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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.29.20

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Cannabis

  • Supreme Court Declines Case On Marijuana Decriminalization Measures Blocked From Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma: Governor Vetoes Measure Expanding Medical Cannabis Access, Reducing Possession Penalties (NORML)

  • Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak (HuffPost)

  • THC-Infused Semen Can Be A Side Effect Of Frequent Marijuana Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for “Any Condition” (NORML)

  • Medical Cannabis Trial in the UK Becomes First to Recruit Baby (The Cannabis Exchange)

  • Scientists And Veterans File Lawsuit Challenging DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Denials (Marijuana Moment)

  • Scientific Review Concludes That Cannabis Consumers Are at No Greater Risk of Occupational Injuries (NORML)

  • Councillor says 'something stinks' over move to outlaw cannabis smell in West Nipissing (North Bay Nugget)

  • Ancient shrine reveals how marijuana was used to evoke "religious ecstasy" (Inverse)

  • Clinical Trial: Cannabinoid Administration Via a Metered-Dose Inhaler Is Safe and Effective for Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

LSD

  • Errol Morris Sets Timothy Leary LSD Doc at Showtime (Hollywood Reporter)

  • Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick allegedly once plotted to spike President Nixon with LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Signatures Submitted For Oregon Measure To Decriminalize Psilocybin (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

  • Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills (VICE)

  • Miami University Researchers Collaborate with PsyBio Therapeutics to Biosynthetically Produce Psilocybin, the Psychedelic Ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, and Other Psychoactive Drug Candidates to Treat Mental Health Challenges (Globe Newswire)

  • New Wave Holdings Sponsors Non-Profit Coalition, Therapsil, to Launch a Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Canadians in Palliative Care (PR Newswire)

MDMA

  • Inside MollyBabes, the Shady Porn Site That Exploited Women on Ecstasy (The Daily Beast)

  • MindMed Adds MDMA to Develop Next-Gen Psychedelic Therapies (PR Newswire)

DMT

  • New Study Shows How DMT Refreshes Perceptions (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Survey on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings (Chacruna)

  • Supporting Grassroots Initiatives for Indigenous People in the Amazon during COVID (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • The Complete Guide to 4-AcO-DMT: Synthetic Shrooms or in a Class of Its Own? (DoubleBlind)

  • Solved: The Crystal Structure of N-Methyl-N-Propyltryptamine (MPT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Deadly new 'drug of choice' known as 'hippy crack' taking over Dublin as parents make shock discovery of bullet cylinders on ground (Dublin Live)

Ketamine

  • New Study Backs Ketamine as Treatment Option for Depression (MD Magazine)

  • Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent (Healio)

PCP

  • Artist warns of the dangers of the drug PCP, saying taking it as a student triggered terrifying breakdowns - including one manic episode where she plunged 30ft from a window (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

  • Psilocybin Treatment And Drug Decrim Campaigns Submit Signatures To Qualify For Oregon Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Categorizes All The Unexplainable Experiences Produced By Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

  • COVID-19 is costing drug cartels millions of dollars (NBC)

  • Why Psychedelic Researchers Should Not Push Back Against Decriminalization (Chacruna)

  • Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments (Psychedelic Times)

  • Two New Releases Show Technology’s Psychedelic Frontier (Lucid News)

  • Musings around Psychedelic Integration Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

  • Native Tribes Should Have More Say in the Psychedelic Movement (DoubleBlind)

  • Toronto's first psychedelic therapy clinic is open. We gave it a try (NOW Magazine)

  • Dr. Gabor Maté, recognised physician and bestselling author, joins Numinus as Member of the Clinical Advisory Council (Numinus)

  • Mice on Acid (Nautilus)

  • Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients (Psychedelics Today)

  • Novamind and Buzz Capital Announce Qualifying Transaction (Globe Newswire)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.21.20

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Cannabis

  • Leafly investigation: Vape lung injuries date back to 2007 (Leafly)

