This is a must read article Worldwide ADF – Perspectives for the First Half of 2024 In recent years, there has been an increase in legal incidents related to ancestral medicines, especially ayahuasca. Throughout 2023, the Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) provided legal assistance in 43 incidents across 15 countries, mainly defending individuals in criminal cases involving the […]

LA Times But are companies like Personalized Wellbeing putting themselves and their customers at risk by acting as if magic mushrooms are legal? In recent years, California lawmakers’ attempts to legalize psychedelics have repeatedly failed. In August, the FDA also rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ proposal to legalize MDMA-assisted therapy, citing concerns over clinical trial designs. The decision […]

  Event Description This academic year, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School proudly launched a new project called PULSE: Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience. PULSE convenes legal and religious scholars and practitioners with diverse perspectives to discuss how law, policy, and ethics affect the religious and […]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The brakes were pulled on a large drug smuggling attempt at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when security found cocaine hidden in a motorized wheelchair at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure on Wednesday, saying the incident happened on Sept. 17 when security became suspicious due to […]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 51-year-old man has been sentenced following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Rosalio Mendoza pleaded guilty May 1. U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera has now ordered Mendoza to serve 120 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised […]

NORFOLK, Va. – Matthew Taylor Morris, 38, a local attorney and resident of Virginia Beach, pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of marijuana. According to court documents, beginning in at least January 2021, Donald Thomas Rogers, 35, of Portsmouth, the owner of a Federal Firearm Licensee (FFL), allegedly became […]