The passage of Measure 110 was the culmination of years of efforts to show Oregonians and people across the country that the harms of incarceration can compound on, exacerbate, and – in some cases- exceed the harms caused by drug use itself. Oregon’s Health Authority has reported a 44 percent increase in people seeking treatment…
The Portuguese authorities have not stopped targeting organised crime. Law enforcement officials The Journal met in Lisbon confirmed that they are still seizing tonnes of drugs annually. Psychologist Roberta Reis said many of the service users come from work in the evenings. “They come here and they can function normally,” she said. “We asked our service users…
…remember when tripping on mushrooms in the forest and taking MDMA on a dance floor at an underground rave was fun? Not on the corporate psychedelia watch. Psychedelics are tools of the medical establishment now, cogs in a closed loop economy dictated by pharmaceutical conglomerates and their armies of gatekeepers. Tripping is now serious business……
The bill passed the assembly 42-11 and now returns to the senate for final sign-off before heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom for final review. If passed, SB 58 is slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The bill was supported by veterans, first responders and health professionals, according to Sen. Weiner. Substances covered…
The DEA confirmed… that it received the letter… the DEA is not required to follow Department of Health and Human Services recommendation. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Administration significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising that it should be entirely removed…
Around the time I met Shroom Mom, I was having a druggie fling with a fentanyl dealer… while fentanyl …boy and mushroom mama are both, technically, drug dealers, they occupy opposite ends of the spectrum: …boy pulsed with the carnivorous bloodlust of the streets, and I watched him callously cut cocaine with chemical fillers (not…
In fact, these substances could do more to combat the root causes of addiction than many of the laws I enforced as an officer… SB58 would remove criminal penalties for the personal possession and use of a few naturally occurring psychedelic medicines in reasonable quantities… a recent UC Berkeley survey offers a glimpse of where the public…
Backers of Oregon’s psychedelic mushroom law made big promises when they pitched Measure 109 to voters in 2020. Oregonians would get access to a life-changing compound in a safe, legal setting, and, after a two-year startup period, it wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. Licensing fees paid by mushroom growers, testing labs, trip facilitators and service…
The payoff for those decades of work are coming to fruition. Oregon and Colorado have decriminalized the recreational use of plant-based psychedelics. Original Article (Reason):Rick Doblin: ‘Welcome to the psychedelic 20s!’Artwork Fair Use: Jon Mortin
The Aug. 25, 2023 ruling comes just one month after the state’s largest marijuana trade association, the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon, alongside three small weed companies, asked the Court of Appeals to halt the ban on aspergillus, arguing it could destroy cannabis businesses. The appeals court found the state didn’t consider less restrictive alternatives…
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