Category: Politics

The United Nations (UN) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted this week to ban the marijuana component hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) under an international treaty, with every country present except the United States casting a vote in favor of placing the substance under Schedule II of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. The U.S., for its part, […]
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It’s been about two months since the 199th Congress convened, and a bipartisan caucus of leaders on marijuana reform has yet to even hold an initial meeting, much less coordinate plans to advance cannabis legislation under the Trump administration. At the same time, a separate psychedelics caucus seems to be hitting the ground running, encouraged […]
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“My team and I concluded that the selection of the audit, the framework for the audit, and potential predetermination of its conclusions imperiled the audit from the outset.” By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read (D) on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission […]
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A new government estimate of the financial impacts of cannabis legalization in Australia suggests that the reform could bring the country nearly $700 million in revenue each year. The projection comes as part of a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) assessment—or “costing”—of a renewed legalization effort announced Thursday by the country’s Greens Party. Annual revenue from […]
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Among adults who regularly meditate, nearly 3 in 4 felt that psychedelic use had a positive impact on the quality of their meditation, according to a new study. The research, published last month in the journal PLoS ONE, surveyed 863 adults who meditated at least three times per week over the past year. Among them, […]
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Switzerland’s adult-use marijuana legalization pilot program is “running smoothly,” with “no indication of any disturbances to public order,” a government-commissioned report finds as lawmakers are considering legislation to broadly end cannabis prohibition across the country. About two years after the pilot program launched in seven municipalities across the country, the Federal Office of Public Health […]
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