Weekly Psychedelic Links - April 2022

4.1.22

Cannabis

• New Hampshire House Approves State-Run Marijuana Legalization Bill And Rejects Psilocybin Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Hopes fade in Kentucky for legalizing medical marijuana this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

• New Jersey Regulators Delay Launch of Recreational Pot Sales (High Times)

• Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Increase Marijuana Penalties For Children—But Not Adults (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: Governor Noem Vetoes Marijuana Expungement Legislation (NORML)

• Alabama Senate Committee Approves Bill To Force Women Who Want Medical Marijuana To Show Negative Pregnancy Tests (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical marijuana bill in Tennessee falters (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dutch Coffeeshops Doubt Quality and Success of Pending National Cannabis Trial (High Times)

• The Struggle for Cannabis Legalization in Bermuda (High Times)

• Missouri Lawmakers Approve GOP-Led Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Their Own Cannabis Banking Bill (High Times)

• How Legal Cannabis Could Revive Southern Economies (Rolling Stone)

• Weed Sprouts Across New Zealand Parliament Grounds Weeks After Occupation (High Times)

• CBD May Help Boost Cognitive Performance in Gamers (High Times)

• Study Finds Hemp Feed Can Reduce Stress in Cattle (High Times)

LSD

• Psychedelic drug LSD may be effective as anxiety treatment (Medical News Today)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Next Big Addiction Treatment (The New York Times)

• Psyched Wellness and the National Research Council of Canada Announce Preliminary Data from Studies of Neuroprotective Properties of AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can magic mushrooms be used to treat racial trauma? (The Guardian)

• Colorado Still Hammering Out Details for Decriminalizing Psilocybin (Green Market Report)

• 2 people who used 'magic' mushrooms then developed rare 'wood-lovers paralysis' describe losing control of their bodies: 'I couldn't even chew' (Business Insider)

MDMA

• Footage of therapists spooning and pinning down patient in B.C. trial for MDMA therapy prompts review (CBC)

Ayahuasca

• Machine Gun Kelly Recounts Life-Changing Ayahuasca Trip on ‘Kimmel’ (Rolling Stone)

Iboga

• Ibogaine blocks some of the rewarding effects of alcohol in rodent model of addictive behavior (PsyPost)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Myriad New Drugs Complicate Legalization, as Well as Harm Reduction (Filter)

Ketamine

• Ketamine Eases Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia in Phase 2 Study (Parkinson's News Today)

Miscellaneous

• Georgia Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create Psychedelic Study Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan Activists Begin Signature Gathering For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Following State Certification (Marijuana Moment)

• Positive Drug Tests for US Workers Reportedly Hit 20-Year High (Filter)

• New study explores relationship between psychedelics and consciousness (ScienceDaily)

• How to Microdose Drugs Based on What You’re Using (VICE)

4.8.22

Cannabis

• House Approves Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill For Second Time In History (Marijuana Moment)

• House of Representatives Passes Bill to Expand Cannabis Research (High Times)

• Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Launch In New Mexico (High Times)

• D.C. Lawmakers Reject Bill To Effectively Legalize Marijuana Sales For Adults And Crack Down On ‘Gifting’ Market (Marijuana Moment)

• Maryland will vote on legal cannabis in November (Leafly)

• Regulate cannabis like corn? US Farm Bill proposal raises eyebrows, hopes (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Thailand dreams of high-end cannabis tourism after marijuana is legalised (The Guardian)

• Medical marijuana patients targeted by sneaky new federal drug testing rule (Leafly)

• Judge Rules in Favor of Mother for Cannabis Use While Pregnant (High Times)

• Delaware Marijuana Legalization Effort Revived With Two-Track Approach Following House Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

• Canadian Airport Could Get Cannabis Dispensary (High Times)

• Marijuana Legalization Tied To Significant Decrease In Foster Care Placements, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Georgia Medical Cannabis Bill Dies in State Senate (High Times)

• South Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Approved In House Committee And Heads To Floor (Marijuana Moment)

• 5,000 British adults could take part in cannabis trial (The Times)

• Europe’s First Cannabis Wellness Spa Opens in Switzerland (High Times)

• Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Following Legal Challenge By Competing Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

