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12.2.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Signs Marijuana Research Bill, A Historic First For Federal Cannabis Reform (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Plans for Medical Cannabis Legalization on the Ballot in 2024 (High Times)

  • Ohio Senate Votes To Remove Marijuana Paraphernalia Convictions From Criminal Records And Allow Broader Expungement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Police in India Say Rats Ate More Than 1,100 Pounds of Confiscated Weed (High Times)

  • Young Americans Are Twice As Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, New Gallup Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Federal Job Applications Won’t Ask About Most Marijuana Use Unless It Was Within The Past 90 Days (Marijuana Moment)

  • Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help (Scientific American)

  • University Researchers Exploring Cannabis As A Treatment For Covid-19 (Forbes)

  • New York’s illicit weed products are weak and full of toxins, study finds (Leafly)

  • Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Opioid Use By Cancer Patients, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Starts Program Providing Financial Assistance to Low-Income Cannabis Patients (High Times)

  • Wedding Guest Files Lawsuit Over Pot-Infused Reception Food (High Times)

  • These States Almost Legalized Marijuana In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Many Trips, Diminishing Returns: Cross-Tolerance Between LSD and DOI (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting (Futurism)

Magic Mushrooms

  • DEA Proposes Even Higher 2023 Production Quotas For Psychedelics Like MDMA And Psilocyn (Marijuana Moment)

  • Non-profit Organization Marches on Canadian Capital To Fight for Therapeutic Mushrooms (High Times)

MDMA

  • The man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills (The Face)

  • Climate Lessons from Cambodia’s Illegal MDMA Market (TalkingDrugs)

Ayahuasca

  • Why Ayahuasca Is Miley Cyrus' 'Favorite' Drug (And How It Supported Her Veganism) (Benzinga)

  • After closing its doors in Canterbury, a church serving hallucinogenic tea vows to reopen elsewhere (NHPR)

  • Ceremonial Ayahuasca in Amazonian Retreats: Mental Health and Epigenetic Outcomes From a Six-Month Naturalistic Study (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War (Filter)

Ketamine

  • Laid-off workers can now get a free month of ketamine-assisted therapy services to help with their mental health (Fortune)

  • Low-dose ketamine may reduce shivering following spinal anesthesia (Physicians Weekly)

  • Ketamine for Depression Poses “Significant Risk to the Public” (Mad in America)

  • Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

  • Berkeley, California Officials Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution Amid Pushback From Reform Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian And Mexican Presidents Announce International Effort To Reshape Drug Policy, Condemning ‘Failure’ Of Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Governor To Appoint Psychedelics Advisory Panel After Voters Approve Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Why the “Psychedelic Renaissance” is just Colonialism by Another Name (DoubleBlind)

  • Could the Latest Science on Psychedelics Revolutionise the Way We Understand Our Minds? (Men's Health)

12.9.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap (Leafly)

  • Legalization Amendment To Be Added to Missouri Constitution (High Times)

  • New Jersey Marijuana Regulators Approve Rules For Public Cannabis Consumption Areas (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Bringing Country Closer To Ending Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Cannabis Has ‘Uniquely Beneficial Effects’ on People With Bipolar Disorder (High Times)

  • Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds (CNN)

  • Delivery is in the works for New York’s new legal weed stores (Leafly)

  • Children are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase (EurekAlert!)

  • Oregon recalls thousands of cannabis products over pesticide concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Several Companies for Illicit Edible Sales (High Times)

  • As Congress Stalls On Marijuana Banking, New Report Details Public Safety Risk Of Cash-Intensive Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

  • NORML Report Highlights Citywide Policies Depenalizing Marijuana Law Enforcement (NORML)

  • Study: ‘Significant’ negative association between medical cannabis sales, alcohol (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Dispensaries’ Cashless ATM Transactions Get The Ax (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Governor Announces Intent to Expunge 40,000+ Marijuana-Related Convictions (NORML)

  • Biden’s Health Secretary Shares Marijuana Scheduling News At 4:20—Again (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana packaging rebrands can draw consumers, create cohesion, reflect values (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Trend Sees Brands Pairing Top-Shelf Weed, Fine Dining (High Times)

LSD

  • Study on LSD microdosing uncovers neuropsychological mechanisms that could underlie anti-depressant effects (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Portlanders Explain Why They’re Waiting in Line for Psychedelic Mushrooms (Willamette Week)

