Business Trip News: Hawaii moves to legalize cannabis and psychedelics
Hawaii moves to legalize cannabis and psychedelics
Hawaii’s Senate and House committees have approved different bills for cannabis legalization and psychedelic-assisted therapy. The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee passed SB 669, which would legalize cannabis for adults. The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed SB 762, requiring the state to research psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Study: Psychedelics “slip past cell membranes” when doing their work
Researchers from the UC Davis Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics have suggested that the key to understanding why hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD can have beneficial effects in cases of depression, anxiety, and addiction – and why the neurotransmitter serotonin does not have the same results – may lie in the location of the receptors to which these drugs bind.
Jon Oliver covers psychedelic-assisted therapy
Everyone’s favorite dude-who-explains-stuff-really-well talks about the history of psychedelic therapy and the legality of psychedelic-assisted therapy. You know the industry is bumping up against the mainstream when someone like Oliver covers it and covers it well.