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DEA Challenges Bid To Use Psilocybin Under ‘Right To Try’ Legislation
The DEA is challenging an attempt by a Seattle physician to give psilocybin to terminally ill patients struggling with anxiety.
April 26, 2024
Arizona Church Reaches Settlement with DEA To Allow Sacramental Use of Ayahuasca
The Church of the Eagle and the Condor has affirmed its members’ right to use ayahuasca for religious ceremonial purposes.
April 25, 2024
Republican Senators Say Cannabis Rescheduling Violates International Treaties
Three Republican senators are calling on the DEA to reject a Biden administration proposal to reschedule marijuana under federal drug laws.
March 29, 2024
DEA Cracks Down on Internet Pill Press Sales
For years now it has been incredibly easy to purchase tools online to use in the production of fake pills, designed to look like their pharmaceutical counterparts but typically containing fentanyl. The DEA is now attempting to curb the sale of such tools.
March 1, 2024
DEA Allows Big Pharma Giant that Helped Fuel Opioid Crisis To Continue Operating
A Big Pharma company which had their license revoked for distributing suspicious shipments of opioids has been given their license back thanks to a little help from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
February 9, 2024
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Advocates for Cannabis Descheduling on ‘The Late Show’
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sen. Elizabeth Warren discussed the push to deschedule cannabis fully rather than moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
February 8, 2024
DEA Celebrates War on Drugs in Cringey Post During Black History Month
Yikes. X users are calling on the official DEA account to take down a post celebrating the War on Drugs that was posted on Feb. 1.
February 6, 2024
DEA Re-Hires Agent Who Was Fired for Taking CBD
The Drug Enforcement Administration has demonstrated a rare spot of good will towards cannabis users by agreeing to rehire a special agent fired four years ago who tested positive for THC after using CBD products to treat severe back and neck pain.
January 31, 2024
Exclusive: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Calls on Biden Administration To Deschedule Cannabis
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand explained why we need to deschedule, not reschedule cannabis at the federal level.
January 30, 2024
DEA Response Clarifies Psychedelic Mushroom Spores Are Legal Before Germination
A recent DEA response confirmed that, as they do not contain the Schedule I controlled substances psilocybin or psilocin, psychedelic mushroom spores on their own are federally legal.
January 9, 2024