Students For Sensible Drug Policy at Loyola Chicago

SSDP Loyola Chicago is co-hosting a FREE documentary screening of W**d the People next Monday, March 18th at 8pm in the Damen Cinema!
W**d the People is a heartfelt story about children with cancer utilizing the healing powers of cannabis.
Hope to see you there!!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NSXz3bsG1c

Interested in fighting the war on drugs and reforming drug policy across the nation? Join SSDP for an opportunity to learn more about how federal drug policy is impacting society and our day to day lives. We are currently in the works of scheduling our first meeting and hope to see new faces this semester. Stay tuned for dates and locations!

Any Loyola students want to join the e-board for leadership positions?

Clinton, Stein, and Trump supporters smoke w**d together. http://cut.com/licensing Music by: JenRo "Can of Beans" (marmosetmusic.com) Produced, Directed, and Edited by Cut.com Don't forget to follow us on social med...

Thank you to everyone for making this happen. This is a big step to end the war on drugs, and is solid proof that your vote is not useless.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/08/medical-ma*****na-sails-to-victory-in-florida/?client=safari

Ma*****na wins big on election night But it faces considerable uncertainty under a presumptive Trump administration.

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/16/498171533/youre-about-to-see-a-lot-more-cuban-ci**rs-in-the-u-s

You're About To See A Lot More Cuban Ci**rs In The U.S. David Savona of Cigar Aficionado talks about the lifting of restrictions on importing ci**rs from Cuba, and why Cuban ci**rs are so special to smokers.

Progress is made!

The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad The DEA is reversing its 'insane' decision to ban the op**te-like plant kratom -- for now.

'Nothing in the medical legislation limits the number of cultivation licenses a single entity can hold, and nothing in the medical legislation requires regulators to assess whether issuance of licenses could lead to a monopoly or anti-competitive behavior — as is the case with Proposition 64,' Kinney said."

The push to legalize pot for all has deeply divided the medical ma*****na community Come November, medical pot dispensary operator Lanette Davies won’t be joining others in her industry in voting for Proposition 64, a measure that would legalize the recreational use of ma*****na.

Even though magic mushrooms and L*D are illegal in many countries, Lily views them as safer than her legal meds. Not only are the doses small and infrequent, she has found no evidence that psychedelics are physically addictive. "I don't think we're going to find out that microdosing f***s up your liver," she says.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/lsd-microdosing-drugs-silicon-valley

Would you take L*D to give you a boost at work? WIRED takes a trip inside the world of microdosing Under pressure to perform, Silicon Valley champions are taking tiny hits of L*D before heading to work. Are they risking their health or optimising it?

"Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

This is not true for Kratom, it has been shown numerous times in reports from users to help recovering Op**te addicts, treat pain, combat depression and anxiety, and much more. Deaths that involve Kratom being a persons' system have always been from the result of mixing Kratom with other drugs, rather than Kratom alone. In states that banned Kratom, Alabama specifically, op**te usage and deaths went up after Kratom was banned in the state. Please stop the DEA from scheduling Kratom as Schedule I, there are many people who will suffer from this."

Please do not make Kratom a Schedule I Substance | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. This is not true for Kratom, it has been shown numerous times in reports from users to help recovering Op**te addicts, treat pain, combat depression and anxiety, and...

This decision is problematic, to say the least.

He**in overdoses aren’t accidents in this county. They’re now homicides. "Drug dealers are murderers," Lycoming County coroner Charles Kiessling says. "They need to be prosecuted as murderers."

"'What we have to do is we have to change our views, we have to change the way in which we approach things. The whole purpose of any drugs policy must be to minimise the harm that those drugs cause to individuals, to our communities. It also needs to optimise the benefits that drugs could bring,' he added, referring to the medicinal uses of cannabis."

Campaign group led by police officials calls for rethink on war on drugs Law Enforcement Against Prohibition pressure group says current policy on drugs doing more harm and urges reform