The Louisiana Senate has passed a bill to let patients with terminal and irreversible conditions use medical marijuana in hospitals. The body approved the legislation, SB 270 from Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D), in a vote of 33-2 on Wednesday. It now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. “This bill does exactly what the…
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The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill to expand a pilot program that’s meant to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA. The legislation sponsored by the Joint Committee on Public Health cleared the full Senate in a unanimous 35-0 vote on Wednesday. It now heads to the House of Representatives.…
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Massachusetts lawmakers have passed a bill to double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market, sending it to the governor’s desk. The Senate approved the legislation in a voice vote on Thursday, one day after it cleared the House of Representatives by a unanimous…
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Someone in the Trump administration is “holding up” the completion of a marijuana rescheduling proposal, according to a longtime advisor to the president. It’s been more than three months since President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to finalize a rule to move cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled…
Someone In The Trump Administration Is ‘Holding Up’ Marijuana Rescheduling, Read More »
“Any delay in implementation continues to drive consumers to the illicit market, jeopardizes public safety and delays the tools needed by law enforcement and regulators to address these concerns.” By JM Pedini, NORML Virginia lawmakers did their part by passing a bill this session to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis sales. Now, it is up…
Virginia Governor Should Sign Marijuana Bill Without Delaying Launch Of Read More »
Another Hawaii House committee has approved a Senate-passed bill that would create a psychedelics task force responsible for studying and making policy recommendations on providing access to breakthrough therapies such as psilocybin and MDMA. The House Finance Committee advanced the legislation from Sen. Chris Lee (D) in a 15-0 vote on Tuesday. The measure, which…
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Those who consume cannabis the previous evening perform no differently than non-consumers on cognitive measures, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. Canadian investigators assessed cognitive performance in a cohort of cannabis consumers and similarly matched abstainers. Consumers smoked cannabis 12 to 15 hours prior to testing. Researchers reported “no…
Study: No Measurable Next-Day Cognitive Effects Following Cannabis Use Study: Read More »
Virginia’s governor has signed a pair of bills that will legalize a form of psilocybin under state law if and when the psychedelic is approved by federal officials. “Upon approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a formulation of psilocybin designed to be administered by a health care professional in a health…
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Massachusetts House lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill to double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. The House of Representatives approved the legislation in a vote of 155-0 on Wednesday. If the Senate follows suit, which is expected this week, the proposal would…
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There’s been a new breakthrough in the development of a marijuana breathalyzer, with a study partly funded by the Justice Department showing a potential pathway for a “portable, low cost” device that looks like an inhaler for asthma, built with 3-D printed material that can detect delta-9 THC without secondary lab analysis. The study, led…
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