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
In terms of cannabis’s health conscious appeal, “For weight-conscious consumers, a group skewing slightly female, marijuana has another advantage: It is calorie free.” Wine also stands to lose as cannabis is being steadily legalized in states that are home to robust wine consumption. “According to IWSR [the London-based research group that does not spell out…
*WISE: Sustainable construction in practice A new residential teaching facility (Wales Institute for Sustainable Education) under construction at the Centre for Alternative Technology. The building incorporates carbon-saving materials and technologies including ‘hemcrete’ (hemp based sprayed concrete) and 7.2m-high rammed earth walls, making them the highest walls of this kind in Britain. The inner fibers…
At least three million people in America use kratom. They came out by the thousands a few years ago (2016) when the Drug Enforcement Agency tried to make kratom a Schedule I drug, putting in a category with drugs like heroin… “Over 33,000 comments that they (DEA) received in a 30-day period,” Brambila explained. The…
Many people disagree with making psychedelics available only to a select group of people: those that pass through eligibility screenings or have the financial resources to receive treatment … We already know that prohibition has never been able to get rid of psychedelics, or rather, the need to explore and change our consciousness. We may…
For consumption lounges, there are two types. The first will allow cannabis smoking, vaping, and ingestion on-site. The second type will allow edibles to be consumed on-site, but only at businesses that sell cannabis products. [The] announcement outlines the process which will result in a significant expansion of the city’s cannabis industry. This includes cannabis…
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