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FDA kicks off review of CBD with 140 people scheduled to testify at first public hearing Friday

A matcha shop that offers drinks with drops of CBD oil. Angelica Lavito | CNBC The Food and Drug Administration will hear from CBD manufacturers, researchers, farmers, retailers and more on Friday as the agency holds its first public hearing looking at the sale of what’s being touted as a magical elixir that can treat… Read More »

Denver votes to become first U.S. city to decriminalize ‘magic mushrooms’

Psilocybin or “magic mushrooms” are seen in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Washington, U.S. May 7, 2019. DEA/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Denver will become the first city in the United States to decriminalize magic mushrooms, based on final unofficial results on Wednesday of a ballot initiative about… Read More »

First man to sign up for head transplant bows out, but surgeon insists list of volunteers is still ‘quite long’

Having fallen head over heels in love, the first volunteer for a human head/body transplant has pulled out, saying he could not leave his new wife and baby boy for the months that surgery surely would have required. Valery Spiridonov, a 33-year-old Russian computer scientist who suffers from a devastating muscle wasting disease that has… Read More »

Woman whose acne was so bad she couldn't EAT goes out without makeup for the first time ever – after finally embracing her skin – The Sun

A WOMAN who has suffered with severe acne since she was in high school has left the house make-up free after deciding to embrace her natural skin. 23-year-old Grace Nesbitt, a stylist from Philadelphia, has been struggling with self confidence issues for years, with even the harshest medication failing to banish her painful break outs.… Read More »