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Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is encouraging his colleagues to support him in demanding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enable terminally ill patients to legally use psilocybin as an investigational treatment, reported Marijuana Moment. “There has been a growing...

Compared to other countries overdose death rates in the U.S. are three to four times higher. The CDC recently confirmed an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths during the 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the same period the year before. This...

It seems that the therapeutic potential of psychedelics is becoming more generally accepted in Virginia, as activists are hoping to expand upon the state’s current psychedelic decriminalization ordinance. State lawmakers Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) and Del. Dawn Adams (D) discussed the role...

Detroit is the latest to join the growing list of U.S. cities that have decriminalized psychedelic substances, according to preliminary voting results from Tuesday evening. The measure under which the Motor City would “decriminalize to the fullest extent permitted under Michigan law...

A new government-funded analysis of U.S. Army recruits has shined a light on the relationship between past marijuana use among U.S. Army recruits and their overall performance. A RAND Corporation’s analysis revealed that past cannabis consumption had little effect on...

As the opioid crisis in the U.S. reaches alarming numbers, resulting in roughly 100,000 overdose deaths in the past 12-month period, a massive surge from a year earlier – federal health officials are willing to try new approaches to stem the tragedy. This week,...

On Wednesday night, members of the Easthampton City Council passed a resolution that would decriminalize certain entheogenic substances and other drugs, Marijuana Moment reported, making it the fourth Massachusetts city to approve a psychedelics policy change. Easthampton follows...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment Tuesday filed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that sought to remove constraints to researching the therapeutic potential of psychedelic mushrooms, MDMA, psilocybin and ibogaine. The amendment was rejected...

A bill to decriminalize psychedelics substance continues to advance through legislative chambers in California, only this time with amendments that add limits to possession.  Introduced in February by Sen. Scott Wiener, SB 519, passed the Assembly Public Health Committee in an 8-4...

The state of Florida legalized medical cannabis in 2016 by way of a constitutional amendment, enabling the formation of a fully legal medical cannabis program. The initiative was approved with 71% of the vote. In spite of this, Miami’s city government has refused to allow cannabis...

Kansas Governor Pushes For Medical Marijuana Legalization Kansas Governor, Laura Kelly says the state is ready for medical marijuana legalization. What’s more, Kelly argues that the revenue and taxation from medical cannabis sales could be used to support Medicaid expansion (h/t The Kansas...

Rhode Island and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians received approvals from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its hemp regulatory proposals. The news came on the heels of the USDA’s recent confirmation that it “continues to receive and review hemp production plans from...

Arizona Issues New Draft Legalization Rules, Will Start To Accept Cannabis Business Application Soon During November’s election, a majority of Arizona voters said “yes” to recreational cannabis. Some two months later, Arizona’s Department of Health Services issued a new...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan backed a campaign poised to decriminalize all drugs in Oregon. According to the Marijuana Moment, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy donated $500,000, which accounts for a third of...

By WeedMaps News' Marijuana Moment, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. “Start low, go slow.” That's what budtenders usually tell new consumers about dosing to help them partake in cannabis responsibly. The mantra also summarizes the results of a new paper that reviewed...