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Ex-Rep. Kinzinger on GOP’s internal war over drug policy, cannabis, psychedelics – ‘Quite likely legal in 5-10 years’

Adam Kinzinger has never been one to toe the party line. As a former Republican congressman, he has seen his party shift over the years, growing more divided on key issues – including drug policy. “There is a group within this kind of new whatever-we-want-to-call-it Republican Party, I guess, that is very hardcore anti-drug,” Kinzinger says.…

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Psilocybin treatment for cancer patients rejected by court

A Seattle doctor lost his legal bid to use psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to treat terminally ill cancer patients under a… ruling by the country’s largest federal appeals court. The US Drug Enforcement Administration acted within its authority in barring Sunil Aggarwal from prescribing the psychedelic, a three-judge panel for the US…

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Inside… psychedelic…

Tara Austin… an expert in behavioural science and a self-described “psychedelic utopian”… calls psychedelics a frontier in “the new civil rights movement” for what many call “cognitive liberty”, or the right to explore and perturb inner space as much as our exterior lives. They might seem eccentric, but in many ways it is Paul Stamets…

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…Vancouver drug activist targeted

The B.C. government says more than $100,000 seized in police raids of Vancouver mushroom dispensaries should be forfeited as the proceeds of crime. …activist Dana Larsen, who is named as a defendant in the civil forfeiture lawsuit, said he will fight to get the cash returned… Larsen said his lawyer suggested they have a good…

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…Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

Trump… signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of… online marketplace Silk Road… He was convicted in 2015 on seven counts related to the site, including distributing narcotics on the Internet… Original Article (The Hill):Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross UlbrichtArtwork Fair Use: Public Domain

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Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people in prison for drug offenses, including some who are locked up on marijuana charges

Sarah Gersten, executive director and general counsel at [LPP] Last Prisoner Project, said… “historic decision offers hope – not just for those freed today, but for all the individuals still incarcerated for cannabis and their families that have been impacted by the War on Drugs. President Biden’s actions remind us that meaningful change is possible when…

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Colorado bipartisan trigger bill on synthetic psilocybin passes first hearing

A House bill that would create a psilocybin exception for the state’s drug classifications passed its first reading today. The measure would only go into effect if the FDA approves synthetic psilocybin. The trigger bill, officially titled FDA-approved Crystalline Polymorph Psilocybin Use, was voted to move to a committee hearing 12-1. However, no one’s quite sure how far…

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Advocate of psychedelic drugs wants to work with RFK Jr.

Kennedy said his mind was open “to the idea of psychedelics for treatment… people ought to have the freedom and the liberty to experiment with these hallucinogens to overcome debilitating disorders.” An evangelist [Dr. Shereef Elnahal] for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants…

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