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Psilocybin-Alcohol Study, FDA’s Psychedelic Guide, & the NCAA’s Cannabis Overhaul Begins

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The 14-page document covers several aspects of the drug development process, including trial best practices, data collection, and new drug application requirements. The document also addresses study participant safety emphasizing how psychedelics’ psychoactive effects increase the potential for abuse.

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Oregon-like legalization of “magic” mushrooms is the goal of the Colorado ballot measure

Cannabis Law Report

Schedule I drugs include substances that are not recognized for medical use and that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) defines as having a high potential for abuse and dependence. To get an initiated state statute or initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2022, proponents had to collect 124,632 valid signatures.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The bill includes several provisions for additional research to investigate the impact of legalization on public health, driving safety, and similar areas.

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Colorado Could Legalize Psychedelics This November

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Activists collected over 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the ballot, showing significant support for its passing. In a statement to The Denver Post, Natural Medicine Colorado—which sponsored the act—said “the measure is designed to prioritize mental health and healing, while balancing safety and access.”

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Cannabis, Learn How to Win from the Alcohol Industry  – Cannabis Business Executive

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A new, well-organized marketplace where consumers could easily buy safe, high quality products, and states could collect new tax revenues, was the intended result behind cannabis legalization. Cannabis must do the same, combining the collective powers of regulation and branding to win in the marketplace.

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What is THC-O?

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To be safe, it is crucial to have third-party lab tests and certificates of analysis done to ensure safety. THC-O is made from hemp and therefore legal, however, DEA tightened the law by stating that all synthetic THC is illegal. Is THC-O Legal? As with anything unregulated, there is a chance of impurity. Conclusion.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Collectively, private investors have poured billions of dollars into these companies, with more money coming from non-profit organizations. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). Briefing is still under way, with the DEA’s responsive brief submitted on June 25, 2021, and the petitioners’ reply due July 16, 2021. AIMS Institute, PLLC.

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