Grace Carr on December 24, 2018 Hemp-derived products can help alleviate depression, anxiety, mood and personality disorders and other ailments, according to medical experts and researchers. The legal status of hemp is murky and varies by state; both the DEA and FDA have not approved the drug. The CBD market is rapidly expanding,…
Steve Birr on June 28, 2018 A federal drug task force recently seized enough fentanyl during a bust in Ohio to cause nearly half the state to fatally overdose. Agents with a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force in Columbus, Ohio, executed a search warrant at a local residence Monday, where they arrested four men suspected…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Police departments across the country are outfitting their officers with protective gear for drug busts to limit the threat accidental fentanyl exposure poses to first responders. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is taking precautionary measures to safeguard their force from accidental drug overdoses due to the increasing prevalence of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A daily regimen of marijuana for elderly individuals may boost cognitive function, slow the onset of dementia and generally improve their memory. Andreas Zimmer, a researcher at the University of Bonn in Germany, led a study looking at the effects of marijuana extracts on the cognitive functioning…
By Joe Klare The American Legion, which has a membership of over 2 million U.S. military veterans, recently called for the rescheduling of cannabis at their national convention in Cincinnati, OH. The resolution that was passed called on the U.S. Congress to “amend legislation to remove marijuana from schedule I and reclassify it in a category…
The FDA Seizes Kratom – a Pain Reliever not on DEA Schedule by Aya Katz On August 4, 2016 U.S. Marshals acting under the direction of the FDA seized more than 100 cases of kratom belonging to Nature Therapeutics LLC in Grover Beach, California. The product was worth nearly $150,000. Kratom is not a controlled…
A new report from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is taking the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to task for some four decades of obstruction when it comes to scientific research on cannabis. Soon after the Controlled Substances Act became law in the early 1970’s, activists began petitioning the DEA to…
By Kathryn Watson Two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employees hid a strip club they owned and operated on government time from federal officials, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. DEA workers Glen Glover of New Jersey and David Polos of New York were convicted Thursday of failing to disclose their…
By Kathryn Watson A now-former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent stationed in Monterrey, Mexico, accepted free trips on private planes from businessmen, then made sure the Department of State revoked the U.S. visas of their c0mpetitors by defaming them. Former DEA supervisory agent Leonardo Silva pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to making false…
A few weeks ago we reported on the possibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing the rescheduling of cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act. While this is something they have looked at before, this may be the year that finally brings about some sort of change from the DEA. Last week the DEA gave…