‘Ibogaine. Remember the Name’: Trump Admin. Puts $4.9 Million Behind Psychedelic PTSD Research for Veterans
The latest federal investment brings ibogaine—yes, the Schedule I substance—one step closer to U.S. clinical trials, months after Trump signed an executive order to accelerate psychedelic research and directed at least $50 million in existing federal funds toward the effort. The Donald Trump administration is putting more federal money behind a psychedelic substance that has […]
Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market Reaches $90 Million A Year as Prescriptions Surge
Brazil’s medical cannabis market grew 15% year over year and has more than quadrupled its revenue since August 2022. As prescriptions rise and pharmaceutical competition intensifies, the country is moving toward a new model of domestic production. Medical cannabis continues to gain ground in Brazil. According to a new report by consulting firm Close-Up International, […]
1.2 Million People in Great Britain Use Cannabis Daily, Study Estimates
An estimated 1.2 million adults in Great Britain use cannabis daily or almost daily, according to new research, with middle-aged consumers reporting much more frequent use than younger adults. The findings also reveal a strong association between frequent cannabis use and tobacco smoking, while highlighting methodological differences that may explain why the figure is substantially […]
Supporters And Opponents Of Massachusetts Anti-Marijuana Ballot Question Have Spent Nearly $6.5 Million As Election Approaches
More than $3.7 million, almost all of the money in support of the repeal effort so far, came from a single source: SAM Action Inc. By Hallie Claflin, Chris Lisinski and Jordan Wolman, CommonWealth Beacon For all the money wealthy donors from private equity and the investment world have splashed on changing how Massachusetts elections […]
Brazil Has 1 Million Medical Cannabis Patients. Its Biggest Cannabis Fair Is Thinking Bigger
Brazil just passed one million medical cannabis patients. Latin America’s biggest cannabis fair lands in São Paulo November 20 to 22, and this year the conversation is about hemp, agriculture and industry, not just medicine. Brazil doesn’t have adult-use cannabis. It doesn’t even have a full domestic cultivation market yet. What it does have, as […]
Texas GOP Senate Candidate Ken Paxton Took More Than Half A Million Dollars In Alcohol Industry Donations While Opposing Cannabis Reform
Texas’s attorney general—who is also the Republican nominee in a hard-fought race for a U.S. Senate seat in November—has accepted more than $500,000 in political donations from the alcohol industry while using the power of his office to crack down on cannabis, according to a review of campaign finance records. As attorney general, Ken Paxton […]