The city of Denver granted its first license on Monday to a business that will allow marijuana use on its premises. The Coffee Joint plans to charge patrons a $5 entry fee and permit them to consume their own cannabis in edible or vapor form.Denver voters approved a measure to create a social-use pilot program in 2016. Interested businesses…
All 25 marijuana dispensaries in Oregon passed the latest round of state minor decoy operations. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which regulates the marijuana industry, periodically sends minors to try to buy marijuana from retail outlets. The latest operations targeted dispensaries in Portland, Bend and Salem, all of which had a compliance rate of…
Vermont became the ninth state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana on Sunday, June 1, 2018. Vermont was the first state to legalize it through its state legislature… The law will allow adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. After early successes for the cannabis industry in western states, including Colorado, the…
When psychedelic moments are directed correctly, ‘trips’ have the potential to provide incredible relief for a variety of mental illness … Many people have trouble believing it, but psychedelics are remarkably safe drugs. There is no known lethal dose of psilocybin and LSD. If the drug kills the user, it’s not because the dose is toxic,…
“People consume cannabis on the holidays and they always have,” Smith said. “Now they are doing so through a regulated system.” Legalization means pot lovers can legally do something they’ve always done, which is give away marijuana to people they love, said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. Original Article (NP…
Harm reduction and integration overlap with regard to reducing the harm or ongoing risks of difficult or negative experiences with psychedelics (e.g., helping someone through heightened anxiety or suicidal ideation stemming from a difficult psychedelic experience). Harm reduction and integration can be further differentiated from “preparation” for therapeutic experiences. When [individuals] express an intention to…
The most common drug used at festivals is alcohol, and it also happens to be the most problematic for health workers. The rising number of music festivals inspired by psychedelic drugs are clearly tapping into a growing need to take time out from normal life, but also to go on a mental journey, surrounded by…
Oregon Flower : Cannabis visited by a Frog Sam Chapman with the New Revenue Coalition says Oregon lawmakers need to give people public places to smoke, especially since many have rental agreements that don’t allow them to smoke on the property. Perhaps Chapman’s biggest hurdle will be persuading lawmakers to permit waivers to the Indoor Clean…
This week we moved one step closer to some form of this becoming a reality, with Oregon’s Attorney General approving the language for a ballot measure to allow licensed medical professionals to administer psilocybin for therapeutic purposes. There will, of course, be those who will vigorously oppose the passage if it makes the ballot, and…
A decade after medical marijuana took root, psilocybin mushrooms might get their legal moment in the sun … er, their semi-shady spot under a tree. “There’s this kind of ancestral history that [psychedelics] are the way that people have figured out the next steps in their lives, and worked out this feeling of being trapped…
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