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Food is a Universal Human Right and deserves global action by Governments and International Food-Agribusinesses, beyond being “clearly a strong case for policy reform both at national level—to reduce domestic price volatility—and the global level—to reduce the volatility of world prices”. It is time sustainable development programs and polices explicitly incorporate Human and Nature wellbeing measures well beyond economic growth panacea.

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AMAZING,Gavin Newsome, who claims himself as Catholic, attacks Trump at Vatican conference. The Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences, by an invite to Newsome, allows him to voice an advocacy for “transformational change”; Marxist USA policies set in motion by Obama at a “scientific” meeting - the social policies of Newsome being those which mock the Church and lay faithful as participants largely athiestic politicians and “scientists” ( tenured university social justice warriors? ). The agendas of discussion , as appearantly set for the advocacy’s embraced by atheistic secularists, in political alignment with USA Democratic Party politics - rather repulsive. For Catholics,Christians, those who confess a God made creation and a God created life, Newsome’s scientific credentials are not to be found.The Vatican, by giving platform to POLITICAL SCIENCE,then joins in promotion of secular and athiestic science to opine upon global policies,an agenda of communist “transformation change”. Catholic scientists are not heard ? No voice given to those whose vocation is “discovery”; those who pray,embrace Mary, the mystical, and The Real Presence ? To conference for transformational change is then repulsive given its failure to embrace the academic work product available, as might be contributed by Catholic scientists. Conferencing, to address world ills,by design intended to give platform to secular ideologies of “change”- a discussion of global agendas as might “transform” social organization in accordance with atheistic science (demonic)? It follows, the invite to Gavin Newsome, who uses the microphone to bash Trump,is an insulting poke in the eye to lay faithful. It is a disgusting example of misguided political activism by a USA politician while participatory to an academic event. Someone at the Vatican failed to vette this “progressive political scientist”? The optics, horrible, given Newsom’s approach to CONTROLLING the thermometer and civilian population; he is an Obama communist wrapped in USA Democratic Party packaging. By “blood” Gavin is linked to Pelosi and by loyalty tied to Obama and Biden (the biggest cheerleaders for abortion in our present day). Newsome,upon the death of Sen.Feinstein (who orchestrated a fraudulent attack on Catholic Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing, who facilitated a “Me Too” denunciation by the pro abortion crowd and lunatic Christine Blasey Ford ),has since chosen her replacement,Senator Laphonza Butler, an alleged gay woman Executive Director for Emily’s List (an organization dedicated to electing pro abortion woman to political office). The Vatican should be more discerning of their chosen bed fellows ? An old Spanish saying … “ show me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are “ Gavin , like Pelosi and The Biden who declare themselves Catholic, maybe they only desire to offer a confession when visiting Francis ? One can only hope and pray for them. Blessings,Dr.Scott

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DEA Should Improve its Religious Exemptions Petition Process for Psilocybin (Mushrooms) and Other Controlled Substances. That is monumental statement coming from the United States Government Accountability Office in their report delivered in May 2024. Key takeaways 1. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring hallucinogen found in certain mushrooms. It remains a federal crime to possess, manufacture, or distribute psilocybin. 2. There are significant barriers to legal access and use of psilocybin for religious practices under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. DEA has a process for religious exemption petitions but lacks clear guidance on the timeframe for decisions. As of January 2024, no petitions for religious exemptions have been granted by the DEA. From 2016 to January 2024, 24 petitions for religious exemptions for various controlled substances were submitted, none granted. 3. The DEA's guidance lacks clear timeframes for making determinations on religious exemption petitions. Including these timeframes in DEA's guidance could improve transparency and public understanding of the petition process. Reflection: it has been an incredible few years for public discourse related to psychoactive plant and fungi medicines, as well as other classical and neo-psychedelics, etc. As more people become aware of the transformative potential within these substances, the complexity surrounding policy becomes more apparent. The big questions here seem to be questions about the very way in which we live our lives. How we relate to plants, medicine, drugs, each other. How we address historical traumas. How we examine the world of regulated therapeutic psychedelics alongside traditional, ceremonial, indigenous and religious use. What consequences could there be if we choose to protect one form of profit motive over another? What does freedom of religion mean today with the broader public acceptance of spiritual practice that does incorporate these substances? How do we wrestle with the potential for over complicating this space with new rules, structures, rights, privileges, that may conflict with sustainability, preservation, and cultural significance? How do we address concerns about access, control, and community safety? If anything, this report is long overdue. Anyone who has traversed this space can attest to the out-of-step-with-reality approach the DEA and US Government has taken in addressing this topic. Great appreciation for my colleagues and friends of the Psychedelic Bar Association's Religious Use Committee for addressing these issues with depth, humility, and open mindedness. For those interested in a deeper understanding I would encourage connecting with RUC members Ariel Clark, Allison Hoots, Martha Hartney, Karina Bashir, John Rapp, Jon Dennis, Rachel Cervenak, Ismail Lourido Ali, and Tatiana Calvo. For further reading: https://lnkd.in/eDiGeb7T #psilocybin #drugpolicy #dea #psychedeliclaw #plantmedicine

