But Ryan Dunevar from Decriminalize California worries that legalizing only medical uses would be too restrictive. The cost of therapy “eliminates a lot of people, which means basically only rich white people would be able to use it,” says Dunevar. “This is a people’s movement,” says Larry Norris.”There’s a much broader range of people who maybe can’t…
Venture capital is afoot in psychedelic country, practically boiling under the surface. Advertising for emerging psychedelic clinics and services will predictably tap into the same utopian rhetoric promising a bright, progressive future. A medical model treats psychedelic therapy as a solution to individual mental illnesses, but these individual neuroses have roots that draw nourishment from bedrock…
“Or will they create The Psilocybin Act? And psilocybin regulations? With licensed producers?” Dana Larsen asks, laughing at the absurdity of history repeating itself. He suggests the smartest and easiest transition would be to add psilocybe mushrooms to Canada’s [and United States] natural health products, which includes herbal remedies and traditional medicines. John Conroy, a…
We know alcohol contributes to psychosis, violence, and antisocial behaviors. If we’re going to put limits on THC content, why are ultra-potent alcohol products like Everclear, well, in the clear? If HB 2546 becomes law, it would only have one real winner: Washington State’s government. Low potency weed products means regular consumers would need to…
“It appears as though the desire to provide veterans and sick patients with access to deeply discounted medicine… is less of a priority than getting a bus with your logo to drive down the strip, sadly.” -Madisen Saglibene, founder and Executive Director of the Las Vegas and Nevada chapters of NORML Like so many other…
In 1906, the feds passed the Pure Food and Drug Act. This dawn of misinformation [regarding cannabis and other entheogenic plants and fungi] during an era of prohibition included the Harry J. Anslinger propaganda war … [culminating in Nixon’s Controlled Substances Act of 1970]. In 2020, the prospect of a psychedelics dispensary; a lack of…
As psychedelics reform efforts pick up across the U.S., there’s an increasing weariness among advocates about the potential corporatization that may follow… a California-based company announced… that it had… trademarked the word “psilocybin,”… psychoactive constituent of… magic mushrooms. Reform advocates view the trademark as emblematic of a bigger issue—that someone would presume to take ownership…
This bill will allow FDA to regulate CBD that comes from hemp as a dietary supplement, providing a pathway forward for hemp-derived products; amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to include CBD in the definition of dietary supplements. Eric Steenstra, president of the advocacy group Vote Hemp [said], “supports this important new bill…
People who sell drugs are popular scapegoats. In response to the opioid crisis, many states have recently passed laws allowing prosecutors to charge drug dealers with murder if a customer overdoses. “Some may ask whether it is not a bridge too far to decline criminal prosecution of drugs other than marijuana,” Marton writes in his proposal. “But…
The enforcement of cannabis legalization has been a boon to police budgets across Canada… The Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are continuing their annual joint search-and-destroy mission against illegal outdoor cannabis grows — another example of how the war against the plant is alive and well, despite legalization. Under Canada’s legal…
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