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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

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Medical : Illegal Recreational : Illegal *CBD products are legal in Japan, as long as they contain no THC whatsoever and are not made from cannabis flower. In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.

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DMT Therapy: Coming to a Clinic Near You?

Canna Law Blog

Also, according to the DEA, “the history of human experience probably goes back several hundred years since DMT usage is associated with a number of religious practices and rituals.” In fact, Small Pharma has been conducting trials as reported by the BBC and expanded its clinical trial this past summer.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. The state of the law on psychedelic substances is in flux. Id ; 21 CFR 312.1-10; 10; 312.80-88;

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Oregon 2020 Election: Vote Yes! on Measure 109

Canna Law Blog

Oregon Psychedelics: Petition to Legalize Psilocybin for Therapy Moves Forward. For one, research on the benefits of psilocybin therapy in treating depression is farther along than most people think; the results are quite promising ; and more clinical trials are underway, including at esteemed research institutions like Johns Hopkins.

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And Here We Go Again! NASDAQ Article: Forget Cannabis: Psychedelic Medicine Is the Better Investing Opportunity

Cannabis Law Report

The global march toward cannabis legalization has seemingly awoken another long dormant area of scientific interest: psychedelics as medicine. In lockstep with the FDA’s more open-minded approach toward psychedelic medicine, Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz all decided to decriminalize magic mushrooms. Hundreds of other U.S.

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The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act Has Passed

Veriheal

This makes history by enacting the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation in U.S. Rescheduling cannabis and decriminalizing cannabis do not mean the same thing for federal legalization. Decriminalization refers to the relaxation of criminal penalties associated with personal cannabis use.

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

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Plant medicines and concoctions made from them have been utilized throughout the history of cultures around the world. In the last 100 years, many of the plant therapies that were embraced in history were outlawed by governments around the world and replaced by lab-made synthetic drugs we label medicine. A Push by Patients.

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