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DEA Proposal To Criminalize 5 More Psychedelics: Judge Grants Hearing For Opposition To Make A Case

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

DEA's Psychedelics Ban To Get Hearing After Advocates Revolt Over Proposed Scheduling

Researchers and advocates are seemingly poised to win the battle against the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) and its proposal to ban five psychedelic compounds, Marijuana Moment writes.

Benzinga

Colombian businessman and Maduro ally Alex Saab worked as DEA informant, court papers reveal

MIAMI — A Colombian businessman held in Miami on charges of paying bribes to Venezuelan government officials worked as a confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and turned over millions of his profits to the DEA before he failed to surrender in 2019, according to a federal court…

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Maduro ally informed US about bribing Venezuelan officials, court filing claims

Alex Saab, facing charge in Miami of siphoning $350m via US, allegedly agreed to be ‘active law enforcement source’ for DEA

The Guardian - US

Businessman close to Maduro was DEA informant, records show

Newly unsealed court records show that a Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials

The Independent UK

Psyched: Cathie Wood Invests In Psychedelics Co ATAI, Bill Approved in Utah, AI Startup To 'Design States Of Mind'

The psychedelics sector received its latest sign of acceptance from Wall Street with famed investor Cathie Wood taking a position in Atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ: ATAI) through her ARKG ETF.

Benzinga

When Is Drinking Ayahuasca a Religious Experience?

It should not matter whether would-be ayahuasca drinkers sincerely believe in shamanism or simply believe they will derive mental health benefits from the experience.

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Tyler Skaggs' death was early sign of fentanyl problem in Tarrant County, officials testify

FORT WORTH, Texas — The death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019 was one of the first in Tarrant County involving fentanyl, and that number continues to increase, toxicologists testified Friday in federal court.

Tribune News Service

STEM Solutions LLC Builds Federally Authorized Cannabis Lab For MMJ BioPharma Labs

MMJ BioPharma Labs recently became one of the only federally authorized labs dedicated to cannabis extraction, research, and development with their approved DEA Analytical Lab Registration for schedule 1-4 drugs.

Benzinga

A coroner raised the alarm over fentanyl for years – then it took her son

Alfarena McGinty signed countless death certificates with the powerful synthetic opioid, before receiving a call no parent should have to answer. She tells Richard Hall her story

The Independent UK

Jury selected in trial of former Angels employee charged in Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

Jurors in the trial of a Major League Baseball executive accused of providing a controlled substance that caused the death of a Los Angeles Angels player in Southlake will likely hear from a witness to whom prosecutors offered immunity in order to testify.

Tribune News Service

Will The DEA Give In As Advocates Revolt Over Proposed Scheduling Of Five Psychedelic Compounds?

Despite decriminalization efforts underway across the country, the DEA proposed putting five psychedelic compounds in the Schedule I category of the Controlled Substances Act.

Benzinga

War On Drugs Update: DEA To Expand List Of Banned Psychedelics

This article was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

A California Sheriff Remains Free To Rob Armored Cars Carrying Money From State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses

A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the evidence of legal violations is insufficient at this point.

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Seattle Physician Launches Push To Reschedule Psilocybin For Medical Use

The DEA recently increased its quota for psilocybin for 2022, as well as for the legal production of psychedelic drugs such as MDMA and DMT, in response to heightened demand and

The Independent UK

Ex-top drug cop in Bolivia charged with cocaine trafficking

A former Bolivian antinarcotics chief has been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to provide top-level protection for cocaine shipments to the United States

Benzinga

Cancer Patients' Case To Use Psilocybin Under Right To Try Law Dismissed By Fed Appeals Court

As the psychedelics space gains traction on many levels, a number of studies are being conducted to examine whether psychedelic medications can or should be used to treat depression in cancer patients.

Benzinga

BICX: Pandemic surge leads to worsening trend in opioid deaths

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DEA tells how to crack the emoji code for buying and selling drugs on social media

In an effort to raise awareness about the vast number of counterfeit pills — often containing deadly doses of fentanyl — that are flooding the illicit drug market, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has released a guide to emojis used by people looking to buy and sell drugs on social…

Tribune News Service

About 100 bags of fentanyl found in bedroom of Connecticut student who died after overdosing at school, police say

HARTFORD, Conn. — About 100 bags of fentanyl were allegedly found in the bedroom of a Hartford child who died this month after overdosing on the drug at school, police said this week.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: With help from Rob Manfred, David Ortiz gets free pass into Hall of Fame, while others are held to a higher standard

NEW YORK — After wading through the muck of steroids cheats, drug dealer associations, lurid sexual harassment charges, and an alt-right extremist who once called for their lynching, the Baseball Writers Association Tuesday bid good riddance to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Curt Schilling on their ballot, dealt…

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Kansas and California Cops Used Civil Forfeiture to Stage Armored Car Heists, Stealing Money Earned by Licensed Marijuana Businesses

The Institute for Justice argues that the seizures violated state law, federal law, and the U.S. Constitution.

Benzinga

Lawmakers Send Bipartisan Letter To DEA: Allow Psilocybin Treatment Under Right-To-Try Laws

Bipartisan members of Congress sent a letter on Tuesday requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allow terminally ill patients to use psilocybin as an investigational treatment without the fear of federal prosecution, reported Marijuana

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