Modern Culture

Rising cannabis use could cut into wine consumption

In terms of cannabis’s health conscious appeal, “For weight-conscious consumers, a group skewing slightly female, marijuana has another advantage: It is calorie free.” Wine also stands to lose as cannabis is being steadily legalized in states that are home to robust wine consumption. “According to IWSR [the London-based research group that does not spell out…

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Psychology

Arguments in support of the proposed legislation : Oregon Psilocybin Society 2020 proposed ballot initiative

The Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon, a ballot initiative aimed at the 2020 election cycle, outlines a detailed regulatory framework and a supervised service modality involving licensed centers staffed by certified facilitators. Arguments in Support of the Proposed Legislation: Safety arguments: “While the effects on consciousness are huge, Psilocybin is non-toxic and non-addictive. It’s less…

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Modern Culture

Hemp as the multibillion-dollar cannabis opportunity few have heard about

*WISE: Sustainable construction in practice A new residential teaching facility (Wales Institute for Sustainable Education) under construction at the Centre for Alternative Technology. The building incorporates carbon-saving materials and technologies including ‘hemcrete’ (hemp based sprayed concrete) and 7.2m-high rammed earth walls, making them the highest walls of this kind in Britain. ​ The inner fibers…

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Biography/Memoir

Drug made from cannabis plant gets backing from FDA staff

The treatment’s maker, U.K. company GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, provided “substantial evidence” of the drug’s effectiveness, FDA staff said in a report released Tuesday. The medication would treat seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy that typically affect children, according to the report.  …the medication appears to have an increased risk of liver injury… “The risk-benefit profile…

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Modern Culture

Kratom trade association…

At least three million people in America use kratom. They came out by the thousands a few years ago (2016) when the Drug Enforcement Agency tried to make kratom a Schedule I drug, putting in a category with drugs like heroin… “Over 33,000 comments that they (DEA) received in a 30-day period,” Brambila explained. The…

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Politics

Attn Team

*this essentially applies to psilocybin mushrooms, as well.In other words, all compassionate, sane, honest Americans should call cannabis prohibition and false classification and official lies and treasonous offenses what they are, acts of criminal fraud, state condoned terrorism, treason and hideous injustice. We should also be calling on every Attorney General and the Joint Chiefs…

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Politics

Big Pharma facing death penalty?

So, the president wants to punish opioid dealers with the ultimate consequence. I’m astonished he’s calling for his corporate cronies to suffer the death penalty. Look out, Purdue Pharma, Teva, Cephalon, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen, Endo, Allergan, Watson, McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen. Original Article (Register Guard):Big Pharma Facing Death Penalty?Artwork Fair Use: CACorrections (California…

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