All four experts delivered the same basic message: Rather than outlawing kratom or treating it similarly to narcotics such as heroin and cocaine, the FDA and other agencies in the federal government should regulate it to guarantee its quality, purity and consistency — and if they don’t, a black market will develop that would likely…
ECfES.org has issued a public statement regarding this incident. It is available upon request. email : team@ecfes.org Arévalo, a traditional healer, was shot twice under a midday sun on April, 19th, 2018. Witnesses say she collapsed to the ground, gasping: “They’ve killed me! They’ve killed me!” as her daughter Virginia ran to cradle her dying…
FDA regulation of kratom as an NDI [new dietary ingredient] is necessary to avoid untenable state regulations, says AHPA (American Herbal Products Association] chief Michael McGuffin… …adding the trade group’s support to kratom experts’ push to keep the herbal ingredient available. Experts also say salmonella issues currently linked to kratom could be an indirect result…
The two-year exemptions, first granted in June 2017, are renewable. Health Canada refused to provide VICE with the quantities allowed, claiming the information is confidential. “These exemptions were for religious purposes only.” Canadian followers of these religions have fought for more than 15 years to obtain an exemption from the Canadian federal government. Jeffrey Bronfman,…
[Dr. Albert] Hoffmann -and [the 1960’s] counterculture- met with rejection and prejudices that Indigenous cultures have had to deal with for centuries. Indigenous use of entheogens, which are substances used for spiritual reasons, usually face discrimination by “mestizos” fueled by misinformation and prejudice over the use of substances that they simply call “drugs,” making them…
Jeff Sessions decided that perpetuating fraudulent prohibition of cannabis was not enough. Recently, he personally enabled production and sales of one of the most powerful and toxic synthetic cannabinoids ever invented [SYNDROS]. It was made by a ‘corporate person’ [INSYS] now under indictment for fraud and harming unwitting victims with one of the most powerful opioid toxins ever invented [SUBSYS].…
*The closer you were to the recycling bin, the better your odds. This is what privilege looks like. Did you notice how the only ones who complained about fairness were in the back of the room? …for many of the researchers and psychotherapists who pioneered the early psychedelic treatments of the 1960s, it signaled something…
“In the case of a company, proof of citizenship or proof of being ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe of the majority of directors or proof of an exemption by the Minister and proof of incorporation in Zimbabwe of the company…” according to the regulations. Five-year renewable licenses would allow growers to possess, transport and sell…
But when it comes to decriminalisation, said Erskine-Smith, “we’re not talking removing the criminal sanction for sale, we’re not talking removing the criminal sanction for production, as we did with cannabis.” Should the Liberals approve their resolution this week, decriminalisation would be backed by two of Canada’s three major parties. But even so, there is…
A separate study published earlier this year from the University of Colorado-Boulder found that alcohol is more of a detriment to brain health than marijuana. Researchers found that booze lowers the levels of grey and white matter tissue, while marijuana does not cause any long-term structural changes in the brain. The study concluded that pot…
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