  • New Hampshire House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Claims Americans See Marijuana as the “Safest” Party Drug (EDMTunes)

  • Mike Bloomberg Attacks Marijuana Legalization In Controversial Resurfaced Recording (Marijuana Moment)

  • Everyone Scared of Legal Weed Was Freaking Out Over Nothing: Report (VICE)

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

  • Colorado Marijuana Money Funds Cleaner Highways And Anti-Bullying Programs (Marijuana Moment)

  • There's a New Synthetic Weed Drug Coming That's Basically Marinol Chewing Gum (MERRY JANE)

  • Medical Marijuana Patients With ADHD Use Fewer Prescription Drugs, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alabama Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Utah marijuana bill clarifies that private employers don’t need to allow its use (Deseret News)

  • NFL Would End Marijuana Suspensions In Deal Approved By Team Owners (Forbes)

  • Marijuana May Have Caused 12-Hour Erection, Doctors Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pregnant Women with Anxiety or Depression More Likely to Smoke Weed, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

  • Flying high: Are cannabis drone deliveries the future or merely fantasy? (Leafly)

  • Mike Bloomberg Calls For Marijuana Decriminalization And Expungements In New Plan (Marijuana Moment)

  • The cannabis industry's next big threat: Hacks and fraud (CNN)

  • New Arizona Bill Attempting to Limit Medical Marijuana to 2% THC (Arizona Marijuana)

  • Hemp Is For Horses? New Study Examines CBD’s Calming And Painkilling Effects In Animals (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Mushroom Advocates Eyeing Boulder As Next Decriminalization Target (Westword)

  • Man Magically Regains His Sense of Smell Using Psilocybin Mushrooms (DoubleBlind)

  • DC mom leads effort to decriminalize magic mushrooms after treating postpartum depression (WJLA)

  • Can A Legal Magic Mushroom Industry Avoid the Pitfalls of Recreational Weed? (East Bay Express)

  • Therapists Are Fighting for Psilocybin Mushroom Legalization in Canada (Euro Weekly News)

DMT

  • DMT and the Psychedelic Underground in Mainland China—An Insider’s Story (Kahpi)

Ketamine

  • Use of ketamine among partygoers could be underreported (UPI)

  • Ketamine Could Be Useful Alternative for Pain Relief, Sedation in ICU (MD Magazine)

  • Ketamine use can prevent postanesthetic shivering without severe side effects (Medical Dialogues)

Opioids

  • Insurance companies can’t penalize people with prescriptions for life-saving opioid overdose medication, state says (The Denver Post)

  • Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver (The Guardian)

  • Johns Hopkins Will Test Epidiolex to See If It Can Help with Opioid Withdrawal (MERRY JANE)

  • Naloxone Administration to Be Used as “Probable Cause” for Drug Charges in Indiana (Filter)

  • Progress Slows In Massachusetts: Death Rates Flat In Opioid Crisis (WBUR)

  • Police Scotland officers set to trial drug overdose spray (BBC)

  • U.S. states reject $18 billion proposal to settle opioid lawsuits, discussions ongoing: sources (Reuters)

Methamphetamine

  • Meth is back and flooding the streets of Ohio and Kentucky, and it's uglier than ever (Cincinnati.com)

Caffeine

  • From khat to coffee: revitalising an age-old Yemeni crop (The Guardian)

  • How natural caffeine compares to synthetic caffeine, according to health experts (MSN)

Nicotine

  • Journal Retracts Study That Falsely Associated E-Cigarettes With Heart Attacks (Filter)

  • Could tobacco cure coronavirus? Don’t laugh. (Politico)

  • The great vape debate: are e-cigarettes saving smokers or creating new addicts? (The Guardian)

  • Study Researches Whether Nicotine Patch Can Help People With Memory Loss (NBC4 Washington)

  • Governor Cuomo Launches Campaign to Ban Flavored Nicotine Vaping Products and Restrict Vaping Ads Aimed at Youth (NY.gov)

