The data suggests the epidemic, which has already ravaged countless communities, is becoming even deadlier. Reports have chronicled how potent synthetics such as fentanyl are becoming more common — and more dangerous. “It’s a problem across the board, and we’re seeing increases from all groups,” Anderson said. “People of all walks of life are dying…
“Contrary to popular wisdom, we found an immediate increase in crime around dispensaries ordered to close relative to those allowed to remain open,” said Jacobson. “We can conclude from our research that retail businesses are effective in lowering crime, even when the retail business is a medical marijuana dispensary.” In the study, titled, “Going to…
The hypothesized mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD are not based on its producing euphoria, but rather on its capacity to make confronting trauma-related thoughts, feelings, and memories more tolerable during therapeutic processing with support of a co-therapy team. MDMA is a monoamine releaser, but unlike stimulants, it preferentially releases serotonin,…
Yu Haibin, director of precursor chemical control at the National Narcotics Control Commission, the Chinese equivalent of the DEA, also blamed the “growing demand” for fentanyl among U.S. users, and said the opioid problem is “strongly connected” to state-level marijuana legalization. “Many states in the U.S. are still working on legalizing marijuana, trends like this…
The no-arrest pilot refers to all drugs, including the most dangerous Class A (ie, Schedule 1) substances. Thames Valley Police said people in possession of large quantities of drugs… would continue to be arrested.[They] added: “We are aware some people may think that (it is a soft approach), but there is nothing soft about trying…
Why, in an age when nearly every party drug is being pushed into federal trials for addiction and mental illness, when drug tourists who fetishize the mysticism associated with indigenous hallucinogens are in the market for ever-bigger thrills, and when the opioid epidemic is killing tens of thousands each year, have so few Americans heard…
Harm reduction and integration overlap with regard to reducing the harm or ongoing risks of difficult or negative experiences with psychedelics (e.g., helping someone through heightened anxiety or suicidal ideation stemming from a difficult psychedelic experience). Harm reduction and integration can be further differentiated from “preparation” for therapeutic experiences. When [individuals] express an intention to…
“We have bars where you can drink alcohol, and marijuana is legal, so there should be a place where people can use it appropriately.” City Attorney Pete Holmes has been looking for a way to allow pot lounges since legal pot first went on sale in 2014, Deputy City Attorney John Schochet told The Stranger. “We…
It’s the first time the synthetic opioid has been the nation’s deadliest drug. From 2012 to 2015, heroin topped the list, [according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]. On average, in each year from 2013 to 2016, the rate of overdose deaths from Fentanyl increased by about 113 percent a year. The report said fentanyl was responsible…
Members of the U.S. House began circulating two Dear Colleague letters … urging their fellow lawmakers to take a stand against renewed federal efforts to crack down on the herbal drug kratom … One letter, written by Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Dave Brat (R-Va.) and addressed to the Food and Drug Administration, describes kratom…
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