• Feeding Cows Hemp Helps Them Chill Out, Federally Funded Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Hemp Paper Could Be the Future of Printing (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• These Natural Psilocybin Droplets Come in Exact Dosages and Don’t Upset Your Stomach (Lucid News)

• Oregon Psilocybin Rules ‘May Have a Negative Impact on Lower Income Individuals’ (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• People who used 'magic mushrooms' less likely to develop opioid use disorder, study finds (USA Today)

• New research sheds light on how psilocybin influences sleeping patterns (PsyPost)

• Oregon's proposed Psilocybin rules await public comments (KDRV)

• New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Melmac Mushroom Strain: Effects, Potency & More (DoubleBlind)

• Terminally Ill Patients Fight for Access to Psilocybin Under Federal “Right to Try” Act (Lucid News)

• Mushrooms Have Their Own Language, New Study Suggests (Psychedelic Spotlight)

MDMA

• Colorado Lawmakers Approve MDMA Bill While Rejecting Broader Psychedelics Measure As Ballot Initiatives Loom (Marijuana Moment)

Ayahuasca

• Children Sacrificed by Incas Found With Cocaine, Ayahuasca in Their Bodies (Newsweek)

• Building peace with psychedelics: Here’s what happened when Palestinians and Israelis took ayahuasca together (Big Think)

• A Medicine Heritage of 160 Indigenous Peoples: The Origins of Ayahuasca Before Globalization (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Beckley Psytech Announces Dosing of First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Assessing Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Second Innovative Formulation of 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Granted US Patent Covering Novel Psychedelic Molecule FT-104 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaDrug Advances DMT-Analogue Program for Glaucoma with Production of Medical Device Designed to Provide Sustained Control of Elevated Intraocular Pressure (Yahoo!)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• UK woman dies after eating a synthetic cannabis gummy (Newshub)

Ketamine

• Ketamine prescribed in P.E.I. for major depression inaccessible because of costs, patient says (SaltWire)

Miscellaneous

• Canada’s SAP Expansion Signals a Step Forward for Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

• Michigan Has Real Shot at First-in-the Nation Psychedelic Decrim Victory (Filter)

• LSD Capitalism Promises a Bad Trip for Us All (Jacobin)

• Trials starting soon at the University of Texas Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy (KVUE)

• Funders at Johns Hopkins Shape The Future of Psychedelic Research (Lucid News)

• Just How Far Can Psychedelics Push The Boundaries of How We Assign Consciousness? (ScienceAlert)

• 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies (TechCrunch)

4.15.22

Cannabis

• Maryland Governor Lets Bill To Implement Marijuana Legalization Take Effect Without His Signature (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Gov. Youngkin Moves to Re-criminalize Personal Possession of Marijuana (NORML)

• The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars (Reason)

• Psychologists have developed a new psychometric assessment of cannabis intoxication (PsyPost)

• Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses (NORML)

• Majority Of Europeans Support Marijuana Legalization, New International Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Mayor of Amsterdam Threatens To Ban Tourists From Coffeeshops (High Times)

• Spanish police take down 'Europe's biggest' cannabis farm (Reuters)

• NYC Mayor Wants To ‘Explore’ Putting Marijuana Greenhouses On Rooftops Of Public Housing Buildings (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program (NORML)

• Illinois Bill To Close Marijuana Expungement ‘Loophole’ Heads To Governor, While Workplace Protection Measure Stalls (Marijuana Moment)

• Several GOP Senators Oppose Legalizing Pot Following MORE Act Vote (High Times)

• North Dakota Activists File New Marijuana Legalization Initiative For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• The first New Jersey recreational dispensaries will open April 21 (Leafly)

• South Dakota Marijuana Activists Issue ‘Yellow Alert’ For Signature Drive To Put Legalization On Ballot As Deadline Nears (Marijuana Moment)

• How are Cannabis Cultural and Harm Reduction Practices Created? (TalkingDrugs)

• Seven In Ten North Carolina Voters Back Medical Marijuana Legalization As Senate Reform Bill Remains Stalled (Marijuana Moment)

• Six In Ten Louisiana Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Freedom to Operate Releases Study to Protect the Development of LSD-based Therapies from Unfounded Patent Claims (PR Newswire)

• Why Investors Should Care About MindMed’s LSD Trial for Anxiety (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows (The New York Times)

