Alex Kreit • Resarch

My research focuses on illegal drug and marijuana law, with particular attention to the intersection between federal and state drug laws. I have also written academic pieces on other topics, including vicarious criminal liability, and the distinction between facial and as-applied challenges.

Books

Criminal Law in Focus (Aspen 2021) (2nd edition, forthcoming 2025).
Marijuana Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press 2020) (with Douglas A. Berman).
Illegal Drug and Marijuana Law (Carolina Academic Press 2019, 1st ed. 2013 under the name Controlled Substances: Crime, Regulation and Policy).
Drug Abuse and the Law Sourcebook (Thomson Reuters 2013, updated annually) (with Gerald F. Uelmen). Available online at Westlaw.

Selected Papers

More of my papers are available at SSRN.

Federal Nonenforcement in the Face of State Drug Policy Reforms, 21 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 240 (2024).
Federal Marijuana Reform and the Controlled Substances Act, 101 B.U. L. Rev. 1231 (2021). PDF
Ensuring Marijuana Reform Is Effective Criminal Justice Reform, 52 Ariz. St. L.J. 741 (2020) (with Douglas A. Berman). PDF
The Opioid Crisis and the Drug War at a Crossroads, 80 Ohio St. L. J. 887 (2019). PDF
Safe Injection Sites and the Federal “Crack House” Statute, 60 B.C. L. Rev. 413 (2019). PDF
Marijuana Legalization, 1 Reforming Criminal Justice 115 (Erik Luna ed., 2017). PDF
Drug Truce, 77 Ohio St. L. J. 1323 (2016). PDF
Marijuana Legalization and Pretextual Stops,, 50 UC Davis L. Rev. 741 (2016). PDF
What Will Federal Marijuana Reform Look Like?, 65 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 689 (2015). PDF
The Federal Response to State Marijuana Legalization: Room for Compromise?, 91 Or. L. Rev. 1029 (2013). PDF
Controlled Substances, Uncontrolled Law, 6 Albany Gov’t L. Rev. 101 (2013). PDF
The Decriminalization Option: Should States Consider Moving from a Criminal to a Civil Drug Court Model?, 2010 U. Chi. Legal F. 299. PDF
Making Sense of Facial and As-Applied Challenges, 18 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 657 (2010). PDF
Vicarious Criminal Liability and the Constitutional Dimensions of Pinkerton, 57 Am. U. L. Rev. 585 (2008). PDF