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Shared with Public Historical Amnesia May 28, 2024 by ROBERT A. LEVINE Knowledge and memory of world events, even those of fairly recent vintage, appear to be deficient in the younger generation in the U.S. and Western democracies. History and civics are poorly taught, or not taught at all in our classrooms. Maintenance of our democracy and freedom of speech appear to be unknown concepts or unrecognizable to a large portion of our electorate. Only speakers with the “proper” views are allowed to lecture or provide information to the student body at large at many universities. Over the last month, America and other Western democracies have had to deal with hordes of “progressive” ideologues on our university campuses and in the streets of our cities, railing against the use of disproportionate force by the Israeli military in Gaza in pursuit of Hamas terrorists. Progressives seem to have suppressed the knowledge that this blood bath was started by Hamas on October 7 when they invaded Southern Israel and butchered 1200 Israelis, most of whom were innocent civilians. The Israeli military subsequently invaded Gaza to try and destroy Hamas and free the hostages. Many Palestinian civilians including women and children were killed, which was part of Hamas’ plan. They wanted to turn the US and other Western democracies against Israel and were willing to use their own citizens as human shields. It should also be remembered that since Hamas took power in Gaza in 2006, they have been given tens of billions of dollars by Quatar and other Arab states to make life better for the Palestinian citizens. Instead, Hamas used the money to buy weapons and build a network of tunnels for their own protection under the Gaza strip. The progressives who support Hamas in the West should also be aware that women are suppressed by Hamas, their public roles limited, and being gay can mean the death penalty. Israel was granted as a homeland for the Jews by the United Nations in 1948 after the Germans and other Europeans killed six million Jews during the Holocaust in the 1930s and 40s. However, the Jews who went to the Middle East were not occupiers or colonists. Their ancestors were indigenous to the area and were dispersed by the Babylonians and Romans, so the Jews were merely returning to their original homeland. A two-state solution was envisioned, but Yasir Arafat and the Palestinians turned down the attempts to carve out two separate states. To end the war and move towards peace in the region, a two-state solution or the promise of one in the near future would be quite helpful. But Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to end the war or see a Palestinian state. That would cause his right-wing coalition to crumble and Netanyahu likely to go to prison for fraud. But whatever happens, the college progressives should learn more about the history of the region and what the combatants stand for in terms of governance. Hamas deserves no support.

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Kratom policy decisions, and scientific conclusions should not be made on the basis of case reports The warnings about kratom often involve sensational and biased information, promoting legislative measures disproportionate to actual public health risks. This approach, akin to drug hysteria, is scientifically unfounded and poses risks. In the case of kratom, it can lead to dehumanization of users, discourage considering it as an opioid substitute, and perpetuate ineffective, punitive policies contributing to mass incarceration. Simultaneously, drug hysteria hampers scientific study, depriving the public of well-informed interventions “Unfortunately, warnings regarding kratom exhibit features of drug hysteria which involves the promulgation of sensational and biased information and the pursuit of legislative approaches that are disproportionate to apparent public health risks. At the public health level, drug hysteria is not only scientifically unfounded, but dangerous. In the case of kratom, misinformation can lead to dehumanization of kratom users, disinclination for people with OUD to try kratom as a substitute for opioids that are causing them harm, and the continued promotion of ineffective, draconian, and punitive policies with the potential to contribute to mass incarceration, a serious public health threat in its own right. Simultaneously, drug hysteria can contribute to the inhibition of rigorous scientific study and thereby deprive the public of scientifically-informed pharmacotherapeutic interventions” https://lnkd.in/gPXjJmMH

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Kratom policy decisions, and scientific conclusions should not be made on the basis of case reports The warnings about kratom often involve sensational and biased information, promoting legislative measures disproportionate to actual public health risks. This approach, akin to drug hysteria, is scientifically unfounded and poses risks. In the case of kratom, it can lead to dehumanization of users, discourage considering it as an opioid substitute, and perpetuate ineffective, punitive policies contributing to mass incarceration. Simultaneously, drug hysteria hampers scientific study, depriving the public of well-informed interventions “Unfortunately, warnings regarding kratom exhibit features of drug hysteria which involves the promulgation of sensational and biased information and the pursuit of legislative approaches that are disproportionate to apparent public health risks. At the public health level, drug hysteria is not only scientifically unfounded, but dangerous. In the case of kratom, misinformation can lead to dehumanization of kratom users, disinclination for people with OUD to try kratom as a substitute for opioids that are causing them harm, and the continued promotion of ineffective, draconian, and punitive policies with the potential to contribute to mass incarceration, a serious public health threat in its own right. Simultaneously, drug hysteria can contribute to the inhibition of rigorous scientific study and thereby deprive the public of scientifically-informed pharmacotherapeutic interventions” https://lnkd.in/gPXjJmMH

