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Traumatic brain injuries or concussions have been treated in rats using a single macro-dose of psilocybin that reduces symptoms and…
Suggestions are offered by researchers on how to make opioid dependence therapy more successful: 18-Jun-2026 -- Amy Bagshaw at Imperial…
Defunding syringe service programs could lead to an additional 39,600 deaths worldwide: 18-Jun-2026 -- A new study … projects that…
Monthly Archives: November 2019
The Drug War Kills Porpoises
Mexico’s drug cartels—the poisonous fruit of a toxic drug war tree—are overfishing the Sea of Cortez and exterminating the vaquita porpoise, the world’s rarest marine mammal: Austrian filmmaker Richard Ladkani recorded the shocking and dangerous story of the activists, scientists … Continue reading
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The NYPD sure is good at catching criminals
NYPD Brags About Weed Bust That Business Owner Says Is Just Hemp “Precision policing and relentless follow-up†is how the New York Police Department characterized a recent marijuana bust it bragged about. But the business owner caught up in the … Continue reading
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D.A.R.E. America is Obsolete
Schools in the US are getting real about drug education by focusing on harm reduction while abandoning prohibitionist approaches that fail to work, such as the D.A.R.E. America (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program created in Los Angeles in 1983 by … Continue reading
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Cannabis terpenes are effective for treating pain due to fibromyalgia and post-operative procedures: 20 JUN 2026 -- "Our research is…