After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans’ access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense — and just classified Cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine. On Monday, Britain’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) decided CBD — which can treat illnesses and conditions […]
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Maine Poised To Become 1st State To Approve MMJ To Treat Heroin Addiction
The amount of patients who claim that marijuana has helped them kick their addictions to painkillers, and even heroin, is on the rise and may soon be legitimized. The state of Maine is currently on the fast track to becoming the first state to make an addiction to opioid prescriptions and certain illegal narcotics such […]
Why MMJ Will Be Finally Legalized, New Treatment For Painkiller And Heroin Addiction
An ever increasing body of scientific literature holds the idea that marijuana can actually save people from painkiller and heroin addiction. Not surprisingly, a number of doctors in Massachusetts and California have already experimented with marijuana as addiction treatment. The untimely passing of Prince is an absolute tragedy for his fans. He was popular for […]
Pot Matters: Heroin Drives the Harm Reduction Learning Curve
Criminal penalties do not restrict or reduce the availability, potency or use of drugs. The facts about heroin prove that drug control, by way of prohibition, is not only a myth but also a sad and tragic folly. Read article here: High Times
Better Late Than Never: The DEA Admits That Marijuana Is Safer Than Heroin
It’s official: the U.S. government’s top drug cop has acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than heroin. At a meeting with reporters yesterday at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration, acting chief Chuck Rosenberg said that “heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana,” Matt Ferner of the Huffington Post reports. This clarifies a statement […]
New DEA Leader Admits Pot ‘Probably Not’ As Dangerous As Heroin
The new leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration has kept hisstance on drug reform somewhat of a mystery, but on Tuesday, Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg said that "heroin probably is more dangerousthan marijuana." Read article here: High Times
Pot Activist Wants to Help Heroin Epidemic… With an African Plant and the Kardashians
Long time marijuana activist and organizer of the Global Million Marijuana March, Dana Beal has set his sights on tackling a new problem—the growing heroin epidemic. And he has quite the plan to do it. Read article here: High Times
Man Busted Selling “Ebola” Brand Heroin
One dealer has ben capitalizing on America's latest health panic to sell his deathly wares. High Times
Afghanistan: US Military Cannot Stop Heroin Production
Despite a $ 7.5 billion effort on behalf of the United States to stop Afghanistan’s heroin market, a recent US Report indicates that the Islamic nation has risen above American invasions in the name of the war on drugs and increased their opium farm lands by nearly 4… High Times
FDA Approves At-Home Heroin Overdose Kit
With deaths from heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses now a full-swing American epidemic, the federal government has taken steps towards preventing drug fatalities by approving an at home overdose antidote. High Times