This Week in Psychedelics - 10.22.21

Cannabis

• Luxembourg first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis (The Guardian)

• Switzerland to legalise recreational and medical cannabis usage (The Local)

• Virginia Has Sealed 64,000 Marijuana Distribution Charges Since Legalization Took Effect This Summer (Marijuana Moment)

• New York: Employers Are Prohibited from Testing Most Employees for Cannabis (NORML)

• Top Mexican Senator Says Marijuana Legalization Bill May Be Taken Up Within Weeks (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Legalization Bill As Activists Pursue 2022 Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard (AP News)

• USPS Releases Final Rule Banning Mailing Of Hemp, CBD And Marijuana Vapes (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Announces Medical Cannabis Licenses Won’t Be Available Until 2022 (High Times)

• Impact Of Marijuana Legalization On Crime Reduction Is Being Underestimated, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Recreational Cannabis Law in Washington, D.C. May Soon Be Operational (High Times)

• New York: Officials Advance Home Cultivation Regulations for Qualified Patients (NORML)

• Minnesota Denies Coverage of Medical Marijuana for Injured Workers (High Times)

• Brit jailed for 25 years in Dubai over CBD vape oil speaks of 'shocking' conditions in call to mum (ITV)

• Indica and Sativa Labels Can’t Be Trusted, Study Indicates (High Times)

• Americans Want To Live Where Marijuana Is Legal, Real Estate Survey Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis Use Benefits ADHD Symptoms in Adults, According to Self-Reports (ADDitude)

LSD

• LSD vs. Psilocybin Microdosing for Mental Health and Workplace productivity (The Third Wave)

• Can You Overdose On LSD? This Is What To Know (Healing Maps)

Magic Mushrooms

• Boris Johnson to consider calls to legalise magic mushroom drug psilocybin (BBC)

• Open-label study of COMP360 psilocybin therapy for depression in cancer patients demonstrates feasibility of simultaneous psilocybin administration in small groups (Psilocybin Alpha)

• COMPASS Pathways is granted new US patent for crystalline psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Doing Shrooms Alone: The Art of Tripping Solo (DoubleBlind)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Preliminary Data Showing Potential New Functional Property and Health Benefit of Amanita Muscaria Mushroom (AME-1) To Inhibit Human Mast Cell Activation (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The “Unsung History” of Psilocybin Research: Gastón Guzmán and His Scientific Contribution (Chacruna)

• Numinus Advances Phase 1 Trial on Proprietary Psilocybin Product (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Magic Mushrooms Could One Day Treat Depression. How Do They Work? (ScienceAlert)

MDMA

• Treating Hypoactive Sexual Disorder With MDMA (Reality Sandwich)

DMT

• First Patient Dosed in Phase IIa DMT-Assisted Therapy Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Small Pharma Granted Fast-Track Designation From U.K. Regulator for DMT-Assisted Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Cybin Announces Completion of 74 Pre-Clinical Psychedelic Molecule Studies (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Emyria passes MDMA analogue development milestone with Eurofins to lead extensive compound screening program (Proactive Investors)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nang gang: Nitrous oxide helps alleviate depression, study finds (The Big Smoke)

Ketamine

• Are Ketamine Clinics Paving the Way for Legal Psychedelic Therapy? (DoubleBlind)

• Why Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Has Gone Mainstream (Forbes)

• PharmaTher Engages Alcami for Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing of Novel Ketamine Products (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Easthampton, Mass. Decriminalizes Natural Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Oakland Psychedelics Activists Launch Initiative To Legalize Community-Based Sales With Support From City Council (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Proposes Dramatic Increase In Marijuana And Psychedelic Production In 2022, Calling For 6,300 Percent More MDMA Alone (Marijuana Moment)

• Preventing Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Bank Of America Cancels Account Of Marijuana And Psychedelics Research Institute Registered With DEA (Marijuana Moment)

• Activist Apes Erect 2,001-Pound Monolith In Front Of DEA Headquarters, Demanding Feds ‘Evolve’ On Drug Policy (Marijuana Moment)

• How Do I Talk To My Doctor About Psychedelics? (Truffle Report)

• Addressing Abuse and Repair: An Open Letter to the Psychedelic Community (Chacruna)

• This New Company Believes Psychedelics Can Treat Dementia (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Campaign Launches to Decriminalize Drugs in Washington, DC (Filter)

• Can microdosing psychedelics impact an insurance application? (News24)

• Even in a Year of Massive Reforms, Racist Myths Pervade the Drug Policy Debate (TalkingDrugs)

• Countdown to ecstasy: how music is being used in healing psychedelic trips (The Guardian)