  • Study suggests psilocybin increases mindfulness, especially when accompanied by mystical experiences (PsyPost)

  • Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge (DoubleBlind)

  • Diamond Therapeutics completes Phase I clinical study of low-dose psilocybin in healthy human subjects (PR Newswire)

  • Oregon store allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms raided (The Seattle Times)

MDMA

  • MDMA may be available for medical treatment "as soon as 2024" in US hospitals (Mixmag)

  • Wastewater data shows 286% increase in ecstasy use during pandemic (Healio)

  • Abuse Potential: Considerations for Rescheduling MDMA and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

Ayahuasca

  • A Canadian psychedelic drug company has created medical grade ayahuasca (Toronto Star)

  • Modulatory Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality Structure in a Traditional Framework (Chacruna)

  • Declaration of The 4th Brazilian Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference (Chacruna)

Ketamine

  • Now Companies Can Buy Insurance To Cover Ketamine Therapy for Employees (Lucid News)

  • Using Ketamine to Treat Anorexia (Psychology Today)

  • Meta-Analysis of Intravenous vs Intranasal Ketamine (Psychiatric Times)

  • Low-dose Ketamine Effective In Reducing The Incidence Of Shivering Following Spinal Anesthesia (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

  • MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

  • Most States Will Legalize Psychedelics By 2037, Analysis Published By American Medical Association Predicts (Marijuana Moment)

  • When virtual reality meets psychedelic therapy (Mashable)

  • How Will Our Value Systems Affect The Psychedelic Movement? (Maps of the Mind)

  • We’re rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say (New Scientist)

  • Awakn Makes Its Case To Investors (Lucid News)

  • Punk Ethos & Psychedelic Practice (Maps of the Mind)

12.16.22

Cannabis

  • Recreational Weed Now Legal in Missouri (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Begin Next Month (NORML)

  • New Hampshire GOP And Democratic House Leaders Team Up On Marijuana Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Here’s how New York’s legal weed delivery will work (Leafly)

  • Teen Marijuana Use Remained Stable In 2022, Despite More States Legalizing And Lifting Of Pandemic Restrictions (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas City: Officials Dismiss Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Following Statewide Legalization Vote (NORML)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust cannabis scandal (CBC)

  • Texas Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Back In Voters’ Hands After City Council Repeal (Marijuana Moment)

  • Massachusetts To Add Lessons on Weed Impairment to Driver’s Ed (High Times)

  • Nearly 2 Million Marijuana Convictions Have Been Pardoned Or Expunged In The U.S. In The Past Five Years, New Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Australian Residents Could Save $850 Million Annually if Cannabis is Decriminalized (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Reduces Arrests Even In States That Already Decriminalized, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off (PsyPost)

  • Gut Feeling: Links Between LSD, Endocannabinoids, and the Microbiome (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Florida halts amanita muscaria sales at nation’s only brick-and-mortar retailer (Leafly)

  • COMP360 psilocybin therapy shows potential in open-label study in type II bipolar disorder presented at ACNP (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Here’s why police are raiding psychedelic mushroom stores in major cities (Leafly)

  • Rat Study Examines Psilocybin as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Times)

MDMA

  • The History and Benefits of MDMA, the New Tool in Mental Health Again (Daily Kos)

DMT

  • Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Aaron Rodgers says doing psychedelic drug ayahuasca helped him overcome his ‘fear of death’ (The Independent)

5-MeO-DMT

  • UCL To Lead First-Ever Brain Imaging Study Among Psychedelic Retreat Participants (High Times)

  • PsyBio Therapeutics Takes Initial Step to Help Protect the Sonoran Desert Toad as it Files Three New Provisional Patent Applications, Including Intellectual Property Protection for the Biosynthetic Production of 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Alpha)

Peyote

  • Inside the battle to save the sacred peyote ceremony: ‘We’re in dire straits’ (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Israeli Based Biotech Company Clearmind Completes IND-Enabling Studies for CMND-100 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine plus therapy could help treat alcoholism, say researchers (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • Verdict in Lawsuit Assigns MAPS 25% Liability and $1M in Damages (Lucid News)

  • New center takes multidisciplinary approach to the study of psychedelics (University of Michigan)

  • It’s Not Just About Pot. Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. (The New York Times)

