Biography/Memoir

Random drug testing now in play for University of Oregon student-athletes

andom drug testing is now in play for University of Oregon student-athletes.​ (*note : article published in 2012, current policy can be found here) In the past, UO only tested student-athletes when there was “reasonable suspicion.”  Now, all student-athletes are subject to “unannounced random drug testing throughout the entire year, including summer sessions,” according to the proposed…

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Politics

[Oregon] cosponsors bill to legalize marijuana across U.S.

The bill also would penalize states that haven’t legalized marijuana and have “disproportionate” rates of arrest and incarceration for marijuana-related offences by cutting federal funding in those states for new jails, prisons and staffing. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is cosponsoring a bill to decriminalize marijuana across the nation and penalize states with high arrest…

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Science

…World’s first large-scale clinical trials in psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression

The trial will begin in the first quarter of 2018 and is planned to include clinical sites in Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK. COMPASS Pathways is a healthcare company, founded in 2015 to accelerate patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. We are developing psilocybin therapy through…

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Anthropology

Abuse and torture masquerading as drug treatment methods in Russia

Treatment methods reported include flogging, beatings, punishment by starvation, long-term handcuffing to bed frames, ‘coding’ (hypnotherapy aimed at persuading the patient that drug use leads to death), electric shock, burying patients in the ground and xenoimplantation of guinea pig brains. ​ “Such methods are not only cruel but ineffective. As the Russian Federal Drug Control…

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