When it comes to depression, however, the results have been extremely positive. “What people report is that sometimes from the first or second cycle, a lot of their depression lifts; they’re more functional, they take care of themselves better, and it’s quite remarkable.” This is all the more impressive when one considers that most of…
“Meeting all these other athletes who are doing the same thing made me realize, ‘No, I’m not crazy,’” says Riley Cote, a retired NHL player and another founding member … “I’m not a criminal, and I don’t want to go to federal prison for this plant,” he concludes. “All I want to do is help…
The Drug Enforcement Administration held a meeting with the US sales arm of NSO Group, a controversial malware company whose products can remotely siphon data from iPhones and other devices, according to internal DEA emails The company’s main product is Pegasus, a sophisticated piece of smartphone malware that can intercept phone calls, emails, and text…
He warns against unrealistic expectations and charlatans who claim to perform miracle cures. “Someone is missing an arm and thinks the shaman will give them an arm, or they’re blind and think the shaman can restore their sight,” he says. Although the question of whether outsiders are appropriating and changing a traditional practice for…
By allowing the government to give out diluted rugs to addicts, the proposal aims to cut the relationship between drug addicts and drug traffickers. The judicial committee has also proposed a draft law halting the death penalty for carrying and distributing less than 100kg of traditional drugs such as opium or less than two kilograms…
The Lane County Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team is disbanding, effective immediately. The four officers and one sergeant on the team were each funded by their parent agencies. Equipment, building leases for operations and drug-buying money are funded by state and federal forfeitures. Dollar amounts for state and federal funding were not immediately available. But those…
The current approach is both stupid and wrong, handing billions of pounds to organised crime and criminalising many young people. A change of approach is long overdue. We should follow the lead of other countries such as Portugal and Canada, who put the health of young people first instead of needlessly criminalising them.” Dark…
“Change is coming, and doctors should use their authority to lead calls for pragmatic reform informed by science and ethics. It said the ban on the production, supply, possession and use of some drugs for non-medical purposes was causing huge harm. “There is an imperative to investigate more effective alternatives to criminalisation of drug use…
New federal bills aim to remove state-legal marijuana and industrial hemp from the purview of the Controlled Substances Act. The bill would “make the Controlled Substances Act inapplicable with respect to marijuana in states that have legalized marijuana and have in effect a statewide regulatory regime to protect certain Federal interests.” Original Article (Stop the…
Even under Trump and with the Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, marijuana prohibitionists in the US are losing the war on that drug. Now is a good time to take a hard look at their terms of surrender and the path forward to legalization of psychedelic medicines. Legalization of therapeutic botanicals pursued solely through the marketplace…
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