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U.S. Senate Committee To Hold Hearing On Benefits Of Psychedelics For Military Veterans

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The U.S. Senate Commission has heard “alternative therapies” for military veterans, many witnesses expected to discuss therapeutic benefits of psychedelic.

Field hearing will be excluded from Capitol, including the Commission of Veteran Senate Affairs in Montevallo, Alabama, Friday, veteran and psychedelic mental health treatment.

Witnesses are an officer for veteran issues (VA), coalition of veteran health care coalition Adam Marr, Compass pathways at Steve Levine, University of Alabama in Brian Schiefer (SCI-DI).

“This is a call for action. Veterans don’t break the system,” The marijuana moments said on Thursday Thursday. “VA makes some good things, but what they don’t do well are these new innovations and have approaches to bring them.”

Writing the testimony to be submitted to the committee “alternative therapies” said “, therefore,” therapies are being created or psychedelic, psilocybin, dmt, 5-meo-dmt, Methylon. “

“In general, these therapies of psychedelic therapies are also fast and solid symptoms offer rapid and strong improvements.

“Despite the promising results, psychedelic therapies face the regulatory research barriers” and the access said in the testimony. It also said that “difficult understanding” is why federal federations only offered “minimum” funding to support research on therapeutic benefits of substances.

Most witnesses selected hearing They have somehow been psychedelic research and defense.

For example, Ixse Wiechers, Director General of Veterans Health Administration (VHA), was among the authors of a 2024 report among the authors of research on research and implementation of psychedelic research research on VA 2024.

Levine serves as a director of patients compass, a biotechnology research company specializing in Psychodelics, who helped protect a nomination of the Psilocybin of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Schiefer also promotes the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic medicine as the role of SCI-DI to spread access to alternative therapies for veterans with severe mental and physical conditions with severe mental and physical conditions.

Notable, in the situation of a member of the Audition Committee, Tommy Tuberville (R-al), who has provided support for the Canavy Industry Bank But it is not particularly proactive in the face of psychedelic reform.

The meeting of the Senate is broader in Congress carefully to the subject. On both sides of Congress, as well as key officials of the administration to deform reform.

For example, Vako’s head recently He assumed his role to promote access to psychedelic access to veterans With serious mental health conditions, it was possible to open “wider than thought that door”.

VA Secretary Doug Collins, who He has raised attention to the President Donald TrumpHe said, “We will do the right way,” Ibogaine, MDMA and PSilocybin to face the clinical trials that are being investigated.

Last month, the Secretary also confirmed “Very open” to spread access to psychedelic therapy for veterans-Massionate that people with serious mental health conditions intend to find “healing” ways and not only treat surface symptoms.

Collins pointed out that VA is actively performed through internal or private cooperation in clinical trials “actually results in different substances that are good results”, including One is investigating a supported MDMA-based therapy based on VA Bronx health care “Actually, good results.”

In that conversation, it was also Collins He showed the last clip of the army stamps in Rob O’Neill, who killed Osama bin Laden, The federal government intentionally avoided his theory, because he has prevented access to psychedelic medicine, because cures are more profitable than long-term treatments. Collins replied in response: “I will tell you right now: this secretary of veterans, myself, I want to heal people.”

In the meantime, the GOP-controlled household board approved a change attached to the defense invoice “Progress Report” is required in a Psychedelic Pilot Therapy program For active duty for military service members and veterans.

However, the Congress has been a research proposal for psychedelic research in recent sessions, last week, has blocked a change of bipartisan bipartisa (R-TX) that would provide another $ 10 million. Clinical essays in therapeutic potential of substances like ibogaine and psilocybin in the therapeutic potential of clinical support.

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One by one, Bipartisan Congress legislators met with VA secretary Discuss paths to access psychedelic medicine As an alternative treatment for conditions like PTSD.

After Meeting by asking for Collins In May, reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Jack Bergman (R-Mi) The chairs of psychedelic psychedelic psychedelic psychedelics (path) Caucus said three.

Collins, in particular, is highlighted as VA Secretariat for Sustnator, which explores the potential of Ubogaine and MDMA, providing relief of serious mental health conditions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS head, is his goal. Release plant-based medicine options within 12 months.

New Gingrich (R-GA) separated the former speaker of the US Psychedelic Ibogaine is a “amazing breakthrough” The current “patient care system” has left people with serious mental health conditions, unintentionally intended by alternative treatment options, and intends to use its impact on the problem.

One by one, he entered the change of expenditure invoices in Correa and BergmanResearch on the benefits of psychedelic treatment to treat medical conditions It usually affects military veterans.

Legislators separated the bill in April to provide $ 30 million each year Establish psychedelic by the “Centers for Excellence” at VA FacilitiesVeterans to receive an innovative treatment that contains substances such as Psilocybin, MDMA and Ibogaine.

