• Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1079 -- 9/12/19 - Table of Contents with Liv

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    Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1079 -- 9/12/19
    Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1079

    A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
    David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
    "Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

    Table of Contents:

    1. HELP US RESPOND TO THE CRISES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES
    Please make a generous donation, to help us meet the crises and the opportunities today in drug policy. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/12/crises_and_opportunities_today

    2. PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE JUST GOT A BIG BOOST [FEATURE]
    The world's largest psychedelic research center is getting ready to open
    in Baltimore. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/11/psychedelic_science_just_got_big

    3. CHRONICLE AM: DEA PROPOSES BIG CUTS IN OPIOID PRODUCTION, INCREASE IN RESEARCH MARIJUANA, MORE... (9/11/18)
    The DEA has come out with proposed quotas for marijuana and prescription opioids for 2020, a Florida legalization initiative has already raised a million dollars, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/11/chronicle_am_dea_proposes_big

    4. CHRONICLE AM: OR DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION INITIATIVE FILED, CA POT
    BANKING BILL DEAD FOR THIS YEAR, MORE... (9/10/19)
    A drug decriminalization initiative could make its way to Oregon's 2020
    ballot, South Dakota's Republican governor vows to veto any hemp bill
    again next year, a California marijuana banking bill is dead for the
    year, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/10/chronicle_am_or_drug

    5. CHRONICLE AM: OR PSILOCYBIN INITIATIVE ADVANCES, KAMALA HARRIS ROLLS
    OUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLATFORM, MORE... (9/9/19)
    An Oregon initiative to allow the therapeutic use of magic mushrooms is
    set to begin signature gathering, an Arizona initiative to legalize
    marijuana is going to get some minor tweaks, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/09/chronicle_am_or_psilocybin

    6. CHRONICLE AM: MS MEDMJ CAMPAIGN HANDS IN SIGNATURES, NY INMATES SUE
    OVER PAIN MEDS, MORE... (9/6/19)
    A broad coalition of civil rights and other groups are calling for
    marijuana legalization and more, Mississippi activists hand in
    signatures for a medical marijuana initiative, a possible culprit for
    that spate of pulmonary illnesses linking to marijuana vaping has been
    found, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/06/chronicle_am_ms_medmj_campaign

    7. CHRONICLE AM: JOHNS HOPKINS GETS PSYCHEDELIC CENTER, GUATEMALA STATE
    OF SIEGE, MORE... (9/5/19)
    Johns Hopkins University will open a new center on psychedelic research,
    hemp cultivation in the US quadruples over last year, Guatemala declares
    a state of seige after suspected drug traffickers killed three soldiers,
    and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/05/chronicle_am_johns_hopkins_gets

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    1. HELP US RESPOND TO THE CRISES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/12/crises_and_opportunities_today

    Dear friend, David Borden

    As I've written recently, this is a good time and a bad time in drug
    policy reform. Marijuana reform continues to have 2019 momentum (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/jul/24/marijuana_still_has_momentum).
    Presidential candidates are debating criminal justice and drug policy
    more than ever (https://stopthedrugwar.org/taxonomy/term/152). But
    politicians are still ready to file new and bad sentencing bills - so
    quickly forgetting lessons they claim to have learned - and
    international human rights (https://stopthedrugwar.org/philippines) in
    the drug war are in a full blown crisis.

    We need your help to stay on the move at this important time. Can you
    make a donation today to help? (https://stopthedrugwar.org/donate) Visit https://stopthedrugwar.org/donate (https://stopthedrugwar.org/donate),
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    Sincerely,

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    StoptheDrugWar.org
    Washington, DC
    "US and UN Drug Policy Reform"
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    2. PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE JUST GOT A BIG BOOST [FEATURE] https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/sep/11/psychedelic_science_just_got_big

    The accelerating field of psychedelic research just got turbocharged.
    Thanks to a group of private donors, one of the nation's premier
    universities is moving forward with plans for what's believed to be the
    first such research center in the country and the largest of its kind in
    the world.

    Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will use $17 million in initial
    funding to create the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research,
    the university announced last week (https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/09/04/hopkins-launches-psychedelic-center/).
    The center will focus on the impact of psychedelics on behavior, brain
    biology and function, learning and memory, and mood.

    The move comes as renewed scientific interest in the therapeutic uses of psychedelics has mushroomed in recent years, led to a large degree by
    Johns Hopkins researchers, who have been at the forefront of psychedelic research (https://hub.jhu.edu/tags/psychedelics/articles/) in the 21st
    century.

    In 2000, Johns Hopkins researchers made a breakthrough, becoming the
    first in the country to win regulatory approval to restart research on psychedelics in healthy people who had never used such drugs. That
    resulted in a 2006 publication (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/GriffithsPsilocybin.pdf) on the safety and long-lasting positive effects of a single dose of
    psilocybin, which jumpstarted a renaissance of psychedelic research
    worldwide.

    Researchers linked to the university have published studies on
    psychedelics in more than 60 peer-reviewed journals, finding therapeutic benefits for people suffering from conditions ranging from nicotine
    addiction to depression and anxiety associated with terminal diseases.

    Those studies helped pave the way for contemporary studies on the
    treatment of depression. Other Johns Hopkins research has resulted in
    safety guidelines for psychedelic research that have helped researchers
    at other universities around the world win approval for studies, while
    yet more research has dealt with the thorny problem of measuring how psychedelics affect mystical, emotional, and meditative experiences.

    And now, get ready for much, much more. The new center will provide
    support a half-dozen neuroscientists, experimental psychologists, and clinicians, as well as five post-doctoral scientists -- all with
    expertise in psychedelic studies. Most of the research is going to
    center on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms.

    "The center's establishment reflects a new era of research in
    therapeutics and the mind through studying this unique and remarkable
    class of pharmacological compounds," said Roland Griffiths, the center's director and professor of behavioral biology in the Department of
    Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Neuroscience at
    the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "In addition to studies
    on new therapeutics, we plan to investigate creativity and well-being in healthy volunteers that we hope will open up new ways to support human thriving.""I am thrilled about this magnificent opportunity that has
    been provided by enlightened private funders," said James Potash, a
    professor and director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
    Sciences. "This center will allow our enormously talented faculty to
    focus extensively on psychedelic research, where their passions lie and
    where promising new horizons beckon."

    Because there is no federal funding for such research, private funders
    have been lined up to cover the first five years of the center's
    operating expenses. Those funders are the Steven & Alexandra Cohen
    Foundation and four philanthropists: Tim Ferriss, author and technology investor; Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress; Blake Mycoskie,
    founder of the shoe and accessory brand TOMS; and investor Craig Nerenberg.

    "We have to take braver and bolder steps if we want to help those
    suffering from chronic illness, addiction, and mental health
    challenges," said Alexandra Cohen. "By investing in the Johns Hopkins
    center, we are investing in the hope that researchers will keep proving
    the benefits of psychedelics -- and people will have new ways to heal."

    The center's faculty will train graduate and medical students who want
    to pursue careers in psychedelic science, where there have historically
    been few avenues for career advancement.

    "This represents the largest investment to date in psychedelic research,
    as well as in training the next generation of psychedelic researchers,"
    said Ferriss. "I sincerely hope this ambitious Johns Hopkins center will inspire others to think big and establish more psychedelic research
    centers in the US and overseas, as there's never been a better time to
    support such important work."

    And a new era dawns.
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