This Week in Psychedelics - 1.1.21

Cannabis

• New York Lawmakers Prefile Eight Marijuana Bills For 2021 As State Pursues Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Governor Delays Signing Adult-Use Legalization Legislation (NORML)

• Mississippi And South Dakota Officials Defend Marijuana Ballot Measures Against Legal Challenges (Marijuana Moment)

• Illinois Expunges Nearly Half a Million Cannabis Arrest Records 4 Years Ahead of Schedule (NBC Chicago)

• Montana: Adult-Use Legalization Law Takes Effect (NORML)

• Young Adults Who Vape Cannabis Are More Likely To Experience Cough, Bronchitis And Wheezing, Study Finds (CBS Baltimore)

• Missouri Lawmaker’s New Bill Would Put Marijuana Legalization On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Study shows long-term cannabis use does not increase sensitivity to pain (The Spokesman-Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• 2020 Was the Year of the Magic Mushroom (VICE)

• Pure Extracts Commences Study on Psilocybin Oral Tablets, Capsules and Nasal Gel (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Top 10 Psilocybin Research Papers of 2020 (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• A Brief History of the Netherlands' Love Affair With Ecstasy (VICE)

Ketamine

• Ketamine may ease depression by restoring the brain’s sensitivity to prediction error, study suggests (PsyPost)

• Is Ketamine Effective for Typical and Atypical Depression? (Psychology Today)

Datura

• Three hospitalised after eating datura at Christchurch prison (Radio New Zealand)

Miscellaneous

• D.C. Decriminalizes Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia And Promotes Harm Reduction (Marijuana Moment)

• One psychedelic experience may lessen trauma of racial injustice (Ohio State News)

• Why Canada Could Be Next To Allow Psychedelic Therapy (And How It’s Already Changing Lives) (Forbes)

• The Psychedelic Renaissance in 2020 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Crisis of “Soft” Drug Criminalization in Italy (Filter)

• Remembering the Late Michael Alig, King of the Club Kids, Ex-Con Killer… And Unconventional Psychedelic Pioneer (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics and Judaism (Reality Sandwich)

• Legal Psychedelic Therapy Comes to Alberta With Ground-Breaking Health Canada Decision (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Compassionate Use – Psychedelic Therapy for Those Who Can’t Wait (Psychedelic Science Review)

• How UK Club Bouncers Prey On People Who Use Drugs (Filter)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.11.20

Cannabis

• Mexican Supreme Court Extends Deadline To Legalize Marijuana As Lawmakers Continue To Advance Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• House Approves Marijuana Research Bill Days After Voting To Federally Legalize Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

• What To Expect From The House Of Representatives’ Passing Of Federal Cannabis Reform (Forbes)

• Feds’ Post-Election Warning: Marijuana Still Banned For Federal Workers Despite State Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• NBA Will Reportedly Not Test Players for Marijuana Next Season (Complex)

• New Jersey lawmakers agree on recreational marijuana legalization bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Nebraska Senators Will Work To Put Recreational Marijuana On The Ballot In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• 70% in U.S. Support Expunging Marijuana Convictions After Vote to Decriminalize Weed: Poll (Newsweek)

• Embracing Marijuana Legalization Could Have Offset Democratic Election Losses, Poll Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

• Dumping CBD Oil On Strawberries Extends Their Shelf Life And Stops Mold Growth, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Europe's big cannabis route is so hard to shut (BBC)

• Majority Of Republican Voters Support House-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Jay-Z’s Cannabis Brand, Monogram, Launches With $50 Hand-Rolled Joints (Forbes)

LSD

• Mumbai: ‘Paper weight can’t be counted while quantifying LSD’ (Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

• N.J. bill to lessen jail time for ‘magic’ mushrooms moves forward (NJ.com)

• Canada Will Let Health Care Professionals Legally Use Psychedelic Mushrooms, Health Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Mydecine Innovations Group to Make First Commercial Export of Legal Psilocybin Mushrooms (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science (Discover Magazine)

• Can the active ingredient in magic mushrooms help treat anxiety? Researchers want to know (The Age)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted couples therapy investigated in landmark pilot trial (New Atlas)

DMT

• Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled in UK to treat depression (The Guardian)

• Why Does the Brain Make Its Own DMT? (DoubleBlind)

• How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

Ayahuasca

• Miley Cyrus Says Ayahuasca Changed Her Life (Lucid News)

• Preserving Entangled Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Usona Institute Publishes Synthesis and Characterization of cGMP 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Peyote

• Directing to the Divine Among Native American Peyotists (Spirit Pharmacist)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• New Compound Related to Psychedelic Ibogaine Could Treat Addiction, Depression (UC Davis)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Files FDA Pre-IND Meeting Request for Ketamine in Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mind Cure Moves into Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with British Columbia Location Offering Ketamine and Psilocybin Therapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Weren't As Common in Ancient Cultures As We Think (VICE)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of 2020 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• This Is How Psychedelics Hack the Brain, According to Scientists (VICE)

