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Health and human services (HHS) recommended that the DEA make kratom a Schedule I drug, like LSD or heroin

The Department of Health and Human Services has recommended a ban on the chemicals in [the whole botanical plant] kratom …  Several scientists expressed concerns that such a ban would stifle research on chemicals that could be developed into alternatives to the addictive prescription opioids that kill tens of thousands of Americans each year. They said…

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British injustice : the courts ignore the killers while persecuting the healers

According to the Gosport Independent Panel, between 456 and 650 patients at Gosport Hospital near Portsmouth, UK were deliberately murdered by the National Health Service (NHS) with opioids … Gosport is expected to be the tip of the iceberg.​Nurses first reported the deaths – “an institutionalized practice of shortening lives” – as whistleblowers in 1991. Some…

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Ohio plans to ban kratom…

These studies demonstrate kratom’s potential medical uses. By classifying the active compounds in kratom as Schedule I substances, Ohio’s Board of Pharmacy would prevent further medical research into its benefits (similar to the obstacles the DEA has imposed on research of marijuana, a Schedule I substance).  At the time of the assessment’s release, FDA Commissioner…

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4 more US States could legalize medical or recreational marijuana

Notwithstanding opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, polls indicate that nearly two-thirds of Utah voters think patients should be able to use marijuana if their doctors recommend it.  Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) described Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s dismay upon hearing that voters in Utah seem set to approve medical marijuana when they…

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Ban on recreational cannabis is unconstitutional: Mexico Supreme Court

That creates a precedent other Mexican courts will have to follow. Announcing (On Wednesday, October 31st, 2018) it had found in favour of two legal challenges filed against prohibition of recreational marijuana use, Mexico’s top court crossed the threshold needed to create jurisprudence: five similar rulings on the matter. Original Article (Globalnews.ca):Ban on recreational cannabis…

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The future doesn’t look too bright for Insys

Insys’ (INSY) past is in the news again; a past it wishes it could forget. In a 20-page report with a 173-page appendix consisting mostly of distasteful emails depicting aggressive sales tactics for an opiate 30 times more powerful than heroin, the Senate… released the details of a… case against the company… The company’s main income is…

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No, the DEA did not reschedule the CBD compound

There is a certain level of confusion reverberating throughout the cannabis community right now over the DEA’s recent decision to make Epidiolex, the cannabis-based epilepsy drug created by GW Pharmaceuticals, a Schedule V controlled substance. Some folks are convinced that since this FDA-approved medication is pure cannabidiol (CBD) that all CBD products fall into the same category. Sadly, this…

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