12+ hour, 36+ min ago  (345+ words) Talking Joints Memo Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Negative Cognitive Outcomes "Results suggest light prenatal alcohol and cannabis use are not associated with long-term negative cognitive outcomes during adolescence" Prenatal cannabis exposure is not associated with negative cognitive outcomes…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (194+ words) In people with advanced cancer, psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, LSD and MDMA may significantly'reduce the severity of depression and anxiety'symptoms. In one trial of 51 cancer patients, 60% of those who received a single high-dose psilocybin session'achieved clinical remission'for depression, and 52% did…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago  (55+ words) Talking Joints Memo Video: TJM Editor Chris Faraone On Major Bloom's "Infused Influence' Podcast Our editor popped into the Worcester dispensary's awesome on-site podcast studio to discuss everything from new regulations to favorite strains Are you over 21 years of age?...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (334+ words) The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today ordered that state-authorized medical cannabis products'be reclassified'under federal law from Schedule I to Schedule III. The'order, issued by Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche, states that "marijuana in any form covered by…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (349+ words) Gov. Janet Mills vetoed legislation to adopt an automatic record sealing system for certain low-level crimes, which would have expanded the current petition-based process." "Our criminal justice system has many pressing needs," Mills wrote in her"veto letter sent to…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (231+ words) Though Talking Joints Memo is a mere minnow in the Massachusetts sea of marijuana sharks, we bring enough A-game to NECANN Boston every spring to hang among the many majors. This year, our friends from Canna G. E. M. S curated an awesome…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (436+ words) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has signed an order moving state-licensed medical marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. Though non-medical marijuana remains a Schedule I drug, as of April 23 a hearing set to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (199+ words) Those who consume cannabis the previous evening perform no differently than non-consumers on cognitive measures, according to'data'published in the journal'Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. Canadian investigators assessed cognitive performance in a cohort of cannabis consumers and similarly matched abstainers. Consumers…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (434+ words) We have known for several weeks that Massachusetts had significant changes coming to its cannabis industry. And with the pen stroke of Gov. Maura Healey on Sunday, the Act Modernizing the Commonwealth's Cannabis Laws has gone into effect." There will…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (392+ words) This year, I returned to testify again. The reason was very different. An out-of-state anti-cannabis group has funded a campaign to put the elimination of adult-use access in Massachusetts on the November 2026 ballot. Tens of thousands of residents have already…...