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Kratom is different than opioids used for pain relief. “Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine are the primary active alkaloids responsible for the effects of kratom. Despite its interaction with opioid receptors, mitragynine is not structurally similar to traditional opioid medications.” “Another key difference between kratom and traditional opioids is the lack of beta-arrestin-2 recruitment, which may explain the reduced side effects and risk of respiratory depression seen with kratom” “It has been postulated that in addition to the opioid receptor effects, kratom may provide a second mechanism to potentially alleviate pain with these pathways that have already been well characterized and utilized for modern approaches to pain management with TCAs and SNRI medications.7 There is also evidence to suggest kratom has anti-inflammatory effects from cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition.” https://lnkd.in/grzM79nS

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“Kratom trial at Yale University. Focus: Plant-based Medicine and Pharmacology: Kratom and Pain Tolerance: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study” “No adverse effects were observed in the study. All participants completed all study tasks and procedures, and none reported any discomfort or unusual symptoms. None of the participants reported withdrawal symptoms either using spontaneous self-report or had significant withdrawal symptoms based on the COWS scores. All urine toxicology screens conducted at the end of the testing day were negative.” Methods: Kratom effects on pain tolerance were assessed in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. During a 1-day inpatient stay, participants received a randomized sequence of kratom and placebo decoctions matched for taste and appearance. Pain tolerance was measured objectively in a cold pressor task (CPT) as time (seconds) between the pain onset and the hand withdrawal from the ice bath. Health status, vital signs, objective, and subjective indicators of withdrawal symptoms, self-reported data on lifetime kratom use patterns, and assessments of blinding procedures were also evaluated. Conclusions: Kratom decoction demonstrated a substantial and statistically significant increase in pain tolerance. Further rigorous research on kratom pain-relieving properties and a safety profile is needed. Yale School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT eYale School of Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine, New Haven, CT https://lnkd.in/g2pMtjry

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Can CBD make #sex better? Find out what the experts say. No, it doesn't. #Cannabis does. Let's not confuse the two. https://bit.ly/3RIc0r2 #mmj #Boston #health #wellness #sexuality

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Attention all businesses! Are you unsure about your compliance? It's time to take action. The FDA has been cracking down on companies, and letters from them start at just under one million in lawsuits. Don't become a statistic. Let's talk about your compliance today, because your survival depends on it. #compliance #FDA #lawsuits #businesssurvival

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🍃Kratom and adverse events? Maybe. Yet the National Institute Of Health asks, are you sure it’s conclusive? When people report adverse reactions after taking kratom, it's easy to assume that kratom caused the problem. This assumption is based on the logical fallacy "post hoc ergo propter hoc," which means "after this, therefore because of this." Just because one event follows another doesn't mean the first event caused the second. In medical news, this kind of faulty reasoning can lead to false conclusions and mislead the public. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) emphasizes that it's crucial to be careful with such assumptions because they can lead to faulty medical conclusions. To avoid these errors, researchers and journalists need to carefully evaluate data and distinguish correlation from causation. The linked article from the NIH explains why it's crucial to use rigorous research methods to understand the real effects of substances like kratom. By avoiding assumptions and focusing on solid evidence, we can get a clearer picture of the risks and benefits involved.

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Western medicine 💊💉 woke medicine. Wake up. The atom model in western science 🔭🧪 is based on a quark electron system. A 3:1 ratio. If western science 🔭🧪 sees only matter and cannot see anti-matter and cannot see dark matter and cannot see dark energy then western science 🧪🔭 is imaginary and has no relevance to reality. E = mc^2 Energy equal to matter and light and light We c light. Light has no mass and no charge. It therefore does not matter in the scientific model for matter. The model cannot explain reality because our ideas of solid matter physics and materialism are inconsistent with reality. Live by the rules that govern the universe. Or play dead in the physical reality of matter. Stable atoms are death sentences. Atomic starlight healing technology made from Manuka Honey 🍯🐝💪 Living systems are inherently unstable. https://lnkd.in/gaSAxQVF https://lnkd.in/gKqC3PAR

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This is precisely why the Freedom Conservatism movement exists. And it’s why I’m a proud signatory. Some have forgotten what works. Aggressive central planning, grandiose industrial policy and futile protectionism have captured the hearts of so-called “national conservatives.” Many of them critique Biden-era economic policy while championing their own version of it. It threatens to undermine decades of prosperity and growth unleashed by free markets. Fortunately, principled conservatives are spearheading a resistance. They’re not just talking. They’re working diligently to reaffirm the effectiveness of limited government and free markets. These principles aren’t just relevant in modern America.   They’re essential to it. #economy #politicalscience #advocacy #leadership

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Important read!

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