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Jun 05
Can THC Help Some Schizophrenics?
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Report cites "grossly psychotic, assaultive," schizophrenic "became calm, logical, nonviolent, and cooperative within days" after taking THC.
Jun 05
Nutmeg: An Exploration of the Narcotic Spice
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Humanity has used nutmeg as a medicine, narcotic, aphrodisiac, dream enhancer and inebriant.
Jun 05
Last Minute Effort by NY Republicans, Prosecutors to Block Rockefeller Reform Is Dead in the Water
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How the mighty have fallen! Until recently, opponents of drug law reform in New York were successful using fear-mongering and demagoguery.
Jun 02
The Dark Side of Plan Colombia: How the U.S. is Subsidizing Death and Drug Trafficking on Stolen Lands
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As Congress prepares to debate new Plan Colombia funding, it's time to investigate how money for biofuels is linked to violence and bloodshed.
May 29
The national media have invented a drug-related rise of border violence that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
May 29
Anti-drug zealots created the "gateway" theory from thin air. And it's easily refuted: most marijuana users just don't use other drugs.
May 28
The "war on drugs" has been a disaster say some of Latin America's most powerful politicians and writers.
May 27
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: we must turn this anger into momentum.
May 23
If we're serious about real drug reform, let's create a space where users can take their drugs in a sterile, safe environment.
May 22
My account of a night high on the "Ayahuasca madre" with the Ashaninka tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest.
May 22
A new book traces the history of how just under 150 years, cocaine went from unknown to the multi-billion dollar illicit commodity it is today.
May 21
NATO has failed to stem the vast opium trade in Afghanistan that helps finance Taliban insurgents despite an eight-year effort.
