[Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health] Dr. Eileen de Villa is also recommending Ottawa convene a task force made up of people who use drugs, alongside experts in policy, health care, human rights, mental health and criminal justice experts “to explore options for the legal regulation of all drugs in Canada.”She is urging the city’s board…
The group’s current language proposes legalizing possession of up to 28g and manufacturing up to 280g.The campaign also wants to keep people who are using what the group calls a harmless drug, out of jail. Matthews added the Denver movement already has 100 volunteers ready to campaign. They plan to host events and panels to educate…
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*Model of brain regions involved in moral cognition: the frontal pole (yellow), rostral anterior cingulate cortex (red), left superior temporal sulcus (green), and precuneus/ posterior cingulate cortex (blue). Effective connectivity within a hypothetical neural network involved in the implicit recognition of moral issues Members of Congress are not happy with Sessions’ obstruction of the licensing…
The Senate needs to support the amendments to SITSA and SCREEN to exclude natural botanical plants and herbs. Two of those bills, the SITSA Act (Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017), and the SCREEN Act (Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now) both attempt to stop deadly synthetic…
*whole plant Kratom tea The Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act [SITSA] is aimed at prohibiting analogs of drugs such as fentanyl from entering the US. Fentanyl is an opioid whose many cousins, like carfentanil, dominate overdose deaths. It should be noted, however, that all fentanyl analogs are already banned, even those that don’t currently exist yet.…
“Legalizing hemp nationwide ends decades of bad policymaking and opens up untold economic opportunity for farmers in Oregon and across the country,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said upon passage of the Farm Bill on Thursday, June 28th, 2018. Earlier this month, the Senate approved a nonbinding resolution recognizing hemp’s “growing economic potential.” “Our bipartisan legislation…
Russia has come out strongly against Canada’s decision to legalize recreational marijuana, calling the move a “breach” of its “international legal obligations.” “Having a huge legal market in a mature, democratic neighbor is going to be a very significant signal to some of the holdouts that we have currently,” Democratic Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon,…
The bill, which comes two months after Schumer voiced his support for legalization on 420, also includes $100 million in funding over five years as an incentive for states which have legalized to expunge or seal criminal records for low-level drug crimes. Additional funding would be provided by the Small Business Administration to cannabis businesses owned…
New Hampshire’s new platform was passed by acclamation, meaning it did not require a vote to pass, while in Texas the entire platform passed by a voice vote. Democrats in both states supported alternative approaches to drug policy which shift the focus away from law enforcement. “We believe that marijuana should be legalized, taxed and regulated,”…
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