• How credible is psilocybin-assisted therapy? Study suggests people are cautious about psychedelic treatment for depression (PsyPost)

• Oklahoma Senators Approve Psilocybin Research Bill But Delete Decriminalization Provision Passed By House (Marijuana Moment)

• Protestors Target the DEA in Support of Psilocybin for Terminally Ill Patients (Lucid News)

• On Entheogenic Practitioner Duties and Privileges under Oregon’s 109 Program (Dr. Bronner's)

• Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience (Herald and News)

• Mommies Who Mushroom (Harper's Bazaar)

MDMA

• Health Canada announces review of all MDMA trials, as complaint alleges major flaws and safety issues (CBC)

Ayahuasca

• ‘We expect to win.’ Ayahuasca churches vow to remain as court case largely dismissed. (Religion News Service)

• This golfer drank urine, did hallucinogens and ate 800 grapes a day to fight disease (New York Post)

5-MeO-DMT

• Could the Sonoran Desert Toad Cure Narcissism? (Psychedelics Today)

• I’m a 1-percenter who found purpose in life tripping on toad venom: What it’s like (New York Post)

Iboga

• Why Ibogaine Is a Promising Treatment for Addiction (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Researchers May Have Created LSD-Analogs that Treat Depression Without the Trip (Lucid News)

• Cybin Announces Positive CYB004 Data Demonstrating Significant Advantages Over Intravenous and Inhaled DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

• 9 years after an acid trip, I still have anxiety-inducing visual distortions that only stop when I sleep (Insider)

Ketamine

• Ketamine and the Treatment of Mental Health Conditions (Psychology Today)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic Stocks Are Having A Really Bad Trip (The Washington Post)

• Numinus Acquiring Novamind in First Major Psychedelics Merger (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Survey Suggests Psychedelics are Linked to Neo-Shamanistic Beliefs (Lucid News)

• Do Psychedelics Need Psychiatrists? (NEO.LIFE)

• Can the Clever Use of Old Legal Strategies Thwart Psychedelic Monopolies? (VICE)

• Study maps psychedelic-induced changes in consciousness to specific regions of the brain (PsyPost)

• Maryland Bill To Fund Psychedelics Research And Access For Veterans Goes To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Decriminalize Nature Feels Growing Pains as Local Groups Clash with Board (Lucid News)

• Missouri Bill Would Allow Therapeutic Psychedelic Use (High Times)

• What it’s like tripping on mad honey, the hallucinogen that (maybe) is an aphrodisiac (Salon)

• When Will The Media Take Drug Deaths Seriously? (Volteface)

• Why Psychedelics Could Soon Replace Antidepressants (PR Newswire)

4.22.22

Cannabis

• Switzerland aims for summer start of recreational cannabis trial program (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Marijuana Legalization Tied To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Prescription Drug Use, Researchers Find (Marijuana Moment)

• Belize Close to Legalization, Evangelicals Want Anti-Reform Referendum (High Times)

• Early Lines and Free Doughnuts: Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in New Jersey (The New York Times)

• DEA Says Illegal Marijuana Trafficking From Mexico Is Declining Amid State Legalization Movement (Marijuana Moment)

• Another U.S. Senate Candidate Tokes in Campaign Ad in Indiana (High Times)

• Cannabis: How It Affects Our Cognition And Psychology – New Research (IFLScience)

• Florida bride and caterer charged with lacing wedding food with cannabis (CNN)

• What Impact Will the French Elections Have on Cannabis Reform? (High Times)

• Recreational marijuana consumption lounge opens in New Mexico (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Delaware Lawmakers Revive Pot Legalization Effort (High Times)

• Ohio Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill On 4/20 That Mirrors Ballot Initiative Activists Are Pursuing (Marijuana Moment)

• US lawmakers are warming up to the cannabis industry (CNN)

• How 4/20 Became the Biggest Day in the Stoner Calendar (VICE)

• New Hampshire Senate Committee Rejects Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

• Florida Official Sues Biden Administration Over Gun Rights For Medical Marijuana Patients On 4/20 (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey Shows Cannabis Use on the Upswing (High Times)

LSD

• MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• Maine Senate Approves Medical Psilocybin Bill, But House Refusal Kills Measure For The Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction (TIME)