• Homecoming: The Psychedelic Digital Companion Therapists Are Already Using (Forbes)

• The Whitewashing of Psychedelic Medicine (Reality Sandwich)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Continues Expansion With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Centers in Seattle, Vancouver and Fredericton (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work (Filter)

• Carlos Santana still takes hallucinogens (MSN)

• ‘Shrooms! Shamans! Kosher LSD! Why Los Angeles Is Suddenly Tripping Out (Los Angeles Magazine)

• How Nutrition Can Improve the Psychedelic Experience (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Why creatives should microdose LSD and cannabis before big pitches (AdAge)

• Psychedelics and Sports: Can They Propel Athletes to Unprecedented Pinnacles of Ability? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Tryp Therapeutics Reports Clinical Hold on Proposed Phase 2a Study in Eating Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Neuroanatomy of a Psychedelic Trip: The Basics (Healing Maps)

• atai Life Sciences Launches atai Impact, a Philanthropic Program to Harness the Power of Innovative Mental Health Approaches for Positive Social Change (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.15.21

Cannabis

• Man to be Hanged in Singapore for Importing About Two Pounds of Pot (High Times)

• Activists seek to legalise marijuana in hippie haven of Nepal (The Times)

• Companies are selling saliva kits so customers can figure out the best marijuana strain and get HIGH (Today UK News)

• Republican Ohio Lawmakers Announce Marijuana Legalization Bill, Reflecting Recent Bipartisan Shift On Issue (Marijuana Moment)

• New NORML Report Highlights Concerns Regarding Sale of Unregulated Delta-8 THC, Similar Products (NORML)

• Marijuana legalization used to right wrongs from drug war (UPI)

• Virginia Medical Marijuana Patients See High Prices And Long Waits For Approvals (Marijuana Moment)

• Harborside Announces Planned Commercial-Scale Renewable Energy Microgrid Project at Salinas Production Campus (PR Newswire)

• South Dakota Activists Launch Marijuana Legalization Signature Drive To Get On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey: 60% of cannabis users want to get high with a grandparent (Leafly)

• Mississippi ‘Not Quite Ready’ to Implement Medical Cannabis (High Times)

LSD

• Is LSD Addictive? Is It Safe To Use For Mental Health Issues? We Provide Guidance (Healing Maps)

Magic Mushrooms

• A Strategy for Rescheduling Psilocybin (Scientific American)

• Denver City Panel Pushes To Expand Psilocybin Decriminalization With Gifting And Communal Use (Marijuana Moment)

San Pedro

• What is San Pedro? Facts about the Psychoactive Plant (The Third Wave)

Ketamine

• FDA Backs Ketamine to Treat This Rare and Debilitating Pain Syndrome (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Miscellaneous

• Voters Across The U.S. Will Decide On Marijuana And Psychedelics Ballot Measures Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• How COVID-19 Opened the Door to a New Era in Psychedelic Medicine (TIME)

• No, Psychedelic Treatment Doesn't Look Like 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Verywell Health)

• On Sacred Reciprocity: Giving Back to our Indigenous Predecessors in the Psychedelic Movement (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Trying Psychedelics Just Once Might Reduce Your Chances Of Cardiometabolic Disease, Study Finds (IFLScience)

• Is Mysticism Becoming A Problem For Psychedelic Medicine? (Forbes)

• Is There a Dependable Way to Induce an Ego Death Experience with Psychedelics? (Lucid News)

• Ego Death: Is This The Most Important Result From Psychedelic Therapy? (Healing Maps)

• Why Psychedelic Stocks Have Crashed in the Last 3 Months (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Navigating a Double-Edged Sword: Toward Psychedelic Apprenticeship (Chacruna)

• Psychedelic Reciprocity: Patents and Indigenous Knowledge (Truffle Report)

• Stewarding Psychedelic and Ecological Biospheric Wisdom with Deborah Parrish Snyder (Chacruna)

• Numinus Upgrades Psychedelics Lab to Increase Research Service Capabilities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics: 2A or Not 2A?-Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Exploring Creepy Psychedelic Art (Reality Sandwich)

• Mindset Pharma Expands Benchmarking Data for First Generation Psychedelics Through the COPE Program with InterVivo Solutions (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.8.21

Cannabis

• Philadelphia Will Vote On Marijuana Referendum Calling For Statewide Legalization Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Mexican Senator Lays Out Next Steps For National Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Nevada: New Marijuana Laws Took Effect This Month (NORML)

• Portugal Delays Recreational Cannabis Bills as Luxembourg Also Signals Delay (High Times)

• New York: Regulators Approve Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis Flower (NORML)