  • The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

  • Would You Be Friends With Your Friends if You Didn’t Do Drugs Together? (VICE)

  • Why is Gender-Affirming Care Needed in the Psychedelic Space? (Chacruna)

  • How Many Likes Does it Take to be a Psychedelic Thought Leader? (Lucid News)

12.23.22

Cannabis

  • First words from Brittney Griner: Thanks Biden, vows to help free others (Leafly)

  • Federally Funded Study Finds Teen Use Rates Largely Unchanged by Legalization (NORML)

  • Canada Destroys a Record Amount of Cannabis (High Times)

  • District of Columbia: Council Members Advance Legislation to Expunge Tens of Thousands of Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

  • Afroman Announces 2024 Run for President (High Times)

  • Twitter Stops Suggesting People Who Search For ‘Marijuana’ May Need Drug Treatment (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canada’s Cannabis Legalization Is Working Effectively, Annual Survey Suggests (Forbes)

  • New Washington Bill Would Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Report Analyzes Medical Pot Patients’ Consumption Habits (High Times)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Back Marijuana Legalization, And Three In Four Support Decriminalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • How LSD evolved from CIA mind-control drug to counterculture emblem (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Quebec covers psilocybin therapy under medical insurance in historic first (Leafly)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Canadian Company Announces Ayahuasca Pills (Chacruna)

  • Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men (UC Riverside)

Datura

  • Weed responsible for hallucinogenic spinach recall identified as thornapple (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • New Bill Tries to Decriminalize Psychedelics in California—Again (DoubleBlind)

  • The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa (Lucid News)

  • U.K. Police Chiefs Call for Decriminalization of First-Time Drug Offenses (High Times)

  • Israel-Based Clearmind Medicine Granted U.S. Patent for Psychedelic-Based Alcohol Substitute (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Placebo Problems: Boundary Works in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance (Chacruna)

12.30.22

Cannabis

  • Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2022 (NORML)

  • Washington, D.C. Passes Bill To Expand Medical Weed Sales (High Times)

  • Google Ends Ban On Advertising Certain Hemp And CBD Products In Parts Of U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

  • Clinical Trial Finds Cannabis Oil is Well-Tolerated, Effective Insomnia Treatment (High Times)

  • Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records To Launch Its Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom Pardons 10, Some Cannabis Convictions (High Times)

  • A dying US cancer patient used cannabis to ease pain. His hospital called the police (The Guardian)

  • South Dakota Activists File Measure That Could Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot For Third Election In A Row (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? (Vox)

  • Texas Marijuana Activists Submit Enough Signatures To Challenge Local Decriminalization Repeal, While Another City’s Reform Faces Lawsuit (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • A single dose of psilocybin improves depression in treatment-resistant patients, but with adverse effects (PsyPost)

  • Psilocybin Therapy For Autism-Like Disorder Receives Approval For Phase 2a Clinical Trial (The Dales Report)

  • Do Shrooms Go Bad? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA Is Getting Super Popular Among Rich, Young Indians (VICE)

  • VA Report Says Psilocybin And MDMA Show Therapeutic ‘Promise’ For Veterans’ Mental Health Conditions (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

  • Phase 2a study initiated to examine synthetic DMT for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

Ayahuasca

  • “Nobody Wants A Synthetic-Only Future”: Filament Health Is Formulating Natural Psilocybin And Standardizing Ayahuasca (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Tripping Without The Trip: Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelics (Benzinga)

Ketamine

  • Much remains unknown about using ketamine to treat depression—and Colorado doesn't regulate it (The Denver Post)

Miscellaneous

  • New York Lawmakers File Psychedelics Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics Like Psilocybin Are Now Legal In Colorado With Governor’s Proclamation On Voter-Approved Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Multidimensional Worlds of Mariela de la Paz (DoubleBlind)

  • Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon, but who will administer the drugs? (NBC News)

  • Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say (NPR)

  • Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities (The Daily Beast)

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Weekly Psychedelic Links - August 2022

8.5.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison for drug possession and smuggling (Leafly)

  • Another American Caught With Weed in Russia Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison (High Times)

  • Cannabis no more of a risk than tobacco and alcohol – study (Cannabis Health News)

  • Federal Marijuana Records Would Be Expunged Under New Bipartisan Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Says Legalization Hasn’t Caused More Teens To Try Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Cafes Emerge in Post-Legalization Thailand (High Times)

