…placing marijuana in Schedule II would mean that the industry would have to be medicalized in a way that would end state-regulated dispensaries. Instead, he suggested, cannabis products would have to be Food and Drug Administration-approved, and only pharmacists could prescribe it, limiting access. “As reflected in prior correspondence to this Court, reclassification of cannabis…
…increasingly shifting away from drugs that require planting and growing seasons, like heroin and marijuana… in favor of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which can be cooked 24/7 throughout the year, are up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and produce a greater profit margin. Original Article (SFGate):‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug…
One of the biggest overhauls in the agreement, though, was a change the league had long resisted: loosening the rules governing players’ use of marijuana. Over the years, the N.F.L. had resisted loosening its marijuana rules to avoid conflicting with federal and state laws. But as more states have approved the use of marijuana for…
…revise State drug laws to decriminalize the “personal possession, storage, use, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution in personal possession amounts without profit, transport, and consumption of psilocybin mushrooms” by individuals 18 and older. The proposal also says it applies to “any person younger than 18 with parental or guardian consent.” Otherwise, the maximum punishment for a psilocybin…
Surprised? You shouldn’t be. The DEA possesses an abysmal track record when it comes to enabling scientists to engage in cannabis-specific studies in the United States, in particular research evaluating the plant’s therapeutic efficacy. With such a checkered past, it is easy to see why many remain incredulous that the DEA’s latest actions are in…
The suspects were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis plants – an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail along with a fine of HK$100,000 under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. Trafficking in a dangerous drug carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. “The bedrooms on the ground and first floors were…
I can totally see somebody in Silicon Valley doing ayahuasca in order to come up with the next algorithm that’s going to make them a billionaire. But there’s something that feels concerning to me about this nonspecific amplifier conversation… about the co-opting of psychedelics by capitalism. So, if psychedelics are non-specific amplifiers, I’m concerned that people…
The vending machine began dispensing in January 2020. [Henry] visits it to pick up his medication four times a day … participants do not have to attend counseling, swear off all other substances or show up every day at a particular time. Tyndall, a professor of epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, originally proposed…
“Friends don’t let friends smoke government weed.” National cannabis sector lead at the consultancy firm… says legal sales have fallen short of expectations for a number of reasons. Legal prices – driven up by taxes – have been a factor in helping keep the [grass-roots naturally-occurring] market “as rampant as ever”, he says. “It’s just…
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said the 0.3 percent THC limit is arbitrary, and it’s not necessary to distinguish hemp from marijuana. Sonny Perdue [31st US Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor of Georgia] said that was “certainly true” and he added that USDA “fought for a little more flexibility of widening those standards,” but it…
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