The modern cannabis market and its sleek dispensaries, brand collaborations, and Green Wednesday promos for infused pre-rolls feel far removed from the world where activists went to jail for baking weed brownies for the terminally ill. However, the roots of today’s booming industry are deeply intertwined with a pivotal moment in public health history: the…
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A former U.S. senator says she’s personally spoken to the heads of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics like ibogaine—and both members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet were receptive to reform on the issue. Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ),…
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The governor of Minnesota says the state is “exploring” how to respond to an impending federal ban on hemp THC products, which would be “very disruptive” to a “thriving industry.” And a top GOP congressional lawmaker from the state is also reviewing options to “support consumers and provide industry stability.” At a press conference on…
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Let me get this straight: the United States government is absolutely obsessed with going after people for possessing a plant, but when it comes to releasing the names of elite pedophiles who trafficked children to the rich and powerful, suddenly we need to pump the brakes and “sanitize” that list first? Yeah, that’s where we…
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Living with chronic pain can feel overwhelming, especially when conventional treatments fall short. You’ve probably heard about CBD for pain relief, but there’s a lesser-known compound that may work even better when combined with it: palmitoylethanolamide, or PEA. This endogenous fatty acid amide works through your body’s endocannabinoid system to address inflammation and neuropathic pain—and…
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The chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried, says the looming federal hemp ban that was tucked into a spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law this month is precisely why people “hate government”—with a multi-billion-dollar industry now in jeopardy just years after the crop was federally legalized. And she believes lawmakers will…
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A federal health agency plans to soon authorize health insurance coverage for CBD under certain Medicare programs. The policy change is being circulated about a month after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with the head of an organization behind a video President Donald Trump shared over the summer…
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Minnesota congressional Democrats are committing to preventing the collapse of the hemp industry after lawmakers passed a now-signed spending bill banning the sale of most consumable THC products, stressing the need to “fix it” before recriminalization takes effect next year and laying out opportunities to achieve that. And according to one lawmaker, it’s not just…
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Let me paint you a picture of where we are right now with federal cannabis policy: it’s a complete shitshow. And I don’t use that term lightly. We’re living in a moment where the federal government has managed to create the most confusing, contradictory, and dysfunctional cannabis policy in the 90-year history of prohibition. That’s…
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New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill to provide regulated therapeutic access to psilocybin for adults with qualifying health conditions, with plans to continue to work toward enactment in the 2026 legislative session. More than a year after the Assembly Health Committee first took up and amended the legislation—sponsored by Assemblymembers Herb Conaway (D), Clinton…
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