The U.S. alcohol trade hasn’t had any real competition for more than eight decades, which has given it a clear path to become the mega $223 billion industry that it is today … There is another snag the alcohol industry will be forced to contend with once legal marijuana is a legitimate part of the…
Expanding on that remark later outside the committee, [former federal justice minister] Anne Lellan said banning home cultivation would amount to “the state saying, ‘Oh, we’ve legalized this but, by the way, we don’t trust you to grow any of it yourself.’ “It is paternalistic, it is unenforceable,” she added, noting that a lot of…
In Colorado there is a bill in the Legislature that is compliant with that state’s indoor air act and would allow for indoor pot consumption via vapor. Public consumption is another issue, he says. Under Oregon’s Clean Indoor Air Act, places like Eugene and Portland can’t move forward with any type of smoking lounge ……
[To begin with] racial equity in the cannabis industry has been a problem in states that have legalized the drug … “Arresting people – particularly people of color – for cannabis is the crown jewel in the racist war on drugs and we must pluck it down,” she said. “We must expunge people’s records; we…
*images not intended for use as an identification guide Like a May shower, the studies on psychedelic drugs’ potential therapeutic benefits came — first as a sprinkle, then a steady downpour. …that spate of published research on psychedelics now seems to be leading to the development some promising potential treatments … [In 2017] researchers studying…
*John Marco Allegro shares the potent plant roots of Christianity. HERE Virtually all human societies use mind-altering substances. What’s more, about 90 percent give drug-induced altered states of consciousness a role in their fundamental belief systems, according to a survey of 488 modern societies. And this isn’t new. Many psychoactive plants we consume today, and those that have fallen out…
*John Marco Allegro featured here in film describing his research Perhaps one of the first things to consider is whether there is any direct evidence for the entheogenic theory of religion which derives from contemporary science. On Good Friday 1962, two groups of students received either psilocybin or niacin (a non-hallucinogenic “control” substance) on a…
The study highlighted in this well-written article adds to a growing body of research into whether using the synthetic, psychoactive drug MDMA (street names “Ecstasy” or “Molly”) in conjunction with psychotherapy, can improve outcomes in PTSD. 1) Does the story adequately discuss the costs of the intervention? Not Satisfactory 2) Does the story adequately quantify…
I have to say, I enjoyed reading this article. It is very informative. I do wish some one would step up and start replanting the tree… Another issue is the vast depletion of sassafras trees without replanting the trees. Sassafras can only grow at the slow rate of 29 inches per year, with proper maintenance.…
“I’ve been studying the problems that have been created in Colorado following the legalization of marijuana,” he said. “And marijuana-infused beer is a recipe for disaster.” Colorado is the only state that allows for marijuana-infused beer, but it’s only a nonalcoholic version… “Bartenders are required right now to judge how much a patron has had…
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