Feilding’s study, to be run through the Beckley/Imperial Research Programme, is designed to have 20 participants take a dose of LSD at 10, 20, and 50 micrograms (a typical recreational dose is 100 micrograms) and also a placebo. Microdosing is the phenomenon of taking small, controlled doses of psychedelic drugs — usually just 1/20 to…
Cannabis prohibition is a threat to public safety, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) – a bipartisan group that brings together lawmakers from across the country to coordinate lobbying campaigns. “[T]he National Conference of State Legislatures believes that the Controlled Substances Act should be amended to remove cannabis from scheduling,” the…
*lethal injection machine control panel In 1996, when serving as Alabama’s attorney general, he promoted H.B. 242, S.B. 291, a state bill to establish mandatory death sentences for a second drug trafficking conviction, including for dealing marijuana. His support for the bill was reported at the time by several local newspapers, as well as The…
If you’re looking to have a good time with intoxicants with the lowest possible risk of landing in the emergency room, then this may be the drug for you. Magic mushrooms are the “safest” recreational drug, according to the 2017 Global Drug Survey. Of the 12,000 who took ‘shrooms, only 0.2 percent reported seeking medical…
A concern about being good and about avoiding evil may be seriously considered to have been the most destructive force in human life and human history precisely, because—paradoxical as this may be and as I have already stated—the more we criminalize those we regard evil, and the more severe we become in our prohibitions, the…
Several studies have found health perks from marijuana, even in recreational use. When he was tapped to lead the Department of Justice, he vowed to use the full weight of the federal government to go after the industry. In February, he commissioned the Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety – a group of…
But what does Russia get out of slowing down efforts to end the war on drugs? How does Russia make its influence felt in ways that matter for the rest of us? The Russians have used their role at the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime and on the U.N. Security Council to block reform.…
The ‘goal’ of pharmaceutical anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications is to inhibit brain activity that leads to negativity and fear. Unfortunately, these medications really only serve as a band-aid and sadly, can even amplify the problem if someone is to become dependent and then abstain. Researchers at the Psychiatric University Hospital of Zurich have looked into…
When it comes to depression, however, the results have been extremely positive. “What people report is that sometimes from the first or second cycle, a lot of their depression lifts; they’re more functional, they take care of themselves better, and it’s quite remarkable.” This is all the more impressive when one considers that most of…
“Meeting all these other athletes who are doing the same thing made me realize, ‘No, I’m not crazy,’” says Riley Cote, a retired NHL player and another founding member … “I’m not a criminal, and I don’t want to go to federal prison for this plant,” he concludes. “All I want to do is help…
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