• How psychedelic mushrooms helped pro surfer Koa Smith overcome depression and trauma: ‘I never slipped back’ (The Independent)

• Treating depression with psychedelics: red flags and FAQ (Eiko Fried)

• Filament Health Is Issued Patent By United States Patent And Trademark Office (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Colorado House Passes Bill To Legalize MDMA After Federal Approval, Sending It To The Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• Understanding the Effects of MDMA on Bipolar Disorder (Healthline)

Iboga

• How Safe is Ibogaine? (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Cybin Announces Publication of International PCT Patent Application for Inhalation Delivery of Multiple Psychedelic Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Psychedelic companies are betting big on ketamine as the next Prozac (Fast Company)

Miscellaneous

• A psychedelic therapist allegedly took millions from a Holocaust survivor, highlighting worries about elders taking hallucinogens (STAT News)

• Study suggests belief-changing psychedelic experiences tend to increase the attribution of consciousness to other beings (PsyPost)

• Drug War Industries Face Obsolescence (Drug WarRant)

• Exclusive Data Shows Canadian Cops Target More Black and Indigenous Folks for Drug Arrests (VICE)

• Massachusetts Psychedelics Activists Plan To Put Decriminalization On Local Ballot And Force Lawmakers To File State Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• What’s the Best Psychedelic Therapy Protocol? It’s Debatable. (Lucid News)

• Honduras Shows How Drug Policy is Also Climate Policy (TalkingDrugs)

• GoDaddy Billionaire Bob Parsons Believes Psychedelics Can Heal Trauma—And He’s Putting His Money (And Brain) On The Line (Forbes)

• Pioneering Clergy of Diverse Religions Embrace Psychedelics (Lucid News)

• The Emergent Field of Psychedelic Chaplaincy (Chacruna)

• Kevin O’Leary Predicts These 3 Psychedelic Companies Will Merge, But Should They? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Are psychedelics the answer to solving the mental health crisis? (Euronews)

4.29.22

Cannabis

• Biden Finally Grants Relief To People With Federal Marijuana And Drug Convictions After More Than A Year In Office (Marijuana Moment)

• In Mexico, this city ordered its cops to let everyone smoke weed—and not just on 4/20 (Leafly)

• Maine: Various Marijuana Bills Become Law Absent Gov. Mills’ Signature (NORML)

• Florida bride, caterer charged after wedding guests drugged with cannabis at reception (Global News)

• Medical Cannabis Bill in Wisconsin Likely Already Dead (High Times)

• Virginia: Senate Kills Governor’s Recriminalization Amendment, Bill Addressing Synthetically Derived Marijuana Products (NORML)

• Mayhem Erupts at Melbourne Cannabis Rally as Police Haul Off Patients (High Times)

• New Hampshire Senate Defeats House-Passed Marijuana Home Grow Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Shows Drivers in Legal States Less Likely to Drive While High (High Times)

• Austin, Texas Voters Can Officially Start Voting On Local Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Positive Drug Tests for Pot Hit All-Time High (High Times)

• Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, With Majorities Embracing Pro-Reform Politicians, Two New Polls Find (Marijuana Moment)

• Is Cannabis Legalization Moving Forward in Taiwan? (High Times)

• Texas Activists Say They Have Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another Local Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Kentucky Governor Approves Cannabis Research Facility (High Times)

• Could Elon Musk’s Twitter end the cannabis social media ban? (Leafly)

• Washington Lawmakers Delete the Word ‘Marijuana’ from State Statutes (High Times)

• North Dakota Officials Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Language, Clearing Campaign For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

• President’s Son Suggests Cannabis Legalization in Nicaragua (High Times)

• Weed could be grown in space – and it might be the best cannabis yet (New York Post)

• Kentucky Governor Announces Medical Cannabis Plan (High Times)

• NY weighs giving pizza joints, other eateries OK to sell cannabis-infused food (New York Post)

• Italian City of Bologna Supports Recreational Cannabis Reform (High Times)

• Now that cannabis is legal, do I have to hire potheads? (New York Post)

• The Battle for Cannabis Legalization Is On in Honduras (High Times)

• Australia Poll Finds 50% in Favor of Recreational Pot Reform (High Times)

LSD

• MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psychedelic Alpha)

