This Week in Psychedelics - 7.16.21

Cannabis

• Schumer, Senate Democrats unveil new bill to decriminalize marijuana (The Hill)

• Can Marijuana Make You a Better Athlete? (The New York Times)

• Missouri Man Released From Prison After Serving 11 Years for Possessing One Pound of Weed (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis vs. HIV: UNC researcher lands $4M grant to explore possibility (WRAL Tech Wire)

• DEA Approves Denver Marijuana Facility for Medical Research (Westword)

• Tennessee Republican Lawmaker’s New Bill Would Put Three Marijuana Questions Before Voters On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan governor moves to regulate delta-8 THC products (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Missouri Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Tax Deduction Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Correlates with Higher Home Values (NORML)

• Study Shows Cannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief, Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’ (The University of Arizona Health Sciences)

• Cannabis may have originated in northwest China, study suggests (Henry Herald)

LSD

• Auckland University researchers to trial LSD microdoses on advanced-stage cancer patients (Newshub)

• LSD vs. Acid: A Brief History of Acid Slang (DoubleBlind)

• Calls to reclassify LSD out of class A as mental health research picks up steam (Newshub)

• Genetic Determinants of the LSD Response (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Mushrooms in Mexico in Danger of Extinction (Chacruna)

• Living In Peace: Cancer Patients Extralegally Seeking Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy Amid DEA Suit (Maps of the Mind)

MDMA

• Vancouver psychedelics company gets Health Canada greenlight for MDMA therapy study (CBC)

• The Re-Emergence of Ecstasy - But Not at the Club (JD Supra)

Ayahuasca

• DMT, active component in ayahuasca, aids in the growth of new neurons (PsyPost)

• First Study on Psychedelics and Epigenetics Explores Ayahuasca’s Effects on Gene Expression (Lucid News)

• Megan Fox Said She Went To “Hell For Eternity” During A Hallucinogenic Tea Trip With Machine Gun Kelly And It “Bonded” Them Even More (BuzzFeed News)

• The Ayahuasca Experience: A Pilgrimage to the Spirit (DoubleBlind)

• Lessons From Ayahuasca (Maps of the Mind)

5-MeO-DMT

• From Hunter Biden To HGTV Star Christina Haack, Psychedelic Toad Venom Hits The Mainstream (Forbes)

Peyote

• The Traditional & Medicinal Use of Peyote in North America with Oscar Matzuwa (EntheoNation)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Announces Filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications for Company’s First Fully Synthetic Routes to Create an Ibogaine Psychedelic Compound (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• The Rise in Synthetic Cannabinoids and Cathinones (Psychiatric Times)

Ketamine

• Microdoses of psilocybin and ketamine enhance motivation and attention in rodent models relevant to depression (PsyPost)

• Ketamine, esketamine do not differ in cognitive effects for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

• Dissociation as Medicine? Exploring Dissociation & Dissociative Psychedelics like Ketamine (Psychedelics Today)

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Frontline Workers (Truffle Report)

• Awakn Life Sciences Initiates Research Program to Further Develop Ketamine-Assisted Therapies for Treating Addiction (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Ketamine Therapy and Addiction Risk Management: Part I (Truffle Report)

• Here’s How Ketamine Affects The Brain (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

• California Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession Advances Again, With New Amendments That Add Limits (Marijuana Moment)

• In the Light of Dying Stars (Here and Now Studios)

• Ethan Nadelmann Reexamines Adult Drug Use in New Podcast ‘Psychoactive’ (Rolling Stone)

• Biden Selects White House Drug Czar Who Helped Implement State Marijuana Program And Touted Medical Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• World Reimagined: The Growth of the Psychedelic Industry (Nasdaq)

• Syncing Psychedelic Sessions with Moon Cycles (Maps of the Mind)

• Advocacy Group Asks to Delay California Psychedelics Bill Until 2022 (Truffle Report)

• Mass. Communities Move Toward Decriminalizing Psychedelics, With Some Pushback (WGBH)

