The Oakland City Council will consider a resolution next week that calls on California state lawmakers to enact policies decriminalizing or legalizing a wide range of psychedelics and allowing local jurisdictions to permit healing ceremonies where people could use entheogenic substances. Activists with Decriminalize Nature (DN) have been working with legislators to expand upon the […]Read More
Mexican lawmakers put the brakes on efforts to legalize marijuana once again. And the nation’s Supreme Court obliged and granted the delay — a delay to the Court’s own mandate — once again, even as Senate-passed reform legislation advanced this week through at least two committees in their government’s lower chamber, called the Chamber of […]Read More
Just days after voting to federally legalize marijuana, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a separate bill to promote research into the plant, in part by allowing scientists to access cannabis from state-legal dispensaries. The Medical Marijuana Research Act was passed in a voice vote. It was considered under a procedure known as suspension of […]Read More
A federal health agency is conducting a review of studies to learn if marijuana and kratom — a plant native to Southeast Asia used in herbal medicines — could potentially treat chronic pain with fewer side effects than opioids. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is asking the public to help identify research […]Read More
Oregon became the first state to legalize psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic purposes last month. The governor is now taking initial steps to launch the program by accepting applications for members of an advisory board tasked with figuring out how to best regulate access to the psychedelic treatment. In a notice, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) […]Read More
A key United Nations panel approved a World Health Organization recommendation to remove marijuana from the most restrictive global scheduling category on Wednesday. “After six decades since its placement into the strictest international category, and three years of review, the UN has finally made the decision to recognize the therapeutic value of cannabis,” Steph Sherer, […]Read More
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