  • Study Shows Cannabis Users 55% Less Likely to Develop Common Liver Cancer (High Times)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Campaign Files Lawsuit To Put Legalization Measure On Ballot After State Board’s Rejection (Marijuana Moment)

  • US weed homegrowers produce 8x more than Colorado legal market, says new report (Leafly)

  • Feds Seek Contractor To Help Test Marijuana Compounds In People’s Breath (Marijuana Moment)

  • New 3D Structures of Cannabinoid Receptor Inform Safer Drug Design (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • New Report Recommends Tips for Successful Cannabis-Impaired Driving Campaigns (High Times)

  • Colleges In States That Legalize Marijuana See A Boost In Application Numbers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Brazilian Government’s Selective Blindness to Cannabis Evidence (TalkingDrugs)

  • Largest Federal Workers Union Calls For Ending Marijuana Tests For Most Government Employees In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Microdosing Shows No Benefit to Creativity, Cognition, Perception in New Scientific Study (Willamette Week)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Rules Set To Be Finalized in December (High Times)

  • Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story (Lucid News)

  • The Rise of Casual Shrooms (VICE)

MDMA

  • It’s Festival Season! How Should We Group Dose MDMA? (Lucid News)

DMT

Ayahuasca

Mescaline

  • Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

  • The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Double-action mechanism found that makes ketamine less addictive (New Atlas)

  • How ketamine chic became the new heroin chic (Dazed)

Miscellaneous

  • Poll States 28% of Americans Have Tried At Least One Psychedelic Substance (High Times)

  • The Need for 100,000 Psychedelic Facilitators is Real (LA Weekly)

  • Morgan Stanley Publishes Optimistic Report on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • California Bills To Legalize Psychedelics Possession, Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce And More Teed Up For Key Hurdle Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

  • MindMed Board of Directors Approves Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority Of Americans Support Psychedelics Research For Military Members, New Poll Finds As Bipartisan Reform Advances In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

8.12.22

Cannabis

  • Report: Spike in Marijuana Positives Fueling Truck Driver Shortage, Supply Chain Disruptions (NORML)

  • Ottawa on track to spend $200M per year on cannabis for veterans (CBC)

  • Wisconsin Governor Pardons Several for Cannabis Offenses (High Times)

  • Missouri will vote on marijuana legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State To Put Marijuana Legalization Initiative On Ballot, But Votes May Not Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Marijuana Shops Are 98 Percent Compliant With ID Checks To Prevent Underage Sales, State Regulators Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis And Lower COVID Hospitalizations: Is There A Connection? Here’s What A New Study Found (The Fresh Toast)

  • Biden DOJ Says Medical Marijuana Patients Are Too ‘Dangerous To Trust’ In Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit On Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Voters Across Wisconsin Will See Marijuana Questions On Their Ballots In November (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Very good for tourists’: Thailand aims for high season with U-turn on cannabis (The Guardian)

  • The (Possibly) Best and Worst Countries To Get Caught With Pot (Benzinga)

  • New Florida Marijuana Legalization Initiative Filed For 2024 Ballot, With Backing Of State’s Largest Medical Cannabis Company (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can memory loss be good? How cannabis can help with PTSD (Leafly)

  • Arresting illicit weed sellers repeats our drug war mistakes (NJ.com)

LSD

  • Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin therapy is prompting states to reconsider laws about magic mushrooms (USA Today)

  • Many Oregonians will have to vote again on psilocybin (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

  • Buried Treasure: How Does Psilocybin Reduce Compulsivity? (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Can Psilocybin Treat Obesity? New Evidence, Future Directions (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Inside the lab that's creating enough psilocybin for everyone on Earth (Wisconsin Public Radio)

  • Phase 2 clinical trial to examine efficacy of psilocybin for anorexia nervosa (Healio)

  • Coos County cities move to ban psilocybin for medical use in their communities (KCBY)

  • Optimi Health To Launch Therapeutic Psilocybin Product In Partnership With Patient Advocate Thomas Hartle (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Las Vegas Wastewater Study Finds Absolutely Bonkers Spike In MDMA Levels During EDC (BroBible)

  • Where Ecstasy Meets Power: The Unique Risks of MDMA Therapy (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

  • Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Won’t Be Disciplined for Using Psychedelic Drug (Sports Illustrated)

