Tag: Mudroom
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Psychedelics clinical trials
In late May, a key GOP House committee approved a defense bill that also included some fine print about marijuana and psychedelics, including a proposal to prohibit military branches from testing recruits for cannabis. The House Armed Services Committee passed the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on May 22. A provision calls for an…
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NBA + CBD
The NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the WNBA’s New York Liberty have become the first teams in their leagues to partner with a CBD beverage company. Each can of Mynd Drinks contains 25 milligrams of CBD (cannabidiol). Mynd Drinks is also partnering with Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs. The partnership means that Mynd will sponsor some…
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Reclassifying Marijuana
By now, you’ve heard the news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, but it would still be a controlled substance. This historic shift in American drug policy is a long time coming, and the agency’s biggest shift in 50 years won’t happen quickly. The proposal…
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A Non-cannabis Source of CBD & THC
Scientists have found cannabis compounds inside a plant, called Trema micrantha blume, a shrub which is so widespread across Brazil that it is often considered a weed. Cannabidiol, the compound that we commonly call CBD, has been identified in this common plant. Molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro…
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NCAA Reconsiders Cannabis
A National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) committee formally recommended that cannabis no longer be a banned substance for college athletes. Members of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports met and decided to advise all three of the association’s governing bodies to stop testing and punishing players for cannabinoids. The committee…
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Save The Bees
The decline in bee populations first became widely noticed in 2006, when commercial beekeepers in the United States reported honey bee colony loss rates averaging 30% each winter, which is double historical loss rates of 10 to 15%. Beekeepers reported loss rates of 40% last year. Bees are responsible for pollinating about one-third of the…