• Shamanic Ceremony Leaders Join Forces to Shape Legal Strategy through the Sacred Plant Alliance (Lucid News)

• Can Coca Leaf Avoid the Wrongs of The Psychedelic Revolution? (Chacruna)

• Religious Access to Psychedelics is No Substitute for Decriminalization (DoubleBlind)

• Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving? (Drug WarRant)

• Active vs. Passive Coping Distinguishes Antidepressants and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Food Suggestions for Before, During, and After Psychedelic Sessions (Maps of the Mind)

• Ultimate Guide on the Legalization and Decriminalization of Drugs (Reality Sandwich)

• Psychedelics and Death: Transitioning from this World with Consciousness (Chacruna)

• The interesting origins of psychedelic therapy (Freethink)

• New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics (JD Supra)

• Psychedelic Decriminalization Creating Market Opportunities (PR Newswire)

• Going Offline for Psychedelic Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.9.21

Cannabis

• First Full-Service Marijuana Delivery App Launches On Apple Store Following Policy Change (Marijuana Moment)

• Delta-8-THC craze concerns chemists (Chemical and Engineering News)

• Federal Marijuana Trafficking Convictions Have Fallen Dramatically Following Enactment of Statewide Legalization Laws (NORML)

• Study: Cannabis farms not as thirsty as previously thought (Eureka Times-Standard)

• FBI Loosens Marijuana Employment Policy For Would-Be Agents (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Use Associated With Increased Decision Making Skills (Green Entrepreneur)

• Sioux Tribe Is Opening South Dakota's First and Only Medical Cannabis Dispensary (MERRY JANE)

• Brazil Gains Ground on Medical Marijuana, in Defiance of Bolsonaro (Filter)

• Temple research finds that tweaking CBD may help it curb pain and opioid use in mice (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• South Dakota Marijuana Activists Unveil Four Legalization Initiatives For 2022 Ballot, Pending Supreme Court Decision (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis use may be associated with suicidality in young adults (The Highland County Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Just One Dose of Magic Mushroom Compound Regrows Lost Brain Connections in Mice (ScienceAlert)

• Is This Peter Thiel–Backed Startup Trying to Monopolize the Astral Plane? (Mother Jones)

MDMA

• Director James Cameron was high on MDMA when he came up with key Terminator 2 character (Metro)

• One-third of MDMA tested at festivals actually 'dangerous' drug eutylone - KnowYourStuff (Newshub)

• My summer of love: ‘Under the spell of ecstasy, strangers went straight to limitless intimacy’ (The Guardian)

DMT

• Tripping On Your Lunch Break: Inside the Rise of Casual DMT Use (VICE)

• Microdosing DMT… Wait, That’s a Thing? (EntheoNation)

Ayahuasca

• A Brief Heritage of Ayahuasca Art (DoubleBlind)

Mescaline

• Mescaline Could Help Fight Addiction, Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety, Study Suggests (MERRY JANE)

• Mescaline is Resurgent (Yet Again) As a Potential Medicine (Lucid News)

• Is Mescaline A Key Component In The Future Of Medicine? XPhyto Aims To Find Out (Forbes)

Peyote

• Inside a Peyote Pilgrimage (The New York Times)

• Two Projects Seek to Change the Legal Status of Peyote and Mushrooms in Mexico (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Twenty Two Plus One: Sunrise αMT at Huangshan (Maps of the Mind)

• NSW Health issues urgent alert over 'potent hallucinogen' found in MDMA (Sky News)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Warning over dangerous synthetic cannabis batch as death probed (Radio New Zealand)

Ketamine

• Colorado ketamine bill signed into law, limits police influence on sedative’s use (KDVR)

• Portrayed As Date Rape Drug, Ketamine Is Removed from California Decrim Bill (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• Rhode Island Governor Signs Historic Bill Legalizing Safe Consumption Sites For Illicit Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests psychedelic users reframe “bad trips” into positive experiences through detailed narratives (PsyPost)

• Michael Pollan is Back with Mind-Bending Thoughts on Drugs, Ego Death, and the Healing Power of Plants (GQ)

