Archives for: April 8th, 2014

If you have a criminal record, your ability to get federal student loan money may be limited.

 

Student Loan Eligibility and Drug Crimes If you were convicted of a drug crime while receiving federal student loans, your eligibility to receive further money may be suspended.

 

If you were convicted of one drug crime, you are ineligible to receive such funds for one year if that crime consisted of

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has circulated a memorandum addressing the hot topic of marijuana enforcement; that is, whether the federal government should step in and enforce federal drug laws in states that have passed their own laws, such as in Colorado, that contradict those federal laws.

 

This memorandum provides guidance to U.S. Attorneys across the country in terms of which marijuana crimes they should be focusing their energies and