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 Durkan said she hoped Seattle’s plan will serve as a template for other cities seeking to correct the biases of outdated and punitive drug laws.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
*KLCC NPR for Oregonians Interview with the Author. LINK It blows my mind that Mexico, Colombia or Afghanistan have not moved against GW Pharmaceuticals (“GW”) (a partner with Bayer AG, “Bayer” [and Monsanto] ), since genetics for Sativex came from those countries. How can some Dutch national register Thai genetics, or Afghani? The DEA is the…
The Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, has told human rights groups criticising his deadly anti-drug war to “go to hell” after ordering police back to the frontlines of the crackdown … “You can go to hell, all of you!” Duterte said in a speech, referring to human rights groups, Catholic bishops and priests who had urged…
Jeff Sessions failed “to provide any evidence that prosecuting marijuana in states where it has been legalized will make Americans safer.” “The costs of pursuing this misguided policy both in terms of prosecution and in lives blighted by unnecessary criminal convictions are staggering, cruel and unwarranted,” said Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee who…
Because of the Oregon indoor clean air act, you can’t smoke marijuana (even with ah vape pen) in public… …but [current policy like this may inadvertently be] sending marijuana consumers out onto I-84 to commit crimes by consuming marijuana in their vehicle or transporting it across the border. Original Article (East Oregonian):Letter: Oregon has too…
Thousands of people with misdemeanor convictions for marijuana possession dating back 40 years will have their criminal records cleared, the San Francisco district attorney’s office said Wednesday. San Diego is also forgiving old convictions.Recreational marijuana became legal in California this year, and the law allowed those with prior low-level offenses to petition for expungement, a…
He is technically right in that they are the only treatments available in the United States. He is wrong, however, in the bigger picture. Canada and Mexico are among the countries that allow addicts to take ibogaine, which can eliminate withdrawal symptoms in one dose. Ibogaine’s problem here is that it is lumped in with…
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