Party members in Canada overwhelmingly vote for decriminalizing drugs. It’s likely a first for North America. The City of Vancouver, BC has officially recommended that the Government of Canada “immediately” decriminalize the personal possession of all drugs, including hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. Decriminalization is a relatively simple process. It would involve removing sections…
South America 1599 – To ensure the legality of their deeds, before each military action Velon’s captains read aloud in the presence of a notary pubilc the famous Requirement, a standard legal document exhorting the heathen to accept the true faith. United States 2007-2017 -Since 2007, The United States DEA has taken 32 billion in cash from people…
South America 1599 – Marching inland, [Governer of Santa Marta] Juan Guiral Velon attempted to vanquish an entire civilization [Tairona]. In the midst of the carnage, the Spaniards never forgot their ultimate mission. United States 2018 – Jeff Sessions Drug War “Power Grab” Bill, SITSA, if passes, would give him have unchecked power to ban drugs [and plants] and…
“I believe that psychedelics hold a potential to cure deep psychological wounds, and I believe that by investigating their neuropsychopharmacological mechanism, we can learn to understand this potential,” explained study author Leor Roseman, a PhD student at Imperial College London. “It is important to emphasize that psilocybin-assisted therapy is a model in which the patient…
What’s striking is the alleviation of depression occurs from emotional receptivity being enhanced – the opposite of SSRI antidepressants. “It has been proposed that decreased amygdala responsiveness to negative emotional stimuli under SSRIs is a key component of their therapeutic action,” the researchers explain, “but the present study’s findings suggest that this model does…
“Lead researcher Katrin Preller of the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich explained that psilocybin has much more specific targets than antidepressants currently on the market.” It’s too small of a study to draw any strong conclusions from, and the participants were all healthy — they didn’t actually suffer from severe social anxiety or depression. But…
“[Our goal was to bring] an unknown topic to most people on campus and the Madison community,” Hanley said. “But it also highlights this really unique research happening on campus.” Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee hosted the event in collaboration with Nicholas Cozzi, a pharmacologist in the School of Medicine and Public Health.…
“Under the [adopted] legislation, substances are… banned solely on the basis of whether or not they are psychoactive: regardless of any research or understanding of the potential harms or benefits of a given substance.” This legislation is tantamount to a prescription of approved psychological states: working, consuming, [producing]… the “legitimacy” of given substances has nothing…
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