This Week in Psychedelics - 12.18.20

Cannabis

• Adult caution list: Those caught in possession of cannabis for personal use may not face criminal charges (TheJournal.ie)

• Senate Passes Marijuana Research Bill One Week After House Approves Similar Legislation (Marijuana Moment)

• Monitoring the Future Study: No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use Following Statewide Legalization (NORML)

• Washington State Could Legalize Marijuana Home Cultivation Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Life-changing’ impact of medical cannabis in epilepsy patients revealed (Cannabis Health News)

• Feds Announce $350K Grant To Develop Method To Distinguish Hemp And Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published in 2020 About Cannabis (NORML)

• Tainted vapes recalled as Oregon regulators plan wider ban (Leafly)

• Study provides clues about how minor cannabinoids work in the body (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era (VICE)

• The Struggle for Medical Marijuana Access in Brazil (Filter)

LSD

• MindMed plans to commence LSD-assisted therapy for anxiety disorder next year (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Jersey Lawmakers Send Marijuana And Psilocybin Bills To Governor (Marijuana Moment)

• Former cancer patient finds deep healing in psilocybin trip (Times Colonist)

MDMA

• Bill to decriminalise small amounts of MDMA, heroin, ice and other drugs to be introduced in ACT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

DMT

• DMT Research Affords New Hope for Stroke Victims (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Joe Wicks wants to head to the Amazon and try hallucinogenic plant after backing out first time round (Metro)

Salvia Divinorum

• Miley Cyrus celebrates 10-year anniversary of infamous bong video (The GrowthOp)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Experimental vaccine can counter dangerous effects of synthetic cannabinoids (Science Daily)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to Consider Allowing Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy under Special Access Program Amendment (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Revive Therapeutics: The Psychedelics Company Working On A Covid-19 Treatment (Forbes)

• Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder (The Daily Beast)

• A “Humane” Global Drug War Is Possible, House Commission Tells Biden (Filter)

• Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA (Filter)

• Why We All Need to Be Spanked and Trip Right Now (DoubleBlind)

• Can Psychedelics Bring on Your Menstrual Period? (High Times)

• Insights Into the Neurophysiology of Tryptamine-Derived Hallucinogens (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Why Psychedelic Reform Will Surpass Cannabis: 6 Reasons (Psychedelic Passage)

• A Historian’s Reflection on Music and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Indigenous Healers Fundraise To Combat Cultural Destruction (Lucid News)

• Can Psychedelics Help Us Face Our Fear of Death? (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.11.20

Cannabis

• Mexican Supreme Court Extends Deadline To Legalize Marijuana As Lawmakers Continue To Advance Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• House Approves Marijuana Research Bill Days After Voting To Federally Legalize Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

• What To Expect From The House Of Representatives’ Passing Of Federal Cannabis Reform (Forbes)

• Feds’ Post-Election Warning: Marijuana Still Banned For Federal Workers Despite State Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• NBA Will Reportedly Not Test Players for Marijuana Next Season (Complex)

• New Jersey lawmakers agree on recreational marijuana legalization bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Nebraska Senators Will Work To Put Recreational Marijuana On The Ballot In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• 70% in U.S. Support Expunging Marijuana Convictions After Vote to Decriminalize Weed: Poll (Newsweek)

• Embracing Marijuana Legalization Could Have Offset Democratic Election Losses, Poll Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

• Dumping CBD Oil On Strawberries Extends Their Shelf Life And Stops Mold Growth, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Europe's big cannabis route is so hard to shut (BBC)

• Majority Of Republican Voters Support House-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Jay-Z’s Cannabis Brand, Monogram, Launches With $50 Hand-Rolled Joints (Forbes)

LSD

• Mumbai: ‘Paper weight can’t be counted while quantifying LSD’ (Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

• N.J. bill to lessen jail time for ‘magic’ mushrooms moves forward (NJ.com)

• Canada Will Let Health Care Professionals Legally Use Psychedelic Mushrooms, Health Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Mydecine Innovations Group to Make First Commercial Export of Legal Psilocybin Mushrooms (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science (Discover Magazine)

