Sarah and Rachelle attend the National Cannabis Festival and talk drug policy with Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party and rapper Talib Kweli, Tyler goes over the history of the US Federal Analogue Act, and Sam and Rachelle bring you the week’s biggest news! News Updates:

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Drug History:

Was there a flashpoint that led to the passage of the US Federal Analogue Act? If so, what was it? Bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Analogue_Act https://erowid.org/psychoactives/law/analog/analog_info1.shtml https://erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal11.shtml#analogue https://erowid.org/psychoactives/law/cases/federal/federal_analog2.shtml http://theweek.com/articles/561608/supreme-courts-new-decision-bath-salts-explained http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol7is3/brownstein.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/medical-mystery-how-tainted-drugs-froze-young-people-but-kickstarted-parkinsons-research/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345642/ Kau, G. (2008). Flashback to the Federal Analog Act of 1986: Mixing Rules and Standards in the Cauldron. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 156(4), 1077-1115. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40041401



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