Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy (Revisited)
Based on a report in The Lancet, drug classification schemes need to change. Now.Posted on March 23, 2007 8:38 AM • 7 Comments •
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Potential Changes to Mandatory Sentencing Laws
Under the new Democratic Congress, many are hoping to change these outdated and sometimes blatantly racist laws.Posted on January 10, 2007 9:47 AM • 0 Comments •
Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy--Drug Reclassification Should Follow
A recent UK government study indicates that the class of a drug has little to do with its actual danger. Another report blasts the government for allowing politics to usurp science in formulating drug policy. Is the UK's drug policy fundamentally flawed, or does it just need a bit of scientific tweaking?Posted on August 1, 2006 11:08 AM • 16 Comments •
Fantastical Fridays: Are You Cool, Man?
If you know what I'm talking about, and if you are in fact "cool", then you might also be interested in these recent research findings about the surprising lack of negative health affects associated with marijuana.Posted on July 21, 2006 7:45 AM • 2 Comments •
Supreme Court Leaves Medical Marijuana Out in the Cold
Which of the following does not belong: (a) abortion, (b) medical marijuana, or (c) physician-assisted suicide? According the Supreme Court, the answer is (b) medical marijuanaPosted on July 20, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Fantastical Fridays: Psychedelic Psilocybin Psychology
Now here's an experiment I would have liked to take part in. Researchers from Johns Hopkins systematically test the psychological effects of the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, and the results are pretty positive. Not only that, but a significant number of participants rate the experience as the single most meaningful one of their lives!Posted on July 14, 2006 7:45 AM • 8 Comments •
