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Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes California Psychedelics Bill, Leaves Door Open For New Bill Next Year
Sunday, October 8, 2023 - 11:10am | 525California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have decriminalized the possession and personal use of certain hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms. The bill would not have legalized the sale of these substances, but rather sought to ensure that individuals were...
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'Weed Like Change': A Sustainable Campaign To Regenerate Cannabis Industry By Maintaining Living Soil
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 5:17pm | 526Weed Like Change, a campaign designed to offer a more sustainable vision seeks to raise cannabis consumer awareness around sun-grown regenerative cannabis. “Weed Like Change is bringing attention to a group of cannabis producers that care about what you put in your body, as well as...
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Activists Protest At DEA HQ, Demand Legal Access To Psychedelics For Terminally Ill Patients
Monday, May 9, 2022 - 6:11pm | 320Activists held a protest, including a die-in outside of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Virginia. They were protesting against the DEA's “obstruction of Right to Try statutes at the federal and state level that patients and advocates say should...
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Peter Thiel-Backed Psychedelic Start-Up, ATAI Life Sciences, Increases Stake In Compass Pathways
Monday, November 29, 2021 - 2:03pm | 823Biopharmaceutical conglomerate ATAI Life Sciences (NASDAQ: ATAI), a Peter Thiel-backed psychedelic startup that currently has 10 psychedelic programs in the works, has upped its stake in Compass Pathways (NASDAQ: CMPS), a drug developer looking to accelerate patient access to psilocybin...
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California Psychedelics Decrim Bill Passes Another Committee, With Certain 'Limiting' Amendments
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 8:58am | 735A bill to decriminalize psychedelics substance continues to advance through legislative chambers in California, only this time with amendments that add limits to possession. Introduced in February by Sen. Scott Wiener, SB 519, passed the Assembly Public Health Committee in an 8-4...