• Can the active ingredient in magic mushrooms help treat anxiety? Researchers want to know (The Age)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted couples therapy investigated in landmark pilot trial (New Atlas)

DMT

• Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled in UK to treat depression (The Guardian)

• Why Does the Brain Make Its Own DMT? (DoubleBlind)

• How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

Ayahuasca

• Miley Cyrus Says Ayahuasca Changed Her Life (Lucid News)

• Preserving Entangled Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Usona Institute Publishes Synthesis and Characterization of cGMP 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Peyote

• Directing to the Divine Among Native American Peyotists (Spirit Pharmacist)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• New Compound Related to Psychedelic Ibogaine Could Treat Addiction, Depression (UC Davis)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Files FDA Pre-IND Meeting Request for Ketamine in Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mind Cure Moves into Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with British Columbia Location Offering Ketamine and Psilocybin Therapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Weren't As Common in Ancient Cultures As We Think (VICE)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of 2020 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• This Is How Psychedelics Hack the Brain, According to Scientists (VICE)

• The Case for Macrodosing (Rolling Stone)

• Psychedelic Guide Abuse: High-Control Group Dynamics and Complicity in the Perpetuation of Harm (Psychedelics Today)

• UK government set for psychedelics investment windfall (Financial Times)

• It Takes Guts: Psychedelic Treatment Approaches to Autoimmune Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Humans Have Used Drugs With Sex For Millennia – The Reasons Are Much Broader Than You Think (TalkingDrugs)

• How To Provide Psychedelic Support (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics, Therapy, and the Law (Psychedelic Frontier)

• Christopher Valore (AKA The Architect) talks “Conductor,” His Virtual-Reality, Psychedelic-Visual Sandbox Platform (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics, Shadows, and Spiritual Bypassing (The Third Wave)

• How Music Therapists Helped Build Psychedelic Therapy (Chacruna)

• How to Change Your Ability to Change (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Combining Movement and Microdosing: Athletics, Exercise, and Flow (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.4.20

Cannabis

• House Approves Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill In Historic Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug (The New York Times)

• MORE Act Approved by House Rules Committee (NORML)

• These States Could Have Marijuana Legalization On Their 2022 Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona: Prop. 207 Legalization Measure Officially Takes Effect (NORML)

• CBD Doesn’t Impair Driving, Landmark Study Finds, While THC’s Effects Fade In Hours (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Asks Federal Court To Dismiss Marijuana Rescheduling Lawsuit—Again (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawsuit Filed Against the DEA and Attorney General to Compel Issuance of Licenses to Manufacture Marijuana for Clinical Trials and Potential FDA Approval (MAPS)

• The Future Of The Cannabis Industry After The Pandemic (Forbes)

• “No Evidence” that Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Influence Cannabis Use by Teens (NORML)

• What History Teaches Us About Shaping South Africa's New Cannabis Laws (TalkingDrugs)

• How pagans used cannabis at Christmastime (Leafly)

LSD

• ‘We have a drug problem’: Camp Lejeune starts random LSD testing (Stars and Stripes)

• Silo Pharma Announces Plans for a Phase 2B Investigator Lead Study Using Psychedelics Psilocybin and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (“LSD”) to Treat Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• I'm an 'LSD Specialist' Who Sells Acid to Oxford University Students (VICE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Governor Takes First Step To Regulate Psilocybin Mushroom Therapy By Forming New Board (Marijuana Moment)

• Understanding The Psilocybin Supply Chain: Every Production Method Explained (Yahoo! Finance)

MDMA

• Numinus and MAPS Public Benefit Corporation announce collaboration agreement to seek approval of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD single-arm, open-label trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Announces CRO Agreement with CHDR for Phase 1 Clinical Trial; Centre for Human Drug Research Led DMT Study to Start in 2021 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Coronavirus and Evolving Ceremonial Practice Among Ayahuasca Practitioners in the US (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca, Healing and Cognitive Justice (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Mike Tyson credits toad venom for his return to boxing ring (New York Post)

Salvia Divinorum

• New research shows a link between Salvinorin A and the DMN (The Psychedelic Scientist)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• CaaMTech Researchers Synthesize and Structurally Characterize Deprocin Hydrochloride (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Tackling the Global Issue of New Psychoactive Substances (News-Medical.net)

