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Depressed by the War on Drugs? Magic Mushrooms May Help.

Research is promising, but drug warriors stand in the way.

Reason

DEA Finally Relaxes Prescription Transfer Rules

The change, while welcome, is modest and won't get rid of patients' headaches as they try to fill their prescriptions.

Reason

3 Cannabis Stocks to Consider Buying as HHS Recommends Easing Restrictions on Marijuana

Cannabis stocks could deliver outsized gains if marijuana is rescheduled, per a recent HHS recommendation. While the DEA weighs its options, here's a look at three names with significant upside potential, according to analysts.

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The share of U.S. drug overdose deaths caused by fake prescription pills is growing

The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.

WEKU

35 Years Ago, a Judge Said Marijuana Did Not Belong in Schedule I. HHS Finally Agrees.

The 1988 case highlighted the DEA's stubborn insistence that marijuana has no "accepted medical use."

Reason

Marijuana reclassification won’t fix conflict between state, federal laws on pot

Moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III would facilitate medical research and benefit pot suppliers, but the federal prohibition on pot use would remain.

Chicago Sun-Times

Increase in fake prescription pills fuels record drug overdose deaths in the US

CDC study reveals deaths have more than doubled from the counterfeits, which are mostly laced with fentanyl

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Rescheduling Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched

Although the HHS-recommended change would benefit researchers and the cannabis industry, it would not resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.

Reason

Patients can't find Adderall in shortage

Some are questioning the DEA’s role in allocating drug supply as the medication crisis deepens

Salon

It's time to deschedule marijuana

Rescheduling cannabis opens the door to reform, but not wide enough

Salon

What Rescheduling Marijuana Would and Wouldn't Do

Although it would leave federal prohibition essentially untouched, the change would facilitate medical research and dramatically reduce taxes on state-licensed suppliers.

Reason

Marijuana users have higher levels of toxic metals in blood and urine, study finds

The team of researchers at Columbia University analysed data from blood and urine samples collected between 2005 and 2018 - this is what they found

The Independent UK

HHS Asks DEA To Reclassify Cannabis as Equivalent to Testosterone and Codeine Tylenol

Plus: Tennessee prosecutor threatens to use drag law that was declared unconstitutional, ACLU asks FTC to investigate Mastercard's adult content policy, and more...

Reason

Senators hail Health Dept. recommendation to ease restrictions on marijuana

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing it as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug

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HHS completes review of rescheduling cannabis - Roll Call

HHS completed its review of rescheduling cannabis and sent a recommendation to the DEA, the agencies confirmed.

The Independent UK

Biden health agency recommends classifying marijuana as lower-risk, opening potential for major policy changes

President Biden ordered agency to conduct scientific review law year

Reason

Government Continues To Deny Its Role in Adderall Shortage

While schoolchildren go without needed medication, government agencies shirk responsibility by blaming manufacturers.

Reason

5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

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Prohibition Gave Us Tranq-Laced Fentanyl

Mixing other drugs with xylazine is driven by the economics of prohibition.

Evening Standard

Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis remembered as ‘dear friend and dynamic human’

Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Dean Norris were among those paying tribute to the actor, following his death at the age of 83

Chicago Sun-Times

They were 2 Chicago pizza delivery guys. Then, they ran a Mexican drug cartel, feds say

The Guerreros Unidos cartel that authorities say brothers Adan and Mario Casarrubias Salgado led fed Chicago’s appetite for heroin and is blamed for the massacre of 43 students in Mexico.

The Guardian - UK

Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson review – criminal world

A thriller-like tale of global drugs and terrorism that may be too complex for its own good

Chicago Sun-Times

New Illinois laws affecting schools throughout the state, including cover book bans, bullying and more

A roundup of the new Illinois rules and resources that were made into law for the 2023-2024 school year.

Reason

The Return of MDMA

Some doctors are itching to prescribe ecstasy again. How do we avoid the regulatory mistakes of the '80s?

Chicago Sun-Times

Margarito Flores, Chicago cocaine kingpin who helped bring down El Chapo, will teach cops how to catch drug traffickers

One of the notorious Flores twins is to lead a seminar at the Kane County sheriff’s office — “a rare chance for us to get into the mind of the people we are trying to find,” an official says.

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