By Arjun Walia Misguided Stigma Attached to Pot Smoking Still Alive and Well Marijuana is blamed by many people for many medical and societal ills out of ignorance – despite recent medical evidence clearing up many of these misconceptions! Watching the local news might bring…
By Elias Marat A group of Democrats are hoping that they can roll back the war on drugs with a new federal marijuana legalization bill. Dubbed the Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, the bill would see marijuana finally removed from the federal list of controlled…
By Markab Algedi It doesn’t seem that many articles have been written anywhere about people on probation in the United States having to test for kratom or its active alkaloid mitragynine. In Skagit County, Washington, a drug court has started to test people for kratom. This should…
Dear Kratom Warriors, If you have not done so, please take a couple of minutes and sign the petition to the DEA. This is our chance to make our collective voices heard. Our original goal was 40,000 signatures, but let’s surpass it! Let’s make them…
By John Vibes In an interesting turn of events, The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a ruling which will greatly increase the amount of marijuana that can be grown legally for research purposes. In the same report, the DEA announced that they will be attempting to reduce…
WASHINGTON, DC – August 14, 2018 – Peer-reviewed documentation concerning 44 deaths that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cited to persuade the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to place natural kratom on the Federal Government’s Schedule 1 list of illegal substances disclose errors and omissions on the…
Request comes after NIDA and the FDA remove information related to the safety of kratom from NIDA’s official website WASHINGTON, DC – July 31, 2018 – Concerned that the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) may be under political pressure by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
By Marco Torres Unlike with alcohol or nicotine, pharmacological options are not available to individuals addicted to cocaine. However, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham believe the tool to help individuals treat their addiction may very well exist in nature. Psilocybin mushrooms are one…
Timothy Welty, Drake University The Food and Drug Administration on June 25 approved for the first time a drug made from cannabidiol (CBD), a molecule derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, was approved for the treatment of two types of epilepsy, Dravet syndrome…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Wonders never cease! Delegates at the Republican Party of Texas convention voted their approval on Saturday for platforms endorsing “marijuana decriminalization, medical cannabis and industrial hemp.” Not only that, but the Party delegates are actually calling for a change in cannabis’s Schedule classification by…
By Jack Burns As thousands of Americans die each year from opioid overdoses, an independent investigation into the Drug Enforcement Agency’s conduct has found that it has been issuing controlled substance licenses to drug dealers, drug addicts, convicted felons and dead people, which is just…
By Dr. Laura Williams In this era of political polarization, when Americans seem to agree on absolutely nothing, let me reassure you. We overwhelmingly agree that cannabis should be legal. 1 in 5 Americans have (state) legal access, 1 in 2 have experimented with it, and more than 1…
By Andrea Fabian-Checkai Criminalization of drug use and possession has had almost no impact on actual levels of drug use. However, the criminalizing of drugs does practically ensure a cycle of criminality and greater prison sentences. As outlined in a January memo, Attorney General Jeff…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze When Donald Trump suggested imposing the death penalty in drug-related cases, many people thought he was just spouting off at the mouth. Unfortunately, his statements were not just typical Trump talk. They are now official Justice Department policy. U.S. Attorney General Jeff…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Eight million people in the U.S. suffer from psoriasis and 31 million suffer with eczema – that’s a whopping 11 percent of the American population. Cannabis could treat psoriasis and eczema soon, researchers believe. Scientists from University of Colorado believe that cannabidiol (CBD)…
By Jack Burns On Thursday someone with ties to the Trump administration leaked information which indicates the president plans to execute drug dealers in an attempt to curb the national overdose death crisis. But absent from the president’s yet-unannounced policy is any accountability directed toward…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze The United States currently maintains the largest incarcerated population in the world. It routinely sees armed men throw men, women and children to the ground, guns drawn, and subsequently thrown into cages over the possession of plants. The police state has ballooned…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze For decades, Mexico has followed the same disastrous drug policy as the United States, and for decades it has experienced a similar outcome, i.e., organized crime, increased violence and a police state. But while the violence and organized crime became plentiful at…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Ever since he took office, Donald Trump has been hinting at an even tougher drug policy than his predecessor, even after decades of an entrenched police state that has overseen the largest incarceration numbers in the world. Trump’s hints were followed up…
By Markab Algedi, Natural Blaze Yesterday, the CDC announced that they believe an outbreak of at least 28 cases of salmnella infection in 20 US states has been linked to kratom products. Immediately, astonishingly fast in fact every mainstream outlet you could think of from CNN…
