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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

Veriheal

In order to legally access other therapies including nature-based options such as psilocybin , you must gain access under a Right to Try law which requires you to have a terminal condition. The lawsuit came after the DEA denied their application to utilize a synthetic form of psilocybin under the RTT laws.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

Similar to ketamine, psilocybin has shown great promise in clinical trials for helping to effectively treat depression and PTSD (and we’ve written about psilocybin several times on this blog, including here and here ). Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine.

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CBD: Everything You Need to Know

CannaMD

Drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs are classified into five categories (known as schedules ) depending on the Department of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)’s definition of the drug’s acceptable medical use and abuse/dependency potential. CBD Scheduling Rule Change. But the government is clear.

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Veterans Try Cannabis To Treat PTSD

SpeedWeed

CANNABIS CULTURE – The results are now in after the first-ever legal clinical trial into the use of cannabis to treat PTSD, but did the DEA’s rules taint the outcome? For a drug to be approved by the FDA, it must go through Phase 1, 2, and 3 clinical trials.

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What is Delta-8-THC? Is it safe?

The Cannigma

Technically speaking, it’s not produced by the plant, but is rather a degradation product of delta-9-THC, often as a result of aging and storage conditions. The only clinical trial on delta-8-THC involving humans was done on children in Israel in 1995. Delta-8-THC vs delta-9-THC: How it works and how it feels.

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Emerge Law Group (OR): PSILOCYBIN THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED ILLNESS IN OREGON

Cannabis Law Report

A multitude of recent clinical trials shows the clear promise of psilocybin for this population suffering from these debilitating conditions. This is a policy where the federal government, the DEA, will refrain from taking prosecutorial action if state law permits, regulates, and carefully controls the use of a drug.

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Understanding the Current Legal Status of Psychedelics in the United States

Cannabis Law Report

The only psychedelic drug that is approved (outside of clinical trials) for psychiatric use—as opposed to anesthesia—through the traditional medical system is Ketamine. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently has guidance published for those interested in petitioning for a religious exemption to the CSA. Schedule I.