Cannabis Report: Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Fund At $0 Year After Launch by Sophia Vida July 26, 2023 A fund created by Massachusetts state lawmakers last year to subsidize equity-owned cannabis businesses there remains empty, according to a report. Boston Business Journal reports that a “bill passed by the Massachusetts le...
Cannabis Beach Bud: ‘Large Amount’ of Cannabis Washes Ashore in Florida by Sophia Vida July 26, 2023 A Florida beach was the site of some mysterious, lost treasure over the weekend. Police in Neptune Beach, a town in the northeastern corner of the state near Jacksonville, said on Saturday that officers “responded to a larg...
Cannabis Small Study Shows Psilocybin Could Be Effective Treatment for Anorexia by Sophia Vida July 26, 2023 Psilocybin-assisted therapy may be an effective treatment for anorexia nervosa, according to the results of a small study published this month in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine. In the study, researchers with the Univer...
Cannabis Cannabis Legalization Is Putting Police Dogs Out Of Work by Sophia Vida July 26, 2023 Minnesota legalized cannabis, and as a result, some dogs are out of a job. Canine officers such as Jango, a 9-year-old German shepherd, and Cobra, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, are set to retire soon after the law goes into effe...
Cannabis Minneapolis Mayor Orders Police Stop Arrests for Psychedelics by Sophia Vida July 25, 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota is set to become a haven for people who turn to psychedelics for depression, anxiety, and other conditions. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced that he had signed an executive order on July 21, support...
Cannabis Study Finds 14% Use Cannabis For Work-Related Injuries by Sophia Vida July 25, 2023 Slightly more than 14% of workers recovering from an on-the-job injury used cannabis to help them recover, according to the results of a recent study conducted in Canada, where marijuana has been legalized for both medical and rec...
Cannabis Minnesota Cities Temporarily Banning Cannabis Retailers Ahead Of Legalization by Sophia Vida July 25, 2023 Nearly a dozen Minnesota cities have passed laws to temporarily ban recreational marijuana dispensaries from opening in their jurisdictions as a new state law legalizing adult-use cannabis is poised to go into effect. Minnesota la...
Cannabis Research Confirms That Serotonergic Antidepressants Like SSRIs, SNRIs Can Decrease Psilocybin’s Effects by Sophia Vida July 25, 2023 A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that serotonergic antidepressants like SSRIs and SNRIs can decrease psilocybin’s effects, Psychedelic Spotlight reports. Serotonergic antidepressants are often the...
Cannabis I Went To See ‘Barbenheimer’ But Should Have Stuck With Just ‘Oppenheimer’ by Sophia Vida July 25, 2023 How did Barbenheimer come into existence? Is it because there is something inherently funny about combining a movie as hyperfeminine as Barbie with one as ultramasculine as Oppenheimer? Is it a marketing ploy deployed by a strike-...
Cannabis Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan CBD Regulation Bill by Sophia Vida July 24, 2023 A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to ensure hemp-derived CBD products are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, while on the same day, a Republican representative announced a hearing to ex...