  • Why One of the World’s Largest Tobacco Companies Is Struggling (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Teen vaping is bad. Nicotine makes it worse, says researcher (Science)

  • Foods That Flush Nicotine Out of Your Body (Thrive Global)

Alcohol

  • Higher alcohol taxes to fund NHS would benefit poor – study (The Guardian)

  • Beer goggles: the truth about alcohol and romantic judgment (The Guardian)

  • A Utah bill could prevent offenders from buying alcohol at state stores (The Salt Lake Tribune)

GHB

  • New report shows illicit drug GHB deaths could be prevented (UNSW Newsroom)

Kratom

  • Missouri House passes bill requiring more kratom regulation (KSDK)

  • Michigan debates future of kratom, an herbal remedy linked to 9 state deaths (Bridge Michigan)

  • Oregon House Moves to Ban Underage Sales Of Kratom, A Botanical Used For Pain Or Fun (The Lund Report)

  • Popular Kratom Vendor Shows How Kratom Is Manufactured (Benzinga)

  • Reports of Kratom Causing Acne: Is That True? (Kratom Guides)

Miscellaneous

  • Ballot Language Approved For Washington, D.C. Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • A quarter of street drugs are fake and dangerous to users (The Guardian)

  • Drug use will change significantly in the 2020s – here’s how (Dazed)

  • #ThankYouPlantMedicine Creates Wave of Gratitude for Ayahuasca, LSD, and Mushrooms (The Third Wave)

  • Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care (Fortune)

  • Virtual Reality Can Replicate Mystical Psychedelic Experiences, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

  • The influence of drugs on murder rates is being overstated (TalkingDrugs)

  • Psychedelic drugs have lost their cool. Blame Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop (The Guardian)

  • Rampaging Vikings were fuelled by hallucinogenic herbal tea that made them feel less pain and become 'highly aggressive' say scientists (Daily Mail)

  • First Psychedelics-Centered PR Agency Launches In Toronto (Benzinga)

  • Psychedelics for systems change: could drugs help us save the planet? (openDemocracy)

  • The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group: driving reform in the UK (Health Europa)

  • Study shows Dublin hospital has third highest number of drug-related medical emergencies (Irish Examiner)

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Virtual Reality Is Better Underwater

Joan E. Solsman, writing for CNET:

Virtual reality on dry land is already tricking your brain. Studies have shown that VR can make you feel virtual pokes that aren't physically happening, and that your brain appears to thread together a mesh of neurons more like a real memory when you experience VR versus simply watching a video.

Underwater VR goes further.

Doing this underwater must be incredibly immersive. I’d love to try it sometime.

This Week in Psychoactives - 9.20.19

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CANNABIS

  • A Malaysian Man Was Just Sentenced to Death for Selling Medical Marijuana (MERRY JANE)

  • The Vape Health Crisis Is Pushing Cannabis Labs to Now Test for Vitamin E (MERRY JANE)

  • Federal judge rules that Indiana’s smokable hemp ban is unconstitutional (Hemp Industry Daily)

  • Beto O'Rourke Proposes Drug War Reparations Funded By Marijuana Taxes (Forbes)

  • After A Period Of Confusion And Fear, Many District Employees Can Use Marijuana Off The Clock (DCist)

  • President Influences Public Opinion On Marijuana Legalization, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Legal Weed Convinced Over 150,000 People to Move to Colorado, Study Reports (MERRY JANE)

  • Marijuana Offenses Would No Longer Get Immigrants Deported Under New Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Support Grows For Marijuana Legalization Bill In Colombia (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • The mad scientist behind America’s mind-control quest with LSD (New York Post)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  • The world’s first magic mushroom research center is launching in Jamaica (Quartz)

  • Ann Arbor group aims to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, plants (mlive.com)

  • Fantastic Fungi Offers a Gateway Into the World of Magic Mushrooms (Westword)

  • Tourists Are Flocking To This Tiny Mountain Village For A Trip On Mexico’s Magic Mushrooms (mitú inc)

