*Legalization Gone Awry? Where it’s even worse? How about Lesotho, Africa?LINK The program and others like it could be forced to close due to an unlikely reason: legalization. “Victory was built on the backs of human suffering,” said Valerie Corral, a Wo/Men’s co-founder. “Unfortunately, compassion is not financially appealing in this market.” Ralph Trueblood of Wo/Men’s added:…
Jo Meza, owner of Amazing Treatment, a rehab center in Salem, applauded the move. She has seen the damage caused by drug addiction in her 30 years in the field. “Jailing is not helping the problem,” Meza said. “All you’re doing is putting a Band-Aid on it and ripping it off when they get out…
We believe people who use psychedelics shouldn’t be vulnerable to criminal punishment – and ultimately we want to build a world where legal psychedelics make sense. We’re working to end arrests and criminal penalties for people who use or possess psychedelics and other substances – a step several countries like Portugal and the Czech Republic…
It appears that none of the 25 applications to grow marijuana for purposes of medical research have gone anywhere. (The DEA won’t comment on this or release the names of the applicants.) … A remarkable 94 percent [of Americans] support medical use. “And businesses outside of the country are already making billions of dollars,” Doblin…
1. Ensure safer streets … 2. Reduce the spread of disease … 3. Improve access to emergency services … 4. Can reduce crime … 5. Help people integrate into the legitimate economy … 6. Save lives. Opponents of DCRs assert that we should focus on approaches of drug-free recovery and rehabilitation, rather than allowing drug use. While successful approaches for some…
“There’s lots of relapses because 12-step treatment doesn’t get to the root of sexual, racial, class trauma or veteran’s trauma,” Harris said. Mark Harris, Lane’s Coordinator for Substance Abuse Prevention and an experienced addiction counselor, saw limitations within the 12-step programs that are a requirement for most drug courts … A 2011 study by Shannon…
Colorado blazed trails when it legalized pot and now Denver could lead the way decriminalizing magic mushrooms. Decriminalization would mean reducing the penalty for possession of psilocybin mushrooms. Colorado decriminalized marijuana long before the drug became legal for medicinal or recreational use. Original Article (Denver Channel):After pot’s success, could Denver legalize mushrooms next?Artwork Fair…
Unfortunately, the FDA is trying to pull a fast one on Americans, with no regard for the truth of their claims or the potential consequences of a ban on kratom … Simply put, the report makes clear that the FDA is being incredibly dishonest with the public in a blatant effort to demonize kratom. It’s…
Trump said that allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers — an idea he said he got from Chinese President [who made himself Emperor (dictator) for life] Xi Jinping. The potential policy, which is being studied by the Department of Justice and the White House Domestic Policy Council, could include… ultra-severe penalties…
“He’ll say, ‘You know the Chinese and Filipinos don’t have a drug problem. They just kill them.’ ” President Trump has long expressed admiration for how Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged the extrajudicial murder of anyone suspected of dealing drugs. An estimated 12,000 people have been killed by police and vigilantes in the Philippines…
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