• Third California City Seeks To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Drugs Are Moving From The Fringes Of Medicine To The Mainstream (Forbes)

• Best Practices for Serious Psychonauts (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic Motherhood: The Altered States of Birth (Chacruna)

• Tryptamine Patents: Explaining Deuterated Drug Analogs (Truffle Report)

• The Ritual: A Framework for Psychedelic Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

• Real-World Research in Psychedelic Science (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Keeping a Drug Journal (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.2.21

Cannabis

• Mexico’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Marijuana Prohibition After Lawmakers Fail To Act (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Law Officially Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary (NBC News)

• The UN Is Trying Really Hard to Pass a Global Ban on Weed Advertisements (MERRY JANE)

• NC Senate panel approves medical marijuana bill (WRAL)

• Sha'Carri Richardson, U.S. sprinter, out of 100m event at Tokyo Olympics after failing drug test (CBS Sports)

• Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Medical Cannabis Access for Qualified Patients (NORML)

• Apple Now Allows Marijuana Businesses On Its App Store, While Google Maintains Ban (Marijuana Moment)

• Flint’s old police academy sold for marijuana grow facility despite objections (MLive.com)

• Delaware Marijuana Legalization Effort Dead For This Session, Bill Sponsor Says Following Equity Disagreements (Marijuana Moment)

• The Biden Administration Is Trying to Block Medical Cannabis Research for Veterans (MERRY JANE)

• State lawmakers weigh options as hemp-derived delta-8 THC disrupts marijuana market (Marijuana Business Daily)

• House Approves Bill To Let Researchers Access Marijuana From State-Legal Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed Smokers Are Exposed to Fewer Toxic Chemicals Than Cigarette Smokers, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Massachusetts Cannabis Workers Unionize, Part of a National Movement (Filter)

• Short-Term Cannabis Use Helps Chronic Insomniacs Get Solid Sleep, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

LSD

• Can LSD Treat Food Allergies? We Don’t Know, But It’s Already Been Patented (VICE)

• Mouse Study Uncovers LSD Mechanism That Promotes Positive Social Behavior (StreetInsider.com)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Psilocybin Board On Track To Meet Timeline Goals (Truffle Report)

• Comparing Psilocybin Mushroom Bruising with Trichoderma Infection (Psychedelic Science Review)

• COMPASS Pathways completes COMP360 psilocybin therapy administration for 216 patients in large-scale phase IIb psilocybin therapy trial for treatment-resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)

• DEA Asks Appeals Court to Drop Psilocybin Lawsuit (Truffle Report)

• Psilocybin Dispensaries Could Soon Be Coming: What’s That Mean For Psychedelic Therapy? (Healing Maps)

• Why Has Growing Magic Mushrooms At Home Suddenly Started To Boom? (Healing Maps)

Ayahuasca

• First-Ever Study Looks At Ayahuasca’s Impact On DNA Expression (Forbes)

• Ayahuasca FOIA Requests Reveal Increased Ayahuasca Seizures, Lack of Due Process and Government Secrecy (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca relieves depression and anxiety, finds study on nearly 12,000 users (ZME Science)

• Ayahuasca Research: Where Science Meets Spirituality (The Third Wave)

Mescaline

• Use of mescaline may facilitate unintended improvements in several psychiatric conditions, study suggests (PsyPost)

Iboga

• Traditional Missoko Bwiti Iboga Pre-Initiations offered outside of Gabon (EIN News)

Ketamine

• Ketamine And Seizures: Can One Lead To The Other? (Healing Maps)

• IV Ketamine Shown to Be Effective and Safe for Cancer-Related Neuropathic Pain (Clinical Pain Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• California Lawmakers Approve Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support (The New York Times)

• Harvard University Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Psychedelics Policy Center (Marijuana Moment)

• UN Highlights Role of Drug War in Racist Policing (TalkingDrugs)

• Maine Senate Defeats Drug Decriminalization Bill That Cleared The House (Marijuana Moment)