• The Case for Macrodosing (Rolling Stone)

• Psychedelic Guide Abuse: High-Control Group Dynamics and Complicity in the Perpetuation of Harm (Psychedelics Today)

• UK government set for psychedelics investment windfall (Financial Times)

• It Takes Guts: Psychedelic Treatment Approaches to Autoimmune Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Humans Have Used Drugs With Sex For Millennia – The Reasons Are Much Broader Than You Think (TalkingDrugs)

• How To Provide Psychedelic Support (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics, Therapy, and the Law (Psychedelic Frontier)

• Christopher Valore (AKA The Architect) talks “Conductor,” His Virtual-Reality, Psychedelic-Visual Sandbox Platform (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics, Shadows, and Spiritual Bypassing (The Third Wave)

• How Music Therapists Helped Build Psychedelic Therapy (Chacruna)

• How to Change Your Ability to Change (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Combining Movement and Microdosing: Athletics, Exercise, and Flow (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.27.20

Cannabis

• Mexico’s Senate-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill Moves To Chamber Of Deputies (Marijuana Moment)

• House Leadership Announces Vote On MORE Act To End Marijuana Prohibition Will Take Place Next Week (NORML)

• Marijuana Legalization Opponents Ask Courts To Overturn Voters’ Will In Several States (Marijuana Moment)

• Which States Are Poised to Advance Marijuana Legalization Reforms in 2021? (NORML)

• North Macedonia May Legalize Marijuana To Boost Tourism, Prime Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Attorney General Issues Directive Halting Low-Level Marijuana Prosecutions (NORML)

• Republican Lawmakers And Celebrities Push Trump To Free Marijuana Prisoners Before Leaving Office (Marijuana Moment)

• Upcoming UN vote may be watershed moment for global medical cannabis – if only symbolic (Marijuana Business Daily)

• North Dakota: Gov. Burgum Issues Additional Pardons for Low-Level Marijuana Offenses (NORML)

• Connecticut Lawmakers Will Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot If Legislature Rejects Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Federal Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Among Youth Decline Sharply in Legalization States (NORML)

• Number Of Banks Working With Marijuana Industry Continues To Drop Amid COVID, Federal Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• First Modern Dose-Response Study of LSD Confirms the Critical Role of the Serotonin 2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• New doc 'My Psychedelic Love Story' remembers Timothy Leary (Fast Company)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin & migraine: First of its kind trial reports promising results (New Atlas)

• Two-Track Effort To Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms In Washington State Launches Amid Broader Drug Decrim Push (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Research Suggests Past Antidepressant Usage Reduces Efficacy of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MDMA and Life Threatening Illnesses – A Commentary to Our Study (Psychedelic Support)

• Facilitating MDMA Therapy as a Treatment for PTSD with Marcela Ot’alora G (Chacruna)

Ayahuasca

• Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca (Lucid News)

• How Did Ayahuasca, Indigenous Diversity and Conservation Become Commodities in the Amazon? (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent (BBC)

Datura

• Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens, find reveals (Science Magazine)

Miscellaneous

• Vancouver Just Voted to Decriminalize All Drugs (VICE)

• Peter Thiel backs Berlin start-up making psychedelics in $125 million round (CNBC)

• What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy (DoubleBlind)

• The world's first psychedelics hotline could help you work through a trip (Inverse)

• These Four Former Pro Athletes Are Using Psychedelics To Heal Their Brain Injuries (Forbes)

• Oregon County Prosecutor Stops Drug Possession Cases Early Following Decriminalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• BBC Two Programme to Follow Psychedelics vs. Antidepressants Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• University of Bristol hands free drug testing kits to students (BBC)

• Another Aspect of Reality: Maria Nys Huxley’s Influence on Psychedelic History (Chacruna)

• Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends (Psychedelics Today)

• Catching Up With the Psychedelic Entourage Effect-Part 1: How We Got Here (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality (Psyche)

• Yu Maeda: A Psychedelic Artist Blending Japanese and American Influences (Sam Woolfe)

• Why California’s Future Psychedelics Legislation Should Start with Decriminalization of All Drugs (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.13.20

Cannabis

• House will vote on cannabis legalization bill in December (Politico)

• Mexican Senators Will Vote On Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Can Marijuana Help Biden Heal a Divided Nation? (Bloomberg)

• Marijuana Reform Omitted From Biden Transition Plan On Racial Equity Despite Campaign Pledges (Marijuana Moment)

• Gallup: Record Percentage of Americans Say “Marijuana Should Be Made Legal” (NORML)

• New Jersey Committees Cancel Marijuana Sales Bill Votes Amid Disputes Over Provisions (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Legislation Barring Police from Using Marijuana Odor to Stop or Search Takes Effect Early 2021 (NORML)

• Texas Lawmakers Pre-File Marijuana Bills For 2021 Session (Marijuana Moment)

