Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I was talking to another lawyer about last week’s vote by Oregonians to legalize psilocybin therapy here in the state. Unlike with many precursor state laws, no institutional review board review is required. In any case, it’s important to note that Right to Try does not encompass any drug or treatment under the sun.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2021

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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The Cannigma

AUGUST 26, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Illegal (though at least one territory has adopted decriminalization). Australia has a legal medical marijuana program, and while recreational cannabis remains illegal on the federal level, the enforcement of cannabis laws and the penalties handed out can differ widely from one territory to another.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is engaged in a three-year initiative to examine the ethical, legal, and social implications of psychedelics research, commerce, and therapeutics. The Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR). Background. Attwood and….

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Separate provisions in the bill exclude cannabidiol from the federal definition of marijuana, permit VA doctors to authorize medical cannabis access to qualified patients, and remove undue federal barriers to clinical trial research to better assess the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis. PA resident? Additional Actions to Take.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 6, 2021

Harvard Law School is planning to open the first US policy center focused on the legalization and regulation of psychedelics like psilocybin, MDMA, and LSD. . By analyzing social, legal, and political barriers to access in this context, we hope to advance the understanding of their potential impact as therapeutics.”.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

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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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

House lawmakers introduced The Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2019 (HR 601), to facilitate federally-approved clinical trials involving cannabis. Meanwhile, a decriminalization bill was defeated in the Virginia House this week. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. Virgin Islands. CT resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., Clinical Trials and Human Subject Protections.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Psilocybin’s therapeutic benefits are so promising that Denver, Colorado became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin in May 2019, and in 2020, Oregon passed Measure 109, which paved the road for a program allowing for legal manufacture, delivery, and administration of psilocybin to clients at supervised, licensed facilities in the state.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2021

Since MAPS began their mission to open pathways for legal, cultural, and medical contexts for people to benefit from psychedelics in 1986, they have published many pioneers in the psychedelic movement including Stanislav Grof, Albert Hofmann, Myron Stolaroff, Claudio Naranjo, Torsten Passie, Beatriz Cauiby Labate, Phil Wolfson, and Annie Oak.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2021

PSYK is expected to invest in, and indirectly derive revenues from, companies in the psychedelics industry engaged in legal activities involving psychedelic drugs and substances. Clinical trials involving psychedelic drugs and substances are, however, permitted, provided they comply with both state and federal laws applicable to such trials.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 31, 2021

The researchers stated that these knowledge gaps must be addressed and that “clinical trial data about how medical cannabis improves patient quality of life domains is desperately needed as this information can impact clinical decision-making.”. The survey also found that 89.5%

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

“DEA is proposing significant increases to the APQs of the schedule I substances psilocybin, psilocin, marihuana, and marihuana extract, which are directly related to increased interest by DEA registrants in the use of hallucinogenic controlled substances for research and clinical trial purposes,” the DEA writes. .

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2019

Switzerland’s government will allow 5,000 citizens to use cannabis legally, as part of a country-wide clinical trial. Those who sign up to the trial would receive a small amount of cannabis each month, to smoke or eat. Currently, consumption of cannabis containing up to one percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is legal.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2022

In Michigan, right next door to Indiana where Thornton lives, three cities have decriminalized psychedelics for personal use. Another neighboring state, Illinois, has opened up discussions about statewide psychedelic decriminalization. In Indiana, on the other hand, psychedelics are primarily viewed as illegal, dangerous substances.

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Otherside Farms

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Many countries in the world have already legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes. FDA requires large-scale clinical trials to determine the benefits and risks of the plant but no such trials have come about. It has been decriminalized in 15 states and legalized in 11 states. Legalizing Cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 2, 2020

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 Blunt Truth

AUGUST 13, 2019

The FDA has provided clarity that hulled hemp seed, hemp protein powder, and hemp seed oil can be legally used in foods. The FDA cautioned that, without prompt action, legal action may follow, including seizure and injunctions. These are just two additional examples of a patchwork of states that have legalized marijuana usage.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

Listen & Subscribe: Very few medical cannabis advocates are against the full legalization of the plant for all adults. But sometimes one unintended consequence of adult-use legalization is that the market no longer caters to medical patients. What is the relationship between medical and recreational legalization?

