Category Archives: Canada

Biotech, Canada, clinical trial, FDA, Harvard, Health, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, Massachusetts, News, pain, Psilocybin, psychedelic therapy, Psychedelics, psychotherapy

Biotech Company Seeks FDA Approval For Psilocybin-IBS Treatment

Posted on by baldiesbuds
26
May

Tryp Therapeutics announced on Wednesday that it had “submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its planned Phase 2a clinical trial investigating the effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of patients aged 21+ suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).” The […]

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amanita, British Columbia, Canada, Lucy, Lucy Scientific Discovery Inc., MAPS, Microdosing, Mindful, mushrooms, News, Products, Psychedelics

Lucy Drops Amanita Mushroom-Based Microdose Line

Posted on by baldiesbuds
22
May

The ancient use of mushrooms to improve physical and mental well-being is coming back full-swing. On Monday, Lucy Scientific Discovery Inc. unveiled Mindful, a functional Amanita mushroom-based product line that is now available at multiple retailers.  British Columbia, Canada-based Lucy Scientific Discovery is a psychedelics manufacturing company focused primarily on emerging psychotropics-based medicines, the latest […]

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adult-use, Canada, cannabis sales, car accidents, drunk driving, Legalization, News, Recreational, Retail, Stoned Driving, Study, toronto, traffic safety, vehicles, World

Weed Legalization in Canada Not Linked to Increase in Car Crashes

Posted on by baldiesbuds
15
May

Neither the legalization of adult-use cannabis nor the uptick in retail sales is correlated with an increase in car accidents, NORML reports. The data comes from a study published earlier this month in the Drug and Alcohol Review. Canadian scientists looked at the number of traffic accidents in Toronto both in the years prior to […]

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apex labs, Canada, end-of-life anxiety, magic mushrooms, News, Petition e-4334, Psilocybin, psychedelic therapy, Psychedelics, Thomas Hartle, World

Petition Launched To Legalize Shroom-Assisted Therapy in Canada

Posted on by baldiesbuds
22
Mar

Advocates for the medical use of psilocybin mushrooms in Canada launched a petition to call upon the federal government to take action. Interest in psilocybin-assisted therapy continues to grow to combat end-of-life anxiety, depression, addition, and PTSD, among many other conditions. Petition e-4334 was launched on March 16—an online “Petition to the Government of Canada,” […]

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Armed robbery, British Columbia, Canada, Crime, East Vancouver, Kingsway Cannabis, Mood Cannabis, News, safety, World

Armed Robbery Attempt Fails at East Vancouver Weed Store

Posted on by baldiesbuds
20
Mar

One robber got more than he bargained for attempting to rob a cannabis store in Canada. Kingsway Cannabis in East Vancouver, British Columbia posted a 20-second video on Twitter on March 14, showing a failed armed robbery attempt the night before. CTV Vancouver reports that an armed robbery-gone-wrong was captured on video and shared online. […]

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adult-use, Canada, Concentrates, drinks, Edibles​, legal cannabis, Legalization, Medical Marijuana, News, Recreational, Retail, Study, University of Waterloo, World

Growing Number of Canadian Weed Consumers Source Products Legally

Posted on by baldiesbuds
28
Feb

According to a study published in the Harm Reduction Journal, a growing number of Canadian consumers have transitioned to the legal cannabis market over the country’s first three years of cannabis legalization, with legal sourcing highest for drinks and oils and lowest for solid concentrates and hash. One goal of the Canadian Cannabis Act was […]

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British Columbia, Canada, Cocaine, drug addiction, fentanyl overdoses, Health Canada, heroin, IPO, Lucy Scientific Discovery, News, Psychedelics, World

Lucy Files with Health Canada To Manufacture Cocaine, Heroin

Posted on by baldiesbuds
16
Feb

Forget ketamine- and MDMA-assisted therapies: A psychedelics manufacturing company is moving forward with cocaine and heroin—with an end goal to fight fentanyl overdoses and drug addiction. British Columbia-based Lucy Scientific Discovery, a psychedelics manufacturing company focused primarily on emerging psychotropics-based medicines, announced today in a press release that it has filed an amendment to its […]

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Abbotsford, Birds, Canada, crystal meth, Drug Smuggling, meth, News, Pacific Institution, pigeon, Prison, World

Drug-Carrying Pigeon in Canadian Prison Yard

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18
Jan

In a scheme straight out of the Middle Ages, authorities at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, a correctional facility about 50 miles away from Vancouver, “reported capturing a pigeon carrying a tiny backpack filled with illicit drugs” in the prison yard late last month, according to Yahoo. Yahoo reports that a “tiny fabric backpack tied […]

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adult-use, British Columbia, Canada, Consumption lounge, Laws, Legalization, News, recreational cannabis, tourism, World

British Columbia Considers MJ Consumption Spaces, Citizens and Businesses Weigh In

Posted on by baldiesbuds
17
Jan

If cannabis is legal, but consumers are only allowed to smoke in private residences, where does that leave tourists, or local cannabis consumers enjoying a night out, to reap the benefits of a legal market? Considering the amount of public spaces to consume alcohol, it seems like a severe limitation that folks can’t similarly enjoy […]

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British Columbia, Canada, Cannabis Cottage, cannabis store, Crime, Dispensaries, News, Penticton, stealing, theft, tip jar, tips, video, World

Video: Woman Caught Red-Handed Stealing Tips from Cannabis Store

Posted on by baldiesbuds
06
Jan

A woman shopping at a cannabis store in Canada was made famous on Facebook after being caught on cam stealing hundreds of dollars’ worth of tips from the tip jar. Cannabis normally brings about the spirit of giving in most people, however, that’s not the case for petty thieves like the one caught recently. Mariana […]

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