Hemp businesses won’t benefit directly from the $150 million raised by a special-purpose acquisition company that was initially established in hopes of investing in and further developing the U.S. hemp market. But a deal was made in the spirit of aligning the industry with large manufacturers in the future,... Read more
Canada will allow a handful of health care professionals to possess and consume psilocybin mushrooms in order to better treat the growing number of patients now permitted to use the psychedelic drug, the country’s top health official revealed in a recent interview. The statements by Minister of Health Patty... Read more
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), a cofounder of the nation’s leading marijuana prohibitionist group, is mounting a public campaign to convince President-elect Joe Biden to appoint him to lead a key federal drug policy agency. Kennedy, who helped start Smart Approaches To Marijuana (SAM), authored an open letter to... Read more
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), a cofounder of the nation’s leading marijuana prohibitionist group, is mounting a public campaign to convince President-elect Joe Biden to appoint him to lead a key federal drug policy agency. Kennedy, who helped start Smart Approaches To Marijuana (SAM), authored an open letter to... Read more
Regulators in Australia have amended the country’s drug law and removed a prescription requirement for some CBD products, paving the way for greater consumer access but saddling CBD makers with efficacy requirements that threaten to create barriers to market entry. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said Tuesday it was... Read more