• Why a UNC professor is on a quest to remove the ‘trip’ from psychedelic drugs (The News & Observer)

• The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor’s Office (Truthout)

• Early warning system for dangerous drugs reaches online audience of more than a million in a year (Stuff.co.nz)

• How to Survive the Psychedelic Renaissance (Maps of the Mind)

• Lobe Sciences Appoints Charles Grob, MD to Scientific Advisory Board (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s (Reality Sandwich)

• Can Psychedelics Open Us to Pleasure? (Chacruna)

• What Is Transpersonal Psychology and How Does It Relate to Psychedelics? (Psychedelics Today)

• The Medicine Path (Maps of the Mind)

• Research Adds to Weight of Evidence on People Checking Drugs They Sell (Filter)

• Psychedelic Treatment for Eating Disorder Recovery (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Exploring Research on Psychedelics and Autism (Reality Sandwich)

• Microdosing, And The Gentrification Of Psychedelic Culture (Forbes)

• Militarism, Prohibitionism, Drug War: A Formula for Massacre (TalkingDrugs)

• An Insight Into Psychedelic Stocks (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.25.21

Cannabis

• Connecticut Becomes 18th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults (NORML)

• Louisiana Governor Signs Bill To Legalize Smokable Medical Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Rhode Island Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Mexico’s Supreme Court Moves To End Marijuana Prohibition Itself After Lawmakers Fail To Act (Marijuana Moment)

• House Appropriations Bill Removes Anti-Marijuana Rider and Includes Banking Protections (NORML)

• Conan O’Brien Celebrates Retirement By Smoking Marijuana With Seth Rogen On TV (Marijuana Moment)

• Flint’s old police academy sold for marijuana grow facility despite objections (MLive.com)

• A Study Finds That Crash Injuries in 5 States Rose After They Legalized Marijuana Use but Not After They Allowed Marijuana Sales (Reason)

• Missouri Activists Plan Marijuana Legalization Initiative For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• General Motors Is Having a Hard Time Hiring New Employees Due to Its Anti-Weed Policies (MERRY JANE)

LSD

• Berlin Now Has an LSD Shop, Thanks to a Loophole in the Law (VICE)

• Microdosing LSD modulates the perception of time independently of other consciousness-altering effects (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• It’s Been a Psychedelic Summer of Love for Brood X Cicadas (Lucid News)

• Marley One Is The First Global Functional And Psychedelic Mushroom Brand (Forbes)

• Canada’s Expanding Psilocybin Grey Market (Truffle Report)

• B.C. health researchers harness the 'magic' of psychedelic mushrooms (CBC)

• Numinus files for patent covering application of Rapid Production Process for Psilocybin (Proactive Investors)

MDMA

• The 'MDMA Houseboat' Where Soldiers Went to Deal with the Effects of War (VICE)

• MDMA Gangs Are Literally Polluting Europe (VICE)

• Meth use higher in small towns, cocaine and ecstasy use higher in cities - study (Newshub)

Ayahuasca

• DEA Denies Soul Quest’s Religious Exemption: Impacts on the Ayahuasca Community (Chacruna)

• Doing the Ayahuasca Dieta Year-Round (Reality Sandwich)

• Israelis And Palestinians Turn To Ayahuasca To Heal Conflict Wounds (Benzinga)

Salvia Divinorum

• Salvia Trip: The Basics (DoubleBlind)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Move Over, Psilocybin And Ketamine: A New Compound Derived From A Naturally-Growing Hallucinogen May Revolutionize Psychiatry (Forbes)

• Cybin Announces Completion of its 51st Pre-Clinical Psychedelic Molecule Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mydecine Selects Substance Use Disorder and Smoking Cessation for Novel Psychedelic Molecule MYCO-004 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Clinical Trial: Low Dose of Synthetic THC Augments Analgesic Efficacy of Opioids (NORML)

Ketamine

• Ketamine Might Help Alcohol Addiction by Rewiring the Brain (Discover)

• Toronto company receives government funding for first-of-its-kind ketamine trial for bipolar depression (The GrowthOp)

