Functional fungi company Psyched Wellness announced recently that the company has been listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, bolstering its bid to bring mushroom-derived products with legal psychedelic compounds to the consumer market. The company is being traded under the ticker symbol PSYC on the CSE, with shares closing... Read more
A new study published this week shows that psilocybin can be an effective and quick-acting treatment for major depressive disorder. Results of the study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland were published on Wednesday by the journal JAMA Psychiatry. More than 17 million... Read more
Ohio is currently accepting new petitions for qualifying conditions. New medical cannabis patients will be able to receive treatment, as long as their qualifying conditions are approved per the state’s regulations. The petitions will go through and be analyzed by the State Medical Board of Ohio as part of... Read more
Just days after South Dakota legalized both medical and recreational marijuana in Tuesday’s election, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has said that the state’s voters made the “wrong choice.” Noem made the comments in a statement that was published by Dakota News Now on Thursday. “I was personally opposed to... Read more
A recent study taking place in Israel looked at how effective medical cannabis can be at treating chronic pain, with an emphasis on long-term pain management use. The study, originally published in The European Journal of Pain and conducted by researchers with University of Haifa, looked at patients over... Read more
Voters in five states advanced the cause of marijuana reform on Tuesday with the approval of ballot proposals for cannabis legalization. Three states passed measures to legalize the recreational use of cannabis by adults, one approved medical marijuana, while the fifth, South Dakota, legalized cannabis for both medicinal and... Read more
On Tuesday evening, New Jersey voters approved Public Question 1—ending a three-year effort to approve adult-use cannabis in the state. New Jersey was one of four states—along with Arizona, Montana and South Dakota—to approve an adult-use cannabis bill on election night November 3. With 63 percent of precincts reporting,... Read more
Voters in Oregon made history on Tuesday with the passage of two landmark initiatives aimed at reversing the tide of the War on Drugs. Although votes remain to be counted, Measure 109, a proposal to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, and Measure 110, which decriminalizes possession of all... Read more
