When we find out someone who doesn’t fit that dirty, scabbed, disheveled description has used drugs or become addicted to them, it shatters our narrative. We need to support each person who use drugs regardless of how they look; their socioeconomic status; their age; their race; if they live in the suburbs, in a small…
*Vancouver police block the north sidewalk of East Hastings Avenue during a benefit barbecue and concert for Vancouver’s safe injection site, Insite. Police prevented the concert from going ahead, as organizers were not granted permits by the city. …Oregon will join several other states that have already defelonized or decriminalized drug possession, including Maryland, California,…
A study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that people who have taken psychedelics are more likely to engage in pro-environmental behaviours such as buying eco-friendly products, minimising air travel in order to reduce their carbon footprint, and adopting responsible water use practices. According to the study authors, psychedelics “contribute to people’s pro-environmental behaviour…
“[This] adds critical evidence that on-site pill-testing services may be a valuable public health and safety tool.” Study: Many recreational drug users say they wouldn’t take pills shown to be adulterated, fake… “People would be safest not taking any street drugs at all, but if free, no-fault testing can reduce deaths and other catastrophic consequences,…
“The major benefit seems to be that there’s an improved equilibrium of systems throughout the body, which is why it seems to affect so many different systems,” he said… but for addicts, vets, and people suffering from disorders who could find help in these drugs, the stakes are as high as their very survival. LSD…
“Open dispensaries provide over $30,000 per year in social benefit in terms of larcenies prevented,” authors concluded. Researchers identified an immediate increase in criminal activity – particularly property crime, larceny, and auto break ins – in the areas where dispensary operations were forced to close as compared to crime rates in those neighborhoods where marijuana…
…he would force drug dealers inside the National Bilibid Prison to eat the plastic parts of their cellphones. I don’t know if it’s edible, maybe the plastic. If I still see plastic there, that’s what you’ll eat for the day. You won’t eat any rice,” Mr. Duterte said. At one point, President Duterte reminded policemen…
For years, Andreas struggled to let go of the childhood physical and emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. For him, the verbal abuse was the worst. “I would have taken a beating any day than to be told that, ‘You’re a piece of s—t,’” said Andreas, who asked we not use…
…it may be time to time to reconsider our current classification of controlled substances. Clearly we must continue to be vigilant about whether drugs pose physical harm to patients. But we could assess drugs using additional measurements, including the potential for dependence; social costs through damaged family and social life; and financial costs through health…
Civil forfeiture allows the government to deprive citizens of their property even when it doesn’t even try to prove that the citizen committed a crime. In 2014 the government took more money from citizens than burglars stole from crime victims. It’s a gigantic law-enforcement scam … and it’s a constitutional atrocity. It’s a constitutional atrocity……
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