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Justice Department Urged To Take “Immediate Action” On Marijuana Grow Applications

NORML

” Last year, however, former DEA director Robert Patterson testified to Congress that the agency believed that approving additional applicants would likely violate international anti-drug treaties. Patterson said that DEA could not move forward granting any new applications until the Justice Department clarified the issue. .

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

Veriheal

The Right to Try Act or the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act was signed into law on May 30th, 2019, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The lawsuit came after the DEA denied their application to utilize a synthetic form of psilocybin under the RTT laws.

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Final Phase of MDMA Clinical Trials Shows Drug Is 90% Effective at Treating PTSD

SpeedWeed

A first-of-its-kind Phase 3 clinical trial has found that MDMA-assisted therapy provided meaningful relief from PTSD symptoms in nearly 90 percent of study participants. The post Final Phase of MDMA Clinical Trials Shows Drug Is 90% Effective at Treating PTSD appeared first on SpeedWeed. Image via.

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DEA Seeks to Increase Quota of Cannabis and Psilocybin for Research Purposes

SpeedWeed

The DEA published a new document in the Federal Register on September 2 requesting an increase in production for certain Schedule I and Schedule II substances so that it can initiate more research studies. . DEA firmly believes in supporting regulated research of schedule I controlled substances. View original article.

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

Veriheal

For their analysis, researchers conducted qualitative interviews with 13 individuals who had participated in a psilocybin clinical trial. The 13 individuals were chosen because of their reported improvements in negative drinking behavior following the clinical trial. Let us know in the comments!

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U.S. Funding Focuses on Marijuana’s Harms, Not Benefits

CannaMD

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it will evaluate 37 additional grower applications. One such rule requires that all growers turn over all marijuana and by-products to the DEA shortly after harvest. The DEA would then be the exclusive distributor. However, the government says it is making strides to expand research.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

Similar to ketamine, psilocybin has shown great promise in clinical trials for helping to effectively treat depression and PTSD (and we’ve written about psilocybin several times on this blog, including here and here ). Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cities and counties. What are the exact legalities behind ketamine?

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