Scientists with a new research center at the University of Washington are working on a vaccine to help fight the opioid epidemic in a bid to stem the tide of overdose deaths that has swept the nation over the past two decades. Marco Pravetoni, the head of the new... Read more
Harsher sentencing on drugs leads to record numbers of incarceration, yet data shows that the current system has no impact on addiction—nor the reduction of illicit drugs that are available. “There has to be a better way,” a new series on Roku wonders. The Roku Channel will debut an... Read more
A Democratic lawmaker in Florida wants medical cannabis patients in the state to have easier access to the treatment. That is one of the goals behind a bill being introduced by state House Representative Andrew Learned as Florida’s legislative session opened on Tuesday. Learned’s proposal, House Bill 679, “would... Read more
After months of debate and back-and-forth, lawmakers in Mississippi have finally produced a bill to implement a new medical cannabis law in the state. Republican state Senator Kevin Blackwell filed a 445-page bill on Tuesday, according to the Clarion Ledger newspaper, and the legislation was promptly referred to the... Read more
Leaders of a historic South American empire used a beer mixed with a psychedelic drug to maintain political control over their society and surrounding communities, according to research published on Wednesday. In a study published by the journal Antiquity, archaeologists revealed that leaders of the Wari people served a... Read more
A new study this week has potheads gloating, late night talk show hosts snickering and a pandemic-scarred public contemplating a scenario straight out of a stoner comedy: Could cannabis actually stave off Covid? The truth is, annoyingly, less straightforward than that. The study, published in the Journal of Natural... Read more
Los Angeles County has long been home to illegal cannabis endeavors, and now the Board of Supervisors has approved the introduction of an ordinance that could charge illegal cannabis operations tens of thousands of dollars per day. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to... Read more
As with many things in the cannabis revolution, there are moments when achieved reform or market creation feels bittersweet. Certainly, most within this industry, having attained a hard fought and well-deserved, even litigated, or legislative victory have also had the experience of realizing that such a development is both... Read more