Ketamine

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy – Online? (Psychedelic Support)

Miscellaneous

• Where Will Psychedelics and Other Drugs Be Decriminalized Next? (DoubleBlind)

• 'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest (The Guardian)

• New Study Identifies Link Between Personality Traits And Psychedelic Experiences (IFLScience)

• Leaked FBI Report: Drug Sellers Practice Harm Reduction (Filter)

• What will 'psychedelic therapy' look like when it's legalized? (Big Think)

• How Do American Psychiatrists View Psychedelics? (Psychedelic Support)

• How Are Psychedelics Companies Generating Revenue Before Legalization? (Microdose)

• Psychedelics, Masculinity, and Mental Health (Sam Woolfe)

• “Please Write Up Your Work!”: Laura Archera Huxley as a Psychedelic Pioneer (Chacruna)

• A Sub-Perceptual Promise: Can Microdosing Solve Mainstream Problems? (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.27.20

Cannabis

• Mexico’s Senate-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill Moves To Chamber Of Deputies (Marijuana Moment)

• House Leadership Announces Vote On MORE Act To End Marijuana Prohibition Will Take Place Next Week (NORML)

• Marijuana Legalization Opponents Ask Courts To Overturn Voters’ Will In Several States (Marijuana Moment)

• Which States Are Poised to Advance Marijuana Legalization Reforms in 2021? (NORML)

• North Macedonia May Legalize Marijuana To Boost Tourism, Prime Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Attorney General Issues Directive Halting Low-Level Marijuana Prosecutions (NORML)

• Republican Lawmakers And Celebrities Push Trump To Free Marijuana Prisoners Before Leaving Office (Marijuana Moment)

• Upcoming UN vote may be watershed moment for global medical cannabis – if only symbolic (Marijuana Business Daily)

• North Dakota: Gov. Burgum Issues Additional Pardons for Low-Level Marijuana Offenses (NORML)

• Connecticut Lawmakers Will Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot If Legislature Rejects Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Federal Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Among Youth Decline Sharply in Legalization States (NORML)

• Number Of Banks Working With Marijuana Industry Continues To Drop Amid COVID, Federal Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• First Modern Dose-Response Study of LSD Confirms the Critical Role of the Serotonin 2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• New doc 'My Psychedelic Love Story' remembers Timothy Leary (Fast Company)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin & migraine: First of its kind trial reports promising results (New Atlas)

• Two-Track Effort To Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms In Washington State Launches Amid Broader Drug Decrim Push (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Research Suggests Past Antidepressant Usage Reduces Efficacy of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MDMA and Life Threatening Illnesses – A Commentary to Our Study (Psychedelic Support)

• Facilitating MDMA Therapy as a Treatment for PTSD with Marcela Ot’alora G (Chacruna)

Ayahuasca

• Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca (Lucid News)

• How Did Ayahuasca, Indigenous Diversity and Conservation Become Commodities in the Amazon? (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent (BBC)

Datura

• Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens, find reveals (Science Magazine)

Miscellaneous

• Vancouver Just Voted to Decriminalize All Drugs (VICE)

• Peter Thiel backs Berlin start-up making psychedelics in $125 million round (CNBC)

• What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy (DoubleBlind)

• The world's first psychedelics hotline could help you work through a trip (Inverse)

• These Four Former Pro Athletes Are Using Psychedelics To Heal Their Brain Injuries (Forbes)

• Oregon County Prosecutor Stops Drug Possession Cases Early Following Decriminalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• BBC Two Programme to Follow Psychedelics vs. Antidepressants Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• University of Bristol hands free drug testing kits to students (BBC)

• Another Aspect of Reality: Maria Nys Huxley’s Influence on Psychedelic History (Chacruna)

• Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends (Psychedelics Today)

• Catching Up With the Psychedelic Entourage Effect-Part 1: How We Got Here (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality (Psyche)

• Yu Maeda: A Psychedelic Artist Blending Japanese and American Influences (Sam Woolfe)

• Why California’s Future Psychedelics Legislation Should Start with Decriminalization of All Drugs (Chacruna)

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