  • Aaron Rodgers’ former Packers QB coach reacts to psychedelic drug revelation (New York Post)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Psilera’s New Compounds Show Potential for Significant Treatment Improvement in Depression and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority of 'Bath Salt' Deaths Concentrated in Just Two States (Medpage Today)

  • Woman likely drowned after taking hallucinogenic drugs, coroner finds (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • States That Legalize Marijuana See ‘Significant Reductions’ In Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisonings, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • A 'very unpleasant time' - new synthetic drug in NZ (Radio New Zealand)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Urgent warning to parents over teens inhaling nitrous oxide after canisters found across Dublin (The Irish Sun)

Ketamine

  • How The Brain Changes In People With Chronic PTSD Following Ketamine Treatment (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

  • VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence (Technology Review)

  • The DARE Program Is Back in Some School Districts — Here’s What to Know (Teen Vogue)

  • Compass Pathways Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • An initiative to decriminalize most plant-based psychedelics is likely to fall short on signatures (Colorado Public Radio)

  • Colombia’s New President Wants to End the Drug War. Can He Succeed? (Filter)

  • Bear high on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' rescued in Turkey (Irish Mirror)

  • How Do We End the ‘War on Drugs’? Perhaps Scandinavia Has the Answer.. (Volteface)

  • Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit (MIT Technology Review)

  • Over the counter culture: Are psychedelics coming to the corner shop? (The Independent)

  • Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs (STAT)

  • Muslims on Drugs: Psychedelics, Queerness, and Identity in the Post-9/11 Era (DoubleBlind)

  • What Role does Philosophy Play in the Future of Psychedelics? (TalkingDrugs)

  • First Reddit Community-Led Scientific Study to Launch on Quantified Citizen (Yahoo!)

  • Red Wall Voters Want Drug Law Reform – New Polling Shows (Volteface)

  • Psychedelic Clinical Trials and the Michael Pollan Effect (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Young Psychedelic Philanthropist Blazes Path for the Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

  • Rediscovering Our Ancestral Roots of Exploration (Chacruna)

  • What Happens when Psychedelics Meets Video Games? (Lucid News)

8.19.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner Appeals Conviction in Russian Drug Case (High Times)

  • North Dakota will vote on cannabis legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas court orders recreational cannabis amendment put back on ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand, says health minister (Reuters)

  • South Dakota Reservation Bans Alcohol, Allows Cannabis (High Times)

  • Analysis: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Becoming More Pronounced in Prohibition States (NORML)

  • ‘Clean weed’ is about to be everywhere in California. Here’s what you need to know (Los Angeles Times)

  • Ohio Voters In Seven More Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization At The Ballot This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Activists Launch Medical Marijuana Ballot Push For 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alberta cannabis sales slow to grow as online identity verification deters consumers, say retailers (CBC)

  • Gallup: Those with First-Hand Experience with Cannabis Likely to Perceive It Positively (NORML)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Most Wisconsin Voters—Including Republicans—Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Is Oregon Ready for the Coming Psilocybin-Fueled Mushroom Tourism Boom? (Portland Monthly)

  • Optimi Health Unveils Canada’s First Natural Therapeutic Psilocybin Product For Approved Patients (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Warnings over dangerously high-strength MDMA pills found at Boardmasters (Mixmag)

DMT

  • Small Pharma Receives Approval for DMT-Assisted Psychotherapy and SSRI Drug Interaction Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • The Misfortune of “Right Wing” Psychedelia” in Brazil (Chacruna)

  • Anonymous Letter to Conservative Masters of the UDV (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Nitrous Oxide

  • Atlanta neighbors frustrated by nitrous oxide use outside Widespread Panic show (KMIZ)

Ketamine

  • We Asked the Experts: What Exactly is in Ketamine? (TalkingDrugs)

Miscellaneous

  • Video of a forester who found a drunken bear gorged on hallucinogenic honey became a hit on the Internet (The Saxon)

  • California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Gutted by Key Committee (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics as a sacrament? Lawsuit says drugs are a religious right. (The Washington Post)

  • Integration of psychedelic experiences linked to self-actualization via improvements in personal development and self-insight (PsyPost)

  • Two In Five Americans Say They’ve Changed Their Mind On Drug Policy, With Most Becoming “More Liberal,” Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

8.26.22

Cannabis

  • Federal Trade Commission issues refunds to CBD buyers, here’s why (Leafly)