• People around the country keep voting for marijuana. Here's why that's unlikely in NC. (The News & Observer)

• Montana Marijuana Opponents File New Lawsuit To Overturn Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis May Have Negative Effects On Sperm, Review Finds (Benzinga)

• Marijuana Regulators From 19 States Form Group To Coordinate Legalization Implementation (Marijuana Moment)

• After heart attack, pot smoking raises post-op dangers (Medical Xpress)

LSD

• Free Love and LSD: Photos of Life in a 70s Commune (VICE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Bill to decriminalize marijuana in N.J. passes in committee — and is amended to include hallucinogenic mushrooms (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Oral Thin Film Product with Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Niños Santos, Psilocybin Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Renaissance (Chacruna)

• NeonMind Obtains Health Canada Approval to Advance Psilocybin Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MDMA does not increase trust or cause a hangover, study says (New York Post)

DMT

• Meet the Man Who Brought DMT to the Masses (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• The Ayahuasca Afterglow Phenomenon: Exploring Its Significance and Limitations (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Jordi Riba and the Challenges of Studying Ayahuasca (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• New Program Brings Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy to Canadian Vets (Lucid News)

• Silo Wellness Announces the First-of-Its-Kind U.S.-Legal Psychedelic Wellness Nature Retreat in Oregon (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Microscopes, Telescopes, and Ketamine (The Third Wave)

Miscellaneous

• California Could Decriminalize Psychedelics Under New State And Local Proposals (Marijuana Moment)

• What happens when psychedelics make you see God (Popular Science)

• Psychedelics Won the Election—Except the Psychedelic that is Donald Trump (DoubleBlind)

• Can Microdosing Make You a Better Athlete? (Playboy)

• DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance (Filter)

• The Cost of Exclusion in Psychedelic Research (Bill of Health)

• Here’s why Black people in the UK are turning to psychedelics (gal-dem)

• Psychedelic Scientists Should Honor Indigenous Plants and Traditions (Chacruna)

• Europe's Teenage Drug Use Hotspots Revealed By New Study (VICE)

• A Handful of Start-Ups Is Developing Psychedelic Drugs for Mental Illnesses. It Could Be a Bad Trip for Investors. (Barron's)

• Banned Lecture of Getting Higher (Psychedelic Press UK)

• The Cost of Omission: Dr. Valentina Wasson and Getting Our Stories Right (Chacruna)

• Cybin Goes Public on the NEO Exchange Under Symbol CYBN (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Silo Pharma, Inc. Launches Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of Dr. Matthew Johnson of John Hopkins University (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Eating Disorders? (DoubleBlind)

• Growing Up with Sacred Plants (Chacruna)

• Entheon Biomedical Corp. Commences Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.6.20

Cannabis

• Voters Approve All Seven Marijuana-Legalization Initiatives Across Five States (Filter)

• New Zealand Voters Narrowly Reject Nationwide Marijuana Referendum In Final Vote Tally (Marijuana Moment)

• Four More Ohio Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• 2020 Ballot Initiative Effective Dates (NORML)

• Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years (The Austin Chronicle)

• Clinical Trial: Plant-Derived Cannabis Oil Effective for Patients with Fibromyalgia (NORML)

LSD

• MindMed Completes Phase 1 LSD Dosing Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Legalizes Psilocybin Therapy (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Relieves Major Depression, Study Shows (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

• Havn Life Sciences to Support the First Modern Psilocybin Depression Study in Germany with Mind Foundation (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Do Orgasms Cause the Release of DMT? (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• COVID and the Future of Ayahuasca in Brazil (Chacruna)

• The Colonization of the Ayahuasca Experience (JSTOR Daily)

Mescaline

• Heroines of Mescaline (Chacruna)

Peyote

• Why Matthew McConaughey Spent Hours In A Cage With A Mountain Lion (TheThings)

Ketamine

• People Are Using Ketamine at Home to Escape Their Pandemic Reality (VICE)

• Use of Acute and Maintenance Intravenous Ketamine in Outpatients With Depression (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• Every Single Marijuana And Drug Policy Ballot Measure Passing On Election Day Bolsters Federal Reform Push (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon becomes 1st state in the US to decriminalize drug possession (OPB)

• DC voters approve decriminalizing ‘magic mushrooms,’ other psychedelics (Fox 5)

• There's No Good Evidence that Psychedelics Can Change Your Politics or Religion (Scientific American)

• From Mining to Mushrooms (Psymposia)

• Improved colour blindness symptoms associated with recreational psychedelic use (Drug Science)

• Biden Says Anti-Drug Policies Harmed Black Communities, And It Was A ‘Mistake’ To Support Them (Marijuana Moment)

• Hate & Social Media in Psychedelic Spaces (Chacruna)

• Empowering Queer, LGBTQ, and Two-Spirit Voices in Psychedelics with Marca Cassity (Chacruna)

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