Photo by LightFieldStudios After three years of decriminalization, Oregon restituted laws earlier this year that again criminalized personal possession of all drugs. Lawmakers are referring to it as a necessary compromise due to overdoses, homelessness, and crime plaguing Oregon, particularly in urban cities such as Portland. Now that drugs are recriminalized, personal … [Read more...] about The Failure of Oregon’s Drug Policy: Decriminalization Alone is Doomed
Florida Fails to Pass Adult-use Cannabis, Here’s Why
Photo credit: SteveAllenPhoto999 Despite 24 states across the country having legal recreational cannabis, Florida has remained among the states persistently resisting it. Election Day unambiguously confirmed this resistance. As a result, cannabis remains illegal. This leaves Floridians unable to purchase it except illicitly on the streets, with a medical prescription, or … [Read more...] about Florida Fails to Pass Adult-use Cannabis, Here’s Why
The Legal Psychoactive Mushroom: Amanita Muscaria
Photo by Perutskyy While there is a consensus that a worldwide psychedelic renaissance is underway, it appears that it remains in its gestation period. In terms of popularized psychedelics such as the classic tryptamines (LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline), access remains restricted to research studies, religious use, and in rare cases, medical interventions. For the public, … [Read more...] about The Legal Psychoactive Mushroom: Amanita Muscaria
When “Synthetic” Becomes a Meaningless Word: Cannabinoids in Florida
Photo by: Artem Podrez Walking into a smoke shop in Florida is a slightly bizarre experience. In many counties, officials can arrest someone for having a gram of cannabis. This can potentially result in a $1,000 fine or jail for a year. Despite this, these smoke shops exist throughout the state. One can only purchase cannabis in legally-designated medical dispensaries. But … [Read more...] about When “Synthetic” Becomes a Meaningless Word: Cannabinoids in Florida
The Ketamine Clinic: A Burgeoning Psychedelic Therapy
Photo credit: Ketamine Health Centers Ketamine is a drug that, until relatively recently, was dismissed as a “horse tranquilizer” and a pharmacological cousin of other putative horror-drugs. Although it is indeed used as a large-animal tranquilizer and is in the same class of drugs as Phencyclidine (PCP), ketamine is now gaining national recognition as a psychotropic tool in … [Read more...] about The Ketamine Clinic: A Burgeoning Psychedelic Therapy