  • Nebraska Officials Will Take A Second Look At Signatures For Rejected Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

  • New medical marijuana campaign launches in Idaho for 2024 ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Study Shows 20% Increase in Frequency of Cannabis Consumption in Recreational States (High Times)

  • FBI Says CBD Use Is An ‘Automatic Disqualifier’ For Employment Despite Federal Hemp Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma’s legalization initiative at risk due to state delay (Leafly)

  • The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal (The Washington Post)

  • U.S. Forest Service Reminds Workers Of Federal Marijuana Ban And Warns Against CBD Use (Marijuana Moment)

  • Dennis Rodman Proposes To Negotiate Russia Brittney Griner Release (High Times)

  • Why The Legal Cannabis Industry Needs The Black Market (Forbes)

  • Legalization Opponents Sue To Block Initiative From Missouri Ballot (High Times)

  • Cannabis for Chronic Pain Linked to Slightly Increased Risk of Arrhythmia (Healthline)

LSD

  • First Patient Dosed in Trial of LSD for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Psychiatric Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin May Help Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Shows (TIME)

  • Three Out Of Four Oregon Counties Will Vote On Banning Or Postponing Psilocybin Services This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Inside Paul Stamets’ Massive Microdosing Study (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

  • Mormon Bishop And Former GOP Utah Rep. Champions Ayahuasca After Faith-Affirming Psychedelic Experience (Marijuana Moment)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Trip Advisors: Group Promotes 5-MeO-DMT Harm Reduction By Exposing Shamanic Hustlers (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • The DEA is Attempting to Ban Two New Psychedelic Drugs (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Clearmind Medicine Announces Additional Positive Pre-Clinical Results for its Cocaine Addiction Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • BetterLife Lead Drug (BETR-001) Promotes Structural Neural Plasticity with Possible Nootropic Effects Similar to That of LSD Without Hallucinogenic Side Effects (Psychedelic Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing Gas During Labor Is Becoming More Popular Among Women in the United States (People)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine’s upgrade to an employee benefit in US may hasten the legitimacy of psychedelics in SA (BizNews)

DXM

  • FDA Approves First, Only NMDA Receptor Antagonist for Major Depressive Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

Miscellaneous

  • Psychedelic Stocks: MindMed and atai Slash their Pipelines, Mydecine Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelics Use Increasing Among Adults, But Decreasing For Teens, New Federally Funded Studies Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences linked to increased pro-environmental behaviors (PsyPost)

  • How near-death experiences and psychedelics alter attitudes about death (EurekAlert!)

  • Does Microdosing Actually Work? The Science Is Still Conflicted (VICE)

  • Issues of Patient Safety and Ethical Violations in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger (Lucid News)

  • This Psychedelic Theater Troupe Has Been Quietly Changing the World for Decades (DoubleBlind)

  • Do Psychedelic Trips Actually Start In The Gut Instead Of The Brain? (Healing Maps)

  • The Psychedelic Community Takes Itself Too Seriously (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Ethics in Psychedelic Therapy: The Promises and Pitfalls of Increased Suggestibility (Sam Woolfe)

  • Do You Even Trip, Bro? On Psychedelic Masculinity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • How Long Can the Psychedelic Renaissance Last? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • The Legal Risks of Psychedelic Therapy and Coaching (EntheoNation)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.14.22

Cannabis

  • Oregon State research shows hemp compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells (Oregon State University)

  • Polls Funded By Marijuana Prohibitionist Group Show Big Support For Legalization Policies It Lobbies Against (Marijuana Moment)

  • Top German Government Official Previews Marijuana Legalization Plan Details (Marijuana Moment)

  • First-dose vaccinations quadruple in Quebec ahead of restrictions at liquor and cannabis stores (CTV News)

  • Mississippi Senate Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana, Defying Governor’s Veto Threat (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oregon: New Rules Increase the Amount of Cannabis Adults Can Purchase Per Transaction (NORML)

  • Ohio Marijuana Activists Turn In More Signatures For Legalization Initiative After Temporary Setback (Marijuana Moment)

  • Delaware Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill With Key Equity Revisions (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas lawmaker wants to refer medical marijuana legalization to voters (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Austin Officials Certify Local Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative For May Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wyoming Activists Prepare Cannabis Reform Initiatives (High Times)

