A California organization is hoping to gather enough signatures to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot to let voters decide if magic mushrooms should be decriminalized. If successful and voters approve it, psychedelic mushrooms could be sold anywhere, including such places as the local supermarket or yoga studios, to anyone over 21. It…
California Group Gathers Signatures for Ballot Measure to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
Young Californians Are Dying in Fentanyl Crisis Fueled by Social Media
When Amy Neville, of Aliso Viejo, California, lost her 14-year-old son Alex to an illicit pill that contained a fatal amount of fentanyl in 2020, the dealer was just one town over continuing to sell using the popular smartphone app Snapchat. “We think Alex bought from him over the weekend before taking the pill,” Ms….
Young Californians Are Still Dying in Fentanyl Crisis Fueled by Social Media
When Amy Neville, of Aliso Viejo, California, lost her 14-year-old son Alex to an illicit pill that contained a fatal amount of fentanyl in 2020, the dealer was just one town over—continuing to sell—using the popular smartphone app Snapchat. “We think Alex bought from him over the weekend before taking the pill,” Ms. Neville, who…
Over Half of All Adults Arrested in San Diego in 2022 Tested Positive for Meth
SAN DIEGO—More than half of all adults arrested in the San Diego region in 2022 tested positive for methamphetamine, according to a report released on June 23 by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). According to the findings, the positive rate of meth use in 2022 was 55 percent for female arrestees and 52…
Former Police Commissioner Slams NYC’s Vending Machines for Drug Addicts
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has criticized New York City’s decision to install vending machines that provide items for drug addicts like crack pipes and fentanyl test strips, warning that the move encourages people to continue using drugs. “The world has turned upside down,” Bratton said in an interview with 77 WABC radio’s “The Cats…
Former Drug Dealer Tells How San Francisco Failed the Homeless | Ricci Wynne
“When I came back to San Francisco, I started seeing things through a different lens, I started seeing it for what it really was. And it was really jarring to me.” Siyamak Khorrami sits down with Ricci Wynne, a San Francisco resident and videographer. He was once a drug addict and was labeled a career…
Death, Disease, and Despair: Tragedy in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO—As JJ Smith stands in the infamous Tenderloin district on a cold, windy day in late February, he recounts the last time he saw his older brother, Rodney, alive. That day, in early October, Rodney rode up on his bicycle and asked him for $20, he said. “I didn’t ask him what it was…
Cory Morgan: AB’s Treatment Approach to Addiction Works and BC’s Harm Reduction Doesn’t, the Numbers Show
Commentary While we will finally be looking at the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror in 2023, we still have the consequences of the pandemic and government responses to it to deal with. North America had already been struggling to deal with the growth in opioid addiction prior to 2021. The increase in addiction rates…
To America’s Permissive Addiction ‘Fix,’ Critics Just Say No
After nine years as a homeless drug addict in Los Angeles, Jared Klickstein finally checked himself into a drug treatment center. Unlike the program he had gone to six years before, which had hot tubs, acupuncture, and trips to the beach, this one, in North Hollywood, was deadly serious about personal responsibility. Clients kept a…
TCM Anti-Drug Rehabilitation in Just Ten Weeks Favoured by Hollywood Stars
Los Angeles is a city of entertainment and a metropolis with Hollywood stars and professional athletes, but it is also full of various social problems. Guns are rampant, drugs are everywhere, and many people are on the road of no return because of drug addiction. Yu Jiashan, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner in Ventura…
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