• The dark side of the acid counterculture movement (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

• This Ottawa store is selling magic mushrooms to protest 'unjust' laws (CBC)

• The Mission to Make Psilocybin Available to UK Cancer Patients (Filter)

• People who hear about psilocybin-assisted therapy think it’s important to have a guide who has used psilocybin (PsyPost)

• Hyphae Labs Expands Harm Reduction to Consider Psilocybin (Lucid News)

• Do magic mushrooms have ‘strains’ like cannabis? (Leafly)

• One Psychedelic Ride: Brooklynites Bike for the Decriminalization of Magic Mushrooms (BK Reader)

• Can a Religious Exemption Boost Legal Psilocybin Access in Oregon? (Filter)

• Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Has Potential for Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

MDMA

• Colorado Bill To Legalize MDMA Prescriptions Heads To Governor Following Senate Passage (Marijuana Moment)

• MAPS Navigates Multiple Scandals: Why Health Canada Is Reviewing MDMA Trials (Psychedelic Spotlight)

DMT

• How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• The surprising reason Inca children were drugged before human sacrifice (Big Think)

Peyote

• Decrim Movement Split Over Peyote, Possession Limits, and Tactics (Lucid News)

Iboga

• Could Ibogaine Help Address the Opioid Crisis? (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

• Psychedelic spirituality: Ketamine and the future of mental health (KCRW)

• 'They were going to cut my throat': Sharon Osbourne slams cancel culture and admits she underwent ketamine therapy after fiery on-air debate led to TV suspension and death threats (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

• A New Database Seeks to Prevent “Bad” Psychedelic Patents (Lucid News)

• Push To Decriminalize Drugs In Washington State Survives Early Challenge (Marijuana Moment)

• Biden’s Drug Strategy Mixes Harm Reduction With Harm Production (Filter)

• The Advantages of Psychedelic Prohibition (DoubleBlind)

• Drug Decriminalization Inches Closer in Saskatoon, Canada (Filter)

• Urban Outfitters Is “Mainstreaming Psychedelics” Because They’re Selling Psychedelic Water That’s Not Actually Psychedelic (DoubleBlind)

• First Annual California Psychedelic Conference Highlights Influential People (High Times)

• Are ‘Pseudodelics’ The Future For Mental Health? (Volteface)

• How To Open Your Wallet: The Hyped and Distorted Claims of Online Psychedelic Marketing (Psymposia)

• Avoiding the Power Trip (Medium)

• Understanding 3 Risks of Investing in Psychedelic Stocks (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas: A Respectful Path Forward for the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

• The Trials and Tribulations of Psychedelic Research (Microdose)

• Psychedelic Navigation across the Seas (Tam Integration)

• Psychedelics Meets the Theory of Everything (Lucid News)

• Is Nanotechnology The New Path For Psychedelics? (Green Market Report)

• Why psychedelics like psilocybin from magic mushrooms and LSD are seeing a surge in medical interest, in treatments for depression, addiction and more (South China Morning Post)

• Are psychedelics undergoing a spiritual and therapeutic awakening? (KCRW)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.25.22

Cannabis

• Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Officially Scheduled For House Floor Vote Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Rwanda Begins Cannabis Production (High Times)

• New Hampshire Lawmakers Approve State-Run Marijuana Legalization Bill With Amendments, Sending It Back To House Floor (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: Governor Signs Legislation Preserving Patients’ Home Cultivation Rights (NORML)

• U.S. Senate Unanimously Approves Marijuana Reform Bill On Same Day That House Schedules Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• New York’s Cayuga Nation To Sell Recreational Cannabis (High Times)

• What Do Joe Biden’s Cannabis Policy And Seinfeld Have In Common? Nothing. Literally. (Forbes)

• After Surge Of Deadly Robberies At Marijuana Shops In Washington State, Officials Push For Federal Banking Reform (Marijuana Moment)

• Study raises questions about risks of using medical marijuana for mood and anxiety disorders (CNN)

• Group Launches Petition to Bring Recreational Pot to Colorado Springs (High Times)

• Can cannabis ward off nightmares? Here’s what we know about how weed affects dreams (GreenState)

LSD

• The Secret Black History of LSD (The Nation)

