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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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New York Will Double Number of Cannabis Retailer Licenses

Regulators in New York announced this week that the state would double the number of cannabis retailer licenses, bringing the total number of Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) Licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries to 300 instead of the 150 originally planned. The new licenses, which will be selected from an existing pool of qualified business […]

Colorado Weighs Proposal To Allow Safe Injection Sites

A bill proposed in Colorado would give the go-ahead to local governments to set up so-called “safe injection sites” within their jurisdictions, with advocates saying that the facilities help prevent overdoses and save lives.  The sites, also known as “overdose prevention centers,” have been authorized in other states and cities in the United States –– […]

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 […]

Maryland House Committee Advances Bill To Regulate Marijuana Sales With Amendments

A Maryland House of Delegates committee has advanced an amended bill containing proposed rules for legal marijuana sales and production in the state, a policy change approved by nearly two-thirds of voters through a ballot referendum last year. The measure is intended to prepare Maryland to regulate cannabis commerce as the new state law, which […]

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