Compass Pathways, the UK-based mental health care company that's innovating new mental health treatments, recently announced that it had been granted .
NUE Life Health, a telemedine startup in the USA, is developing what it describes as a “next-generation mental wellness solution” employing treatments such as psychedelic-assisted therapies, combined with a graph database-driven app. The Miami-based startup has raised a $3.3m Seed round from investors including Jack Abraham (Atomic Ventures, Hims), Shervin Pishevar (Shervin Pishevar (formerly of […]
More than 30 states have medical marijuana programs yet scientists are only allowed to use cannabis plants from one U.S. source for their research. That s set to change, as the federal government begins to add more growers to the mix.
Until recently, plants from only one U.S. facility were approved for use in research. Adding new suppliers will accelerate understanding of cannabis health effects and possible therapeutic uses.
After more than 50 years, the federal government is lifting a roadblock to cannabis research that scientists and advocates say has hindered rigorous studies of the plant and possible drug development.
Since 1968, U.S. researchers have been allowed to use cannabis from only one domestic source: a facility based at the University of Mississippi, through a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).