Passed into law in the depths of the pandemic, adult-use marijuana finally goes on sale Thursday for the first time in the state of New Jersey. Residents voted to legalize it in November 2020; in February 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the accompanying regulatory legislation; and last week, the state’s …
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UPDATE: New Jersey Public Question 1 passed on Tuesday, which means cannabis has been legalized for recreational use in New Jersey. “Marijuana legalization is long overdue in New Jersey, where arrests for possession kept increasing while other states enacted sensible systems of taxation and regulation,”said Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of …
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This column is a collaboration with DoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. At this point, there’s no question: researchers, investors, and stakeholders agree that psychedelics will be legal as pharmaceuticals in the next decade. The FDA has already granted both MDMA, the …
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As the coronavirus spread across the country in March, and stay-at-home orders began to go into effect, every state with a regulated cannabis system allowed weed sales to continue in some form, deeming medical-marijuana businesses essential during the pandemic, along with groceries and pharmacies. This, The New York Times declared, …
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Halfway through our tour of the Museum of Weed, an interactive cannabis education hub that opened in Los Angeles this month, things started to get a little, well, heady. As Weedmaps‘ Madeline Donegan, the executive director of the museum, passed us through an exhibit detailing California’s Compassionate Use Act and …
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When people hear about collegiate marijuana research, they might conjure up images of a group of students in the basement of an ivy-covered building, getting high in a lab and watching Parks and Recwhile being hooked up to electrodes. But the reality of cannabis research is likely much more sober …
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