In Psychedelica Lex Episode 2021-011, I interview fellow attorney, Nicole Howell, regarding her psychedelic legal practice.
Nicole is also one of the founding directors of the newly-formed Psychedelic Bar Association. I must have done something nice for someone somewhere, because Nicole gave Psychedelica Lex the scoop to announce the Psychedelic Bar Association.
The interview is now on YouTube:
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Author and host, Gary Michael Smith, Esq., is a decades-experienced, AV rated, attorney, American Arbitration Association panelist, founding director of the Arizona Cannabis Bar Association, board member of the Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, and general counsel to the nation’s oldest federally recognized, 501C3, multi-racial peyote church.
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President Nixon’s enactment of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970 banished most psychedelics to Schedule I, making psychedelics for most purposes illegal. However, as the Congressional Record reveals, psychedelics never got a fair trial and little scientific evidence, if any, was considered by lawmakers. Prohibition was more about politics than public health. Yet, historical record, anecdotal evidence, and scientific studies all suggest that prohibition was an unnecessary and harmful overreaction and that many benefits may be derived from psychedelics.
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