Florida’s medical marijuana program could see one of its most significant expansions yet. Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith filed a bill that would allow qualified medical marijuana patients to grow cannabis at home, creating a right that advocates have pushed for since the program was approved by voters in 2016. Senate Bill 776 authorizes eligible patients… Keep Reading
Hoodie Analytics projects the Commonwealth could command 4% of national cannabis sales as incoming Governor Abigail Spanberger prepares to pursue adult-use retail legislation. Virginia just leveled up. After years of stop-start cannabis reform, voters elected Abigail Spanberger as governor on November 4, setting the stage for the state’s long-awaited entry into adult-use cannabis. Spanberger has… Keep Reading
For years, cannabis advocates have said the plant could be a safer alternative to opioids for chronic pain. Now, a Phase 3 clinical trial published in Nature Medicine gives that idea some of its strongest scientific backing yet. The study tested VER-01, a standardized full-spectrum cannabis extract developed by German company Vertanical, in more than… Keep Reading
Colin Fraser’s life has been punctuated by moments that could have ended him. He was shot eight times. He was wrongly incarcerated on cannabis-related charges. He came home with scars, a record, and the weight of proving himself in a society that rarely forgives. What he did next, however, changed everything. He was looking to… Keep Reading
It’s not a Pixar movie, though it could be. Natural pest control for cannabis sometimes feels like a scene straight out of Pokémon. Ladybugs, wasps, centipedes, mantises. Tiny creatures with one big mission: protect your weed. While conventional agriculture relies on chemicals to fight pests, those poisons trash biodiversity and can leave behind nasties that… Keep Reading
Get paid to smoke weed? A deal made in heaven and a study could help investigators better understand how cannabis cultivation and processing impacts the final product—in quantifiable terms. Today the team behind pre-roll and rolling paper maker DaySavers announced their partnership with the Cannabis Research Coalition and The Network of Applied Pharmacognosy (NAP) to… Keep Reading
A city councilmember in Atlanta has proposed a measure that could open the door for both psilocybin and ketamine treatments. The councilmember, Liliana Bakhtiari, believes that health plans for city workers should include the treatments, which research has shown to be effective in combating mental health disorders such as PTSD. “We should be offering our… Keep Reading
With a tagline featuring a founding year “Since before we could tell,” Sunset Connect alludes to the fluctuating legal status of the world’s most favored flower. When I visit the manufacturing space in San Francisco—a former lambskin condom factory and, later, a photography studio—the bright white walls are a welcome break from the dark gray… Keep Reading
When Abstrax started its recent research project, I doubt anyone could have imagined it would discover a whole new universe beneath our still-evolving knowledge of cannabis compounds. Now, they’ve released research suggesting how we understand how weed tastes or smells might just be the tip of the iceberg. Working with 710 Labs, SepSolve Analytical, and… Keep Reading
As it turns out, your marital status could affect the extent to which psychedelics can lower your stress levels. And it appears that single folk may experience the greatest benefit of psychedelics. An analysis of data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health revealed that individuals who had used psychedelics at least once… Keep Reading
