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The Fight For Cannabis and Cancer Research

For decades, cannabis has lived in a research dead zone. Federal prohibition has blocked meaningful grants, limited clinical trials, and left millions of people with cancer relying on anecdotal evidence for treatment rather than data.  As founders of E.R.I.C. Cancer Playbook, we refused to accept that. If institutions didn’t collect the data, patients and the […]

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Platform Launches Promising Insurance Coverage for Medical Cannabis—For Real?

A new health-tech company, EM2P2, has launched CannaLnx, a HIPAA-compliant platform it claims will make medical cannabis reimbursable under traditional health insurance plans for the first time in the U.S. The system, announced in partnership with the American Council of Cannabis Medicine (ACCM), is described as the digital backbone behind ACCM’s “Elevated States” program, which […]

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Colorado leaders plan for the next wave of psychedelic movement

Gov. Polis: “We’re creating pathways for qualified researchers to do research and analysis.”

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Newsom vetoes bill to decriminalize psilocybin ‘magic’ mushrooms, but leaves door open

Newsom’s veto comes despite his overall support for using plant- and fungus-based psychedelic drugs to treat mental illness.

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Colorado’s psychedelic journey begins this week with first advisory board meeting

In mid-March, the state Senate confirmed Gov. Jared Polis’ 15 appointees to the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, a newly formed commission that will advise regulators on the rollout of psilocybin-assisted therapy.

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Colorado marijuana tax hike proposal to support education loses teacher’s union support

A group pushing to raise taxes on recreational marijuana to fund after-school programs for impoverished students lost the support of Colorado’s teacher’s union but officials behind the initiative say they’re unconcerned.

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Gains, growing pains mark California’s 1st year of legal pot

It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz.

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Sessions sings Trump’s praises in Denver speech at Western Conservative Summit

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sang President Donald Trump’s praises in a Denver speech Friday at the Western Conservative Summit, touting his agency’s move this week to not defend key elements of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.

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The Spot newsletter: Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling and its impacts, Hickenlooper’s veto-palooza, Denver’s scooter-palooza and an election 2018 how-to

Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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More businesses are mellowing out over hiring pot smokers

FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs.

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