By Lauren Mendelsohn June 15, 2021 Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the “California Comeback Plan” to revitalize the Golden State’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of this plan involves $100 in state grant funding that would be available to local jurisdictions with high numbers […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn May 14, 2021 The recent settlement of a prominent cannabis company for making health-related claims about CBD products should serve as a reminder to cannabis and non-cannabis companies alike that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved CBD or THC as a […]
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by Andrew Kingsdale April 20, 2021 On March 31, 2021, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”), making New York the 14th state to legalize adult-use cannabis. The significance of this new law is hard to overstate. MRTA is uniquely comprehensive, […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn April 19, 2021 Happy Bicycle Day! In case you didn’t know, April 19 is celebrated as “bicycle day” by scientists and psychonauts around the world. Bicycle day honors the day in 1943 when Dr. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn March 24, 2021 On March 15, the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced the recipients of the 2020-2021 Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions. These grants, offered in partnership with the Bureau of Cannabis Control, are offered to cities and counties […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn February 9, 2021 On February 1, 2021, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved emergency regulations pertaining to the sharing of licensees’ information between financial institutions and California’s cannabis licensing agencies. These regulations were adopted in response to Business and Professions Code §26260 (enacted last year by […]
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January 28, 2021 by Omar Figueroa California has been at the forefront of psychedelic policy change for years. In 2019, the City of Oakland became “the first in the nation to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.” Similarly, in early 2020, city leaders in […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn January 18, 2021 (Updated February 20, 2021) On January 8, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency responsible for overseeing California’s Proposition 65, announced that it was proposing to amend (again) the regulations pertaining to consumer product warnings. Specifically, the OEHHA is proposing to […]
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January 14, 2021 by Omar Figueroa California has been at the forefront of psychedelic policy change for years. In 2019, the City of Oakland became “the first in the nation to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.” More recently, on November 15, 2020, […]
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January 11, 2021 by Omar Figueroa 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), or “Ecstasy” as it is colloquially known, has been the focus of intense research in recent years. For example, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) announced that the Food and Drug Administration has designated MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) […]
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