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…
*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…
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…
Nearly 25 million [American] adults… , have been on antidepressants for at least two years, a 60 percent increase since 2010 … Many who try to quit say they cannot because of withdrawal symptoms they were never warned about. “What you see is the number of long-term users just piling up year after year,” said…
According to a study at the University of Basel, lysergic acid diethylamide, or “LSD,” a psychedelic drug, could be used as a form of treatment for depression and other mood disorders … traditionally, most treatments for depression involve cognitive behavioral therapy or interpersonal therapy paired with medications that moderate levels of serotonin, like serotonin and…
Switzerland’s relatively permissive regulations around researching LSD have helped the renewed effort to understand its medical potential. New methods, including advanced brain scanners, also give unprecedented insights into its effects. “LSD is a Baseler product,” said Matthias Liechti, a clinical pharmacologist at University Hospital Basel, who leads a research project on the effects of LSD…
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. The Oregon initiative attempts to reflect evolving best practice standards in relation to safety and effectiveness as established by scientific research at top…
Supervised… consumption facilities, where [currently] illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades … A number of features are common to the majority of drug consumption facilities, irrespective of where they are located. For example, access is typically restricted to registered service users, and…
“This time last year, it was basically all mom-and-pop shops,” says Mason Walker, CEO of Cave Junction cannabis farm East Fork Cultivars. “Now there are five or six companies that own 25 or 30 percent. Stores are selling for pennies on the dollar, and people are losing their life savings in the process.” Deep-pocketed companies…
The impact on the global cannabis community could be huge. Most of the 182 million cannabis users cited in the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime 2017 World Drug Report live under the risk of being criminalized for their use. The WHO and UN pushing back on that trend could be a massive development.…
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