  • Can magic mushrooms really cure depression? (The Telegraph)

MDMA

  • What Hustlers’ Ketamine-MDMA Drug Cocktail Would Really Do (Refinery29)

AYAHUASCA

  • Getting Arrested and Released for Ayahuasca in Israel (Kahpi)

5-MEO-DMT

  • A single dose of 5-MeO-DMT produces rapid and persistent improvements in life satisfaction and psychopathological symptoms (PsyPost)

IBOGA

  • This Company is Developing a Drug Based on Ibogaine for the Opioid Crisis (DoubleBlind)

  • A Detox Drug Promises Miracles—If It Doesn't Kill You First (WIRED)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

  • Could psychedelics tackle the obesity crisis? A longtime researcher in the field says his latest mouse study suggests potential (Endpoints News)

  • The State of the Art of Psilacetin (4-AcO-DMT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

KETAMINE

OPIOIDS

  • OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy as Part of a Tentative Settlement (TIME)

  • In Michigan, you can now get Narcan online (Detroit Free Press)

  • Canadian Pharmacist Faces Punishment for Giving Out Naloxone (Filter)

COCAINE

METHAMPHETAMINE

CAFFEINE

TOBACCO

  • India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows (The Guardian)

  • New York Bans Sale of Flavored E-cigarettes, the First State in the U.S. to Do So (TIME)

  • Michigan Joins New York in Banning Sale of Flavored E-cigarettes Amid Vaping Health Concerns (TIME)

  • Vapers seek relief from nicotine addiction in — wait for it — cigarettes (NBC News)

  • Fort Lauderdale Passes Ordinance Raising Age For Tobacco Sales To 21 (CBS Miami)

  • Is Juul Making It Easy for Kids to Vape in School? New Study Suggests Yes (Yahoo!)

  • Flavored tobacco a major factor in the popularity of waterpipe smoking, study finds (FIU News)

KRATOM

  • A Leaf Of Faith: Kratom Documentary Review (Kratom Guides)

  • Legal Status Of Kratom In Pennsylvania (Kratom Guides)

  • Point Pleasant Beach Looks To Ban 'Kratom' (Patch)

KAVA

  • Fijians urged not to share the kava bowl (Newsie)

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Missouri Man Becomes 8th Person to Die of Vaping-Related Illness in the U.S. (TIME)

  • Ontario Teen Lands in ICU in Canada’s First Reported Case of ‘Vape Pen Illness’ (Leafly)

  • Viking berserkers may have used henbane to induce trance-like state (Ars Technica)

  • White House Cancels Pro-Vaping Meeting as Illness Cases Rise (Bloomberg)

  • It’s Official: VICE's Reporting Makes Readers Take Drugs More Safely (VICE)

  • The whole-planet view (Aeon)

  • Psychedelics and Seniors: Can Drugs Such As Marijuana And Psilocybin Improve Their Quality Of Life? (Forbes)

  • Nanaimo company gets licence to test psychedelic drugs (Nanaimo News Bulletin)

  • Class A drug use among young adults at 16-year high (The Guardian)

  • I Traveled the World Meeting Drug Dealers. Here’s What I’ve Learned (VICE)

  • Why Aren't There More People of Color in the Recovery Movement? (The Fix)

  • Behind the U.S.'s Bogus War on Taliban Drug Labs (VICE)

  • Tripping on virtual reality: The artists trying to replicate psychedelic experiences in VR (New Atlas)

  • Drugs and Creativity (Dope Magazine)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 3.29.19

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CANNABIS

  • Guam Becomes First U.S. Territory To Send Marijuana Legalization To Governor In 2019 (Marijuana Moment)

  • House Will Vote To End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Within ‘Weeks,’ Key Chairman Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Out! New York Drops Legalization From Budget Bill (Leafly)

  • Marijuana Legalization Vote Cancelled Due To Lack of Support In New Jersey Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana Banking Bill Approved By Congressional Committee (Forbes)

