MP calls on the EU to help his country become a hub for psychedelic research, as huge PTSD crisis looms

At a meeting in the European Parliament last week a Ukrainian MP urged MEPs to help establish his country as the centre of European psychedelic research, in part to provide psychedelic treatment for the estimated 25 million people at risk of chronic mental health disorders such as PTSD as a result of the ongoing invasion

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THC and CBD found in 17th-century bone samples suggests pre-modern Italians may have loved weed

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Research published this month in The Journal of Archaeological Science by a team of scientists shows that people who lived in Milan during the 17th century used cannabis for medicinal, and, possibly, recreational purposes. A teenage boy and a woman in her 50s who were buried sometime between 1638 and 1697 were analysed using a

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Recreational cannabis closer in Germany with ‘softer rules’ for legalisation in 2024

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The final draft of Germany’s cannabis legalisation bill was agreed upon yesterday after negotiations took place between members of the coalition government, paving the way for Germans to be allowed to use cannabis for recreational purposes in the Spring of 2024. Amendments to the bill were made in response to criticism directed towards elements within

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Teen cannabis use in US remains near record lows despite further legalisation

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Teenagers in America are reporting levels of cannabis use close to the lowest on record according to data gathered from the 2022 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health. There are 24 states in America that now have fully accessible adult-use cannabis markets, as well as others that

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Roadmap for the legalisation of psychedelics set out by drug policy group Transform

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Guidelines for the regulation of psychedelic drugs have been detailed in a new book published by UK-based drug reform charity Transform. Their proposals lay out a plan for the regulation of what they call the ‘non-medical’ or the recreational use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybe mushrooms, DMT, and mescaline. The book pushes a

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Roadmap for the legalisation of psychedelics set out by drug policy group Transfrom

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Guidelines for the regulation of psychedelic drugs have been detailed in a new book published by UK-based drug reform charity Transform. Their proposals lay out a plan for the regulation of what they call the ‘non-medical’ or the recreational use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybe mushrooms, DMT, and mescaline. The book pushes a

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Magic mushrooms could help people recover from childhood trauma, study results show

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Psilocybin one of the key psychedelic compounds in magic mushrooms, has been the subject of another scientific trial to investigate its potential use as a medicine to improve mental health outcomes. In the study, published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, authors from different universities in Canada showed that psilocybin use can be beneficial for

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Role of terpenes in cannabis smell ‘overemphasised’ study suggests

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The results of a recently published study show that minor compounds known as VSCs, and not terpenes are the main reason that cannabis projects such a strong smell.  New data published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Omega shows that minor non-terpenoid compounds, although accounting for a minute percentage of the samples’ mass, contributed to

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