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NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the largest clinical trial to date, a new study conducted by the UK-based pharmaceutical company Compass Pathways shows that psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms can safely relieve depression. The trial included 233 patients from 10 countries in North America and Europe. In 2019, Denver became the first city in the U.S.

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Veriheal

JUNE 29, 2021

In order to legally access other therapies including nature-based options such as psilocybin , you must gain access under a Right to Try law which requires you to have a terminal condition. Thanks to the work of countless advocates, there are actually places today where patients could theoretically utilize psilocybin somewhat legally.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Another section requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to look at the health benefits and risks of marijuana as well as policies that are inhibiting research into cannabis that’s grown in legal states and provide recommendations on overcoming those barriers.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

In short the study learns that legalized states tend not to have their roads overcrowded with stoned drivers and cannabis users like alcohol users self police their behaviour. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws. RM and MM Legal vs. 82.6%

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. 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 ).

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Instead, qualifying evidence may come from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials. Phase I trials should be sufficient, and many have been completed using psilocybin. Rescheduling can help solve this problem by promoting larger trials. cities and the State of Oregon have decriminalized or legalized psilocybin.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. 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 ).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Global Legal Cannabis Market 2021-2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global legal cannabis market size is expected to reach USD 91.5 have gone a step further and legalized the recreational use of cannabis. over the forecast period.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Forbes reported on Hopkins researchers’ recommendation that, if psilocybin should clear Phase III clinical trials, the FDA should reclassify it from a Schedule I to a Schedule IV drug. Dr. Johnson speaks with Denver NBC News, offering his thoughts on the Denver initiative to decriminalize psilocybin.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 19, 2019

In the recent times, there have been calls from different quarters on the need to legalize the use of Marijuana in Nigeria. This legal opinion considers the mischief behind the laws proscribing the production, possession, sale and use of Marijuana and thereafter considers the benefits of legalizing Marijuana in Nigeria.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 7, 2021

Indigenous tribes are legally allowed to grow and consume peyote for religious purposes, but the demand for mescaline by non-native psychonauts has been growing steadily since the 1960s. Peyote cacti grows very slowly, though, and the strong demand for psychedelic cactus buttons has depleted the natural supply of this desert plant. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2019

The opening of private cannabis clinics in the UK is in response to the British Home Office making medicinal cannabis legal from 1 November 2018, reclassifying it from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 under the 2001 Misuse of Drugs Regulations. The new legislation permits specialist doctors to legally prescribe cannabis-based medicines.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Ballot initiative campaigns to approve adult-use and medical cannabis, respectively, moved closer to appearing on the 2020 ballot in Arizona and Idaho, while a similar effort to put the issue of adult-use cannabis to Ohio voters has met with legal challenges from the State Election Board. Governor Ducey (R-AZ) opposes legalization.

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The Cannigma

MAY 7, 2021

MSO: There’s a lot I want to talk about but the thing that’s on my mind specifically is the way that – or the pace that North America and the Americas in general have been moving on cannabis liberalization and legalization as compared to Europe.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 31, 2021

Casey Weinstein and Terrence Upchurch, both representing Northeast Ohio districts, first introduced their 180-page bill two weeks ago, which includes four major components: decriminalization, a cannabis excise tax, commerce and licensing, and medical cannabis. The time is now, and I look forward to getting this done in a bipartisan fashion.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

In recent years, as more clinical trial results show that psychedelics can be used in conjunction with therapy to treat illnesses like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, legislators pushed to make certain substances available in certain settings. But these substances remain illegal under federal law. Religious Liberty.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Canada legalized recreational marijuana for the entire country. took significant steps to decriminalize or legalize medical or recreational marijuana. In December, Israel became the fifth country to pass legislation legalizing the export of medical marijuana (after the Netherlands, Canada, Uruguay, and Australia).

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