Individuals who report having resolved a problem with cannabis use appear to have done so at younger ages than those who resolved problems with alcohol or other drugs, report investigators from the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). …since so many of the cannabis-primary group resolved their problem without either formal treatment or…
“[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…
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…
“There’s lots of relapses because 12-step treatment doesn’t get to the root of sexual, racial, class trauma or veteran’s trauma,” Harris said. Mark Harris, Lane’s Coordinator for Substance Abuse Prevention and an experienced addiction counselor, saw limitations within the 12-step programs that are a requirement for most drug courts … A 2011 study by Shannon…
Many have even reported therapeutic advantage of the [LSD and psilocybin] which scientists described as working in a manner similar to that of antidepressants. [LSD and psilocybin] may be popular at parties but they also seem to have some long term results for individuals. Original Article (Deccanchronile):LSD and magic mushrooms can alter personality making people…
But how can you tell if psilocybin might help someone? The way you speak may reveal whether a psychedelic… could help treat depression or anxiety. Robin Carhart-Harris and his team at Imperial College London have been testing psilocybin – a hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms – in people with treatment-resistant depression. Their pilot study found…
“I am a capitalist, not a conspiracy theorist,” (disabled Marine) Larson says. “But it doesn’t take a genius to see that if a cheap plant [like kratom] stands to diminish the need for billions of dollars in pharmaceutical sales [of opiates such as fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, buprenorphine, suboxone, etc.), well, someone decided it was time…
[Due to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970] … absence of clinical evidence soon became a compounded issue. When there’s no research, attention tends to wane. Not only do clinical trials stop, but meta-analyses and trial reviews cease too. As a result, physician awareness and interest in exploring novel psychedelic therapies dwindles. “But when you…
“Now that probably millions of people in the United States are using it, and many of them are reporting that they’re getting off of opiates using kratom, it could create a public health disaster to remove that tool from our arsenal at a time when we have what’s being described as an opioid epidemic,” Marc…
Given this scenario, Harlos began looking around for pain-killing alternatives — and marijuana didn’t do the trick. “I don’t like it, and it doesn’t work for me,” she allows. “It’s not for everyone.” “I have a degenerative back disorder, spinal stenosis, and I’ve been on and off Vicodin for fifteen years,” Harlos says. “I used…
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