Biography/Memoir

Kratom : Guardian of Freedom

Anti-kratom activists, led by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, are committed to protecting the opioid manufacturers who are raking in billions of dollars every year by hooking honest Americans who are trying to manage chronic pain on highly addictive and potentially deadly opioids. I am not going to mince words, I am frustrated. There is no…

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How Monsanto & Bayer are trying to take over the cannabis [and kratom?] industry

*Friedrich Bayer ( 6. June 1825 in Barmen-Wichlinghausen; † 6. May 1880 in Würzburg) Unfortunately, this buyout only strengthened… [Bayer’s] lobbying power. Bayer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, made a deal to buy out Monsanto for $66 billion, even though Monsanto was voted “the most evil company in the world” back in 2013.…

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Kratom and the FDA

So as an industrial medicinal chemist, I have some problems with the way the FDA is making its case here. It’s true that computational models of drug function have become more common, but “reliable” is a tricky word. If these things were truly reliable, to the point that you’d be comfortable setting government policy according…

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Beitzel to continue work on establishing drug treatment program [with iboga]

*iboga activist Dana Beal in 1994 Del. Wendell Beitzel (R-District 1A) wants to continue efforts to establish an ibogaine treatment pilot program in Maryland. “We’re dealing with an extreme opiate addiction problem,” Beitzel said during his and Sen. George Edwards’ recent pre-legislative meeting at Garrett College. “I think it’s a problem that’s probably touched just…

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International Criminal Court takes 1st step in probe into Duterte drug war

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is moving on the complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte in connection with the high number of killings under his violent war on drugs. The ICC is the world’s first treaty-based permanent international criminal court that aims to end impunity. It investigates serious crimes including genocide, crimes against humanity, war…

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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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