A megadrought across the West has created urgency, though, as illegal growers steal water, depriving legal users including farmers and homeowners of the increasingly precious resource. “Jackson County strongly requests your assistance to address this emergency,” the commissioners said in a letter to Gov. Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek. Josephine…
Across a wide range of body weights (49kg [approx. 108lbs] to 113 kg [approx. 249lbs]) the present results showed no evidence that body weight affected subjective effects of psilocybin. In the 20 mg/70 kg and 30 mg/70 kg weight-adjusted groups, and in the fixed dose group, no significant associations were found between subjective effects and demographic variables including body weight…
In medical markets, there was an influx of “cannabis clinics” where practitioners specialized in the evaluation and treatment of patients with cannabinoid therapies. Many of these clinic chains built out expensive clinics resembling luxury medical spas, and later cashed out by selling their business along with their patient and client lists. In the United States…
If the FDA secures a global kratom ban, countless people could die by suicide and unintentional overdose… why does the FDA vilify [whole botanical] kratom when so many stakeholders identify deficiencies in its arguments? Could it be that drug companies are commercializing synthetic versions of kratom and banning the plant would protect their interests? Companies…
“The deluge of letters has begun,” the judge said in a written response to the letters… Whether Colleen McMahon ultimately oversees the appeal is uncertain at this point as the U.S. Trustee and appealing states are asking that their challenge be sent directly to the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, skipping over the federal…
The U.S. Justice Department and some states are appealing the ruling, saying it will unfairly deny the rights of people and governments to sue the Sacklers. New York Attorney General Letitia James says the settlement doesn’t prevent criminal prosecution of the Sacklers… Original Article (WSKG):New york’s attorney general defends $4.5 billion opioid settlement with sackler…
At one point, Hampton writes, he asked, “Do you know anyone that’s struggled with opioids?” “I don’t,” [Richard] Sackler replied… although he had been sworn to secrecy about the sensitive work that he was doing, he was also secretly writing a memoir. “How do you think your family is going to be remembered?” Hampton asked.…
For those… who grew up in the “this is your brain on drugs” era, it’s hard to let go of stigma – and the mental image of an egg sizzling on a hot pan. But as a growing number of states and cities move to decriminalize… Healing the healers is a win-win, and everyone can…
“Very much like how penicillin can treat a multitude of infectious diseases, we’re seeing that now psilocybin portrays very similar qualities for the treatment of mental health, addictions, and things of that nature,” Welsh said. Welsh noted these results seem to signal that investigators may be going down the right path with their research exploring…
Thailand deleted kratom from its narcotics list on August 24 and a draft law to allow imports and exports of the coffee-like shrub… …much like cannabis, decriminalization [of kratom] will lead to growing acceptance of [the plant], Sowcharoensuk, an Analyst at Krungsri Research, told Bloomberg, “Decriminalization will not only benefit farmers but will create a…
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