*Oregon State ArchivesWhile some people may find this softer stance on hard drugs shocking, the consensus from the world’s leading drug policy and addiction experts is that “tough on crime” drug war policies have been a spectacular failure, and decriminalization is exactly the direction our laws should be headed to protect people and society from crime…
“The Narcotics Act was drafted and first enforced in 1985, so we can see it’s not only out of date but also restricts people’s rights too much, especially considering the enormous benefits in healthcare that could come from medical cannabis and kratom,” Paisal said. Paisal Limstit of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law concurred that extensive…
Provide loans or grants to local equity applicants or licensees for startup and ongoing costs, such as rent, application and licensing fees, equipment, capital improvements and workforce training. …signed legislation this week that will set up a state-run program aimed at widening participation among minorities and economically disadvantaged individuals in the marijuana industry, either as…
“The FDA appears to be deliberately violating the provisions of the Information Quality Act by widely disseminating incomplete, inaccurate, biased, and unreproducible information to local medical examiners and coroners, incorrectly blaming kratom for deaths that were actually caused by polydrug use or deliberately adulterated kratom products.” NIDA’s conclusion following its extensive review of whether a…
*excerpt from full letter Those on both sides of the political spectrum recognize the damaging impact that SITSA could have should it pass, and wish to see drug policies that are health-centered … SITSA would give the Jeff Sessions virtually unlimited authority to create new drug crimes that carry lengthy, expensive prison sentences … SITSA would grant the attorney general…
SITSA will not be added to the other opioid legislation. With thousands of emails and phone calls flooding Capitol Hill, [the outpouring of action from the kratom community.} you sent a loud message to lawmakers that they needed to oppose SITSA – and your voices were heard. Original Article (American Kratom Association):Sitsa…stoppedArtwork Fair Use: Alvesgaspar
*What’s striking is the alleviation of depression occurs from emotional receptivity being enhanced – the opposite of SSRI antidepressants. Despite the recent renaissance of psychedelic science, psilocybin still languishes on the DEA’s “Schedule I” – a kind of political prison for drugs which, according to the DEA, have “no therapeutic value” and a “high potential…
” I agree with everything Trevor said but there is unfortunately a complication which is to a surprising degree you can’t always trust what scientists say … This is definitely an area where we need informed, intelligent, lay people also to be perceived to have a very legitimate voice in the debate.” -Terence Kealey : Senior Fellow at Cato…
British Sugar grows cannabis under a licence from the Home Office [of the UK], which they sell to GW Pharmaceuticals to make its new CBD based medicine, Epidiolex. The managing director of British Sugar is Paul Kenward, husband of the Home Office minister with responsibility for drugs, Victoria Atkins. Since this was widely publicised she…
“Sackler Crossing” at British Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (The Sacklers, known mostly for philanthropy before the opioid epidemic, deny fueling a crisis that killed 42,000 people in 2016.) A billionaire [Richard Sackler] accused of worsening the opioid crisis just won a patent for a drug to treat opioid addiction. “It’s reprehensible what Purdue Pharma has…
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