Magic Mushrooms

• Hawaii Senators Amend Psilocybin Study Resolution To Make Access Contingent On Federal Approval (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin Is Effective in Reducing Weight Gain, New Study Shows (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Missouri looks to legalize shrooms (KMOV)

• Stargazer Mushroom Strain: Cultivation, Effects, & More (DoubleBlind)

• Beyond Psilocybin: These Mushrooms May Offer Brain-Boosting Compounds, Too (Discover)

• Optimi Health Begins Cultivation Of Natural Psilocybin For Use In Clinical Trials (GlobeNewswire)

MDMA

• MDMA Therapy for PTSD Looks Safe and Effective in New Trial Data (Gizmodo)

• MDMA assisted therapy significantly reduces eating disorder symptoms (leafie)

• You Won’t Feel High After Watching This Video (The Cut)

5-MeO-DMT

• Demand for This Toad’s Psychedelic Toxin Is Booming. Some Warn That’s Bad for the Toad. (The New York Times)

Ketamine

• Inside London's first psychedelic psychotherapy clinic (London Evening Standard)

• Ketamine Study Suggests the Psychedelic Could Treat Parkinson’s Disease (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Can Ketamine Be Used to Treat Addictions? (Psychology Today)

• At-home ketamine therapy — are you ready? (Freethink)

Miscellaneous

• The US Gets Its First Free, Rapid Drug-Checking Mail Program (Filter)

• Utah Governor Signs Bill To Study Use Of Psychedelics For Mental Health Therapy (Marijuana Moment)

• Another Michigan City Approves Psychedelics Decriminalization As Activists Pursue Statewide Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here (The Nation)

• Another Psychedelics Company Is Crashing (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Connecticut Lawmakers Advance Psychedelics Therapy Bill (High Times)

• Three Bills Seek to Shift Psychedelics Policy in New York State (Lucid News)

• COMPASS Pathways and partners launch The Centre for Mental Health Research and Innovation, in the UK (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can Psychedelic Masculinity Stop War? (Lucid News)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.18.22

Cannabis

• Israeli Town of Tira Founds First Medical Cannabis Cafe (High Times)

• Kentucky House Passes Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware House Shoots Down Recreational Legalization Bill (High Times)

• New VA Veteran Suicide Program Won’t Allow Cannabis as Treatment (High Times)

• Mike Tyson's cannabis brand is making ear-shaped weed gummies (NBC News)

• Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Led To More Youth Use, Report From Alcohol And Tobacco Industry-Backed Group Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Thieves Impersonate Cops and Raid Several Pot Farms (High Times)

• Alabama Bill Would Force Women Who Want Medical Marijuana To Show Negative Pregnancy Tests (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana Supreme Court OKs Temporary Rules For Cannabis Expungement (High Times)

• New Orleans City Council Urges End To Marijuana Testing For Government Employees (Marijuana Moment)

• Georgia Lawmakers Consider Separate Medical Cannabis Production Bills (High Times)

• Some Mississippi Cities Move To Ban Medical Marijuana Businesses (Marijuana Moment)

• European Commission Sets Standards for Hemp Food (High Times)

• Jones Soda Company Announces Cannabis-Infused Product Line (High Times)

LSD

• Montreal researchers find that, like Prozac, LSD may be useful for anxiety treatment (CTV News)

• Novamind to Host MindMed Phase IIb Trial for LSD and Anxiety (BioSpace)

Magic Mushrooms

• California Activists Drop 2022 Psilocybin Legalization Ballot Initiative After Falling Short Of Signature Requirement (Marijuana Moment)

• Little evidence on how psilocybin therapy interacts with existing psychiatric treatments, review finds (OHSU News)

• California Psychedelics Investors Are Closely Monitoring Oregon’s Psilocybin Market (Willamette Week)

• Washington State Legislature Approves $200,000 In Psilocybin Research Funding In Budget (Marijuana Moment)

• Novamind announces phase 2 trial examining psilocybin for MDD (Healio)

• Psilocybin Is The Most Studied Psychedelic (Green Market Report)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD could save the health care system millions of dollars, study suggests (PsyPost)

• Dose-ranging study provides insight into MDMA’s effects on memory, addiction, and depression (PsyPost)