• NBA Won’t Randomly Drug Test Players For Marijuana For Another Season, League Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Lung Injuries Tied To Contaminated Vapes Were Less Common In States With Legal Marijuana And Homegrow, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California Legalizes Smokable Hemp and Food Sales in Historic Bill (High Times)

• Preconception cannabis use linked to an increased risk of postpartum depression (PsyPost)

• More Than A Dozen Ohio Cities Will Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• CBGA More Effective For Seizures Than CBD, Study of Mice Finds (High Times)

• Study: Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Associated with Greater Risk of COVID Breakthrough Infections — NORML Responds (NORML)

• Bipartisan Pennsylvania Senators Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill Amid Whirlwind Of Reform Efforts In The State (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Activists File Marijuana Legalization And Medical Cannabis Reform Initiatives For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Acid Tabs (DoubleBlind)

• Acid Communism (Daniel Pinchbeck)

Magic Mushrooms

• GOP Pennsylvania Lawmaker Files Psilocybin Research Bill For Veterans And First Responders (Marijuana Moment)

• Denver may ease magic mushrooms laws further two years after decriminalization (The Denver Post)

• Is Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Having an Impact? (Filter)

• Psychedelic drug changes the emotional state of people listening to music (News-Medical.net)

• "Homebrew" Psilocybin Created By Scientists Using "Widely Available" Materials (IFLScience)

• Mydecine To Supply Lead Drug Candidate, MYCO-001, for Multi-Site NIDA Grant-Funded Smoking Cessation Study Lead by Dr. Matthew Johnson (Mydecine)

• Psygen Announces use of Psilocybin in Human Trial and Provides Update on IP Portfolio (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Commencement of Next Pre-Clinical Study on AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Why You Vom When You’re Coming Up On MDMA (VICE)

• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy associated with sleep improvements among PTSD patients (PsyPost)

Peyote

• Santa Cruz Removes Peyote And Other Mescaline-Containing Cacti From Psychedelics Decriminalization Law (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Psychedelic Capital: Novel Psychedelic Molecules (Truffle Report)

Ketamine

• Recreational ketamine use has increased in recent years, but remains rare (Medical Xpress)

• PharmaTher Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Ketamine for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Seattle Becomes Largest U.S. City To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Arcata, California Decriminalizes Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Psychedelics Industry Could Offer a Whole New Approach to Work (Rolling Stone)

• Will Smith Recalls Life-Changing Psychedelic Experiences in New Book (High Times)

• PSYCH Publishes Third Edition of The Psychedelics as Medicine Report (PR Newswire)

• Toronto’s Bid to Decriminalize Drugs Hangs in the Balance (Filter)

• The Need for New Psychedelic Compounds (Psychology Today)

• Risks of Serotonin Syndrome when Combining Psychedelics with Antidepressants (Chacruna)

• The 'Psychedelic Renaissance' Is Entirely About Corporate Greed (Caitlin Johnstone)

• Becoming a Yes-Sayer: Psychedelics, Nietzsche, and the Affirmation of Life (Sam Woolfe)

• Will Psychedelic Companies Embrace Indigenous Reciprocity? (Lucid News)

• What Is Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)? (PsychCentral)

• Anima Mundi: Psychedelics and The Ensouled Earth (Psychedelics Today)

• Ensuring Equity in Psychedelic Science and Businesses (Truffle Report)

• Death and psychedelics: How science is reviving this ancient connection (Leafly)

• DoubleBlind Claims Its Ad Was the ‘First-Ever’ U.S. Psychedelic Destigmatization Campaign — It Wasn’t (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic-Induced Psychological Flexibility Can Reduce Racial Trauma (Truffle Report)

• Tryp Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics and Mental Health Therapy in Colorado: DORA and Potential Regulatory Response (JD Supra)

• Psychedelics and Perception Part 2: The First Era of Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• It’s one big mistake (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

• Madison Margolin Sounds Off on Mainstreaming of Cannabis and Psychedelics Cultures (CelebStoner)

• Numinus Upgrades Psychedelics Lab to Increase Research Service Capabilities (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics 10.8.21 Will Be Delayed

Just a heads up—this week’s psychedelic news link roundup will be delayed. It will come out sometime early next week.

