It’s been nearly a year since New Jersey’s adult-use cannabis program went live in April 2022. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin revised his Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy document to reflect this change for officers across the state. “Due to the complex nature of the law, and in order to provide uniformity in State employee […]
Author: Eric Sheetz
Senate Panel Approves Cannabis Research Bill
A U.S. Senate panel last week approved a bill that directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research into cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The bipartisan legislation, which was introduced by Montana Democrat Senator Jon Tester on February 9 and co-sponsored by Senator Dan Sullivan, a […]
The Anthropologist Who Became a Shaman Cult Leader
Browsing through an antique bookstore in Quito, I stumbled on a book called Shabono: A Visit to a Remote and Magical World in the South American Rain Forest, written by an anthropologist named Florinda Donner. Published in 1982, I expected it to be like most academic texts: interesting but long-winded and dusty. Instead, I got […]
Oregon Runner Preaches Benefits of Pot and Performance
One runner in Oregon is speaking out about how cannabis helps improve his running routine. Long distance and cross-country runners often say cannabis can put them into a meditative state and enable them to power through a grueling course and focus on the run. Central Oregon Daily News highlighted Stephen Snazuk, a runner in the […]
Mexico Seizes 630,000 Fentanyl Pills in Record Bust
Mexican authorities seized a massive cache of fentanyl pills this week in what they are describing as a record-setting bust. The country’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that the “Mexican Army personnel seized a fentanyl pill manufacturing center and the laboratory with the largest methamphetamine production capacity in the municipality of Culiacán, Sinaloa,” which […]
North Carolina Lawmakers Renew Medical Cannabis Push
The North Carolina General Assembly will once again play host to a debate over medical cannabis legalization, as supporters hope the 2023 session turns out better than last year. Local news station WNCN reports that a “bipartisan group in the state Senate is trying again this year to pass a bill legalizing medical marijuana, as […]
Lucy Files with Health Canada To Manufacture Cocaine, Heroin
Forget ketamine- and MDMA-assisted therapies: A psychedelics manufacturing company is moving forward with cocaine and heroin—with an end goal to fight fentanyl overdoses and drug addiction. British Columbia-based Lucy Scientific Discovery, a psychedelics manufacturing company focused primarily on emerging psychotropics-based medicines, announced today in a press release that it has filed an amendment to its […]
Twitter’s New Marijuana Advertising Policy Still Doesn’t Allow Ads For Marijuana Product Sales
Twitter has revised its rules for marijuana advertising—saying it will now allow industry participants to “promote brand preference and informational cannabis-related content for CBD, THC and cannabis-related products and services”—but there are still open questions about the practical implications of the new policy. The social media company recently started reaching out to marijuana accounts to […]
San Diego Officials Brace for Plunging Cannabis Revenue
City officials in San Diego are anticipating a steep drop in tax revenue from cannabis sales this year, as California’s regulated marijuana market continues to face difficult headwinds. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Tuesday that “San Diego officials say they now expect cannabis tax revenue to be 23 percent lower than they had previously […]
New York City Opens Third Legal Cannabis Store
Cannabis retail locations are rolling out in the largest city in the U.S. while unlicensed locations thrive despite numerous efforts to shut them down. New York City opened its third legal, adult-use cannabis store on Feb. 13 in Lower Manhattan. The latest legal store to open is called Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store, […]