And even if kratom can be dangerous, banning it violates the administration’s defense of Right to Try laws: potentially dangerous medicines are nevertheless valuable if their expected benefits exceed their risks. Doubts about effectiveness aside, the prima facie reasoning behind the FDA’s crackdown can be found in a press release from November 14, 2017, in…
“My view is that any drug that is less harmful to the person that uses it than alcohol should be available as an alternative to alcohol – in a form where the harms are minimised.” “Regulated access to drugs that are less harmful than alcohol will reduce the harms of alcohol, hopefully reduce the use…
*Legalization Gone Awry? Where it’s even worse? How about Lesotho, Africa?LINK The program and others like it could be forced to close due to an unlikely reason: legalization. “Victory was built on the backs of human suffering,” said Valerie Corral, a Wo/Men’s co-founder. “Unfortunately, compassion is not financially appealing in this market.” Ralph Trueblood of Wo/Men’s added:…
Many have even reported therapeutic advantage of the [LSD and psilocybin] which scientists described as working in a manner similar to that of antidepressants. [LSD and psilocybin] may be popular at parties but they also seem to have some long term results for individuals. Original Article (Deccanchronile):LSD and magic mushrooms can alter personality making people…
“I am a capitalist, not a conspiracy theorist,” (disabled Marine) Larson says. “But it doesn’t take a genius to see that if a cheap plant [like kratom] stands to diminish the need for billions of dollars in pharmaceutical sales [of opiates such as fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, buprenorphine, suboxone, etc.), well, someone decided it was time…
*fentanyl shipments “With the rising rates of deaths by overdoses, we need to have all options on the table. And certainly, removing one [like Kratom] that’s non-toxic and non-lethal makes no sense at all.” How is kratom used in the treatment approach developed by Greener Pastures, where Gullikson teams with her husband, program director Ron…
Establishing the Ibogaine Treatment Study Program in the Maryland Department of Health. Providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Department, on or before July 1, 2019, to select a certain number of academic medical centers to participate in the Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget for fiscal years 2020…
Although I am in agreement with the FDA’s science, it does not exist in a vacuum. When determining the risk of using a drug or chemical it is essential to also consider the risk of not using it. This is why I “changed my mind” about kratom. Kratom did not change, but the situation did.…
“It gave me a very good, focused energy,” he said. “So since then, I’ve taken Kratom from time to time in the morning instead of coffee.” Palatnik said he tests every Kratom strain he sells. He said the powder should not be confused with the wave of synthetic drugs that were sold in other stores…
Neighbors and city officials sometimes challenge sites like these because they fear they will promote drug use and increase crime. Research instead suggests that they lead to increases in public order, with fewer discarded needles on the street and less drug use on the sidewalk, and have no impact on drug-related crimes. States and…
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