The U.S. Justice Department and some states are appealing the ruling, saying it will unfairly deny the rights of people and governments to sue the Sacklers. New York Attorney General Letitia James says the settlement doesn’t prevent criminal prosecution of the Sacklers… Original Article (WSKG):New york’s attorney general defends $4.5 billion opioid settlement with sackler…
At one point, Hampton writes, he asked, “Do you know anyone that’s struggled with opioids?” “I don’t,” [Richard] Sackler replied… although he had been sworn to secrecy about the sensitive work that he was doing, he was also secretly writing a memoir. “How do you think your family is going to be remembered?” Hampton asked.…
“Very much like how penicillin can treat a multitude of infectious diseases, we’re seeing that now psilocybin portrays very similar qualities for the treatment of mental health, addictions, and things of that nature,” Welsh said. Welsh noted these results seem to signal that investigators may be going down the right path with their research exploring…
The officers handcuffed Mr Hood and allegedly threatened to electrocute him if he refused to cooperate, then demanded to see the drugs… Mr Hood has now been prosecuted and sentenced for 25 years for trafficking, supplying and possession and has been held at the police station for nine months… “They jumped out to arrest me,…
Now, kratom advocates suggest Washington is behind the World Health Organization’s interest – an attempt to end run the federal regulatory process by taking the international route to finish what it could not accomplish domestically. The WHO’s drug dependence committee will conduct a “pre-review” of kratom. The analysis could set the stage for the drug…
“Before it became legal, I’d have to hide the leaves under my car seat and they’d shrivel from the heat by the time I got home,” she said. “Now I don’t have to worry.” In Thailand, decriminalisation is getting good reviews from people like Phatcharaphon Thupaphong, a 47-year-old caddie who chews kratom to get an…
…the authors of the new study claim to have developed an extremely cheap method of producing psilocybin… “In less than [two] days, we successfully produced approximately 300 mg/L of psilocybin under simple conditions with easily sourced equipment and supplies,” write the study authors. “This work demonstrates the biosynthesis of psilocybin at concentrations in the 100s…
…the private sector is hoping to capitalize on the ongoing medicalization of psychedelics through manufacturing, drug development, and clinical administration of these substances and their proprietary, patentable derivatives. It isn’t news that there are certain for-profit companies that have been openly challenged on their questionable practices in this process of monetization. When examined closely… U.S. patent laws…
Compared to other psychotropic drugs available in the 1950s, LSD induced “something phenomenal, … of unimaginable intensity,” according to its creator Albert Hofmann. Speaking in an interview in 2004, he continued, “There is a vast difference between the emotional experience of this sensation and its purely abstract, philosophical description. It would be like trying to…
Experts say women, low-income people and people in rural areas are disproportionately affected by the prescribing crackdown. The same goes for people of color and Black people especially, who are more likely have their pain dismissed by doctors or be profiled as a drug addict or dealer due to stigma and racism. “We can confirm that law enforcement, the…
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