Ayahuasca

• Federal judge dismisses ayahuasca church’s request for overturn of DEA decision (WFTV)

• Study will investigate ayahuasca to overcome prolonged grief (Ruetir)

• Controversy Over Injustice Against Ayahuasca Traditional Knowledge Rebounds (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• A Ketamine Clinic Treads the Line Between Health Care and a ‘Spa Day for Your Brain’ (The New York Times)

Miscellaneous

• Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Bill To Fund Psilocybin And MDMA Therapy (Marijuana Moment)

• Students Launch Bid to Decriminalize All Drugs in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Filter)

• New Research Explores Whether Therapeutic Psychedelics Can Fix ‘Biophobia’ (Forbes)

• Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs (The Verge)

• Feds Reveal Which Industries Drug Test Workers The Most And Least In New Report (Marijuana Moment)

• MDMA use drops due to COVID lockdowns, other drugs rise -EU report (Reuters)

• What do psychedelic drugs do to our brains? AI could help us find out (MIT Technology Review)

• How Can We Apply Harm Reduction to HPPD? (Psychedelics Today)

• Colorado Activists Pick One Of Several Psychedelics Reform Initiatives To Pursue For November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• London should pilot drug checking and consumption rooms, says report (London Evening Standard)

• Current Psychedelic Therapies Use Flawed Models of the Mind – It’s Time for Relational Therapy (Healing Maps)

• Mind Cure Health Halts All Psychedelic Business Activity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Are drug wars protection rackets? (Drug WarRant)

• Microdosing Is On The Rise But Is It Healthy? (The Dales Report)

• Terence McKenna’s Anarchic Psychedelic Religion (JSTOR Daily)

• Coming of Age in the Psychedelic Sixties (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.11.22

Cannabis

• Costa Rica Moves Forward with Medical Cannabis Reform (High Times)

• New York Regulators Unanimously Advance Rule To Let People With Marijuana Convictions Open Shop Before Big Businesses Can Enter Market (Marijuana Moment)

• Morocco Moves into Medical Cannabis Cultivation (High Times)

• DC’s recreational marijuana ambitions blocked in federal bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• NCAA Relaxes Drug Testing Policies for Cannabis (NORML)

• Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: House Members Fail to Advance Legalization Legislation (NORML)

• Key GOP Kansas Lawmaker Files Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• No, The World’s Biggest Cannabis Company Is Not Russian-Owned (Forbes)

LSD

• Blackhawk's unit invests NZ$2.3M to advance microdosing LSD in phase 2 trials (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• Head of Oregon’s Psilocybin Advisory Board resigns (OPB)

• Oklahoma House Passes Psilocybin Decriminalization And Research Bill, Sending It To Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• Hawaii Senate Unanimously Approves Psilocybin Task Force Bill, With Decriminalization Measures Still Pending (Marijuana Moment)

• Z Strain Mushrooms: Effects, Cultivation, and More (DoubleBlind)

• Washington State Ballot Initiative Would Legalize ‘Facilitated’ Psilocybin Sessions (Marijuana Moment)

• Demand grows for UK ministers to reclassify psilocybin for medical research (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca and Childbirth in the Santo Daime Tradition: Solidarity Among Women and Psychedelic Cultural Resistance (Chacruna)

San Pedro

• Numinus Adds Ayahuasca & San Pedro to Federal License for Psychedelic Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• New Machine Learning-Based Test Could Improve Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids (PR Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• Fireside Project’s New Equity Initiative Expands Psychedelic Support Services (Lucid News)

• Maryland House And Senate Committees Consider Drug Decriminalization Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Rhode Island Lawmakers File Psilocybin And Broader Drug Decriminalization Bills While Legal Marijuana Momentum Increases (Marijuana Moment)

• GOP Missouri Lawmaker Files Psychedelics Therapy And Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Will Psychedelics Become Commercialized Like Weed? (Westword)

• Georgia Bill Would Create Psychedelic Study Committee To Recommend Reform Policies (Marijuana Moment)

• HPPD and Flashbacks: Everything You Need To Know – And What We Don’t Know, Too (Psychedelics Today)

• Drug companies are investing big in psychedelics, but can they engineer out the trip? (Chemical and Engineering News)

• Psychedelics, the War on Drugs, and Violence in Latin America (Chacruna)

