After many years of dormancy, research and public interest in psychedelics has expanded. Once-obscure topics, such as ayahuasca, now receive major media coverage in stories claiming psychological benefits, and the public routinely hears about MDMA and other substances… The need for training of mental health professionals in various competency areas related to psychedelics is increasingly…
In May 2013, one of the UK’s leading health journals reported explosive findings about the effectiveness of opioids in the treatment of long-term pain. The BMJ revealed that in a review of randomised trials involving thousands of people suffering from the two most common types of chronic pain — lower back pain and osteoarthritis —…
“The facility that my farmer used to produce his Kratom is FDA compliant and GMP, General good manufacturing practices.” “It is actually taken off the tree and it is hung out to dry and it is milled through they pulled out the stemming and the veining and they just make it into a flower-like consistency,”…
About 60 percent of the nation’s fatal opioid overdoses occur among patients who have legitimate prescriptions for their medications. In states where medical marijuana is legal, however, a legitimate opiate user is able to significantly decrease his or her dosage, making overdose less likely Researchers looked at medical marijuana laws and death certificate data in…
“If psilocybin were an approved medication, it would likely be prescribed for mood disorders such as depression, or depression related to a life-threatening illness,” Albert Garcia-Romeu, a research associate at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “There are legal medications for depression, anxiety, and for some addictions. However, these do not always work, and often…
Molson Coors Brewing Co. voiced concerns about the potential impact that cannabis legalization could have on its beer sales The 13K filing indicated that the company views legal cannabis as a possible “risk factor” to its business, suggesting that “although the ultimate impact is currently unknown, the emergence of legal cannabis in certain U.S. states…
It’s progress that players entering the league seemingly won’t be punished for cannabis usage like they once were, but it still isn’t anything resembling honest change. Many teams no longer regard marijuana usage as the detrimental character issue they once did. Just last year, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones privately advocated to end the league’s…
Individuals who report having resolved a problem with cannabis use appear to have done so at younger ages than those who resolved problems with alcohol or other drugs, report investigators from the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). …since so many of the cannabis-primary group resolved their problem without either formal treatment or…
“[It’s] part of what’s being called the “holistic plant movement”. “Powerful yet gentle holistic plant medicines are the genuine article. They heal people, and they save lives.” [and] “This is what we’ve been searching for, and what’s desperately needed to attack the modern-day addiction epidemic head-on. Our plant medicine treatments work like no other…
1. Ensure safer streets … 2. Reduce the spread of disease … 3. Improve access to emergency services … 4. Can reduce crime … 5. Help people integrate into the legitimate economy … 6. Save lives. Opponents of DCRs assert that we should focus on approaches of drug-free recovery and rehabilitation, rather than allowing drug use. While successful approaches for some…
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