“I am going to be working with a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, progressives and libertarians, liberals, and conservatives…” Stone said at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo, according to Business Insider. “It’s our intention to identify, reach, and mobilize millions of pro-cannabis voters to urge the president to keep his word,” Stone…
“The study of psychedelics is “bringing psychotherapy and medicine together,” says David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London and a co-author of the first imaging study looking at the effects of LSD on the human brain. “Drug-assisted psychotherapy is going to be the great advance in the [field] next 20 years… Parts of the…
“Initial results – to be published later this month in Royal Society for Public Health Journal – suggest almost one in five users (18%) opted to dispose of their drugs once aware of the true content, immediately reducing the amount of potentially harmful substances circulating on site.” Furthermore, The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)…
“If psychedelics are ever going to properly graduate from the lab to the clinic, then we’re going to have to have some science that can explain the underlying mechanisms of the proverbial bad trip.” The researchers learned that many…were ex-cons and drug addicts who were using LSD to facilitate their recovery. Many of these individuals…
Drug consumption rooms are facilities where illicit drugs can be consumed under the supervision of trained staff. Drug and alcohol service providers are continuing to break the silence on drug consumption rooms, with Blenheim CDP releasing a public position stating they would be willing to provide a drug consumption room where they are needed. Original…
If the federal decision to classify these substances as having no medical value was premature, then understanding the benefits (and dangers) of psychedelics in a rigorous and empirical way has been hindered by bureaucracy and authorities policing research laboratories. Strassman likewise said he’d like to see psychedelic substances rescheduled, though he realizes researchers are caught…
CARERS stands for Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States. The original version of the bill would have ended the drug war, at least with regard to cannabis. This latest version is softer. First, CARERS would change the Controlled Substances Act to allow states to make their own medical cannabis laws. States already do…
This year, multiple lawsuits have been launched against opioid manufacturers and distributors. With the opioid crisis now having resulted in more than 300,000 deadly opioid overdoses since 1999 (greater than the population of Cincinnati), there’s a push to hold accountable the people and companies behind the products that spawned the epidemic. Original Article (Vox):US officials…
“Is the system effective?” No,” he added. “What is important today is to be effective, and above all to free up time for our police so they can focus more on essential matters.” “Last year, 180,000 people were found to be in violation of drug laws. On average these cases take up six hours of…
“Contact has been made,” says Arenberg. “We’ve found life.” After all, it took special instruments to prove that radio waves and bacteria are real.” “People have been trying to contact aliens for a while now. Egon Arenberg, a web marketer from South Florida, seems an unlikely guy to have nailed it. But he’s one of…
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