• New Age of Psychedelics (Pharmaceutical Executive)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.4.22

Cannabis

• Maryland House Advances Cannabis Legalization Bills (High Times)

• D.C. Lawmakers Approve Ban On Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing For Most Workers (Marijuana Moment)

• Where does Biden’s Supreme Court nominee stand on marijuana legalization? Here’s what we found (Leafly)

• Medicinal Cannabis Flower Sales Begin In Minnesota (High Times)

• Virginia House Committee Kills Bill To Begin Marijuana Sales This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Rhode Island Lawmakers Introduce Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

• NCAA Moves To Lower Marijuana Penalties For Student Athletes And Increase THC Threshold In Drug Tests (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Cannabis Bill Fizzles in Committee (High Times)

• Get ready for the Northeast to become cannabis country (Politico)

• France Moves to Begin Cultivating Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• Virginia lawmakers cracking down on cannabis compound Delta-8 due to safety concerns (WAVY)

• South Dakota House Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill That Was Temporarily Revived In ‘Smoke Out’ Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Ecuador Kicks Off Medical Cannabis Production (High Times)

• Washington state to require pesticide testing for adult-use cannabis products (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Ohio Lawmakers Advance Bill To Allow Medical Cannabis for Autism (High Times)

• Confusion over CBD for Children (Drug WarRant)

• Pennsylvania Senate Committee Holds Second Marijuana Legalization Hearing As Reform Bill Is Drafted (Marijuana Moment)

• Georgia Lawmakers Consider Bill to Expand Medical Pot Program (High Times)

LSD

• Landmark trial compares LSD and psilocybin trips, finds few differences (New Atlas)

• Mystical experiences might bridge the gap between LSD-induced “madness” and healing (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Colorado may be the next state to decriminalize ‘magic’ mushrooms (The Durango Herald)

• Terminal cancer patient denied magic mushrooms after Health Canada rule change (CBC)

• Psilocybin Leaps Ahead of Other Psychedelics in Trials and Studies (Lucid News)

• The Plan to Reschedule Psilocybin at the UN (TalkingDrugs)

• 'We need emergency access': 82 Canadian professionals request psilocybin for therapy training (Vancouver Sun)

• Oregonians more interested in taking psilocybin for well-being than depression or anxiety (OPB)

• How Will Oregon Teach and Train Psilocybin Healers? (Filter)

• Magic mushrooms, psilocybin and microdosing: Growing trend draws e-vendors, scientists (CBC)

MDMA

• Can MDMA Help Heal Grief? (Lucid News)

5-MeO-DMT

• Could 5-MeO-DMT Allow For More Affordable Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy? Beckley Psytech Thinks So (Forbes)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Achieves Key Development Milestone for Novel Ibogaine Program (PR Newswire)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• PharmaDrug Receives Positive Results for DMT-Analogue Program to Treat Glaucoma (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• CBP Officers and Scientists Identify Two New Synthetic Cannabinoid Analogues (Homeland Security Today)

Ketamine

• Dr. Bronner’s to Provide Psychedelic-Therapy as Employee Healthcare Benefit (Dr. Bronner's)

• Ketamine Could Treat Alcohol Use Disorder, Study Shows (Lucid News)

• Dying to Stay Alive: A Ketamine Disaster (Mad in America)

• Yale researchers study ketamine as a potential treatment for depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease (Yale Daily News)

• Adding Lithium Might Enable Ketamine's Antidepressant Activity in Ketamine-Resistant Patients, Study Suggests (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation)

Miscellaneous

• It’s Time to Start Studying the Downside of Psychedelics (VICE)

• Utah Psychedelics And Mental Health Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk After Senate Approval (Marijuana Moment)

• In Oregon, Psychedelics Regulators Confront Conflicts of Interest (VICE)

• More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work? (The New York Times)

• The Need for an International Psychedelic Religious Survey (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelic Therapeutics Market May Receive Federal Approval Before Marijuana Does (MarketWatch)

• Staring into the Abyss: Examining Venezuela’s Drug Policies (TalkingDrugs)

• Global Survey: Some Microdosing Individuals Have Altered Psychiatric Drug Dosage (Psychiatry Advisor)

• How Psychedelics Will Impact Mainstream Product Development (Yahoo!)

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