Anthropology

US Corporation cashes in as Lesotho becomes the first African country to legalise cannabis cultivation

​As reported on Feb. 6th, 2018… Lesotho has become the first African country to permit the legal cultivation of cannabis – but the production of the drug has been restricted to two foreign-owned companies, while rural farmers and the wider population continue to be prohibited from harvesting their own.  Cannabis – known as matekoane in Sotho, the main…

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Science

Life-saving spray being issued to EPD patrol officers

*molecule of naloxone [Eugene] police are increasingly coming into contact with illicit drugs on patrol, including fentanyl…a synthetic opioid. Eugene Police have a new tool in their efforts to help addicts in crisis: the drug naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdoses. Besides using naloxone sprayers on [people who use drugs], officers can use them on…

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Psychology

Don’t ban kratom, end the war on drugs instead

*from the anti-plant propaganda movie, Reefer Madness. Currently legal in the United States, millions of Americans have safely used kratom for therapeutic… purposes. In recent years, federal agencies which have no regard for individual liberty like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration have set their sights on kratom. ​Proponents of safe…

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Biography/Memoir

Trump budget doubles down on the drug war

*cold clarity (Presidential pardon recipient, Joe Arpaio, infamous “Tent City” prison  leader.  One prior prisoner there wrote… It demonstrates President Trump’s priorities with cold clarity. Restored funding to the tune of $50 million for an anti-drug media campaign, a failed initiative that was zeroed out in 2012 after studies showed that the over-the-top campaigns may have actually increased drug use. $43…

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Politics

At least three UK City Centres to get drugs testing facility

In Feb. 2018, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson published a report laying out a number of recommendations aimed at reducing drug harms, protecting communities and making better use of limited police resources … “The report just opens so many doors,” added Measham. “It opens the door for more police and more police forces to…

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Politics

Letter: Oregon has too much marijuana, no place to smoke it

Because of the Oregon indoor clean air act, you can’t smoke marijuana (even with ah vape pen) in public… …but [current policy like this may inadvertently be] sending marijuana consumers out onto I-84 to commit crimes by consuming marijuana in their vehicle or transporting it across the border. Original Article (East Oregonian):Letter: Oregon has too…

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Anthropology

Marijuana: is it time to stop using a word with racist roots?

In the last few years, the US state marijuana legalization experiments have grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. But while companies build out multi-million dollar grow houses and edibles factories, huge numbers of people continue to face serious consequences for possessing negligible quantities. In 2016, there were almost 600,000 US marijuana arrests, more than for…

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Medicine/Healing

Want teens to smoke less pot? Legalize it.

The reality is that, to date, not one jurisdiction, either in the U.S. or elsewhere, has seen a marked increase in teen drug use following the relaxation of marijuana restrictions. Not one. Both Colorado and Washington, the pioneer states of marijuana legalization, have actually seen drops in teen marijuana use following legalization. The drop in…

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