In 2014, Dede Goldsmith started a campaign to amend the RAVE Act. “Specifically, I am asking for language to be added to the law to make it clear that event organizers and venue owners can implement safety measures to reduce the risk of medical emergencies, including those associated with drug use, without fear of prosecution by…
Some cannabis accelerators have shied away from working with businesses that have direct contact with weed, fearing federal crackdowns on legal markets. The Initiative will welcome them… wants to focus on making sure women CEOs keep a stake in cannabis—a disproportionately white and male industry. “This is absolutely businesses that are touching the plant,” Margolis…
“There are people with severe arthritis who have mobility issues that are using this medicine. You’re going to expect them to go trudge out outside in [cold, rainy weather] to take their prescription?” “Vaping being a part of this [propposed ban]? It is kind of hard not to use the word ridiculous when it comes…
On Saturday night, Dead & Company made their highly awaited debut at Eugene, OR’s Autzen Stadium, the beloved college town stadium (go Ducks!) which the Grateful Dead frequented over the course of their career. A pair of appearances at Shoreline Amphitheare in the Grateful Dead’s native San Francisco Bay Area awaits the band this Monday and Tuesday, July 2nd and 3rd. Original Article (Liveforlivemusic):Dead…
You can snack on edibles, vape or dab using concentrates in the Coffee Joint. No smoking is allowed inside because of the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act — the same law that keeps you from lighting a cigarette in restaurants. Besides the high, you can also watch TV, play foosball or attend a cannabis-infused yoga…
In February of 2018, Maine went so far as to bar companies from refusing to hire or firing someone for marijuana use outside work, effectively preventing employers from doing random or pre-hire drug testing. Some Massachusetts employers have already started treating marijuana like alcohol, telling workers that they can’t use it at work or bring…
The government argues it is “critically important” to permit Canadians to grow pot at home in order to support the main goal of shutting down the illegal market. “We have spent months, and indeed years, talking with experts, reflecting on the best path forward on the legalization of cannabis because the current system doesn’t work,”…
The City of Calgary will allow festivals to set up tents where marijuana can be consumed once it’s legalized. The so-called cannabis festival tents will have to undergo a review and be approved by city administration. The aim of setting up the separate pot-smoking areas is to avoid offending other festival-goers with the smell. Original…
This public embracement of psychedelics may be heralding the end of a 50-year backlash to such drugs. In recent weeks, further psychedelic excitement has been driven by journalist Michael Pollan’s new book How to Change Your Mind, which explores the potential uses of LSD and psilocybin (the key ingredient in magic mushrooms.) What’s striking about…
An educational, yet leisurely self-paced stroll through the gardens of ethnobotanical and psychedelic plant science, health, policy, and human-rights knowledge… …the Eugene Center for Ethnobotanical Studies blog will take you on EXPLORATORY EXCURSIONS INTO GAIAN DATA FORESTS. Original Article (Think Wilder):The best psychedelic blogs and publicationsArtwork Fair Use: ECfES
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