{"id":1647,"date":"2018-06-03T01:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T01:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2020-12-03T02:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T02:56:14","slug":"dana-larsen-on-ending-the-drug-war-kratoms-painkilling-potential-opening-psychedelic-dispensaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Dana Larsen on ending the drug war, kratom\u2019s painkilling potential, &amp; opening psychedelic dispensaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final part of our series with Dana Larsen. In this interview, Dana tells CLN about the amazing pain-killing effects of a plant known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstormscientific.com\/kraken-kratom-review-like-dont-like-vendor\/\">kratom<\/a> and how it could help turn the tide against the opioid crisis, his ongoing fight to end the War on Drugs, why he wants to expand the dispensary model to other illegal drugs like psilocybin mushrooms,\u00a0his new book, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>He also tells us why he thinks Vancouver\u2018s dispensaries should stay open and how the ones that are voluntarily closing are surrendering when they are on the verge of victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dana Larsen:<\/strong> The Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) is run by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahblyth?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Sarah Blyth<\/a>, and she also runs the DTES street market next door. The city gives her a little bit of funding to help get vending off the street and into a controlled area.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabislifenetwork.com\/dana-larsen-on-why-he-wants-to-end-the-drug-war-use-kratom-to-fight-the-opioid-crisis-open-dispensaries-for-psychedelics\/\">Cannabis Life Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final part of our series with Dana Larsen. In this interview, Dana tells CLN about the amazing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitamins-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}