the lobsterpot< newswrap January 15th 24'​

US Rescheduling Hopes Fuelled By HHS Recommendations

The big news this week is that the US could finally be on the cusp of rescheduling cannabis. According to reports, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommend that Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials place cannabis in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

The news follows the publication of a 252 page HHS review, which outlines that cannabis has ‘potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in Schedules I and II’.

Watch this space.

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Czeching Out Of Adult Use?

After a draft bill from the Czech government omitted fully-fledged plans for a commercial adult-use cannabis market, many advocates were up in arms. However, it’s since transpired that this was a deliberate ploy to pressure the bill’s detractors.

The State of UK Medical Cannabis

Following the success of its recent Medical Cannabis Patients’ Conference, Drug Science UK has outlined details of the event (held in November) – including a thermidor<-produced video – showcasing just how far medical cannabis has come in the past 5 years.

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Did Magic Mushrooms Kill The Dinosaurs?

Of course not (!)... But scientists have confirmed that Psilocybe first arose some 65 million years ago – around the same time as the asteroid-induced mass extinction event.

Perhaps then, the last remaining dinos came to calmly accept their fate? We can only speculate at this stage.

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Hate Exercise? Try Cannabis...

Yet more research throwing down the proverbial gauntlet to those perpetuating the ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype. New studies from the University of Colorado show that runners who consumed cannabis before exercising reported increased mood and enjoyment from exercising.

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LinkedIn Kicking Cannabis?

Despite always being a (perhaps the only) canna-friendly social media platform, LinkedIn has of late seemingly been kicking out cannabis-related content. Could this be a trend? The beginning of the end?

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