A new type of misdemeanor that previously didn’t exist in Oregon… open drug use without consequences could be a thing of the past in Oregon… Democrats and Republican lawmakers in the Oregon Legislature announced a tentative agreement Thursday [2/22/24] on how much to recriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. Upon sentencing, a judge would…
Oregon Democrats would enact stiffer potential criminal penalties for drug possession than they initially planned, under a negotiated bill that could get a hearing as early as Friday [2/23/24]. A new version of Democrats’ House Bill 4002… also weakens a provision that would have required police to offer to connect people caught with drugs to…
…some members of the two parties have begun discussing another option. They are looking at creating an entirely new misdemeanor to accomplish what both sides say they want: to offer police a greater ability to disrupt open drug use and create a new tool for steering users toward treatment. The closed-door discussions haven’t yet arrived…
“We knew that we didn’t want to go backwards on what was happening with regard to the war on drugs, we can’t go back to that…” Oregon Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber said. …the hearing by the Joint Committee On Addiction and Community Safety Response focused on Republican-backed Senate Bill 1555 [creates the crime of…
The new study is “an important part of the bigger picture of where we are headed as a nation” with psychedelics, says Dr. Joshua Siegel of Washington University in St. Louis. “It’s important to understand what’s happening in terms of the health care side of things. It’s important to understand what’s happening recreationally and legally.”…
Five psychedelic substances… in Colorado, including psilocybin. That means personal possession, cultivation, use and sharing are not illegal or grounds for arrest… according to the statute, anyone over 21 who grows, manufactures, uses, possesses or shares a “personal” amount… is not breaking state or local laws. The greeter at a 21-plus party in Denver offers…
…transcend the clinic and be used positively by the masses (not just the clinically depressed or suffering)? The answer is a resounding “Yes.” …I will be covering several areas in which psychedelics are being used outside the clinic. There’s an array of companies and leaders working with master plants and psychedelics in a variety of…
In a little-noticed section of a report on the nation’s worsening drug overdose epidemic released late last year, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged states and local communities to consider allowing overdose prevention sites [OPS]… to operate as a public health strategy. “At this point in the nation’s epidemic, the AMA urges states and communities…
Wall Street’s sudden exuberance for hallucinogens has rankled longtime advocates and philanthropists, who dreamed of making low-cost psychedelics widely available for mental health and personal growth. Instead, many now see a very different future for drugs like psilocybin and LSD: as expensive, specialty medications controlled by a handful of biotech companies… “We’re a victim of…
If I was in charge of drug policy, first I’d acknowledge that our current criminalized drug scheduling system is based on nothing but ignorance and bigotry and issue an apology for all the harms caused by the policies of prohibition and criminalization. I’d get rid of the drug schedule system entirely. I’d immediately end all…
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