Not that Denver NORML is arguing in favor of on-the-job marijuana use being allowed. Instead, Golden’s language prohibits firing or penalizing a worker unless he or she “used, possessed or was impaired by marijuana during the hours of employment.” “The first thing it would do is amend the unlawful prohibition of legal activities as a…
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…
In the end, the board members weren’t persuaded that the kratom deserved immediate destruction. The [plant] material — was seized, and heath department personnel wanted to pour bleach over it, rendering it useless. But [the business] management refused to go along with this plan, prompting the DEH crew to issue a cease-and-desist order in regard…
On Tuesday, Feb. 13th, 2018 the agency said the new computer model [which has been disparaged by some prominent scientists] it developed shows that kratom contains opioid compounds with potentially deadly side effects such as seizures and depressed breathing. The Drug Enforcement Administration is weighing whether to place kratom, which comes from a leafy Southeast Asian tree, in…
Study leader Rachel Thayer, of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, and colleagues recently reported their results in the journal Addiction … The team notes that any reduction in the size of white or gray matter or a loss in their integrity can lead to impairments in brain functioning. Scientists at the University…
While the report suggests these cases “underscore the serious and sometimes deadly risks of using kratom,” it is clear that the FDA is reaching … the total number of [supposed] deaths associated with kratom is dwarfed by those attributed to common over the counter and non-opioid prescription drugs… … the FDA is grasping for a…
More quietly, women have taken the lead when it comes to drug policy. [It is] the first time ever that two of the most prominent drug-policy reform organizations in America—the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) and the Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC)—are both headed by women. As it did in the 1920s, America is currently facing a…
With the opioid crisis claiming hundreds of lives each week, why would the government list this promising plant as a Schedule 1, making research and testing nearly impossible? Whom is the FDA trying to protect — the public or Big Pharma, which loses profits when citizens find a safe, natural, inexpensive alternative to addictive opioids?…
The Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, has told human rights groups criticising his deadly anti-drug war to “go to hell” after ordering police back to the frontlines of the crackdown … “You can go to hell, all of you!” Duterte said in a speech, referring to human rights groups, Catholic bishops and priests who had urged…
*cold clarity (Presidential pardon recipient, Joe Arpaio, infamous “Tent City” prison leader. One prior prisoner there wrote… It demonstrates President Trump’s priorities with cold clarity. Restored funding to the tune of $50 million for an anti-drug media campaign, a failed initiative that was zeroed out in 2012 after studies showed that the over-the-top campaigns may have actually increased drug use. $43…
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