*iboga activist Dana Beal in 1994 Del. Wendell Beitzel (R-District 1A) wants to continue efforts to establish an ibogaine treatment pilot program in Maryland. “We’re dealing with an extreme opiate addiction problem,” Beitzel said during his and Sen. George Edwards’ recent pre-legislative meeting at Garrett College. “I think it’s a problem that’s probably touched just…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is moving on the complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte in connection with the high number of killings under his violent war on drugs. The ICC is the world’s first treaty-based permanent international criminal court that aims to end impunity. It investigates serious crimes including genocide, crimes against humanity, war…
*cold clarity (Presidential pardon recipient, Joe Arpaio, infamous “Tent City” prison leader. One prior prisoner there wrote… It demonstrates President Trump’s priorities with cold clarity. Restored funding to the tune of $50 million for an anti-drug media campaign, a failed initiative that was zeroed out in 2012 after studies showed that the over-the-top campaigns may have actually increased drug use. $43…
“We are here to work together to move forward, not backwards, when it comes to our economy,” Kate Brown says. Brown [Oregon Governor], who addressed the room immediately after Williams, says she’s on board for enforcement efforts that aim to keep cannabis “out of the illegal market, and out of the hands of children.” She…
“The ability to meet the future needs of the federal correctional system…” is an interesting phrase to toss in there considering that Jeff Sessions has already has committed himself to restarting the drug war. The Bureau of Prisons has the stated goal of “increasing population levels in private contract facilities,” according to a memorandum…
…this young man first learned of a drug called MDMA, still legal at the time. Little did he realize that this would be the beginning of a lifelong quest to legitimize a drug in the eyes of a world in which it would soon become taboo. This journey would take over 35 years … Once…
LSD and psilocybin are not creations of the sixties. Psilocybin, the chemical in magic mushrooms, has been used in the Americas going back at least a thousand years, and possibly a lot more, as part of religious rituals. It may be that these chemicals are where we developed our religious impulse. Our sense that there…
“We’ve never had any interest in One East Broadway,” Chris Woods, chief executive for Terrapin Care Station in Boulder, Colo., said. A Colorado-based marijuana company will indeed open a pot retail store in downtown Eugene, but it won’t be at the location the company initially announced. Terrapin Care Station on Thursday said that on Tuesday…
A Colorado marijuana company said it plans to buy a building in the heart of downtown Eugene, across from Kesey Square, and open a pot shop there. The prominence of the building — at the crossroads of Willamette and Broadway — is exactly why Boulder, Colo.-based Terrapin Care Station wants the property, Peter Marcus, spokesman…
“It was because of me that organized crime was getting nasty. I was developing the tactics.” … “I used to risk my life doing the work because I used to believe I was doing good,” said Woods. “Now I realize everything I did only caused harm.” The former police officer was a pioneer in his…
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