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The measure would allow for home grows and the establishment of treatment centers. The post Massachusetts looks to become third state to legalize psychedelics with ballot question appeared first on Green Market Report.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy is fighting back to dismiss the rejections. The post DEA rejects speakers for November hearings on two psychedelic compounds appeared first on Green Market Report.
By Whitt Steineker on October 3, 2024 It’s hard to be surprised when you’ve been writing and talking about government decisions about the cannabis industry over the past decade. But I’ll admit that my eyebrows raised when I read a recent letter from the solicitor general of South Carolina stating that, as a general rule, hemp beverages containing less than […]
Mark Chavez could still face up to 10 years in prison after pleading to conspiring to distribute ketamine. A California doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday in a deal with federal prosecutors over the fatal overdose of “Friends” star Matthew Perry last year. Mark Chavez, 54, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in a Los […]
“This is a substance that can be of enormous benefit to humanity,” says Davis. “To equate coca with cocaine is to equate potatoes with vodka,” Doubleblind Dennis McKenna and anthropologist Wade Davis are working together to organize a movement dedicated to ending the vilification of the coca plant, and the persecution of its consumers. […]
They write So we’re asking: What exactly does the field of psychedelics look like today? To help answer this question, we’re launching the largest-ever psychedelic industry survey to uncover: Who is working in psychedelics – or working psychedelic-adjacent – and what kind of work is being done? How is the field evolving, what is the current trajectory, and […]
This is a must read article Worldwide ADF – Perspectives for the First Half of 2024 In recent years, there has been an increase in legal incidents related to ancestral medicines, especially ayahuasca. Throughout 2023, the Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) provided legal assistance in 43 incidents across 15 countries, mainly defending individuals in criminal cases involving the […]
LA Times But are companies like Personalized Wellbeing putting themselves and their customers at risk by acting as if magic mushrooms are legal? In recent years, California lawmakers’ attempts to legalize psychedelics have repeatedly failed. In August, the FDA also rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ proposal to legalize MDMA-assisted therapy, citing concerns over clinical trial designs. The decision […]
Event Description This academic year, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School proudly launched a new project called PULSE: Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience. PULSE convenes legal and religious scholars and practitioners with diverse perspectives to discuss how law, policy, and ethics affect the religious and […]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The brakes were pulled on a large drug smuggling attempt at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when security found cocaine hidden in a motorized wheelchair at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure on Wednesday, saying the incident happened on Sept. 17 when security became suspicious due to […]