*Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon, PortugalThe top prosecutors in two Washington State counties — Snohomish and King — have announced that they will no longer file charges in drug possession cases involving less than 2-3 grams of any substance. Even today, few elected officials are willing to introduce or support legislation to decriminalize drug possession. And while public support for…
Oregon’s Secretary of State has just approved language for a potential ballot initiative that would legalize psychedelic mushrooms. In recent years, some studies have shown that “magic mushrooms” can have positive effects, especially those undergoing cancer treatments and… depression. If Oregonians were to approve the initiative, it would decriminalize psilocybins and allow for the licensed manufacturing and administration of the substances.Original…
There’s a growing body of evidence the drug is safe and effective to treat things like depression, anxiety, PTSD and, ironically, drug addiction. [Note : Eugene Register Guard reported on this initiative in length in March of 2018.] Oregon has a history with mushrooms. The author and Eugene… figure Ken Kesey participated in government studies of hallucinogens in…
Finding common ground with Russia’s Soviet-era understanding of addiction—known as “narcology”—they promote abstinence, and abstinence only, from all illegal substances … Russia is about as bad as it gets. The country also has one of the highest populations of injecting drug users in the world. Once Crimea went under Russian control, the territory’s “registered drug addicts” found themselves cut off…
Oregon Flower : Chimaphila menziesii Oregon Governor Kate Brown has declared addiction a public health crisis in the state. Brown… announced an executive order setting a deadline for the state Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to develop a plan, with intermediary deadlines as early as September [2018]. The plan would lay out steps for state…
The abusive concern for kratom centers on two organic compounds called alkaloids contained within the leaves: mitragynine (MG) and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-HMG). These two drugs show activity at μ-opioid receptors, which are related to pain relief. While these chemicals are not true opioids, they have demonstrated effective pain relief in human and animal studies. “In the…
Hemby worries that the government’s ruling could make studying the plant and its key ingredients even harder than it already is, and he’s not alone [especially after the following research emerged]. In October 2017, the FDA broke out kratom’s two main components and studied them separately, ultimately recommending a ban on both of them, Stat News reported…
Oregon Flower : Small-flowered Lupine The governor said that [at this time] increasing taxes on beer, wine and cider faces… many political hurdles. Lawmakers will take up the governor’s budget after their session begins in January [2019]. “I know the beer and wine tax hasn’t been increased in 30-plus years,” Brown said during a conference call with…
Oregon Flower : Golden-Eyed-Grass “This decision could be writing on the wall that the federal government will soon drop marijuana to a lower schedule.” “The county has provided no evidence to the court that it has attempted to ban any and all marijuana use and production, as would be theoretically required by full compliance with the…
Oregon Flower : Cannabis visited by a Praying Mantis Smith’s plan starts in the Oregon Senate. “All we need to get the ball rolling is a bill that gives permission for the OLCC to allow legal exports between Oregon and other legal states,” Smith says … “This time last year, I was getting $1,800 to $2,200 per…
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