Canadian cannabis company Adastra gets permission to sell cocaine 

British Columbia-based cannabis company Adastra Labs has been approved by Health Canada to possess, produce, sell and distribute cocaine, psilocybin and psilocin. The company received its Controlled Drug and Substances dealer’s license for the psychedelics in August, according to a news release. ADVERTISEMENT The license was amended in February to include cocaine. The dealer’s license […]

Kansas Senators Hear Second Day Of Testimony Against Medical Marijuana In Hearing Stacked With Opponents

“Today, I thought, was pathetic. It was awful. Today, all I heard were opponents against it, who were spouting a lot of reefer madness and a lot of misinformation, really prone to hyperbole in such a way that it was truly offensive.”  During a second round of testimony about medical marijuana, opponents spoke of cannabis-induced […]

B.C. premier has questions after company gets Health Canada approval to produce, sell cocaine

B.C. Premier David Eby has some questions for Health Canada. Last month, Langley-based Adastra Holdings announced it had been granted an amendment to its licence to “possess, produce, sell and distribute” cocaine. The company said the approval allows Adastra to interact with up to 250 grams of cocaine and to import coca leaves to manufacture and […]

Illinois recreational marijuana sales hit $120.5M in Feb., out-of-state sales shrink

Adult-use marijuana sales in Illinois totaled $120.5 million in February, an increase of 5.7% from February 2022 despite declining sales to out-of-state shoppers. Illinois’ February recreational cannabis sales total included $30.8 million sold to out-of-state residents, or 25.5% of monthly sales, according to new data published by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation […]

BREAKING – New York Expands CAURD License Program

New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and Cannabis Control Board (CCB) made a significant announcement during the CCB’s board meeting on March 2, 2023: the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License (CAURD) program is expanding the number of CAURD licenses to 300, doubling the previous allotment of 150 CAURD licenses. As a brief refresher, this […]

The ‘painless woman’ helps us see how anxiety and fear fit in the big picture of pain

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E-cigarettes: Misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking

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Hawaii Marijuana Legalization And Psychedelics Research Bills Advance To Senate Floor Votes Following Committee Approval

Legislative committees in Hawaii have approved separate bills that would legalize marijuana for adults and direct the state to further study psychedelic-assisted therapy, advancing both measures to the Senate floor ahead of an end-of-week deadline. Lawmakers in a joint committee session on Thursday approved the cannabis legalization measure, SB 669, after adopting a number of […]

Michigan City Decriminalizes Psilocybin, Other Psychedelics

City leaders in Ferndale, Michigan voted this week to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other natural psychedelics, making the city in the Detroit metropolitan area the fourth municipality in the state to reform laws prohibiting the promising drugs. The Ferndale City Council voted unanimously on February 27 to approve a resolution decriminalizing entheogenic plants and fungi […]

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