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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