• Can tripping on ketamine cure PTSD? I decided to try. (Popular Science)

Miscellaneous

• Atai Life Sciences Goes Public; Now the Largest Publicly Traded Psychedelic Company (Psychedelic Invest)

• Texas Will Study Benefits Of Psychedelics For Military Veterans Under Bill Enacted Without Governor’s Signature (Marijuana Moment)

• The Future Of Psychedelic Medicine Might Skip The Trip (Forbes)

• COVID pandemic fuelling major increase in drug use worldwide: UN report (United Nations)

• Maine Lawmakers Approve Bill To Decriminalize All Drugs On 50th Anniversary Of Nixon’s ‘War On Drugs’ (Marijuana Moment)

• MAPS Canada Wants Changes to Canadian Drug Bill C-22 (Truffle Report)

• Former Head Of Psychiatry Products At FDA Joins Psychedelic Drug Developer Cybin (Forbes)

• Awakn Life Sciences Appoints Addiction Expert Prof. David Nutt as Chief Research Officer (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mrs. So-and-So, Women’s Participation in Psychedelic Trials (Chacruna)

• Entheon Biomedical Subsidiary, HaluGen Life Sciences, Announces Agreement with Third Wave (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics and Perception Part 1: The First Era of Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Queering Psychedelics: A Pathway to Inclusive Research (Truffle Report)

• My Psychedelic Journaling Practices (Maps of the Mind)

• Plant Medicines as a Force for Indigenous Sovereignty (EntheoNation)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.18.21

Cannabis

• Louisiana Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Legislation into Law (NORML)

• Connecticut Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Poll: 92 Percent of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal Under Certain Circumstances (NORML)

• Florida Supreme Court Kills Another Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure For 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Stoned Driving Is Far Safer Than Operating a Vehicle on Prescription Drugs, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Rhode Island Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved In Senate Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana: Opponents Drop Lawsuit Challenging Voter-Approved Legalization Initiative (NORML)

• Two cannabis legalisation bills to be considered in Portugal (CanEx)

• Nebraska Marijuana Activists Plan ‘Mass Scale’ Medical Cannabis Campaign For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Local Marijuana Decriminalization Efforts Launch In Ohio, South Carolina And West Virginia (Marijuana Moment)

• Wyoming Activists File 2022 Marijuana Decriminalization And Medical Cannabis Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Could LSD Really Be a Better Smart Drug Than Modafinil? (Sam Woolfe)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon’s psilocybin program starts to take shape (OPB)

• Filament Announces First GMP Batch of Pharmaceutical Grade Natural Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psyence Group Announces Collaboration with the Scientific Research Council (SRC) of Jamaica for Psilocybin Product Development (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• How Ayahuasca Can Help Gay Men Create Better Dance Parties (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Cybin Selects Anxiety Disorder Indications for Proprietary Psychedelic Molecule CYB004 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing gas could help people with hard-to-treat depression (Popular Science)

Miscellaneous

• Federal Drug Decriminalization Measure Introduced in the House (DoubleBlind)

• Introducing the Mormon Psychedelic Summit (DoubleBlind)

• The problem at the heart of modern psychedelic clinical research (New Atlas)

• This Summer Might Be a Psychedelic Dumpster Fire. Are You Ready? (Lucid News)

• West Coast Psychedelic Update (Dr. Bronner's)

• Toronto board of health to ask Ottawa to decriminalize drug possession in the city (Toronto Star)

• Clinics Seek to Widen Access to Psychedelic Therapy for BIPOC Communities (Lucid News)

• Can Psychedelics Help Make Dying Easier? (Rolling Stone)

• Hippie Girls in Yorkville: Canada’s Haight-Ashbury (Chacruna)

• Whole-Body Effects of Psychedelics – Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The Brain’s Psychedelic System (Reality Sandwich)

• As the Pandemic Wanes and the Party Kicks Off, Drug Testing and Safety Are More Important Than Ever (Lucid News)

• Consent is Psychedelic. Here’s Why. (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics and Surfing (Reality Sandwich)

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