And even if kratom can be dangerous, banning it violates the administration’s defense of Right to Try laws: potentially dangerous medicines are nevertheless valuable if their expected benefits exceed their risks. Doubts about effectiveness aside, the prima facie reasoning behind the FDA’s crackdown can be found in a press release from November 14, 2017, in…
“[It’s] part of what’s being called the “holistic plant movement”. “Powerful yet gentle holistic plant medicines are the genuine article. They heal people, and they save lives.” [and] “This is what we’ve been searching for, and what’s desperately needed to attack the modern-day addiction epidemic head-on. Our plant medicine treatments work like no other…
It’s frightening how expensive this kind of research is. I’m very keen on trying to alter how drug policy classifies these compounds because the research is much more costly, simply because LSD is a schedule 1 controlled substance … Brain research is expensive and to carry out complementary studies at multiple sites requires a substantial…
“My view is that any drug that is less harmful to the person that uses it than alcohol should be available as an alternative to alcohol – in a form where the harms are minimised.” “Regulated access to drugs that are less harmful than alcohol will reduce the harms of alcohol, hopefully reduce the use…
*first international church of cannabis in Denver, Colorado, USA U.S. Department of Justice spokeswoman Lauren Ehrsam declined comment on the pending bills. Some states that have legalized marijuana are considering providing so-called sanctuary status for licensed cannabis businesses, hoping to protect the fledgling industry from a shift in federal enforcement policy. Original Article (Leafly):States…
*Legalization Gone Awry? Where it’s even worse? How about Lesotho, Africa?LINK The program and others like it could be forced to close due to an unlikely reason: legalization. “Victory was built on the backs of human suffering,” said Valerie Corral, a Wo/Men’s co-founder. “Unfortunately, compassion is not financially appealing in this market.” Ralph Trueblood of Wo/Men’s added:…
Jo Meza, owner of Amazing Treatment, a rehab center in Salem, applauded the move. She has seen the damage caused by drug addiction in her 30 years in the field. “Jailing is not helping the problem,” Meza said. “All you’re doing is putting a Band-Aid on it and ripping it off when they get out…
We believe people who use psychedelics shouldn’t be vulnerable to criminal punishment – and ultimately we want to build a world where legal psychedelics make sense. We’re working to end arrests and criminal penalties for people who use or possess psychedelics and other substances – a step several countries like Portugal and the Czech Republic…
It appears that none of the 25 applications to grow marijuana for purposes of medical research have gone anywhere. (The DEA won’t comment on this or release the names of the applicants.) … A remarkable 94 percent [of Americans] support medical use. “And businesses outside of the country are already making billions of dollars,” Doblin…
1. Ensure safer streets … 2. Reduce the spread of disease … 3. Improve access to emergency services … 4. Can reduce crime … 5. Help people integrate into the legitimate economy … 6. Save lives. Opponents of DCRs assert that we should focus on approaches of drug-free recovery and rehabilitation, rather than allowing drug use. While successful approaches for some…
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