Could kratom help deal with Canada’s current opioid crisis, which has become worse than any infectious epidemic? A study published in the journal Current Drug Targets in April 2017 confirmed that kratom does have potential. “Other than the analgesic property, kratom has been used as an agent to overcome opioid withdrawal as it contains natural…
The fact that there is no Indigenous group that is known to combine these compounds orally – despite their widespread availability and the broad knowledge surrounding them throughout the Amazon – is a good indicator that caution should be used when combining them. Pharmacological studies have shown that at least one harmalinic compound (THH-tetrahydroharmine), as…
*legality of cannabis for medicinal purposes BLUE : Legal or essentially legal | LIGHT BLUE : Illegal but decriminalized | LIGHT RED : Illegal but often unenforced | RED : Illegal | GREY : No information Marijuana can be habit-forming, at least psychologically, but the risks are not in the same league as opioids.…
Cannabis consumers make more money, spend more time outdoors, volunteer more and are generally more happy about life, according to a study released Thursday. When compared both to people who do not currently use marijuana but are not opposed to using it, and those who are opposed to marijuana, cannabis consumers tend to rank higher…
While it’s true that yes, the US is in the midst of a “historic drug epidemic,” marijuana is not the drug that kills 91 Americans every single day. It is also not responsible for the quadrupling in overdose deaths in the US since 1999. In fact, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administration… no deaths…
A total of 29 states including New York, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, have medical cannabis programs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Eight states and D.C. have passed laws legalizing pot recreationally, though the Drug Enforcement Administration still classifies it next to heroin as a Schedule…
A growing body of research (acknowledged by the National Institute on Drug Abuse) has shown that opiate deaths and overdoses actually decrease in states with medical marijuana laws on the books. …citing of a “historic drug epidemic” to justify a crackdown on medical marijuana is at odds with what researchers know about current drug use…
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Here’s a new health-related adage to consider: Regular consumption of marijuana keeps you thin and active. According to researchers at Oregon Health and Science University, people who use marijuana more than five times per month have a lower body mass index (BMI) than people who do not…
“Much of the recent work with psychedelics picks up where early psychiatric pioneers left off, in many cases confirming what researchers hypothesized but lacked the tools to test… but that promise won’t be realized until regulators change the restrictions on psychedelics and recognize their potential as a medicine…now scientists have the tools to figure out…
*Operation Michoacán The right to health is also undermined significantly by punitive drug policies. Nowhere is this more evident than in Russia, where, as a result of tough drug laws and a lack of sufficient healthcare, one in 100 adults is HIV positive. This has been directly attributed to the prohibition of opiate substitute prescribing,…
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