“You need not wait for Supreme Court censure before reforming these practices, and, in any event, the Department of Justice should err on the side of protecting constitutional rights” Suspicion of the confiscations has created unusual alliances among liberals, libertarians, and conservatives, which is reflected in the list of senators on the letter. The ACLU…
Brian Paddick worked for London’s Metropolitan Police from 1976 to 2007 and acted as police spokesman following the terrorist attacks on the city in 2005. Research shows that 9% of people who use cannabis in their lifetime find themselves addicted to it at some point, compared to 15% who become addicted to alcohol and 32%…
The lethal opiod [fentanyl] has been popping up in unexpected drugs [bought on the black market]. “Everywhere, it’s been in every drug we’ve been testing,” says Aasen. Health experts says testing drugs has never been so important…In the last two months, about 70 percent of the popular party drug MDMA came up positive for fentanyl.…
Die-hard advocates of kratom say the Tucson vending machines offer hope to people struggling to kick opioids or who are in need of a less potent pain reliever. “Maybe a person who is going to walk into that sandwich store and has never heard of kratom—maybe that will be their first day off of opiates.…
Do microdoses of LSD affect menstruation? In keeping with the received wisdom, those taking LSD microdoses reported a remarkable increase in feelings of determination, alertness, and energy, as well as a strong decrease in feelings of depression. Interestingly, however, Fadiman noted that microdosing LSD didn’t seem to work out as well for those who entered…
Nearly all of Trudeau’s talking points on legalization stressed public safety as the legislation’s driving principle. Trudeau told the audience that Canada learned a lot from legal-cannabis states in the US, which may be part of the reason he’s pledged to leave the country’s medical cannabis program untouched, at least for the time being. Original…
This is the federal Department of Health and Human Services talking, in terms that could not possibly be more clear: So far, there’s nothing to suggest that legalization is leading to increased teen use. Hickenlooper is repeating what state public officials have said, citing state data that shows no rise in teen use. It’s inconvenient…
“People in the Bible Belt say, ‘You’re using the Bible to promote drugs,’” she said, drawing out the word “drugs” for emphasis. Decker disagrees. “We’re using the Bible to promote what God gave us. We say that God made the perfect medicine. Man is the one that made it illegal.” Genesis 1:29, which Decker formed…
I have never taken drugs other than alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and medicinal drugs. Of these, I have for many years not taken the two former. I think it is inimical to a good life to be dependent for pleasure and personal fulfilment on substances which gloss or distort reality and interfere with rationality; and yet…
We believe people who use psychedelics shouldn’t be vulnerable to criminal punishment—and we want to build a world where legal psychedelics make sense… it’s incumbent upon people who care about psychedelics to work toward ending the criminalization of people who use them outside of medical contexts, while also advocating for psychedelic-assisted therapy research. This legacy…
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