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Bringing back the stories you love—no paywall, just joy. The First Black-Owned Psychedelic Church In the US Is Now Open in Oakland Akoma recently opened its doors in Northern California, offering a safe, soulful space for ancestral healing, community, and education. Last August, I found myself in the beating heart of Oakland, California. The air...

A nonprofit organization of medical professions in support of evidence-based cannabis regulation filed a brief on Feb. 17 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit related to its exclusion from the rescheduling hearing process.Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR) and its president, Bryon Adinoff, M.D., argue in the 56-page brief that the...

A big game in the Big Easy calls for big commercials, and this year’s roster delivered. From the snack brands (Lay’s and Taco Bell) to the streamers (Disney+), and a generous sprinkling of Matthew McConaugheys thrown in for good measure, here’s our annual rundown of the cream of the crop to the cringe. Best: Jeep,...

Crypto markets have turned red after top digital assets exchange Bybit was hit by a $1.4 billion hack, plus investors were spooked by renewed inflation concerns.CoinGecko data shows that big digital coins Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are all down, among other high-cap coins.Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency, is trading for $96,300, a more than 2% drop over...

Are underground guides being left out of psilocybin’s future? | DoubleBlind Mag Plus, psilocybin mushroom deliveries, orgasms, and the accessibility of ayahuasca Article by Mary Carreon Published on February 17, 2025Updated February 20, 2025 DoubleBlind Mag Welcome back to The Drop In, DoubleBlind’s newsletter serving up news, culture, and independent journalism about psychedelics straight to...

This article was updated on Feb. 20, 2025.Plummeting prices, less revenue, fewer licenses, debt, wildfires and the ongoing threat of a tax hike—that’s the tip of the iceberg for California’s cannabis market in early 2025.Specifically, California is set to increase its cannabis excise tax at retail from 15% to 19% starting on July 1, 2025,...

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Celsius Holdings — The energy drink maker skyrocketed more than 31% after surpassing expectations for fourth-quarter earnings and entering an agreement to acquire Alani Nutrition in a cash and stock deal. Celsius earned an adjusted 14 cents per share on $332 million in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG penciled in 11 cents in earnings per share and $326 million in revenue. Dropbox — Shares of the cloud software company fell more than 9% on mixed quarterly results. Block reported a non-GAAP gross margin of 83.1% in the fourth quarter, in…

Este artículo también está disponible en español. In a technical update posted on X, crypto analyst More Crypto Online (@Morecryptoonl) presented a one-hour DOGE/USD chart (Binance) illustrating a precarious sideways movement and a potential turning point for the meme coin. At press time, Dogecoin is stuck around the $0.25 region, barely moving after a substantial drop in early February, with little to confirm a definitive bottom in place. Dogecoin Stuck In Limbo From the chart’s labeling, the analyst employs a blend of Elliott Wave counts and Fibonacci retracement levels to map out Dogecoin’s possible next steps. Notably, a broad corrective…

Amid growing calls for marijuana legalization in Pennsylvania, a GOP state senator says prohibition has been a “disaster,” and a regulated sales model for cannabis—similar to how alcohol and tobacco are handled—could serve as an effective alternative. Sen. Gene Yaw (R) said both alcohol and tobacco have been “used for thousands of years,” just like...

Your weekly dose of psychedelic insights and news More Than 1,000 Cases of Pharmaceutical Ketamine Go Missing Rising demand and supply chain gaps fuel the rise of missing pharmaceutical ketamine in the US. Pharmaceutical-grade ketamine is increasingly being lost in transit between the manufacturers and the doctors who rely on it as both an anesthetic...