Posts Tagged ‘Beckley Foundation’

The Daily Mail Strikes Back

This article was the front page news in the Daily Mail on Easter Sunday. The staunchest anti-drug newspaper in the UK has set its sights on the Beckley Foundation. The article does its best to sensationalize and twist the Beckley’s views – e.g. claiming that we are calling for all out, immediate...

April 6th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Is the Drug War legitimizing Racism?

Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its forty-fourth president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation’s “triumph over race.” Obama’s election has been touted...

March 21st, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Prayer: A Challenge for Science

Since ancient times, a strong and pervasive belief in the efficacy of prayer–for the living and the dead–reinforces the notion that consciousness is not limited to the physical body. Not only do traditions throughout the world share a belief that prayers may in some way help (or invoke help from)...

March 11th, 2010 | Extended Mind | Read More

A Drug Free World Reloaded

I attended this UN Summit in Vienna reviewing 10 years of the international War on Drugs last year and this short video does a good job of summing up the contrasting attitudes on drug policy of government representatives on the political ladder with specialist NGOs and academic experts.

March 11th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

The New Cocaine Mafia

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel travels to southern Italy to investigate how Europe’s growing appetite for cocaine is funding the growth of West African crime syndicates and fueling a turf war with Italy’s largest mafia organization, the Camorra.

March 8th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Mexican Drug Policy Reform Movement Takes Shape

The Beckley Foundation’s tour of North and South America with the Global Cannabis Commission is having a big effect. Mexico in particular is taking the lead in pushing for a paradigm shift in international drug policy. International Conference in Mexico City Provides Hope, Inspiration to a Budding...

March 1st, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More

Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate

Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate, analyzes cannabis policies around the world and lays out the advantages of a fully regulated legal market and how a country can overcome the international conventions in order to have policies that better suites its individual needs. Below is an excerpt from...

March 1st, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Confessions of a ten-a-day man

William Leith used to take painkillers morning and night – for the headaches he had and the headaches he worried he might get. He’s not alone. As the instant-relief market explodes, he investigates: are too many pills too much of a good thing? From the Guardian. When I was growing up in...

February 25th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Placebos – Is Mind more important than Matter?

In a review of recent research, international experts say there is increasing evidence that fake treatments, or placebos, have an actual biological effect in the body. The doctor-patient relationship, plus the expectation of recovery, may sometimes be enough to change a patient’s brain, body and...

February 19th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More

LSD for the NHS?

This recent article from The Financial Times reports on the scientific progress the Beckley Foundation has been making in the last few years. A British charity is stepping up efforts to rehabilitate LSD, one of the world’s best-known “recreational” drugs, for medicinal use. The Beckley Foundation,...

February 16th, 2010 | Science of the Mind | Read More

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