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Harvard Law Review: Patents on Psychedelics: The Next Legal Battlefront of Drug Development

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In the past two decades, pioneering research has rekindled interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Indigenous communities have used them for centuries, and researchers studied them in the 1950s and ‘60s. Glenn Cohen & Mason Marks. 20 February 2022.

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Q&A with Mason Marks on New Psychedelics Law and Regulation Initiative @ Harvard

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On June 30th, the Petrie-Flom Center announced the launch of a three-year research initiative , the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) , which is supported by a generous grant from the Saisei Foundation. POPLAR will publish original law and policy research.

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American Bar Association Urges Congress To Let States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies

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The American Bar Association (ABA) adopted a resolution on Monday that calls on Congress to allow states to set their own marijuana policies and recommends rescheduling or descheduling cannabis under federal law. The final part of the resolution discusses the need to support research into cannabis.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

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as a non-profit organization to fulfill the need to broaden psychedelic research, therapy, and develop legal options for psychedelic medicine. To celebrate this, we invite you to take a trip down memory lane and review highlights from every year of our history. Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time.

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U.S. Chemist Roger Adams Isolated CBD 75 Years Ago

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For the first but not the last time, events on the global stage had an impact on his life, career and research. In 1917, Adams took a position with the National Research Council in Washington, DC and its associated Chemical Warfare Service. Roger Adams’ Cannabis Research Commences. Cannabis was administered to U.S.

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U.S. House Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman & Cori Bush Unveil Federal Bill to Decriminalize Drug Possession, Replace with Health-Centered Approach

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. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Schumer Introduces Legislation “Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act” … Everybody Has An Opinion

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Legislation opens doors for cannabis policy reform in the current Congress. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), released draft legislation today that would remove cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances while allowing states to determine their own cannabis policies. Medical research will no longer be stifled.