*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…
“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…
The opioid epidemic, he said, “has never been worse. People form blue ribbon committees. They do everything they can. And frankly, I have a different take on it. My take is you have to get really, really tough, really mean with the drug pushers and the drug dealers.” The president’s mention of “blue ribbon committees”…
While the report suggests these cases “underscore the serious and sometimes deadly risks of using kratom,” it is clear that the FDA is reaching … the total number of [supposed] deaths associated with kratom is dwarfed by those attributed to common over the counter and non-opioid prescription drugs… … the FDA is grasping for a…
The ‘war on drugs’ was built on shaky foundations. Now, countries around the world from Canada, to Uruguay, Portugal and many US states are beginning to dismantle it piece by piece. Its collapse is good news for people and communities around the world, providing us with the opportunity to build a new approach to drugs…
More quietly, women have taken the lead when it comes to drug policy. [It is] the first time ever that two of the most prominent drug-policy reform organizations in America—the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and the Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC)—are both headed by women. As it did in the 1920s, America is currently facing a…
In 2017, research published (pdf) in the journal Neuropharmacology concluded that more research needed to be done on kratom, but that available evidence has not shown that any deaths have occurred due to use of kratom alone. Dr. Gottlieb’s far-reaching claims & untested computer models show how desperate they are to influence an outright ban.…
*In November 2017, the Philippine President Duerte said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I sang uninvited, upon the orders of the commander-in-chief of the United States,” Duterte said later, according to the ABS-CBN news channel. One of the song’s verses, translated from Filipino, begins: “You are the light in my world, a half of this heart of mine”. In a…
Researchers from both North Carolina and Florida say the FDA did not compile acceptable research to be able to classify the drug the same schedule as heroin, LSD or Ecstasy. Researchers agree the alkaloids contained in Kratom to bind to receptors the way opioids do, but at a milder level. The plant as whole has…
The most harmful effect of criminalizing marijuana may not be its restriction on medical uses, but its devastating cost to American society, which experienced a 500 percent increase in incarceration due to the war on drugs. In a review of 60 studies on medical marijuana, over 63 percent found positive effects for debilitating diseases—such as multiple sclerosis,…
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