“The FDA is creating, essentially, public hysteria,” Paula Brown, director of the B.C. Institute of Technology’s natural health and food producers research group, said in a telephone interview. “I’m very skeptical that kratom could actually be attributed as a cause of death.” Zachary Walsh, an associate professor in UBC’s department of psychology and co-director of…
We need only to look back at recent decades to show the fallacy of trying to arrest, jail and hamper drug users with collateral consequences as a mode to address drug dependency … Defelonization is needed and a solid step forward but it is not the final destination when attempting to establish a public health approach to drug…
States and cities have suffered the brunt of the cost and carnage of the drug crisis, which killed more than 64,000 people in 2016 and is straining local emergency and health services. About two-thirds of the overdose deaths were caused by opioids, in particular illicit fentanyl. The Justice Department also filed a statement of…
The opioid epidemic, he said, “has never been worse. People form blue ribbon committees. They do everything they can. And frankly, I have a different take on it. My take is you have to get really, really tough, really mean with the drug pushers and the drug dealers.” The president’s mention of “blue ribbon committees”…
While the report suggests these cases “underscore the serious and sometimes deadly risks of using kratom,” it is clear that the FDA is reaching … the total number of [supposed] deaths associated with kratom is dwarfed by those attributed to common over the counter and non-opioid prescription drugs… … the FDA is grasping for a…
The ‘war on drugs’ was built on shaky foundations. Now, countries around the world from Canada, to Uruguay, Portugal and many US states are beginning to dismantle it piece by piece. Its collapse is good news for people and communities around the world, providing us with the opportunity to build a new approach to drugs…
For years, [cannabis] convictions have had painful implications on the everyday lives of Washington’s most vulnerable populations, Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a press conference Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2018. Durkan said she hoped Seattle’s plan will serve as a template for other cities seeking to correct the biases of outdated and punitive drug laws. “It…
With the opioid crisis claiming hundreds of lives each week, why would the government list this promising plant as a Schedule 1, making research and testing nearly impossible? Whom is the FDA trying to protect — the public or Big Pharma, which loses profits when citizens find a safe, natural, inexpensive alternative to addictive opioids?…
*tax-payer funded DEA offices The medical potential of kratom is widely unknown. Plants are rarely studied for medical use in the United States, which is why there is never “enough research” to determine whether or not doctors can refer to them as “safe and effective” and recommend their use. The “active ingredient” in kratom is…
*Bayer (one of the corporations who actively lobbied the DEA in 2017 demonstrate their Xpro fungacide product at a demonstration) Total Number of Clients: 24 Bayer AG Corp lobbied the DEA in 2017. Original Article (Opensecrets):Annual number of clients lobbying the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)Artwork Fair Use: Michael Trolove
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