In August 2020, the federal government began allowing patients with a terminal illness access to… [psilocybe mushrooms] through exemptions to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act [through Section 56, which was the first step in starting Canada’s medical marijuana program]… “These are patients that are dying,” said Minister of Health Patty Hajdu. Dr. Ryan Patchett-Marble,…
DEA has on numerous past occasions denied petitions to change marijuana’s status under the CSA [Controlled Substances Act]. The plaintiffs initially filed that lawsuit against the federal agency in May [2020], contending that DEA’s justification for maintaining a Schedule I status for cannabis is unconstitutional. DEA attempted to quash the case by filing a motion to…
The government is currently considering a petition that calls for the decriminalization of psychedelic drugs. “I feel more strongly than ever that decriminalization will happen,” says Trevor Millar, executive director of Canadian Psychedelic Association, “We’re 10 years ahead of where I thought we’d be at this stage of the game five years ago.” “We know…
One challenge stands out: psilocybin seems to make people more liberal. Scientific reports associating psychedelic use and liberal values stretch back as far as 1971, and although these findings have been replicated more recently, a noncausal explanation is readily available. If psilocybin does change political values, the significance of this effect goes deeper than which…
Very commonly substances are criminalized because they’re associated with what’s called the dangerous classes, poor people, or working people. So for example in England in the 19th century, there was a period when gin was criminalized and whiskey wasn’t, because gin is what poor people drink. -Noam Chomsky The role of drugs in the exercise of political control is…
“We’re already dealing with a pretty challenging market environment. And now the IRS is going to be looking for ways to find more tax revenue,” [says Peterson]. So, they created the 280E tax provision, which stipulates that no expenses related to drug trafficking can be written off as legitimate “business expenses.” But now, almost forty…
[For-profit corporations planning on profiting through legal manipulations of false wars]. The overarching context… comes through clearly: we’re in an ‘arms race’ between the rapidly-expanding psychedelic pharmaceutical start-up sector that seeks a monopoly through federal regulatory approval, on the one part, and the citizenry who seek immediate equitable access for all in a manner analogous…
Magic mushrooms can help people… [yet] under the proposed Oregon law… people would still not be allowed to… even consume them at home. …popular psychedelics are not addictive in the sense that they do not create any physical dependency the way opioids, nicotine, and alcohol can and they themselves are generally not fatal when used safely…
This shouldn’t be a priority for the Oregon Health Authority, particularly amid a pandemic with no clear end in sight… …the measure [estimated to cost over 6 million dollars during the next two years], if passed, would give the Oregon Health Authority two years to work with [a self-appointed] advisory board in developing the regulatory…
Field Trip [Oregon Measure 109 donor] went public through a direct listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange after it completed a reverse takeover of oil and gas company Newton Energy Corporation. Field Trip, which is not profitable and incurred a net loss of $2 million, has a three-pronged approach to the psychedelics market – treatment…