Collins, for his part, also known in April he had “open eye” with Kennedy About the therapeutic potential of psychedelic medicine. And he said that the government is open to the idea of ​​giving boots to cover the costs of psychedelic therapy for veterans who receive external services from VA. As a congress.

Bergman also has Advanced Psychedelic Reform Opportunity to advance through TrumpThe administration argues that federal expenditure and the efforts will give the “spine” agencies to deal with complex problems.

Kennedy, for his part, also said in April Had “wonderful experience” with LSD in 15 yearsHe thought he could see the dinosaurs, as he portrayed in a comic book.

Last October, Kennedy criticized the FDA “Psychodelics Support” of the Agency and said the laundry of other issues.

In December, VA reported individually to finance $ 1.5 million to finance Learn the effectiveness of therapy assisted by MDMA for veterans PTSD and alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Last year, VA Yehuda also financed the initial examination agency “Amazing and strong results” from the first clinical test of MDMA therapy.

In January, Shereef Elnahah Bed secretary was VA (it was very gratifying) Trump said Kennedy Lead HHS protected Psychedelics reform. And he He hoped to work with him For the next administration, but that did not come out.

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NC lawmakers revisit marijuana policy following reclassification

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North Carolina lawmakers say they’re fueling debate over the state’s marijuana laws — a move by the Trump administration to reclassify it as a less dangerous drug.

Across the country, a set of laws and enforcements regulate marijuana. The drug is illegal under federal law, but dozens of US states have legalized it. And almost all states have legalized medical marijuana prescriptions for certain ailments. North Carolina is among the remaining states to resist any form of legalization. Republican politicians in North Carolina have resisted passing any bills to legalize or decriminalize marijuana, despite public opinion polls showing broad public support for such changes.

Senate President Phil Berger said he expects his chamber to revisit efforts to legalize medical marijuana this week. “We will have a conversation within our caucus if they are interested in whether we do something,” Berger told reporters Tuesday.

The recent actions of Republican President Donald Trump may add a new dimension to these conversations. Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed the drug classification as a less dangerous and less strictly regulated drug than marijuana. Federal law does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use.

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Indiana GOP Governor Directs State Agencies To Meet With Medical Marijuana Advocates As Federal Rescheduling Takes Effect

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Indiana state officials are holding a series of meetings with medical marijuana advocates at the behest of the Republican governor.

After a day The Trump administration announced that federal cannabis regulation is moving forwardOfficials from the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Health and other state agencies spoke with Hoosier Veterans for Medical Cannabis and Indiana NORML to discuss next steps at the state level.

The meetings, activists said, were at the request of Gov. Mike Braun (R).

“The governor has reached out to us to meet with other heads of his department to get their input on this move,” military veteran Jeff Staker, one of the advocates, told Fox 59. “Our next step, hopefully, will be in the governor’s office.”




Lucy Luman, who is also a veteran and serves as president of Indiana NORML, he said That federal reform “addresses major challenges our lawmakers have raised before.”

Advocates previously met with Indiana Secretary of Business Affairs Mike Speedy, they told WHTR-TV.

“It tells you that the governor has considered it well, and I hope that our organization and others will come into the governor’s office and discuss with him and brainstorm more,” Staker. he said. “You have to realize that a lot of our state legislators have been waiting for that to happen.”

“The feds have made their move, and now it’s time for Indiana to make ours,” he said. “And of course we want to do well.”




State Rep. Jim Lucas (R) said federal marijuana rescheduling “takes away the arguments that the opposition had in our state.”

State Sen. Rodney Pol (D) agreed, saying the Trump administration’s action has “helped get the ball rolling.”

last month, The governor said the “crescendo will rise” in the call to legalize marijuanaregional dynamics as well as law enforcement by opting for reform. But for now, he said, the GOP legislative leadership is “not interested in doing anything anytime soon,” even though “half of Hoosiers probably smoke illegally.”

Braun said he thinks lawmakers should take an “extra look” at medical cannabis and, while he’s personally “agnostic” about legalization, the reality is Indiana is “now surrounded by four states” that allow medicinal or adult use of cannabis.

“Probably half of Hoosiers smoke illegally,” he said, noting that suburban Kentucky allows patients to access medical cannabis, while Illinois, Michigan and Ohio have recreational marijuana laws.

“I’m going to listen to law enforcement. They’ve even changed their minds about legalizing and regulating,” Braun said, adding that he compared cannabis to gambling. The state was late to pass laws allowing adults to gamble, he said, but now ranks among the top three states nationally in terms of per capita revenue from vice.

“Some people won’t want to, just on principle. A lot of police and sheriffs in our state are willing to cross the border (to buy cannabis). It’s going to be a growing problem, so far, the way our state legislature has opposed it,” he said. “I’ve been more agnostic about it. I can see the points of view, and I’ve seen law enforcement move somewhat.”

“So that will give you the best description of where the dynamic is in our state,” the governor told WOWO. “I think the leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House in particular are cool — and they control the legislative agenda — they’re not interested in doing anything anytime soon. But I think the crescendo will rise, and that pretty much describes where we are.”

