My latest selection of links to articles and updates around the country in August.
CANNABIS
Cannabinoids
Government Agencies seek funding to research cannabinoids as treatments for various conditions: https://tinyurl.com/ys2a46ev
Delta 8 now legal in Kentucky: https://tinyurl.com/bvb8fh5a
Does Delta 8 show up on a drug test? https://tinyurl.com/2p9fuc9k
Minnesota hemp edible law challenges the 2 medical license holders: https://tinyurl.com/ys3k2xm6
California issues regulations for hemp products: https://tinyurl.com/pyrrrutx
Texas Monthly on industrial hemp: https://tinyurl.com/3y46un9n
Louisiana bans smokable hemp: https://tinyurl.com/mrx3c95e
Hawaii lawsuit challenging delta 8 ban: https://tinyurl.com/e88ue6r5
Marijuana
Mississippi zoning meeting contentious over number of dispensaries: https://tinyurl.com/5b34k44k
Florida Ag Commissioner blasts Biden administration for arguing in lawsuit that medical cannabis patients “are too dangerous to trust” to possess firearms: https://tinyurl.com/mryaurbc
Florida sets medical marijuana purchase limits: https://tinyurl.com/mzdxreaa
New York accepts social equity dispensary applicants: https://tinyurl.com/3a6yx73v
New York to open weed museum this fall: https://tinyurl.com/3yk7wzxz
Alabama releases medical rules: https://tinyurl.com/ysx7rfeh; https://tinyurl.com/5n8ebyc9
Alabama will use Metrc: https://tinyurl.com/2sj425b
Alabama sets fees and timetables for licensing: https://tinyurl.com/dz776yx2
New Mexico’s first tribe owned dispensary: https://tinyurl.com/3y4eepnp
New Mexico’s supply catches up with demand: https://tinyurl.com/3cdkfept
Dallas County District Attorney discusses freeing up cops for 911 calls instead of 5 hours a piece on marijuana arrest paperwork: https://tinyurl.com/2p9dx6sp
Missouri to vote on adult use: https://tinyurl.com/2p93f4rp
Nevada court holds employee termination for marijuana use is not wrongful. https://tinyurl.com/yhrz55x5
Virginia 2024 adult use program may be postponed: https://tinyurl.com/bddu6422
Colorado opens consumption hotel: https://tinyurl.com/2jt2z4en
Maine court strikes down residency requirement to own marijuana license (opinion): http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/21-1719P-01A.pdf
Louisiana allows doctors to decide conditions: https://tinyurl.com/3xnu67j3
Americans are smoking more joints than cigarettes: https://tinyurl.com/2dd5xdmn
Arkansas to vote on adult use: https://lnkd.in/ez98Cfne
Massachusetts has new cannabis law: https://lnkd.in/ed7KYxpN
Costa Rica introduces bill for adult use marijuana: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ecfxs
Columbia considering legalizing cannabis: https://tinyurl.com/msuu9cea
PSYCHEDELICS
Mainstream Press on Psychedelics
Scientific American on psychedelics: https://tinyurl.com/2p936n6v
BBC on psychedelics: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct30rz
Psychology Today on LSD vs. Mushrooms: https://tinyurl.com/44ed3j7d
Time on Right to Try laws: https://tinyurl.com/2znth4mw
USA Today on mushrooms for opioid addiction: https://tinyurl.com/bdd87wh2
Press on study showing psilocybin helps people stop drinking:
Smithsonian: https://tinyurl.com/2u7h2e72
NBC News: https://tinyurl.com/3kcvye2j
ABC News: https://tinyurl.com/mu7xpj96
Axios: https://tinyurl.com/msk4esua
Wall Street Journal: https://tinyurl.com/mu4afnwt
100,000 facilitators needed for new psychedelics industry: https://tinyurl.com/mr3fw9jm
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers credits psychedelics for his 2 best seasons: https://tinyurl.com/p39hakvt
Psilocybin for headaches: https://tinyurl.com/ytx35mbe; https://tinyurl.com/ytx35mbe
Canadians sue for constitutional right to use mushrooms: https://tinyurl.com/33htjkfn
1st FDA trial on mushrooms began: https://tinyurl.com/2242beyn
Texas U.S. Rep. Crenshaw on his push for psychedelics research: https://tinyurl.com/y9rnj9t8
Oregon psychedelics business issues: https://tinyurl.com/4aut8929
Investor discusses need for therapy with psychedelics: https://tinyurl.com/3dwh3djy
DEA grants research license for psychedelics and major depression first human trial: https://tinyurl.com/yc3fbkb9
University of Alabama granted federal funding for smoking cessation study: https://tinyurl.com/5xh5v3n4
Amazing looking psychedelics conference next June in Denver: https://psychedelicscience.org/
