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Berkeley Officially Decriminalizes Possession Of Psilocybin Mushrooms And Ayahuasca
Thursday, July 13, 2023 - 12:02pm | 704This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. In an unanimous move, Berkeley has officially deprioritized arrests for possession and use of psilocybin and ayahuasca. Berkeley has long been an epicenter of psychedelic research and culture in the...
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California: Local Psychedelics Decriminalization Proposal Moves To City Council's Desk
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 7:02pm | 281The Berkeley Community Health Commission (CHC) has unanimously decided to move a recently rewritten local psychedelics decriminalization project to the city council for consideration. While other changes were introduced during the CHC meeting, the originally presented resolution...
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Fintech Focus For July 20, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 9:27am | 1771Daily Perspective: Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. - John Wooden Fintech Movers: Schwab now manages a record $4.11 trillion in client assets from 14.1 million accounts, having added 1.62 million new clients during the quarter, but still managed to see weak...
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One City's 'Sugar Tax' Looks Like It's Causing Consumption To Fizzle Out
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 3:32pm | 251Berkeley, a city in Northern California, saw consumption of sugary drinks drop by 21 percent in some of its low-income areas after a tax of one penny per ounce was levied on the beverages. Fortune, citing a report from the American Journal of Public Health, reported that Berkeley was the first...