Police forces around the world have seized more than $6.5 million in cash and virtual currencies, as well as drugs and guns in a co-ordinated raid on dark web marketplaces. The BBC reports: Some 179 people were arrested across Europe and the U.S., and 500kg (1,102lb) of drugs and 64 guns confiscated. It ends the “golden age” of these underground marketplaces,…
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How I went from selling MDMA to researching the science of its effects
Christopher Medina-Kirchner used to be a drug dealer. Now he is a researcher looking at their effects, and says society’s views on drugs and addiction need updating Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235556-how-i-went-from-selling-mdma-to-researching-the-science-of-its-effects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Law Isn’t Ready For Psychedelic Medicine
Matt Lamkin reports via Scientific American: In March, the Food and Drug Administration approved esketamine, a drug that produces psychedelic effects, to treat depression — the first psychedelic ever to clear that bar. Meanwhile the FDA has granted “breakthrough therapy” status — a designation that enables fast-tracked research — to study MDMA (also called “ecstasy”) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress…
German Entrepreneur Wants To Develop Lab-Grown Psilocybin
nightcats writes: A German capitalist wants to promote everything from psychological research, applied clinical uses of psychedelics, and even peace in the Mideast, with the help of lab-grown magic mushrooms. “Today, with a net worth of roughly $400 million accrued through various enterprises, [Christian] Angermayer is one of the driving forces behind the movement to turn long-shunned psychoactive substances, like the…