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Marae and medical cannabis company obtain first NZ licence to grow magic mushrooms

From Te Ao Maori News by Jessica Tyson Tairāwhiti-based Rangiwaho Marae and medical cannabis grower Rua Bioscience have obtained New Zealand’s first licence to cultivate the indigenous fungi containing psilocybin, the active compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. Psilocybin has shown promise in preliminary studies for treating various mental health conditions,…

High hopes: Will ‘cannabusiness’ turn around deprived communities?

From reuters.com link to article by Sarah Shearman, April 24th 2019 LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Having witnessed the fallout from drug and alcohol abuse in his struggling Maori community, Manu Caddie was always “quite anti-cannabis”. But now the youth worker-turned-entrepreneur believes the plant will bring prosperity to indigenous New…