Category Archives: Massachusetts

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

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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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Salem, Massachusetts Will No Longer Arrest People for Psilocybin

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16
May

Salem, a city notorious for its 17th century witch trials, is creating a new reputation for itself by ceasing a modern-day witch hunt. As of this month, Salem is ending arrests for psilocybin mushrooms, Psychedelic Spotlight reports. It is now the sixth Massachusetts city to do so, after a 9-0 city council vote supporting the […]

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April 20 Becomes a Paid Holiday for Employees at a Massachusetts Cannabis Company

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20
Mar

According to Temescal Wellness Director of Retail and Customer Engagement, Sian Leininger, this honors both cannabis culture as well as employees. “4/20 is a day to show appreciation, love and respect for cannabis and its power to help amplify the health and happiness that people experience in their daily lives,” Leininger said in a press […]

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Heavy Metal To Launch Cannabis Line in Massachusetts

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10
Mar

Heavy Metal Entertainment revealed this week that it is partnering with the licensed cannabis company Berkshire Roots to launch a new line of weed products for the regulated market in Massachusetts. Through the new partnership, the two companies will offer new flower strains and create unique cannabis products under the trade name “Heavy Metal,” a […]

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Two Bills to Decriminalize Psychedelics Filed in Massachusetts

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24
Jan

Two bills were filed in Massachusetts to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescaline, and ibogaine. The bills would end the prosecution of psychedelic substances in the Bay State. The Boston Herald reports that companion bills were filed in the Massachusetts House and Senate. The House bill, “An Act relative to plant medicine,” or Bill HD.1450, was […]

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Massachusetts Adult-Use Cannabis Reaches Nearly $4 Billion in 2022

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06
Jan

The Massachusetts CCC’s report shows that between Jan. 1 and Dec. 18, 2022, the state collected $1.42 billion in adult-use sales. In a breakdown of sales by month, the state collected a fairly steady amount of sales, the highest being $132.4 million in July and $130.8 million in August, and the lowest with $110.1 million […]

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Massachusetts To Add Lessons on Weed Impairment to Driver’s Ed

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14
Dec

Individuals enrolled in Massachusetts’ driver’s education program will receive a new lesson starting next year. According to State House News Service, the Registry of Motor Vehicles, which oversees the program in the Bay State, “indicated Monday that is adopting the AAA curriculum, which is called ‘Shifting Gears: The Blunt Truth About Marijuana and Driving,’ in […]

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Acquires Assets To Launch Largest Black-Owned Cannabis Company

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04
Nov

Entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs announced on Friday that he is launching what is billed as the world’s largest Black-owned cannabis brand with the $185 million purchase of existing licensed marijuana operations in three states. Combs is purchasing the business operations from Cresco Labs and Columbia Care, two multistate cannabis operators that are required to […]

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Creator Explains Patented Process To Extract Cannabinoids From Smoke

Posted on by baldiesbuds
02
Nov

Extracting cannabinoids from smoke is now a reality, using a patented extraction method, activating compounds at levels only achieved via smoking. Why? Imagine edibles made with an oil that provides more of the impact you normally only get from smoking. Boston, Massachusetts-based Real Isolates announced on October 24 that it has been issued a patent […]

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Mother, Son Survive Brush With ‘Death Cap’ Mushrooms Thanks to Experimental New Drug

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28
Oct

According to UMass Memorial Medical Center, 27-year-old Kai Chen and his 63-year-old mother Kam Look were poisoned from eating mushrooms, known as “death caps,” which they found growing near their home a few weeks ago in Amherst, Massachusetts.  The two survived, and one of their doctors recently told the Boston Globe it was thanks to […]

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