“If we were starting this industry from scratch today, and there was no demand and no supply,” adds Steinmetz, “then yes, Big Ag would probably dominate it and run it.” But the reality is different. The Emerald Triangle marijuana ecosystem is established, and it is vibrant. Flow Kana’s quest is to save this cannabis culture…
The parliamentary secretary (Mark Holland) for the minister of public safety said the government remains on track with its timeline to legalize marijuana and expects to have a framework in place to let Canadians buy it legally across the country before summer wraps up. Conservative senators have repeatedly raised concerns about the time frame of…
Times have certainly changed in North America with Canada being the first G7 country to federally regulate their cannabis market after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made regulation a campaign promise. Canadians are opting for a state controlled system focused on child protection, complete with age checks, quality control, and aimed at breaking links between the…
There is no reason for DEA [or FDA] to schedule Kratom, and it would be criminal to leave millions of Kratom users, and opiate-dependent populations, with no alternatives to pain and suffering, other than a return to increased use of prescription opioids or resorting to illegal purchase on the black market. -Jane Babin, Ph.D., Esq.…
In Quebec late last month, cops said they seized blotter paper that looks like acid but which contains carfentanil. Carfentanil is a cousin of fentanyl, but 100 times as powerful. An amount the size of a coarse grain of salt can kill you. [LSD] laced with fentanyl, which is a drug 50 times stronger than heroin, is a real thing, authorities [in…
Anyone undergoing the sessions would first be required to get a doctor’s clearance before participating, according to the plan. The program would be administered by the Oregon Health Authority. “Oregon, and Eugene in particular, appears ready to consider a proposal such as the Eckerts”, said Dr. Vip Short, a Board Member of the Eugene Center…
The war on drugs has failed and it’s time for New Zealand to take a fresh look at its policy, says former prime minister Helen Clark … “I think all the people who know about drug policy, who know what’s happening around the world, need to come to the [select] committee and spell it out…
The cannabis industry seems to have forgotten that Congress is king, and it is has allowed the [current] attorney general to wage his psychological war on legal marijuana. But Congress has made no real attempt to change the laws surrounding marijuana. Not even as more than 60 percent of the population now believes that weed…
As a former nurse, I never dreamed that our government would encroach to this degree on the relationship patients have with their medical providers. *while opiates are being restricted to patients in pain, the reportedly relatively benign and effective pain reliever Kratom is already supporting millions of Americans in pain, safely, and effectively. Will the…
*Donald Trump said, ”The only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness. When I was in China, I said ‘Mr. President, do you have a drug problem?’” [Xi Jinping replied] “No, no, no, we do not”. “I said, how … what do you attribute that to?” [Xi replied], “the death penalty”. … Trump…
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