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Massachusetts lawmakers file legislation to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, other plants
Related Articles First it was marijuana decriminalization. Could psychedelic mushrooms and other plants be next in Massachusetts? Two bills have been filed at the State House to end arrests for psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescaline and ibogaine in the Bay State. This push for decriminalization at the state level comes after some cities, including Somerville and […]
Colorado legalized psilocybin. Now what?
Oregon is preparing to accept its first license applications for psilocybin services. That state offers valuable lessons for Colorado, as it prepares for legal psychedelics.
Colorado voters split on Proposition 122, which would legalize psilocybin
Colorado voters appear to be split about whether to legalize medicinal psychedelics. The race has been tight since polls closed, with about 51% of voters in favor of the measure.
Boston Chinatown restaurant served up multimillion dollar money laundering operation, feds say
Related Articles At least one restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown had a scandalous secret menu, according to a recent federal indictment — a multi-state money laundering operation. A federal grand jury in Boston indicted eight alleged members of the conspiracy that the feds — which investigated it under the moniker “Operation Good Fortune” — say funneled […]
Colorado couple at center of state’s largest-ever black market marijuana ring reach plea agreement
A Colorado couple at the center of the state’s largest-ever black market marijuana ring has reached a plea agreement with federal authorities, court records show. Fayin Deng and Kelly Chuong were set to stand trial this week on felony charges related to the distribution of large quantities of marijuana. Late last month, attorneys for both […]
Massachusetts post office manager seized cocaine to sell it himself, sentenced to prison
Related Articles A former Massachusetts post office manager who grew up in Quincy was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for intercepting a “brick of cocaine” and other drugs from the mail and selling them himself. “I’m disgraced at my decision to be coerced into doing this and truly am sorry,” Shawn […]
5 cannabis facts about Chelsea Handler, including the comedian’s favorite Colorado-made edibles
Get on Chelsea Handler’s level before seeing her perform at the Paramount Theatre.
Oklahoma is the new “Wild West of weed” — and Colorado marijuana entrepreneurs are helping fuel the green rush
RJ Sangosti, The Denver PostCrews head back to work after a lunch break in the fields at Tribe Collective in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 27, 2021. OKEMAH, Okla. — Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the outskirts of an old hay farm an hour east of Oklahoma City, his ponytail waving in the thick, […]
Dorchester man accused of receiving cocaine packages in the mail: Boston Police
A 28-year-old Dorchester man is accused of receiving dozens of cocaine packages in the mail from fake addresses in Puerto Rico, Boston Police said on Wednesday. Marco Clark, 28, of Dorchester, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with trafficking Class B drugs — more than 200 grams of cocaine, according to police. Boston police officers, […]
Black market marijuana grows are popping up faster than law enforcement can take them down. But is legalization the cause?
As he awaited sentencing in 2010, Fayin Deng sounded a contemplative, philosophic note. “I have learned now that once you become obsessed with money, no matter how great your original need was,” Deng wrote to the federal judge overseeing his criminal case, “there is no such thing as feeling like you have enough.” The source […]