In a little-noticed section of a report on the nation’s worsening drug overdose epidemic released late last year, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged states and local communities to consider allowing overdose prevention sites [OPS]… to operate as a public health strategy. “At this point in the nation’s epidemic, the AMA urges states and communities…
If I was in charge of drug policy, first I’d acknowledge that our current criminalized drug scheduling system is based on nothing but ignorance and bigotry and issue an apology for all the harms caused by the policies of prohibition and criminalization. I’d get rid of the drug schedule system entirely. I’d immediately end all…
The bill from Del. Guy Guzzone (D) and five cosponsors would establish a “Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances” under the state Department of Health… will be required to study and make policy recommendations on, including “systems to support statewide online sales of natural psychedelic substances with home delivery” They would need…
…reasoning [against Oregon’s Measure 110] presumably is that decriminalization encouraged drug use and attracted more drug users to the city, boosting demand and therefore black-market activity. But the violence that attends such activity, which is notably absent from legal markets in drugs such as alcohol, is entirely a product of prohibition. Just as Measure 110…
…lawmakers in both parties offer up proposals that would make drug possession a crime for the first time in three years… reinstituting criminal penalties for possession of a controlled substance by making the offense a class C misdemeanor… crime classification… punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of as much as…
…a bill was reintroduced in the state Senate… that sets up a legal framework for the manufacture and sale of products containing psilocybin – the chemical in magic mushrooms that produces a hallucinogenic effect. The bill would decriminalize the use of psilocybin by anyone over 21 and expunge past and pending offenses involving the drug. Although…
Marijuana has a lower potential for abuse than other drugs that are subjected to the same restrictions, with scientific support for its use as a medical treatment, researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration say in documents supporting its reclassification as a Schedule III substance… The FDA documents, which are posted online, “reflect HHS’ evaluation of…
Ypsilanti, Michigan, has recently aligned with over two dozen cities across the United States by adopting a progressive stance on the personal use of psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms.” This landmark decision was unanimously agreed upon by city leaders on Tuesday, January 9th [2024], signaling a shift in local drug policy. Importantly, the…
In an interview… Dana Larsen confirmed he sent the packages, saying he wanted to show all 87 B.C. elected officials MLA’s [Members of the Legislative Assembly] that they aren’t something to be afraid of. “I think that access to these kinds of natural plant medicines is part of the solution to the prohibition death crisis…
All you need is a mini scale, an electric grinder and a pack of fillable capsules. These can be bought together for less than it costs to buy an eighth of mushrooms in most cities… “I never liked or used the term renaissance here. I liked to call it a resurgence. What I have observed…
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