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The whole fungus: developed

Party members in Canada overwhelmingly vote for decriminalizing drugs. It’s likely a first for North America. The City of Vancouver, BC has officially recommended that the Government of Canada “immediately” decriminalize the personal possession of all drugs, including hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. Decriminalization is a relatively simple process. It would involve removing sections…

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Groundbreaking drug policy bills reintroduced in Maryland

Maryland Delegate Dan Morhaim, M.D. – also a practicing physician in emergency and internal medicine for more than 30 years – has introduced [H.B. 484],[H.B. 515], and [H.B. 519] to transform drug policy in the state.  H.B. 484 [Drug Use and Possession Penalty Changes] = This bill [is designed to keep] some drug users – those possessing minimal amounts – out…

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Keeping kratom legal

We ask the DEA to Follow the Science to protect access to [whole-plant botanical] kratom by those Americans who exercise their freedoms to safely use kratom as a part of their personal health and well-being regimen. The claims of deaths “associated with the use of kratom” made by the FDA have been discredited and now requires a complete reanalysis of actual risks that may exist for…

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Liberal party members [in Canada] overwhelmingly vote for decriminalizing drugs…

*Joan of Arc, Statue. Portland, OR It’s likely a first for North America. The City of Vancouver has officially “recommended” that the Government of Canada “immediately” decriminalize the personal possession of all drugs, including hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. Decriminalization is a relatively simple process. It would involve removing sections of the Controlled Drugs…

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China is blaming Canada for its cannabis problem but is producing 50% of the world’s supply

You won’t hear any talk of legalization in China soon. China’s history, drug wars, and communist control have left citizens convinced that drugs are personally and socially evil … China still bans cultivation, transport, sale, and possession … [The Chinese Government] holds over 600 patents on cannabis applications.  In Hong Kong, manufacturing cannabis or any other drug…

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Narcotics Control Board calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic drug use. The six-day programme brought together lawyers, prosecutors, officials from drug enforcement agencies, psychologists, students and civil society organisations from Anglophone West African countries, including The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria … Issues…

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Montreal’s public health director backs Toronto health authorities’ call for drug decriminalization

The director of Montreal’s public health department is welcoming a recent report by Toronto’s board of health pushing the federal government to decriminalize all drugs.​A Health Canada report last month found that nearly 4,000 Canadians died from an apparent opioid overdose in 2017, including 303 opioid overdose-related deaths in Toronto. That prompted Toronto’s health board urging…

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Denver group wants to legalize magic mushrooms

The group’s current language proposes legalizing possession of up to 28g and manufacturing up to 280g.​The campaign also wants to keep people who are using what the group calls a harmless drug, out of jail.  Matthews added the Denver movement already has 100 volunteers ready to campaign. They plan to host events and panels to educate…

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