Category Archives: mental health

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Colorado Governor Signs Psychedelics Bill

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26
May

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on May 23 that established a regulatory framework for psychedelic substances.  SB23-290, also called Natural Medicine Regulation and Legalization, was signed just a few weeks after it was approved in the Senate with House amendments. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Steven Fenberg and Rep. Judy […]

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Ohio State University Gets DEA License To Grow Psilocybin

Posted on by baldiesbuds
12
May

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a license to Ohio State University that allows researchers to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms for use in scientific studies. The license, which was awarded to Ohio State and partner Inner State Inc., a mental health and wellness research and development company, is the first license issued by the DEA […]

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California Cannabis Department Grants Nearly $20 Million to Academic Institutions

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28
Apr

The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) granted $19,942,918 to 16 academic institutions with plans to research cannabis on April 26. The grants will be dedicated to research initiatives exploring the effectiveness of cannabis on “mental health of young people, novel cannabinoids like Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC, and a first-of-its kind study of California’s legacy cannabis […]

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GOP Senators Kill Veterans Cannabis Research Bill

Posted on by baldiesbuds
28
Apr

Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted this week to block a bill that would have directed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research into cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a procedural vote on Wednesday, the Senate declined to advance the Veterans Affairs Medicinal Cannabis Research […]

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Wilfred Co-Creator Jason Gann on His Cannabis Brand, Delta-8, and Mental Health

Posted on by baldiesbuds
07
Apr

The last time I caught up with Wilfred star-turned-cannabis operator Jason Gann in January 2021, he was weathering the ups and downs of startup cannabis ownership.  Today, he’s continuing to survive, learn, and grow his brand, Wilfred CBD and Hemp, as well as his entrepreneurial acumen. While doing so, he’s taking the usual entrepreneurial smacks. […]

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Psychedelic Therapy in Australia Likely To Cost Thousands

Posted on by baldiesbuds
24
Mar

Patients in Australia will soon have legal access to the psychedelic drugs psilocybin and MDMA under a plan announced by regulators last month. But with no approved source of the drug available to therapists, patients will likely face bills in the tens of thousands of dollars to obtain the promising treatment. Last month, the Therapeutic […]

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Rhode Island Lawmakers Introduce Magic Mushroom Bill

Posted on by baldiesbuds
03
Mar

If the federal government signs off on psilocybin, a pair of Rhode Island lawmakers want the state to be ready to benefit. The bill under consideration would “decriminalize the use of so-called ‘magic mushrooms’ statewide,” according to local news station WPRI, although that would “[hinge] upon whether the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approves psilocybin as […]

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Australia Approves MDMA, Psilocybin for Therapeutic Use

Posted on by baldiesbuds
06
Feb

Regulators in Australia this week announced that qualified psychiatrists will be able to prescribe “medicines containing the psychedelic substances psilocybin and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) … for the treatment of certain mental health conditions” later this year. Under newly permitted uses, those substances “will be listed as Schedule 8 (Controlled Drugs) medicines in the Poisons Standard,” but […]

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Yale Announces New Cannabis Research Center

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03
Feb

One of the country’s most prestigious academic institutions will be home to a new research center dedicated to studying cannabis.  The Yale School of Medicine announced the creation this week of “a research center to study the acute and chronic effects of cannabis and cannabinoids on neurodevelopment and mental health.” Called the “Yale Center for […]

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Long-Term Study of Twins Finds No Link Between Legalization, Drug Abuse

Posted on by baldiesbuds
01
Feb

Once again the gateway theory—the belief that cannabis use leads to other drugs, popularized about 40 years ago—is being crushed by new evidence, this time finding no evidence of worsened drug abuse in legal states, using twins as controls.  A new long-term study examined sets of twins, over 4,000 individuals, and found that state legalization […]

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