Medical Marijuana News

Researchers at the Imperial College London say that any psychological benefits of microdosing LSD — which are frequently described, at least anecdotally — are likely caused by the placebo effect.

Rhode Island regulators are seeking a 3rd-party lottery administrator to help select the winners for six new medical cannabis dispensary licenses.

California nonprofit Battle Brothers Foundation has been approved to launch an observational study covering the use of medical cannabis to help treat PTSD in veterans.

Lawmakers in Morocco are set to legalize the production and use of medical cannabis products as soon as next week.

A Missouri lawmaker has proposed expanding the state’s Right to Try law to include psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, ibogaine, and DMT.

In a bipartisan move, Virginia lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of allowing flower products in the state’s medical cannabis program.

A preliminary CBG study found that the cannabinoid showed effectiveness at impairing the progression of glioblastoma, which is considered the most aggressive of primary brain tumors.

Organizers behind South Dakota’s highly successful medical cannabis legalization initiative are now seeking to compromise with state lawmakers who want to delay the program for at least a year.

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation for a new medical cannabis commission that would analyze appropriate steps for enacting cannabis reforms in the state.

New Jersey regulators can resume their review of medical cannabis license applications under a recent appellate court ruling. The licensing process has been delayed for more than a year due to lawsuits.

The Budz Lounge in Wagoner, Oklahoma opened its doors as a warming station and shelter for the town’s homeless population, who had nowhere else to turn amid a dangerous winter storm.

In Delaware, the state just doubled its medical cannabis access points with three new business licenses and the state auditor threw her weight behind adult-use reforms.

A recent poll found that 54% of North Carolina residents support legalizing cannabis for adult use and 73% support legalizing cannabis for medicinal purposes.

As Mississippi awaits a Supreme Court decision on its medical cannabis legalization amendment, state Sen. Kevin Blackwell (R) has proposed a separate bill to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is further impeding the will of voters after calling for delaying implementation of the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis law by one year.

Ohio medical cannabis sales quadrupled during the pandemic last year but, by the numbers, the state’s total is still far from what was anticipated given the state’s population of over 11 million people.

New Mexico officials may revoke the license of New Mexicann Natural Medicine after a fire from a botched extraction process seriously injured two workers last October.

A Minnesota state Rep. has proposed reclassifying medical cannabis as a Schedule 2 substance so patients would be able to legally keep their firearms under federal law.

A bill to legalize medical cannabis in Alabama has advanced from the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee.

Kansas Gov. Kelly Chambers (D) has proposed adopting medical cannabis legalization in the state and using funds from the program to pay for expansions to Medicaid.

The Society of Cannabis Clinicians is set to release new medical cannabis training curriculum for medical professionals on February 8.

A judge has ruled in favor of New Mexico medical cannabis businesses who sued the state over its burdensome product safety and testing protocols.

Lawmakers in Idaho are set to consider a bipartisan bill to legalize medical cannabis even after a proposal to constitutionally ban all psychoactive drugs (including cannabis) was advanced from the Senate State Affairs Committee.

According to the Leaflink 2020 Wholesale Cannabis Pricing Guide, wholesale flower prices increased 18% nationwide last year while edibles/ingestibles saw an 11% price decrease.