“If done with the appropriate support and preparation in place, it’s incredibly safe,” she says, pointing out there’s also a risk in taking antibiotics. “It’s a matter of taking appropriate precautions.” Ayahuasca, he says, “doesn’t solve the problem. It gives you hints on how to solve your own problems. “In Brazil, they’re [researching] the tea,…
Cannabis churches have emerged around the country. Courts have not granted such organizations protection under the First Amendment to violate drug laws, though the Supreme Court in 2006 found religious use of ayahuasca is allowed under religious-freedom legislation passed by Congress to allow American Indians to use peyote. Armstrong believes a case her organization has…
Employers in Massachusetts now have to provide “reasonable accommodation” for workers who use medical marijuana to treat an illness when not on the job, according to the latest ruling from the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. The court ruled in favor of Cristina Barbuto, who was hired in an entry-level position at Advantage Sales & Marketing…
“I’m going to check here,” [the officer] says as the camera is activated. “Hold on.” He then walks to the scene and acts like he’s looking around. Finally, he comes to the spot where he put the pills, picks them up, and says, “Yo!” The other officers appear to play along with his fake discovery,…
Jeff Sessions should reconsider his plan to expand the use of civil asset forfeiture in the service of the so-called war on drugs. If he fails to do so, Congress should reconsider it for him — indeed, Congress ought to act on asset-forfeiture reform irrespective of the attorney general’s views on the matter. Seizing an…
[The lawmaker and those police who] support [the bill] should come as no surprise, given that the law will allow police to keep any vehicle they seize … and it could send people to prison for drug crimes even if no one finds so much as a single joint or fentanyl tablet in their possession…
New Hampshire just took another step in ensuring its state motto — “live free or die” — is true for marijuana. There’s a difference between legalization and decriminalization: Legalization removes all penalties for marijuana possession below a certain threshold (usually a few ounces of pot), and it typically — although not in Washington, DC —…
*Linear regression with variance decomposition indicating the percent of variance in adjusted regional cortical thickness measures from FreeSurfer accounted for by regressors. Dur IP Physical – duration of witnessing interparental physical aggression (years), Dur IP Verbal – duration of witnessing interparental verbal aggression without physical violence (years), Financial Suf – perceived financial sufficiency during childhood,…
“This study can conclude that medical cannabis patients report successfully using cannabis along with or as a substitute for opioid-based pain medication,” the team reported in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Out of the 2,810 participants who were currently using cannabis, 828 had used opioids in the last six months to manage their pain.…
From my years of experience in prosecuting criminals, I have learned that high incarceration alone is ineffective at controlling crime — particularly in the war on drugs. After more than 40 years of attempting to use a criminal justice solution to this public health problem, we have already learned that the threat of incarceration —…
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