The evidence is that, contrary to many warnings, ending the war on drugs does not lead to a spike in use. In Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs in 2001, fewer young people use drugs than in Britain, where they are still illegal. The overall use in Portugal has remained roughly stable. More importantly, the harms from drug use —…
Psychedelics are, or can be at least, a doorway to a land of wonder and revelation. I’m not confident that in the hands of the medical bureaucracy and the commercial establishment they will stay unblemished. The deeper genius of psychedelics is their ability to totally undermine materialism and comfortable categories by blasting us into ridiculously…
U.K. company GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, provided “substantial evidence” of the drug’s [Epidiolex] effectiveness, FDA staff said. The medication [is now FDA approved to] treat seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy that typically affect children. …the medication appears to have an increased risk of liver injury. … GW Pharmaceuticals is really part of a conglomeration of international…
Notwithstanding opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, polls indicate that nearly two-thirds of Utah voters think patients should be able to use marijuana if their doctors recommend it. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) described Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s dismay upon hearing that voters in Utah seem set to approve medical marijuana when they…
“I’m not hampered by the . . . truth because I don’t give a f – – – !” [Police Officer] Bigda told the teen suspect. “People like you belong in jail. . . . I’ll stick a . . . kilo of coke in your pocket and put you away for . . .…
Kratom users had the lowest likelihood of reporting negative experiences, followed by users of marijuana and oxycodone. Heroin users reported five bad experiences for every good one. For cocaine users, the ratio was seven to one. Ten percent of users reported problems with withdrawal after non-use, while close to 11 percent reported using kratom as a substitute…
That creates a precedent other Mexican courts will have to follow. Announcing (On Wednesday, October 31st, 2018) it had found in favour of two legal challenges filed against prohibition of recreational marijuana use, Mexico’s top court crossed the threshold needed to create jurisprudence: five similar rulings on the matter. Original Article (Globalnews.ca):Ban on recreational cannabis…
Insys’ (INSY) past is in the news again; a past it wishes it could forget. In a 20-page report with a 173-page appendix consisting mostly of distasteful emails depicting aggressive sales tactics for an opiate 30 times more powerful than heroin, the Senate… released the details of a… case against the company… The company’s main income is…
Under Schuette as Attorney General, the state of Michigan has forcibly closed dispensaries and arrested grandmothers with debilitating conditions. North Dakota also has a bill on the ballot, although state lawmakers in North Dakota are already doing everything in their power to suppress voters, especially Native American voters and homeless voters … conservative Missouri has not one…
…many officials and researchers now believe the mental health field is facing “a moment of great need” that’s prompted some rethinking. [MDMA now has been given FDA-approved “break-through” status] The shift in thinking is significant as not only did the federal government classify these drugs as having no acceptable medical uses and a high potential…
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