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Psilocybin Therapy Now Legal in Oregon

Jan 11, 2023 | National

Oregon’s psilocybin mushroom therapy reforms took effect on January 1, two years after voters approved a measure to allow therapy using the psychedelic fungi. The delay was due to lawmakers who were tasked with creating the regulatory framework for the...

Google Announces Pilot Program for CBD Advertising

Jan 5, 2023 | Feature, National

Google will for the first time allow ads for some CBD products on its advertising platform, the company announced. Google said in late December that it would update its ad policies on Jan. 20 to permit the limited promotion of pharmaceuticals containing CBD that have...

How The Marijuana ‘Green Rush’ Fell Apart

Jan 4, 2023 | National

The legal cannabis trade, still in its infancy, is flailing in many parts of the country as the pandemic boom that sent sales soaring has tapered off. Supply is now flooding the market in several states, economists say, depressing prices and decimating already-thin...

White House Highlights Police Concerns About Marijuana Legalization In New Report To Congress

Jan 4, 2023 | National

The White House has delivered an annual drug enforcement report to Congress that highlights a number of concerns from regional police partners about state-legal marijuana legalization—including what they believe are the implications for drug trafficking, environmental...

FDA May Enact CBD and delta-8 THC Regulatory Recommendations Within Months

Dec 29, 2022 | National

Food and Drug Administration officials said they are taking steps to announce a plan for how to regulate cannabis-derived products like CBD and delta-8 THC in the coming months. This comes as the agency is also leading a review into marijuana’s scheduling...

Could Michigan Be the Next State to Legalize Psychedelics?

Dec 27, 2022 | Feature, National

First Oregon legalized psilocybin with Ballot Measure 109, approved by voters in November 2020. Then Colorado followed suit, but with the possibility of legalizing other classic psychedelics soon, via Proposition 122, approved by voters in November 2022. So...