Modern Culture

Colorado bill would allow dispensary tasting rooms

Customers could vaporize flower and concentrates, but no smoking would be allowed in the consumption areas in order to remain compliant with the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act. If passed, the bill would create the first statewide licensing program for cannabis consumption. The City of Denver is currently the only municipality in Colorado that licenses…

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Science

Government weighs in on debate over kratom

On Tuesday, Feb. 13th, 2018 the agency said the new computer model [which has been disparaged by some prominent scientists] it developed shows that kratom contains opioid compounds with potentially deadly side effects such as seizures and depressed breathing. The Drug Enforcement Administration is weighing whether to place kratom, which comes from a leafy Southeast Asian tree, in…

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Science

Alcohol more damaging to brain health than marijuana

Study leader Rachel Thayer, of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, and colleagues recently reported their results in the journal Addiction … The team notes that any reduction in the size of white or gray matter or a loss in their integrity can lead to impairments in brain functioning. Scientists at the University…

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Psychology

“Ten Commandments” of safer drug use

*the following is ONLY an exerpt, please visit this link for the full article*above image is a compound of ten tetrahedra (geometric shape) People are dying because of ignorance. They are dying because unremitting propaganda is denying them essential safety information. They are dying because legislators and the media are censoring the science, and are ruthlessly…

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Psychology

Top Kratom researcher discusses potential medical use in opioid withdrawal

“But the compounds in kratom aren’t particularly potent opioids like prescription opioids, morphine or fentanyl. So we started investigating its traditional use from Malaysia where people used it as an opium replacement or to wean themselves off of opium–a different type of methadone or Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone) maintenance therapy,” says McCurdy. ​(McCurdy was able to secure…

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