Relating to kratom; and declaring an emergency… this 2017 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist… Directs State Board of Pharmacy [in Oregon] to conduct study for purpose of determining whether plant mitragyna speciosa and drug derivatives of plant should be scheduled…
America’s current system of coercive, demanding and often demeaning care itself creates resistance to treatment. When people see getting help as well, helpful, they seek it, because—believe it or not—active addiction isn’t fun. Marijuana legalization can also help: Nearly a dozen studies now show that medical marijuana is associated with a reduction in use of…
Members of the student government at Maryland passed a resolution calling for the university to end random drug testing, housing termination, suspension and expulsion as potential consequences for students over 21 found with weed or drug paraphernalia. At the University of Maryland, College Park, students have lobbied for reduced punishments for possessing marijuana, which they…
The bill also would penalize states that haven’t legalized marijuana and have “disproportionate” rates of arrest and incarceration for marijuana-related offences by cutting federal funding in those states for new jails, prisons and staffing. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is cosponsoring a bill to decriminalize marijuana across the nation and penalize states with high arrest…
Suffice to say this is an issue that unites most on the left and right, as well as those who advocate for combat veterans and individuals who use marijuana for medical needs … Now it is up to Congress in the year-end spending bill whether the will of [then] candidate Trump and an overwhelming majority…
The only model I can see is one that, presumably through tax incentives, facilitates development of small, not-for profit membership organizations that have both (a) the ability to monitor use by individual members and (b) the ability either (1) to cultivate/manufacture their own ‘products’ [I use that term deliberately] or (2) the ability to purchase…
*Dark Green: Use of cannabis permitted, no doctor’s recommendation required / Green: Use of cannabis permitted only with a doctor’s recommendation / Light Green: States with low-THC, high-CBD laws in place / Grey: No medical cannabis or low-THC, high-CBD laws Most Americans think marijuana should be legal, and an even larger majority, including most Republicans,…
Scott Gottlieb, the FDA’s commissioner, called for external studies on the substance, as well. “I encourage you to conduct the research that will help us better understand kratom’s risk and benefit profile, so that well-studied and potentially beneficial products can be considered,” he said. (There was no clarification on how anyone in the US should…
A group is looking for voters to weigh in on whether Oregon would be the first in the nation to legalize psilocybin mushrooms … The measure would have the state create a board that would lay out the rules and regulations within a year of voters approving the legalization. Their measure doesn’t call for recreational…
Though it won’t come as much surprise to anyone in the kratom community, it turns out, wonder of wonders, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory was pulled completely out of nowhere, according to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) material released by Muckrock. The FDA made multiple false claims regarding kratom itself, the way…
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