…according to Springfield-based Roseburg Forest Products (RFP), the lumber company owns Weed’s water and has the right to sell it to Crystal Geyser to bottle it and sell it to places like Japan, far from the town on the slopes of Mount Shasta. “Roseburg [Forest Products] acted like a bully in suing these citizens, and…
Beyond sentencing, some local governments are making efforts to further repair damage from criminalization by enacting “equity programs” that allow for victims of the war on drugs to have application priority during the marijuana business licensing process. “As states start dialing back their war on marijuana consumers … it is important that those who were…
“This is a once in a multi-generational event,” Dennis Peron said, likening it to the end of prohibition of alcohol in 1933. He also obtained a new license to continue selling marijuana for medical uses. “This is what a lot of activists in the industry have been working for since the 1990s when Dennis Peron…
The Associated Press identified 12 Chinese vendors willing to export carfentanil to the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and Australia, in quantities that could kill millions of people, no questions asked. The United States government is concerned that carfentanil, a powerful opioid that has caused a rash of overdose deaths, could be…
“Kathlyn Stone, one of our associate editors and a former media relations manager for the American Academy of Neurology, emphasized that responsible reporting on psychedelics can influence public perceptions and help research on these substances move forward.” “Because substances like psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis are controlled substances and long associated with drug misuse, researchers have…
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…
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…
The bill also would penalize states that haven’t legalized marijuana and have “disproportionate” rates of arrest and incarceration for marijuana-related offences by cutting federal funding in those states for new jails, prisons and staffing. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is cosponsoring a bill to decriminalize marijuana across the nation and penalize states with high arrest…
Suffice to say this is an issue that unites most on the left and right, as well as those who advocate for combat veterans and individuals who use marijuana for medical needs … Now it is up to Congress in the year-end spending bill whether the will of [then] candidate Trump and an overwhelming majority…
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