By Diane Goldstein | Published in Ladybud.com My life has been defined by a series of phone calls, both good and bad. I have always been able to discern these life-changing moments based on the time of the call. In my experience, whether or not I initiated the call, no good news comes after midnight [...]
Over 1,600 attendees from 33 countries are gathering in downtown Oakland to demonstrate the successes, the strength, and the spirit of the new wave of psychedelic science and medicine. By Brad Burge | Communications Director, MAPS Psychedelic Science 2013 starts tomorrow. It is a genuinely historic moment. At Psychedelic Science 2013, over 100 of the [...]
By Sunil Aggarwal | Published by Americans for Safe Access I am honored and delighted to be able to publish here a new comprehensive piece written by Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, entitled “Cannabinopathic Medicine”. Dr. Grinspoon started writing this piece in 2012, when I was privileged to read [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | February 2, 2013 All were invited to California NORML’s conference marking the 100th anniversary of marijuana prohibition in California. This two-day event, held January 26 & 27 at Ft. Mason Conference Center in San Francisco, explored the history, causes and costs of the war on cannabis, and strategies for ending it. [...]
Published in The Liberty Crier | November 7, 2012 The end of marijuana prohibition planted it’s seeds a long time ago, and sprouted through the ground during the 2012 election season. We still have to reschedule the plant at the federal level but these studies they funded don’t help their case and victory is at hand, [...]
MAPS is celebrating 25 years of research and education in Oakland, California and Medical Marijuana 411 is proud to work with alongside such intellectual giants. By Sam Sabzehzar | December 8, 2011 One of the workshops during the MAPS conference will be focusing on the science and politics of medical cannabis and features prominent advocates [...]
By Mary Lou Smart | Published in Treating Yourself Debbie Wilson was disabled 22 years ago when the 16-year-old driver of a pick-up truck knocked her down and backed over her at a Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was driving the wrong way, against the arrows, as he left the restaurant. The tail end of his [...]
By Sam Sabzehzar | November 11, 2011 Speaking from personal experience, SSDP‘s Aaron Houston addresses the audience at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference.
Dr. Gabor Mate, author of many books on stress and addiction, speaks at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to the idea that incarceration creates an atmosphere of stress, and stress is the toxic root that can lead to addiction. Criminalizing drug use can create an addition in large part because the very deterrent societies [...]
Bill of Rights for kids of incarcerated parents, a call to end the War on Drugs and to “Ban the Box” on job applications among many ideas presented at the Long Beach Peace and Justice Summit. By Sam Sabzehzar | October 26, 2011 Opening the Peace and Justice Summit was Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig, [...]
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