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West Coast man John Robert Patrick was elated outside the Greymouth district court after being discharged without conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis to thousands of sick people.  John is what is commonly referred to as a "green fairy", a term used to describe cannabis suppliers and/or growers who network to help patients on compassionate grounds. Judge Jane Farish said she would...

Medsafe is "looking into" what is being called New Zealand's first medical cannabis advertising campaign. Since a billboard advertising cannabis as medicine was erected on Auckland's Anzac Ave earlier this week, the Advertising Standards Authority has received multiple complaints. Helius Therapeutics, a licensed medicinal cannabis company, launched the billboards following last week's legalization of medicinal cannabis manufacture, to "rebrand" cannabis....

The Government will hold a referendum on personal cannabis use at the 2020 general election - and it will be binding. Justice Minister Andrew Little announced Cabinet had made the decision on Monday on his way into caucus on Tuesday morning. "It will be held at the 2020 general election. The agreement is that it will be binding. There is...

The Government has passed its medicinal cannabis bill, which will establish a regulated scheme within a year and give those close to death a legal defence before then. Read more...

The details of a referendum to legalize cannabis - including whether its results will be binding - are set to be announced before the end of the year, Justice Minister Andrew Little has confirmed. Read more...

The government has been told it could regulate medicinal cannabis within six months, if it wants to, according to an advocate. Medical Cannabis Awareness New Zealand coordinator Shane LeBrun said the health minister refused to meet him on several occasions - stalling progress. At a cannabis conference in Wellington today, Mr LeBrun slammed Health Minister David Clarke. "I appreciate he...

We are extremely happy to announce that at long last the law around the sale of hemp seed for human consumption has finally come into effect . On Monday the 12th of November 2018, New Zealand will legalize the production, sale and consumption of hemp (cannabis sativa) seed as food. This is fantastic news and will ensure all New Zealanders...

DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) is a potent endogenous psychedelic present in the brain of humans and other mammals. Since its discovery by the Hungarian psychiatrist Stephen Szára in 1956 its physiological role still remains largely unknown. A recent study performed by a Hungarian team led by Ede Frecska and Jordi Riba is the first to show that the DMT protects brain and...

Startup Helius Therapeutics has become the first Auckland-based startup to be issued a cannabis cultivation licence. The Ministry of Health informed the firm last Friday that its application was successful. Helius joins Waikato's Cannsouth and Ruatoria-based Hikurangi Cannabis in successfully acquiring the licence to breed strains of cannabis that could be used in medicines. Read more...

Findings from the last study in a series of six Phase 2 trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was published today in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The clinical trial in Boulder, Colorado (MP-12) enrolled 28 participants suffering from chronic PTSD. Results showed that after 2 - 3 sessions of MDMA psychotherapy (with active doses of...

Heartbreak Island host - and former Newstalk presenter - Mark Dye has launched a new medicinal cannabis company and says he hopes to make therapeutic products that are more accessible and more affordable for New Zealanders. Dye is co-founder and chief executive of NUBU Pharmaceuticals which today also announced an exclusive distribution agreement with one of Europe's leading cannabinoid companies,...

A start-up in New Zealand's burgeoning cannabis scene is asking investors for $20 million in backing. Zeacann, which recently rebranded from Pharmacann, has initiated the capital raising through PwC and will be targeting wholesale investors to grow the business. Read more...

Medicinal cannabis, the latest craze to hit North American stock markets, may soon be a feature of the NZX if Waikato-based Cannasouth's listing plans come to pass. Cannasouth said it will make an application to list its shares on the NZX main board through an initial public offering (IPO) during the second quarter of 2019. Read more...

Many of you will no doubt be familiar with mushroom king Paul Stamets. Paul is the author of six books, including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, and he has discovered and named numerous species of psilocybin mushrooms. Paul is also the founder...

About 45 people are believed to have died in New Zealand as a result of the synthetic drugs crises since June 1, 2017. Meanwhile the government is trying to fight fire with fire by shifting one or two of the more obvious synthetic chemicals from Class C to Class A. But as history clearly shows Prohibition will always fail if...

New Zealand medicinal cannabis startup Helius Therapeutics has received backing from richlister Guy Haddleton. Read more...

From October 17 to December 5, host Bia Labate, Ph.D., and leading researchers are providing a psychedelic science education webinar online. Join MAPS for the first Psychedelic Science Webinar Series and you can discover all of the latest research into the therapeutic and other medicinal uses of various psychedelics including: Ayahuasca (which contains DMT), MDMA (Ecstasy) and Psilocybin (found in...

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If phase III clinical trials are successful, researchers recommend reclassification of the drug psilocybin (which is found in magic mushrooms) from Class A to schedule IV in the USA, which is roughly the equivalent to Class C in New Zealand. Scientists studying psilocybin suggest removing the psychedelic substance from the most restrictive legal category (the equivalent of Class A in...

Promising peer-reviewed results published in Psychopharmacology On September 8, 2018, the results of the first clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of social anxiety were published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychopharmacology. All 12 participants in the small pilot study were adults on the autism spectrum, a population that commonly experiences severe social anxiety. Sponsored by the non-profit Multidisciplinary...

Future hopes are bright in an East Coast town after a local company was granted a medicinal cannabis licence - the country's first of its kind. Ruatoria-based company Hikurangi Cannabis has been issued a licence by the Ministry of Health, enabling it to breed cannabis strains that could be used in medicines. Read more...

Now days we all know that Cannabis (Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa) is the worlds most useful medicinal plant due to its abundance of miraculous healing cannabinoids (A cannabinoid is a substance that interacts with the body's endocannabinoid system (ECS), a large regulatory system in the body that is responsible for maintaining the perfect internal balance for optimum health. What is...