Braun also addressed the issue in another recent interview, saying the state will “probably have to address” the issue and pairing cannabis reform with sports betting.

State legislators already He stated that there is no legalization of marijuana in the 2026 sessionThis is another year where Indiana will be left out as one of the few states without effective medical or adult use cannabis laws.

The governor said this separately in January He “fits in” with the idea of ​​legalizing medical cannabis in the state. Instead, Indiana lawmakers this session have focused on efforts to ban THC hemp products, though The fight for 2026 appears to be over after a last-minute push failed late last month.

Braun has previously said that federal marijuana reorganization He could add “some fire” to the local push to legalize cannabis in his state.

Among Indiana residents, a survey released in January found that nearly three in five supported the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis.

Specifically, Ball State University’s (BSU) Bowen Center’s annual Hoosier Poll found that 59 percent of residents support the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes. An additional 25 percent return allowing patients to access medical marijuana, bringing total support for that reform to 84 percent.

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Braun, for his part, He previously said it is “probably time” to introduce therapeutic cannabis among state patients. The comments came alongside a separate poll showing that nearly 9 in 10 Indiana adults (87 percent) support the legalization of marijuana.

The main Republicans in the Legislature, however, They have openly opposed marijuana reform.

“It’s no secret that I’m not,” Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R) said at the end of 2024. “I don’t have people coming to me with really compelling medical cases to find out why it’s so beneficial. And any situation I’ve seen, it’s passing medical marijuana, it’s basically passing recreational marijuana.”

House Speaker Todd Huston (R) questioned any medical benefits associated with marijuana, calling the substance a “mental health deterrent.” He and others suggested that lawmakers in favor of reform simply want to increase state revenue.

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Oakland Launches Nation’s First Cannabis Equity Certification Mark

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In 2017, the city of Oakland made history by becoming the first city in the country to launch a Cannabis Equity Program, which helps those affected by the “War on Drugs” enter the cannabis industry and create thriving local businesses. The program changed policy conversations about cannabis equity in California and across the nation.

Now, in an effort to raise awareness about venture capital and help them survive and thrive, Oakland has launched the nation’s first initiative to promote city-certified venture capital businesses in the cannabis industry. The Oakland Legendary Cannabis Certified Equity Label lets buyers know they support businesses that invest in creating high-quality products by prioritizing equity. The label commemorates the city of Oakland as the birthplace of modern cannabis legalization and highlights its operators as legendary pioneers who define cannabis culture and set standards that are now accepted worldwide. Oakland currently has 50 licensed Equity cannabis businesses.

“Oakland continues to lead with courage and conviction. During my time in Congress, I chaired the Cannabis Caucus and called for cannabis equity programs to address the harm done to Black and Brown communities,” said Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee. “Today, the Oakland Legendary label puts power back where it belongs, helping consumers make informed choices and ensuring that those with the most influence lead and thrive in today’s economy. Oakland is proud to lead the way!”

“The City of Oakland is committed to fostering the economic success of local venture capital companies,” said Ashleigh Kanat, director of Oakland’s Department of Economic and Workforce Development. “The Oakland Legendary brand lets consumers know they’re supporting a certified Oakland stock business and getting a true Oakland experience: premium, authentic and locally produced with a story they won’t find anywhere else. This differentiation will increase the presence of cannabis products in the market.”

“The Oakland Legendary brand is the gold standard for quality,” says Dale Sky Jones, Executive Chancellor of Oakland University. “These are the ones who defined the culture and perfected the craft long before there was a legal market. When you buy Oakland Legendary, you’re not just supporting a local business; you’re getting the world’s most authentic, high-caliber cannabis. These brands are true trendsetters, and once you try them, you’ll understand why Oakland remains the epicenter of the world’s finest cannabis.”

“Root’d believes it is extremely important to highlight the brands of operators who were disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs and educate the consumer on the importance of protecting the equity brands that have shaped the culture and community of cannabis. These core equity brands are the root ecosystem of our culture; the bigger and stronger the roots, the healthier Root’d’s culture McCullough” 510 has a long legacy in the cannabis industry and has been featured on the front page of the New York Times for being one of the first dispensaries in the nation. “It’s important to us that we direct consumers to amazing products and also shop with a purpose.”

Consumers can easily identify Oakland’s legendary certified equity operators through the Oakland Legendary certification mark on packaging, advertisements, and certified equity dealer windows. In a nod to the resilience of the community, the brand’s official positioning is slightly tilted, with the word “Legendary” rising, symbolizing the upward trajectory and sustained growth of Oakland’s capital operators.

The Oakland Legendary awareness campaign includes exclusive use of the certification mark on packaging and marketing materials and “I Hella ♡ Oakland Legendary Cannabis” swag. High-visibility billboards are located along Highway 880 to publicize the program. The public awareness campaign is supported by the National Equity Trade Network.

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