The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic drug use. The six-day programme brought together lawyers, prosecutors, officials from drug enforcement agencies, psychologists, students and civil society organisations from Anglophone West African countries, including The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria … Issues…
The director of Montreal’s public health department is welcoming a recent report by Toronto’s board of health pushing the federal government to decriminalize all drugs.A Health Canada report last month found that nearly 4,000 Canadians died from an apparent opioid overdose in 2017, including 303 opioid overdose-related deaths in Toronto. That prompted Toronto’s health board urging…
[Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health] Dr. Eileen de Villa is also recommending Ottawa convene a task force made up of people who use drugs, alongside experts in policy, health care, human rights, mental health and criminal justice experts “to explore options for the legal regulation of all drugs in Canada.”She is urging the city’s board…
The group’s current language proposes legalizing possession of up to 28g and manufacturing up to 280g.The campaign also wants to keep people who are using what the group calls a harmless drug, out of jail. Matthews added the Denver movement already has 100 volunteers ready to campaign. They plan to host events and panels to educate…
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“Alcoholism is PTSD as far as I’m concerned …the vast majority of my patients with alcohol and other addictions are essentially ‘PTSD plus.’” -Dr. Ben Sessa He started to numb his anxiety with alcohol and prescription drugs and almost killed himself accidentally about 10 times before his family intervened. He tried to go to talk…
The Senate needs to support the amendments to SITSA and SCREEN to exclude natural botanical plants and herbs. Two of those bills, the SITSA Act (Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017), and the SCREEN Act (Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now) both attempt to stop deadly synthetic…
*whole plant Kratom tea The Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act [SITSA] is aimed at prohibiting analogs of drugs such as fentanyl from entering the US. Fentanyl is an opioid whose many cousins, like carfentanil, dominate overdose deaths. It should be noted, however, that all fentanyl analogs are already banned, even those that don’t currently exist yet.…
“Legalizing hemp nationwide ends decades of bad policymaking and opens up untold economic opportunity for farmers in Oregon and across the country,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said upon passage of the Farm Bill on Thursday, June 28th, 2018. Earlier this month, the Senate approved a nonbinding resolution recognizing hemp’s “growing economic potential.” “Our bipartisan legislation…
The bill, which comes two months after Schumer voiced his support for legalization on 420, also includes $100 million in funding over five years as an incentive for states which have legalized to expunge or seal criminal records for low-level drug crimes. Additional funding would be provided by the Small Business Administration to cannabis businesses owned…
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