Psychedelics replace cannabis as the new favorite edgy investment
Early stage investors are predicting substances such as psilocybin and Ibogaine have an even better shot than cannabis at disrupting the $70 billion market for mental health.
Can marijuana help Biden heal a divided nation?
Five states passed ballot measures on marijuana use. It was a moment that cannabis companies and their investors have been waiting for: to be considered a legitimate industry.
Five U.S. states pass legal marijuana measures
Legal marijuana is becoming the American norm as ballot measures passed in Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, adding to the 44 states that already allow it for medical or recreational purposes. Adult-use pot will be legal in 15 states. The measures were among ...
Cannabis, no longer so divisive, draws more conservative support
Initiatives on ballots in a handful of conservative states show Republicans are increasingly on board with legalization, paving the way for an end to federal prohibition.
Kindai soccer club suspended after players admit to cannabis use
One player told university officials that he did it "out of boredom" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Actor Yusuke Iseya admits to possessing cannabis, police say
During a search, the police allegedly found four bags containing 20.3 grams of cannabis in a desk drawer with a street value of around ¥120,000.
Yusuke Iseya, a popular Japanese actor and half-brother of the late designer Kansai Yamamoto, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing drugs at his home in Tokyo, police said.
Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
A record 4,321 individuals were involved in cannabis cases in Japan last year, up 743 from the previous year for the sixth consecutive year of increases, with abuse of the drug by young people showing a marked rise, police said Thursday. The number of those ...
Cannabis smokers aiming to keep calm and carry on despite coronavirus queued up outside Dutch "coffee shops" Sunday after the government ordered their closure to beat the outbreak. Customers lined up in the dozens as they tried to beat a deadline for the closure of ...
Man on trial for killing 19 at Sagamihara care home says he won't appeal
A man on trial for murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 other people in 2016, at a knife rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled, said Wednesday he would not launch an appeal regardless of the ruling. During the trial at the Yokohama ...
Migrant cash can buy palace in Vietnam's 'Billionaire Village' but cost can be one's life
At least three of the 39 victims found in the back of a truck in Britain last week set off from Vietnam's "Billionaire Village" in search of their fortunes. A billion dong may only be around $43,000, but in the rural north-central town of Do ...
