May 07 2025
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins says the department remains committed to researching psychedelics as a potential treatment for conditions like PTSD and traumatic brain injury, noting the agency is currently involved in 11 separate studies on the issue. The comments came during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, where Senator John Boozman (R-AR) brought …
May 07 2025
A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows that a strong majority of Texas voters support legal marijuana in some form, with more than half favoring full recreational legalization. According to the poll, 51% of Texas voters say marijuana possession should be legal for recreational use—35% for small amounts and 16% for any amount. …
May 06 2025
The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that would require annual training and credentialing for all employees working in the state’s medical marijuana industry. House Bill 2837 passed the Senate yesterday in a 31 to 14 vote, following its March approval in the House of Representatives by a vote of 86 to 9. Before heading to …
May 06 2025
Legislation introduced today in the Maine House of Representatives would establish an automatic process for sealing certain marijuana-related criminal records. House Bill 1916, titled “An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Class D and Class E Crimes Relating to Marijuana Possession and Cultivation,” was filed on behalf of the Judiciary Committee and …
May 06 2025
Arizona’s House of Representatives voted 53 to 1 today to approve House Bill 2179, concurring with the Senate’s 28 to 1 vote on April 29. The legislation now heads to Governor Katie Hobbs for consideration. Filed last month by State Representative Selina Bliss (R), HB 2179 establishes comprehensive advertising restrictions for licensed marijuana businesses and …
May 06 2025
A study from researchers at the University of Birmingham found that a highly purified CBD isolate poses no genotoxic risk when tested using widely accepted toxicology standards. Published in the journal Pharmaceutical Biology, the study involved both a bacterial reverse mutation test (Ames test) and an in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus assay. These tests were …
May 06 2025
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has given approval to House Bill 1200, advancing legislation that would legalize marijuana for adult use. The vote was 102 to 101. The bill received its second reading vote today following its passage out of the House Health Committee yesterday. It now moves to a third and final reading, expected …
May 06 2025
A bipartisan bill to create dedicated VA research centers for psychedelic-assisted therapies has just gained its eighth congressional sponsor. Representative Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) joined the list of co-sponsors for the Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act of 2025 on May 5. She joins Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Morgan Luttrell …
May 06 2025
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is bringing in outside help to support its efforts to better understand the potential medical uses of marijuana. Through a newly posted solicitation, the VA is seeking a contractor to provide scientific and technical support related to reviewing and evaluating research on marijuana’s effects and therapeutic potential. The contract …
May 06 2025
The global market for cannabis-infused edibles has surged from $6.05 billion in 2024 to $7.17 billion in 2025 and is projected to more than double in value by 2030, reaching an estimated $16.62 billion. That growth represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.34%, according to a new market report analyzing consumer trends, product …
