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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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Memo to Congress: Fix the Farm Bill

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Collectively, this language has fostered a regulatory gap that companies are taking advantage of to sell highly intoxicating products, colloquially and misleadingly referred to in the national unregulated hemp marketplace as “legal cannabis.” Safety The Problem with Percentages As mentioned earlier, the 0.3

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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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The Week in Weed: May 15, 2020

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The National Cannabis Industry Association would like to get the DEA out of research entirely, and state-level research could be a substitute for the federal program. Following up on last week’s news , New Approach Montana has begun collecting signatures to put legalization on the November ballot. montana update.

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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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Chuck Schumer Just Released the Details of His Long Awaited Federal Weed Legalization Bill

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If passed, the bill would transfer most of the regulatory authority over cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA would regulate the manufacture, marketing, and safety of cannabis products and packaging throughout the country.