Two New Studies Find Psilocybin Relieves Cancer Patients' Anxiety and Depression
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.
Banned in 1985, the "empathogen" could be legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst as soon as 2021.
The president plans to do something about it "as a private citizen."
Even in states that have legalized marijuana, using it means sacrificing your right to armed self-defense.
Fears that a Trump administration will not be as merciful.
The report also warns that the THC content of marijuana edibles is "anywhere between 70 and 100 percent."
Bipartisan sentencing reforms and falling crime rates have played a much bigger role than commutations or DOJ policy.
By choosing a diehard prohibitionist for attorney general, the president-elect casts doubt on his commitment to marijuana federalism.
Another 79 granted mercy over federal drug war sentences.
Denver's newly approved pilot program won't include bars or restaurants with liquor licenses.
Jeff Sessions opposes sentencing reform, defends civil forfeiture, and criticizes the Obama administration for letting states legalize marijuana.
Overregulation of the industry keeps business owners in limbo.
Vivek Murthy does not acknowledge the possibility that nonmedical consumption of psychoactive substances could be beneficial.
Denver voters rejected the idea that marijuana use should be confined to the home.
The venerable British medical journal urges governments to "investigate more effective alternatives to criminalisation of drug use and supply."
Seven more states legalize marijuana for recreational or medical use.
Four states open the door to on-site consumption in pot shops, while Denver will let people bring their own marijuana to use in specially licensed businesses.
He still implies that strangers with candy are trying to get kids high.
Yesterday voters made marijuana legal in four more states and approved medical access in four others.
It is the second state on the East Coast to do so, joining Massachusetts.
Voters approved medical marijuana by a razor-thin margin in 2010.
Six states have now decided to tolerate cannabis consumption without a doctor's note.
Passage of Question 4 creates a pot-tolerant foothold in the Northeast.
Twenty-eight states now have laws allowing patients to use cannabis for symptom relief.
A measure letting patients use cannabis for symptom relief passes by a surprisingly wide margin.
Support for Amendment 2 far exceeds 60 percent, the threshold for approval.
Support for legalization hovers around 50 percent in Maine, Arizona, and Nevada.
Donald Graham got one year for each of the two drug offenses he committed as a teenager, then life at 30.
Have you heard about California's initiative that would require condoms in all porn movies?
Today, 72 federal drug war prisoners get sentences reduced.
There's more to this election than Trump and Clinton.
It is still better than prohibition.
The Drug Free America Foundation claims an imaginary prank "highlights the very real dangers legal marijuana has on children."
May become a victim of irrational anti-gun sentiments too.
Warnings of pot in trick-or-treat bags still have no basis in reality.
How a peaceful pot grower got 15 years as a "career offender"
Opponents of legalization promote misleading claims about crime, taxes, underage use, and traffic fatalities.
Local elected officials will have important decisions to make about taxes if California voters legalize weed in November.
When Len Bias overdosed, Democrats saw an opportunity to outdo Republicans on drug war legislation. Three decades later, the cost is staggering.
Legal weed means fewer prescriptions for pharmaceutical drugs. That's not a bad thing, unless you make those drugs.
He could still surpass Nixon in percentage of petitions granted.