Thanks to the work of the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Decriminalization Initiative, voters of Denver, Colorado will be able to vote on legalizing psychedelic psilocybin mushrooms on May 7, 2019. The group brought forth 5,559 valid signatures, exceeding the bar of 4,726 they needed to make it on the ballot. This would make Denver the first…
Neetu Chandak A California judge ruled that a kindergartner can use a cannabis-based medicine in her school. Brooke Adams suffers from a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. The judge previously gave a temporary order to let Adams to attend school while allowing a school nurse to administer the cannabis-based medicine. A California judge…
Tim Pearce Oklahomans voted to legalize medical marijuana throughout the state Tuesday night, creating some of the least restrictive laws for the drug in a staunchly red state. State Question 788 passed around 10:30 p.m. EST with 56.7 percent of the vote and 89 percent of precincts reporting, according to The New York Times. The new law allows doctors…
By Dries Van Thielen On Thursday, a 65-year old man tried to commit suicide amidst the plenary session in The Netherlands. He jumped off the public stand with ‘a certain item’ around his neck. The Dutch Parliament, which was debating on the topic of organized crime, had to cancel its events the remainder of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Steve Birr The drug epidemic in America is increasingly fueled by synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which overtook heroin as the deadliest substance in the U.S. in 2016. The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released the first preliminary federal report, giving an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Steve Birron A man demanding opioid painkillers for his wife shot and killed a doctor in Indiana Wednesday after he refused to prescribe the addictive medication. Michael Jarvis and his wife met with physician Todd Graham Wednesday morning during a scheduled appointment to seek out a prescription for opioids….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz A Vietnam War Veteren and two other Kentuckians are coming together to file a lawsuit to overturn a ban on medical marijuana in Kentucky. The argument being made by Danny Belcher and his counterparts is that the ban is contradictory to the Kentucky Constitution’s protections on individual liberties…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz Two startups, Hound Labs of Oakland and Cannabix Technologies of Vancouver are working on developing small handheld breathalyzer devices to detect if somebody has recently indulged in smoking marijuana. The Hound Labs device would be able to detect both marijuana and alcohol in human breath. Michael Lynn,…
By Dries Van Thielen Marijuana users will no longer face criminal charges in Kansas City. A recent referendum in the largest city of Missouri decriminalized marijuana. Therefore, consumers will no longer face jail time and the civil charge will drop to $25. On April, 4, voters in the Kansas City area cast their ballots…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The mother of a heroin addict is facing felony drug charges after police arrested her for running a narcotics distribution ring for more than a decade out of her kitchen. Lori Merget, 57, allegedly sold heroin and prescription medication to fuel her son’s addiction from her home…