We should not be hoodwinked into mistaking a ban for actual beneficial policy, or conned into believing eliminating kratom would alleviate or even address drug-related issues so impactful to millions of American families. -Ryan F. Estevez* As psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who has worked for years in emergency rooms, community health centers, and prisons, I am…
andom drug testing is now in play for University of Oregon student-athletes. (*note : article published in 2012, current policy can be found here) In the past, UO only tested student-athletes when there was “reasonable suspicion.” Now, all student-athletes are subject to “unannounced random drug testing throughout the entire year, including summer sessions,” according to the proposed…
The Estevan Royal Canadian Mounted Police have received confirmation that carfentanil has been detected in a substance seized by investigators in the Estevan area in October this year (2017). Carfentanil is a derivative of fentanyl that can be 100 times more potent. The drug can also be up 10,000 times more powerful than morphine. According…
The Harm Reduction Action Center wants a supervised, safe space for users to use. This would be in an unmarked building where clean instruments would be provided and used ones would be collected. Denver City Council President … threw his support behind the idea of a safe place for drug users to shoot up ……
[Frank] Olson’s possible murder, and the conspiracy to cover up the death of a man who may have been ready to reveal government secrets. Morris’s inquiry began with his interest in a secret 1950s-60s C.I.A. program called “MK-Ultra,” which employed drugs and deception tactics—and most of whose records have been destroyed … A subsequent 1975…
…and then tried to prevent the man’s parents from finding out what happened … The Dallas County District Attorney … found sufficient evidence to file criminally negligent homicide charges against Mesquite officers for shocking Dyer in the testicles and failing to restrain the disoriented man — but the three-year statute of limitations had already passed.…
It might sound out there, but then again, several years ago, so did the idea that you might walk into a store and buy cannabis products. Tom Eckert said they believed that a legalized path to use of psychedelic mushrooms could help people struggling with depression, anxiety, alcoholism and addiction to nicotine. “The initiative attempts…
Here, I am also seeking to answer, with specificity, which opioids kratom resembles in terms of risk of death. Here, as “similar risk” has been mentioned, I am seeking the documentation and statistical analysis, used by the FDA, that articulates or provides evidence of the “similar risk” of kratom viz a viz other opioids. Additionally,…
The process of determining the legality of a substance—in this case kratom—is not something most laypeople are familiar with. The FDA says they need information from the DEA. The DEA says scientific tests take time and money but if and when they have anything, they’ll surely send it along to the FDA … Lowin said,…
Dr. Patrick Luedtke, Lane County’s Chief Medical Officer Lane County Health Officials are back-tracking just a bit from last week’s health warnings on a very popular herbal supplement called Kratom. Officials say they got a lot of blow-back, most of it critical of the County’s stance … [Lane County residents] say the supplement helps for…
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