"These two studies, while preliminary, contribute to a growing body of evidence that psychedelic drugs like ayahuasca, LSD and mushrooms can help people with difficult-to-treat depression."
"Most of the psychedelics tested, the researchers found, promoted the growth of new dendrites from a neuron cell, which help transmit information from other neurons to the cell, as well as increased the density of small protrusions on these dendrites, known as dendritic spines. They also jumpstarted the growth of new connections, or synapses, between individual neurons."
"The findings support the idea that marijuana is an 'exit drug,' rather than a 'gateway drug,' as drug warriors used to claim."
"New research adds to an increasing body of evidence that restricting opioid prescribing has not solved the opioid crisis but instead worsened it."
"With its intention to destroy the black community and anti-war peace activists, which has certainly been 'successfully' achieved for the black community, the shamefulness of the War on Drugs is elevated to a much higher level of despicably, evil immorality."
"Tryptamines, DMT and magic mushrooms, amphetamines, including MDMA, and ergolines, like LSD consistently boosted brain connections."
"The regulated sales will face competition from a black market which is thriving. The legal cannabis is expected to be more expensive and less available because of strict regulations, due to which buyers would have no reason to switch to the former from illegal pot."
"That drug-sniffing dogs must die in the absence of prohibition will not become a real problem unless government chooses to make it so."
"Iran remains one of 33 countries, including the United States, that mete out the ultimate punishment for drug offenses -- but it dramatically raised the quantities of drugs needed to merit the death penalty."