A Missouri Republican lawmaker filed a bill on Tuesday that would legalize a wide range of psychedelics for therapeutic use at designated care facilities while further decriminalizing low-level possession in general. The bill from Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) is one of the latest examples of psychedelics reforms being proposed inContinue Reading
A Democratic candidate running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana continues to make cannabis a centerpiece of his campaign, emphasizing the drug war’s disproportionate harm on Black people and working to remove the stigma from marijuana use generally. In January, Gary Chambers went viral with a campaign ad featuringContinue Reading
Adult-use cannabis sales increased in the state’s second month of legal commerce. By Arren Kimbel-Sannit, Daily Montanan Montana’s recreational marijuana industry posted around $13 million in sales between January 31 and February 27, according to the state Department of Revenue (DOR), slightly outpacing business from the recreational market’s first monthContinue Reading
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Maryland senators began formal consideration of two bills to legalize marijuana on Thursday, including one that would put the reform on November’s ballot as a referendum. The Senate Finance Committee hearing comes less than a week after the state’s House of Delegates passed its own legalization package that would referContinue Reading
A Washington, D.C. Council committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to ban most workplaces from subjecting job applicants to pre-employment marijuana testing. The legislation, sponsored by Councilmember Trayon White (D), cleared the Labor & Workforce Development Committee. It would expand on previous legislation the D.C. Council approved to protectContinue Reading
The South Dakota House on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize marijuana that had been temporarily revived after a committee defeat earlier this week. Now, activists are moving ahead with an effort to put legalization before voters again this November. Meanwhile, the House defeated separate legislation to gut existing protectionsContinue Reading
Many people use cannabis to ease symptoms of depression, but there haven’t been any clinical studies done that examine whether or not it actually can treat the condition. The post Does cannabis help or worsen depression? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Does cannabis help or worsen depression?Continue Reading
Novel cannabinoid news is wild. We round it up each month. The post Would you eat a delta-8 hot dog? (D-8 newsletter March 2022) appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Would you eat a delta-8 hot dog? (D-8 newsletter March 2022)Continue Reading
The long-feared storm has broken, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. For longtime observers of this part of the world, there’s a certain inexorable logic to this grim moment. For at least a generation, relations between the two countries have been characterized by Russian fears that its smaller neighborContinue Reading
