the United States military has begun issuing bans against the substance in their installations around the world. Even Canada has recently noted tha tthey are looking into the question of regulating salvia.
Detox or Not?
A number of questions have recently been posed concerning the marketing and availability of detox substances. States with "masking products" prohibitions include Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
To read the rest of these articles and this month’s edition, SUBSCRIBE TODAY at robertvaughnlaw@comcast.net or call us at (615) 259-1230.
Attorney Robert T. Vaughn has been quoted in High Times, Cannabis Culture and various newspapers and articles.
- Robert T. Vaughn is an attorney who has spent his career fighting drug paraphernalia laws. He also publishes a newsletter titled The Letter of the Law, which has dealt with the paraphernalia industry’s unique legal challenges for more than 20 years. – Cannabis Culture Magazine (24 Sept 2005)
- Many magazines and Web sites have also started pursuing the glass pipe market, but they do so at great risk, said Robert Vaughn, a Nashville lawyer who is considered an expert in drug paraphernalia. – The Minnesota Daily (29 Sept 2005)
- Vaughn’s been actively involved in drug-paraphernalia legal issues for 25 years and has represented clients in 35 different states. – High Times Magazine (April 2006)
- Robert Vaughn, a Nashville, Tenn.-based defense attorney, has heard all the arguments for and against paraphernalia. “Anything can be drug paraphernalia, and nothing has to be” under current law, he said. “Drug paraphernalia is bounded only by the imagination for the drug user.” – Media Awareness Project (05 March 2007)
- Over the course of a career spanning nearly 30 years, Attorney Robert Vaughn has become an
expert in drug paraphernalia law. He has lobbied and assisted in writing laws in Michigan, Ohio,
Hawaii and Washington, DC. – Glass-Action Lawyer: Robert Vaughn, High Times Magazine
(March 2008)
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