  • Louisiana Takes a Step Toward Finally Delivering Medical Marijuana (Leafly)

  • Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears Another Major Hurdle In New Hampshire (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis-related ER visits in Colorado jump threefold after legalization, study says (CNN)

  • Mexican Government Launches Poll To Ask Citizens If Marijuana Should Be Legal (Marijuana Moment)

  • Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill In Key Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • CVS Ignores DEA, Says It’s Already Selling CBD Products (Leafly)

  • Texas: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Advances Out Of Key Committee (NORML)

  • San Diego Considers Cannabis Cafes (NBC Los Angeles)

  • States With More Immigrants Are More Likely To Legalize Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Seth Rogen launches weed company 'to make it easier for people to learn to love cannabis' (CNBC)

  • FDA Chief Clarifies Enforcement Priorities For CBD Products (Marijuana Moment)

  • Flood of products containing marijuana extract puts FDA in a bind (Politico)

  • CBD for sport: legality and benefits (The Sports Daily)

  • Where Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Missouri Man Spikes Coworkers' Drinks With LSD (KOLR)

  • Stanford double checking applications following LSD and admissions scandals (Palo Alto Daily Post)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  • Explorer’s Guide: Taking Magic Psilocybin Truffles in Amsterdam (& The Netherlands) (Maps of the Mind)

MDMA

  • 'Popular' schoolgirl, 13, died at home after taking ecstasy (Mirror)

AYAHUASCA

  • We Need to Talk About When People Feel Worse After Ayahuasca (Kahpi)

  • Considerations for Engaging with Amazonian Ancestral Practices, People, and Places (Psymposia)

  • How Ayahuasca Can Be Used to Build Cohesion and Better the World (Reset.me)

  • Wade Davis on the Popularization of Ayahuasca and the Climate Crisis (Reality Sandwich)

  • How Ayahuasca Connected Me To The Divinity Of The Universe (Reset.me)

5-MEO-DMT

  • Study Finds 5-MeO-DMT Effective in Relieving Depression and Anxiety (Psychedelic Times)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

  • Mice tripping on psychedelics help explain neural origins of hallucinations (New Atlas)

  • The Dangers of Synthetic Drugs (The Fix)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

NITROUS OXIDE

  • No laughing matter – nitrous oxide helps to unravel rapid antidepressant mechanisms (Medical Xpress)

  • Florida man was high on erotic-themed nitrous oxide when he killed lawyer, cops say (Miami Herald)

  • Jim Nielsen’s bill to ban sale of nitrous oxide passes committee (Chico Enterprise-Record)

  • Frat denies hazing claims in lawsuit over student's death (San Antonio Express-News)

KETAMINE

  • From Popular Anesthetic to Antidepressant, Ketamine Isn’t the Drug You Think It Is (Discover Magazine)

  • Ketamine: A Promising Novel Therapy for Anxiety and PTSD (Psychiatry Advisor)

  • FDA Approves Ketamine Derivative as Depression Treatment for First Time (Discover Magazine)

  • Ketamine IV Infusions Made Me Myself Again. Here’s Everything You Need To Know (High Times)

  • Esketamine to become available for Yale students (Yale News)

  • Ketamine: can it really be an antidepressant? (The Guardian)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

  • Purdue Pharma and Sacklers Reach $270 Million Settlement in Opioid Lawsuit (The New York Times)

  • You can’t overdose on fentanyl by touching it (Vox)

  • As They Profited From the Opioid Crisis, Sacklers Funded Anti-Muslim Network (Sludge)

  • The White House And Federal Scientists Are Pushing The Myth That Marijuana Is Laced With Fentanyl (BuzzFeed News)

  • New York State Sues Billionaire Sackler Family Behind OxyContin (TIME)

  • Want to Reduce Opioid Deaths? Get People the Medications They Need (The New York Times)

  • How I overcame my heroin addiction – and started to live (The Guardian)