This Week in Psychedelics - 10.1.21

Cannabis

• Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Approved By Key House Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Arrests Fall Precipitously Nationwide in 2020 (NORML)

• California Governor Signs Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals For Severely Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• Kansas City, MO: City Council Approves Measure Eliminating Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing for Most City Workers (NORML)

• Hundreds prescribed medical cannabis in bid to persuade lawmakers to offer it on NHS (Mirror)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Implement Medical Cannabis Legislation (High Times)

• Los Angeles: District Attorney to Vacate Some 60,000 Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• DEA Still Insists Marijuana Has No 'Accepted Medical Use' (Reason)

• The Making Of New York’s $150 Million ‘Cannabis Campus’ (Forbes)

• What are they smoking? CNN says study found cannabis could double heart attack risk – but did it? (The Cannigma)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill With Focus On Social Equity (Marijuana Moment)

• Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re High On Marijuana, Study Finds (Forbes)

• Nebraska Advocates Launch Signature Drive For 2022 Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• Curbside Recreational Weed Pickups End in Massachusetts (High Times)

• Federal Grant Approved to Study Medical Marijuana Impact in Arkansas (High Times)

LSD

• Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court (The Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

• From Sugar To Psychedelics: The European Companies Testing Biosynthetic Psilocybin In Humans (Forbes)

• Decrim California’s Plan to Regulate Psilocybin Via Ballot (Truffle Report)

• My Bipolar Mother's Quest For Relief With Magic Mushrooms (VICE)

• Oregon Board to Vote on Psilocybin Facilitator Program (Truffle Report)

• Red Light Holland: Initial Results From Red Light Oregon Market Research in Oregon Show 86% of Adults Interested in Psilocybin Services are Interested in Microdosing (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MINDCURE Launches “Desire Project” To Treat Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder With MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Levels of MDMA and cocaine in river running through Glastonbury Festival site so high they could harm wildlife, scientists say (Independent.ie)

• Police urging parents to inspect Halloween candy after ecstasy discovered (Fox News)

• MDMA: A Catalyst for ED-PTSD Treatment (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

• Companies Compete to Create DMT Therapies (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Will Smith Embarked On A Dozen Ayahuasca Rituals In Peru After Denzel Washington Sold Him On The “F*ck It 50s” (BroBible)

• Man charged after alleged sex assault linked to ayahuasca ceremony (CBC)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Delix Therapeutics Closes $70 Million Series A Financing to Advance Pipeline of Novel Psychoplastogen Therapeutics to Treat Brain Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• BetterLife Files Patent for TD-0148A for Treatment of Cluster Headaches and Related Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Expands Pipeline: Identifies Additional Next Generation 5-MeO-DMT-Inspired Lead Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Ketamine use on patients with excited delirium and cocaine intoxication increases intubation rate (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

• Ending The Silence Around Psychedelic Therapy Abuse (Mad in America)

• Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? (Scientific American)

• Toronto University Health Network Launches Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Seattle City Council Takes First Step Toward Decriminalizing Psychedelic Plants And Fungi (Marijuana Moment)

• Florida Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Study Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• DoubleBlind Magazine's First-Ever Psychedelics Billboard Campaign Is Turning New Yorkers On To Plant Medicine (Benzinga)

• Psychedelics might reduce internalized shame and complex trauma symptoms in those with a history of childhood abuse (PsyPost)

• Massachusetts Lawmakers Discuss Drug Decriminalization And Safe Injection Sites At Hearing (Marijuana Moment)

• Bay Staters for Natural Medicine on Easthampton Decrim (Truffle Report)

• ‘Psychedelics renaissance’: new wave of research puts hallucinogenics forward to treat mental health (The Guardian)

• Are Psychedelic Drugs the Answer to Veterans’ PTSD? (Men's Health)

• 19-Year-Old New Hampshire Lawmaker Prepares Bills To Decriminalize Psilocybin And All Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Elon Musk Embraces Potential of Psychedelics at CodeCon (High Times)

• How Effective Is Fireside Project's Psychedelic Hotline? New Study Aims To Find Out (Forbes)

• Psychedelics and Pregnancy: A Look Into the Safety, Research and Legality (Psychedelics Today)

• Pantheistic Insights: Vegetarianism in Psychedelic Culture (The Oak Tree Review)

• 'The End In Mind' Conference Answers Questions About Psychedelics For End-Of-Life Patients (Forbes)

• Community Alert! Arrests and Encounters with Law Enforcement are Increasing (Chacruna)

• People Are Facing Legal Repercussions for Serving Plant Medicine — Here’s What’s Being Done to Help Them (DoubleBlind)

• Does psychedelic microdosing work? Brain study will be the real acid test (The New Daily)

• Psychedelia in the Soviet Union (Reality Sandwich)

• The Mystical Experience Defines Psychedelics (Lucid News)

• Investors Turning to Psychedelic Market as Renaissance Continues into New Wave of Diseases (PR Newswire)

• Why Psychedelic Therapy Needs Best Practices & How to Get There (The Third Wave)

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