Christopher McCurdy, president-elect of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, believes that kratom has the potential to work for patients and even help solve the opioid crisis. “There’s a huge wealth of anecdotal evidence, and some scientific, that there is definite medical potential for this plant. If it’s not in the treatment of mild and…
“It’s important to realize that thousands of people who were formerly using opioids — either for pain or because they were addicted — have transferred to kratom … and now are off opioids,” Dr. Henningfield said. But at this point many are terrified of losing that lifeline, he added … “People are choosing kratom over…
Just this year alone, more than a dozen states and 100 counties have sued drug companies for deceptive marketing of painkillers to pain patients, downplaying the risks … Some doctors are abruptly ending prescriptions [of opiates they previously prescribed] even when patients have been stable on high doses for years, throwing them into withdrawal —…
We should not be hoodwinked into mistaking a ban for actual beneficial policy, or conned into believing eliminating kratom would alleviate or even address drug-related issues so impactful to millions of American families. -Ryan F. Estevez* As psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who has worked for years in emergency rooms, community health centers, and prisons, I am…
Research into medical marijuana resulted in the discovery of the “entourage effect” which allows for the vast array of possible effects and length of effects experienced by medical marijuana patients using different strains. Kratom, like medical marijuana, has a great diversity of effects based on a multitude of variables. The most important of these being…
Relating to kratom; and declaring an emergency… this 2017 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist… Directs State Board of Pharmacy [in Oregon] to conduct study for purpose of determining whether plant mitragyna speciosa and drug derivatives of plant should be scheduled…
America’s current system of coercive, demanding and often demeaning care itself creates resistance to treatment. When people see getting help as well, helpful, they seek it, because—believe it or not—active addiction isn’t fun. Marijuana legalization can also help: Nearly a dozen studies now show that medical marijuana is associated with a reduction in use of…
Also in 2016, researchers at Imperial College London released what they say is the first modern brain imaging of people taking LSD. Researchers gave 20 people the drug and scanned their brains. They found that during the psychedelic state, volunteers processed information from many parts of their brain, not just the visual cortex as normally…
Members of the student government at Maryland passed a resolution calling for the university to end random drug testing, housing termination, suspension and expulsion as potential consequences for students over 21 found with weed or drug paraphernalia. At the University of Maryland, College Park, students have lobbied for reduced punishments for possessing marijuana, which they…
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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