  • ‘Mistreatment’ centers shouldn’t be adding to the opioid crisis (Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Vt. committee approves bill decriminalizing drug (WCAX)

  • What NJ is doing to take down unimaginable number of heroin mills (New Jersey 101.5)

  • Mother charged in Mount Holly man's overdose death (The Sentinel)

  • FINDING HOPE: Utah law allows librarians to distribute opioid reversal drug, Naloxone (KiviTV)

  • Pharmacists Role in Providing Naloxone Is Expanding (Pharmacy Times)

COCAINE

  • Here’s What a Legal Market for Cocaine Could Look Like (Filter)

  • 'Special offers' on crack cocaine fuelling big rise in use in England (The Guardian)

  • Deaths from cocaine and fentanyl mixtures a growing concern in Northeast Ohio: What you need to know (Cleveland.com)

  • Cocaine making comeback amid opioid epidemic, officials say (WCVB)

METHAMPHETAMINE

  • Florida Woman Faced 10 Years For 'Meth' That Was 'Just a Rock' (The Appeal)

CAFFEINE

  • There's Evidence Coffee Acts on Your Brain Like Cannabis, But in Reverse (ScienceAlert)

  • Myanmar to try growing, exporting more coffee as alternative to opium (Myanmar Times)

  • Mouse Studies Suggest Protective Effects of Caffeine in Parkinson’s Disease (Parkinson's News Today)

  • If you have a daily caffeine habit, do you know how much is too much? (WXYZ)

  • Can Taking Caffeine During Your Workout Actually Be Dangerous? (Runners World)

  • 10 health benefits of living caffeine-free (MDLinx)

TOBACCO

  • As Pa. prisons ban tobacco, new informal currencies arise: chips, ice cream tickets, ramen (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • How Big Tobacco uses Big Tech to hook new smokers (Fast Company)

  • Washington State Legislature Votes to Raise Age for Buying Tobacco to 21 (KPQ)

  • Two more Minnesota cities make 21 the legal age for tobacco purchases (MPR News)

  • New Denver proposal would ban tobacco sales to people under 21 years of age (FOX31 Denver)

ALCOHOL

  • Could ‘alcosynth’ provide all the joy of booze – without the dangers? (The Guardian)

  • Scientists Have Cured Alcoholic Rats by Shooting Lasers at Their Brains (ScienceAlert)

  • Utah's New Beer Law Isn't Lifting Many Spirits (Reason)

NOOTROPICS

KRATOM

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Acid test: how psychedelic virtual reality can help end society's mass bad trip (The Guardian)

  • Researchers examine classic versus novel psychedelic use in United States (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

  • Ralph Metzner, Bay Area expert on hallucinogens, death and psychology, dies (San Francisco Chronicle)

  • German biotech startup raises $43 million for psychedelic medicines (Axios)

  • Stigma Is Barrier to Health Care for People Who Inject Drugs (Boston University School of Public Health)

  • Schedule I Sacrament (Harvard Political Review)

  • Going to Burning Man? The Feds Want You Searched for Drugs (Reason)

  • A New Resource to Measure Good and Bad Drug Policies (Filter)

  • Investors are starting to bet big on psychedelic medicine (CNBC)

  • Wicked Ecstasy: Altered States in The Name of the Rose (The Oak Tree Review)

  • Jump in antidepressant prescriptions in England (BBC)

  • Houston police investigator probing failed drug raid relieved of duty (Chron)

  • Legal Syringe Programs Could Finally Be Arriving in Iowa (Filter)

  • Kensington neighbors angered by potential location of supervised injection site (WHYY)

  • Psychedelic Integration: The Importance of Community and a Daily Practice (Psychedelics Today)

  • Houston Narcs Implicated in Deadly Drug Raid Will Soon Be Receiving Pensions (Reason)

  • Here are 6 psychedelic trips from legal drugs you probably didn’t know about (Raw Story)

  • Could psychedelic medicine be the new cannabis? (Proactive Investors)

  • Are psychedelics the new anti-depressants? (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap: