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SCOTUS Needs to Clarify the Line Between Doctors and Drug Dealers

Patients suffer when physicians who prescribe opioids in good faith can face decades in prison.

Reason · Mar 2, 2022

Colorado fentanyl deaths believed to be the most lethal single such event in US

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The shocking fentanyl overdose deaths of five young people in a Commerce City apartment last weekend marked an ugly milestone for Colorado: It was the country’s largest single fentanyl overdose event the Drug Enforcement Administration believes it has seen in one place at one time.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022

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 · Feb 22, 2022

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 · Feb 14, 2022

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.

Reason · Feb 14, 2022

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 · Feb 12, 2022

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 · Feb 11, 2022

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 · Feb 11, 2022

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 · Feb 8, 2022

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 · Feb 7, 2022