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Doctor Sues DEA for Right to Give Psilocybin to Ailing Patients

Project CBD

Psilocybin, the psychedelic mushroom extract, has been fast-tracked by the FDA to treat depression, but doctors still can’t use it in their practice.

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USA: Dr Suing DEA Over Right To Give Patients Psilocybin Treatment

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana Moment reports A Seattle doctor hoping to expand access to psilocybin mushrooms for terminally ill cancer patients is taking… Read More. The post USA: Dr Suing DEA Over Right To Give Patients Psilocybin Treatment first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Cancer Patients Sue the DEA, Demand Psilocybin

SpeedWeed

The case is about seeking to ensure that patients with serious, life-threatening illness are able to realize the promise of state and federal Right to Try laws and access psilocybin for therapeutic purposes.”. The state said the decision to use these drugs should be made by the patient and their doctor. .

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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has once again pledged to take action to better facilitate clinical cannabis research. In 2016, the DEA similarly announced the adoption of new rules to expand to supply of research-grade cannabis, but failed to take any further action.

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Survey: Majority of Health Care Professionals Endorse Cannabis Use Instead of Opioids in Chronic Pain Patients

NORML

Sixty-three percent of respondents also agreed, “The DEA should reclassify marijuana so that it is no longer a schedule I drug.". The post Survey: Majority of Health Care Professionals Endorse Cannabis Use Instead of Opioids in Chronic Pain Patients appeared first on NORML.

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Protestors of psilocybin ban arrested at DEA headquarters

Leafly

Many were arrested protesting the DEA's decision to not recognize the Right To Try law, allowing psilocybin use for terminally ill patients looking to ease end-of-life anxiety and distress. The post Protestors of psilocybin ban arrested at DEA headquarters appeared first on Leafly.

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DEA Approves Cocaine Derivative for Parkinson’s Research. Why Not Cannabis?

Veriheal

But recent news of the DEA’s approval of a cocaine derivative for Parkinson’s disease research has left us scratching our heads. After receiving a petition three years prior, the DEA finally answered with action, making plans to deschedule [18F]FP-CIT , a controlled substance derived from cocaine.

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