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6 States Where Legal Drugs Are on Today’s Mid-Term Election Ballot—Vote!

Cannabis could be legal for adults in nearly half the United States very soon depending on how today’s midterm election goes. Five U.S. states could legalize adult-use cannabis and Colorado [...]

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5 Mind-Opening Things Said at the O’Cannabiz Conference 2022

O’Cannabiz Cannabis Conference and Psychedelic Summit Recap for June 1-3 It was cannabis retail and psychedelics that shared the main focus of the 2022 O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo, which took [...]

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New website time — what can a website upgrade do for your company?

“Your new website is your best salesperson.” —Alan Aldous. Building a new website takes time and money — some would say it’s out of their budget — but a poorly [...]

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Pronto! Italy’s Bold Push to End Cannabis Prohibition Speeds Up

Italy’s pro-cannabis organizations and political parties are in a race to collect 500,000 signatures in record time. Update—it only took one week for Italy to collect enough signatures. In a [...]

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Mary AG Is Featured as Authority on Topics of Food Deserts and China’s CBD Ban

What exactly is a food desert? What causes a food desert? What are the secondary and tertiary problems that are created by a food desert? How can this problem be [...]

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Cannabis Genetics Complete Flight from Saskatchewan to South Africa in Mother Labs, Rascal Seed Deal

For Immediate Release—Mother Lab’s Cannabis Genetics Complete Flight in Groundbreaking Deal SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mother Labs Inc. (“Mother Labs”) and Rascal Seed Research Laboratories Pty. [...]

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5 Repairable SEO Mistakes Your Cannabis or Psychedelics Company Can Start Correcting Immediately

Top 5 SEO Mistakes a Cannabis or Psychedelics Company Can Make Search Engine Optimization can do wonders for companies small and large. Being at the top of search engine results [...]

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Canada’s Fight for the Medical Use of Psilocybin Could Move to Court, Reminiscent of Cannabis

Canada’s officials are facing a possible lawsuit over the right of dying patients to access psilocybin therapy. Before “magic mushrooms” became synonymous with hippies and flower power, scientists used them [...]

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Mary AG, Maker of Canada’s Best-Performing Grow Box Featured in Postmedia’s The GrowthOp

Journalist, Sam Riches, of Postmedia recently spoke to Frank Qin and David Byer of Mary Agrotechnologies for Weekend Dispensary and The GrowthOp. In the article, Riches highlighted some of the [...]

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How Does ESG in Cannabis Work? Featuring Mika Unterman of Apical Ethical Cannabis Collective

What does it take to commit to ESG? Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is an actionable commitment that companies can invest in to make the world a better place. ESG [...]

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Business of Cannabis Live Connects with Frank Qin, CEO of Mary Agrotechnologies

Jay Rosenthal recently spoke to Frank Qin of Mary Agrotechnologies for Business of Cannabis Live. The data-driven agri-tech company is now developing systems for both at-home consumers and commercial operators.  The company [...]

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Vice Magazine Talks to Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy in Latest Article On Buying Drugs from Drug Dealers

This week, Suzannah Weiss of Vice Magazine spoke to a student representative from Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use in an effort to answer a very important question in drug [...]

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New York Legalizes Cannabis and YouTube Finally Eases Its Cannabis Restrictions

In short, adults can now carry and consume cannabis in the state of New York; they can also now monetize YouTube content that “focuses on the purchase, fabrication, or distribution [...]

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3 PR Packages for Cannabis Retail, Growers and Processors & Accessories Brands That Fit Today’s Budgets

PR and marketing tend to overlap and intertwine in today’s world, making it necessary to work together. Our three packages for cannabis retail, growing and processing, and accessories fit existing [...]

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Road Trip, November 2020—Alan Aldous Goes to Agripharm to See Where the Rosin is Pressed

Before we get into the road trip, we have a serious question.Is Canada about to decriminalize drugs?   Opioid Poisoning Crisis in Toronto – Update [NOVEMBER 5, 2020] While there [...]

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29 Quotes about Living and Loving on MDMA from the Book, “Listening to Ecstasy”

From what it feels like to what it does for one’s mental state, author and psychotherapist Charley Wininger gives some compelling reasons to try MDMA. Here are some of our favourite [...]

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Bleak New World, Report Confirms COVID-19 Restrictions Are to Blame for Canada’s Increasing Depression

Actions to control the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing and shutdowns did the job to help flatten the curve of rising caseloads. However, those same measures have led to [...]

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Will Psychedelics be Affected by the Upcoming 2020 US Election?

These past two weeks Alan Aldoua has been grateful to share some positive news while attempting to shout above the negative din of the US election. Most pressingly, we are [...]

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A lead scientist tells us why the psychedelic compound in toad venom (5-MeO-DMT) could help with the inner turmoil of substance use disorders

Psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT garners attention for potential use in substance use disorders No, it isn’t the name of Elon Musk’s second child, 5-MeO-DMT is the short acting psychedelic compound found [...]

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How could establishing “connection” via psychedelic medicine help four Canadian cancer patients?

There is mounting evidence that establishing connections via psychedelic medicine like psilocybin mushrooms can help palliative care patients with end-of-life dread. Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound in multiple species of [...]

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More cannabis stores, but no delivery? Ontario residents are not going to be happy with how they can purchase legal weed

The following content appears on LegalSender.ca, a website created by us to show our support for the cannabis stores in Ontario who wish to continue providing cannabis retail delivery and [...]

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NORML Canada: 3 Massive Ways COVID-19 Put Canada’s Cannabis Reform Into Warp Speed

Written by Alex Krause for the NORML Canada newsletter. Edited for this blog. On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global health pandemic as COVID-19 cases began [...]

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Canada Day Tripping & What Psychedelics the 5 of Us Enjoying Today

Happy Canada Day! As we emerge from the turtle shell of isolation, connection and socialization is exceptionally important and not always easy to do from 6+ feet away. Part of [...]

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Thanks Netflix! “Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics” Is the Acid Flashback We Needed

Netflix’s celebrity-packed documentary explores the wonders of the world’s preeminent psychedelics substances. If you’ve ever wanted to listen to Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Bourdain, Ben Stiller, Nick Offerman, and Sarah Silverman [...]

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Microdose Virtual Psychedelic Conference 2020, Day 2

“We’re not just changing minds, we’re changing medicine.” -Dennis McKenna Science Day 2 What’s better, legalization or decriminalization? And which model provides the widest access to patients? Our panellists João [...]

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The Giant Virtual Psychedelic Conference That Blew Minds Wide Open In 2020

One week ago, Alan Aldous was deep into a two-day virtual psychedelic conference that momentarily connected scientists, advocates, caregivers, psychonauts, and people that build and invest in businesses on the [...]

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Where to celebrate Bicycle Day (and 420) online in 2020

LSD found to be sensational on this day in 1943 Bicycle Day—April 19 marks a global celebration of psychedelic research and education in honour of the anniversary of Albert Hofmann’s [...]

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What Do We Want? Equitable Financing for the Canadian Cannabis Industry

The regulated cannabis industry has recently united to address a critical issue it has faced since its inception: a lack of equitable access to banking services and financial support. The [...]

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The Canadian Revival of Psychedelic Research Dinner 2020

The dinner was hosted by the Clinical Research Association of Canada with the esteemed president, Sabrina Ramkellewan, leading the programme. The Clinical Research Association of Canada is a non-profit that [...]

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