Broadly speaking, the status quo isn’t working. By 2019, the federal government was spending $34.6 billion annually on attempts to control drug use. More than $1 trillion has been directly spent on war on drugs initiatives in the past four decades… A 2018 study published in the journal Science found that overdose death rates have…
…argues that psilocybin should be made available under state and federal right-to-try laws… [seeking] approval to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms and use them in treatment. This isn’t the first time DEA has found itself battling lawsuits over the criminalization of controlled substances that hold therapeutic value… [reflecting the need to] realize the promise of state and…
…for-profit ventures don’t get a free pass. They can also cause harm, and they often do. [Christian Angermayer, funder of ATAI/COMPASS states] “In no way do I believe the for-profit medical model will negatively impact the lives of indigenous shamans… one point which is very dear to my heart in this context is decriminalization. Nobody…
In addition to allowing Californians to produce and use certain psychedelic drugs, SB 519 officially recognizes these drugs’ medical application… would allow the possession, cultivation, use, and “sharing” of most psychedelic drugs in California was formally introduced in the state Legislature on Thursday [Feb. 18, 2021]. …proposal follows several successful decriminalization efforts at the city…
The policy extension of… radical love to his son is a full embrace of harm reduction and expanding the conversation about use disorder beyond opioids… has gone from viewing people who use drugs as “addicts running around… already robbing you” to his “beautiful son.” Part of that is likely the impact of seeing the struggle…
Cambridge City Council, Massachusetts, votes 8-1 to decriminalize nature… [This is] the second city in Massachusetts to decriminalize… that the City Council hereby maintains it should be the policy of the City of Cambridge that the investigation and arrest of adult persons for planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, engaging in practices with, and/or possessing entheogenic…
…the concept of Cognitive Liberty (CL), as coined by American civil rights activists. This is a concept that… is something similar to a wall to protect the individual from the claims of any other person. Indeed, cognitive liberty is the right to control one’s own mind: the basic brick of personal freedom. In the last…
A proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent the legalization of pot [and “illegal” psychoactives] in the state… Backers say the state Constitution needs to be changed because neighboring states have approved marijuana use, and it could happen in Idaho. Original Article (KTVB):Constitutional ban on legal marijuana advances in Idaho SenateArtwork Fair Use: Nancy Reilly Young
Resolution declaring that the investigation and arrest of individuals involved with personal use, growth, and possession of entheogenic plants, including those scheduled at the state and federal levels be the lowest priority for the city… Whereas, Entheogenic Plants, defined herein as the full spectrum of plants, fungi, and natural materials and/or their extracted compounds, limited…
American cities have long possessed an inferred constitutional right to regulate commerce and public safety within their jurisdictions, a principle acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Justice Cole Memorandum that permitted states and localities to deprioritize law enforcement of cannabis charges… That the City Council hereby maintains it should be the policy of the City…
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