Advocates for Cannabis and Entheogens

08/14/2026

https://pbn.com/r-i-cannabis-panel-launches-new-adult-use-licensing-process/

PROVIDENCE – Two months after Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation effectively scrapping the state’s most recent cannabis retail licensing round, the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission is starting fresh with a new adult-use licensing process. The new process, which includes three key revised ti...

08/14/2026

https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-tracked-cannabis-users-hearts-finding-stood-out-12312462

Senior author and researcher Gregory Marcus told Newsweek that the results may help identify "novel therapies."

08/14/2026

https://www.mmjdaily.com/article/9862917/alabama-s-only-open-dispensary-draws-patients-from-across-the-state/

More than five years after Alabama lawmakers approved medical cannabis, only one dispensary is open and selling to patients in the state: Callie's Apothecary in Montgomery. Co-owner Vince…

08/14/2026

https://www.lodinews.com/news/national/article_179630a2-0575-5c12-ab39-4e10259e0de6.html

Idaho voters will not get to choose this year if they want to make medical cannabis legal across the state. The Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday that an initiative

08/14/2026

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2026/08/13/cdcs-new-cannabis-hyperemesis-syndrome-code-drives-reported-case-surge/

A new diagnostic code, not an outbreak, drove a nearly fourfold spike in ER visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, the CDC says.

08/14/2026

https://www.ma*****namoment.net/dea-says-hemp-company-cant-challenge-agencys-stance-that-synthetic-cannabis-compound-hhc-is-federally-banned/

08/14/2026

https://www.clinicalleader.com/doc/what-fda-s-psychedelic-drug-focus-means-for-classic-psychedelic-development-0001

Complementing an interview with Enveric Biosciences Joseph Tucker, Ph.D., this Q&A explores Josh Hardmans thoughts on what FDA’s psychedelic focus could mean for classic psychedelic development.

08/14/2026

https://nautil.us/the-quest-to-understand-the-forgotten-psychedelic-1283763

The Quest to Understand the Forgotten Psychedelic: One of the first scans of mescaline in the brain suggests it travels a different path

08/14/2026

https://www.wlox.com/2026/08/13/sweet-life-canna-co-long-beach-grow-facility-now-stocked-135-mississippi-dispensaries/

A medical ma*****na cultivation facility on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is now supplying 135 dispensaries across the state.

08/14/2026

https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/8224-pasco-oks-fifth-cannabis-retailer-after-some-debate

Pasco City Council’s recent decision to approve an application for a fifth cannabis retailer within city limits and initiate the code amendment process to allow it was followed by applause – but it wasn’t a celebratory moment for everyone.