  • Virginia Lawmakers Divided On Releasing Marijuana Prisoners Following Legalization Taking Effect (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Governor Wants Marijuana Activists To Pay Legal Bill For Her Lawsuit That Blocked Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Florida Marijuana Activists Pivot To 2024 For Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Global Coalition Launches Push To Reschedule Psilocybin Under International Rules (Marijuana Moment)

  • Italian Officials Certify Signatures For National Marijuana And Psilocybin Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

  • Rollups: The Emerging Magic Mushroom Monopoly (The American Prospect)

  • Numinus Submits Clinical Trial Application for Phase 1 Trial on Proprietary Psilocybin Product (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psilocybin Clinical Trial for Depression Launches at Pacific Neuroscience Institute (PR Newswire)

MDMA

  • MAPS Publishes Open Science Approach to Synthesizing MDMA (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • A New Study Attempts To Quantify The Healing Powers Of Ayahuasca (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Mydecine Achieves Innovative Supercomputing Artificial Intelligence Modeling in Psychedelic Drug Development Enabling Quick Screening of Billions of Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Field Trip Receives Notice of Allowance for US Patent Application Covering FT-104 (Isoprocin Glutarate), its Novel Psychedelic Molecule in Development (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Trial of Ketamine Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Reports Positive Findings (Technology Networks)

  • Osmind Announces Publication of the Largest Real-World Analysis of Ketamine Infusion Therapy for Depression (Business Wire)

  • Institutional Review Board Grants Approval for Cybin-Sponsored Feasibility Study Using Kernel Flow Technology to Measure Psychedelic Effects on the Brain (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Peter Thiel-Backed Psychedelics Company Gets FDA Approval To Study Ketamine Therapy (Forbes)

  • PharmaTher Announces FDA Approval of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for Ketamine to Treat ALS (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • How Beer and Drugs Empowered an Ancient Andean Empire (Gizmodo)

  • These States Could Legalize Marijuana Or Psychedelics In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia Could Decriminalize Psilocybin And Other Psychedelics With Newly Filed Bills (Marijuana Moment)

  • Social Media Attacks and Ethical Issues in the Psychedelic Sector — Why can’t we all get on together for the greater good? (Medium)

  • Missouri Patients Could Use Psychedelic Treatments Under New GOP ‘Right-To-Try’ Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Microdosers’ of LSD and magic mushrooms are wiser and more creative (Daily Maverick)

  • Promising Psychedelic Therapy Legislation Set to Make Waves in 2022 (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Vermont Lawmakers File Drug Decriminalization Bill With Hopes Of Promoting Harm Reduction (Marijuana Moment)

  • Announcing a Major Healthy Persons Trial to Investigate the Brain Activity Effects of Psychedelic Medicines (Mind Medicine Australia)

  • University Of Ottawa To Offer Psychedelic Studies Master’s Program Beginning In Fall 2022 (Healing Maps)

  • The Connection between Psychedelics and Christianity (The Institute for the Advancement of Psychedelic Christianity)

  • Metaphysical Insight: Psychedelics, Noetic Experiences, and Spinoza’s God (Sam Woolfe)

  • How to Come Out to Your Kids About Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics in Healthcare: The Psychedelic Pharmacists Association (Truffle Report)

  • Can Western Medicine Include the Sacred in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy? (Lucid News)

  • How To Vet Your Psychedelic Guide (DoubleBlind)

  • Mydecine to Launch Special Access Support and Supply Program in Canada Expanding Access to Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy For Patients (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.7.22

Cannabis

  • Sadiq Khan plans pilot to ‘decriminalise’ minor cannabis offences in London (The Guardian)

  • Legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Montana (KPAX)

  • Federal Marijuana Monopoly Finally Ends As Two Companies Harvest Cannabis Approved By DEA (Marijuana Moment)

  • New year rings in key changes to state marijuana markets (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • GOP-Controlled New Hampshire House Votes To Legalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado: Governor Issues Pardons to Over 1,300 Marijuana Offenders (NORML)

  • Wyoming Marijuana Activists Turn Focus To 2024 Ballot For Decriminalization And Medical Cannabis Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

  • The top cannabis research studies of 2021 (Leafly)

  • Incoming Virginia GOP Governor Won’t ‘Overturn’ Legal Marijuana Possession, But Casts Doubt On Sales (Marijuana Moment)

  • Top Kansas Democrats Unveil Plan To Put Medical And Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization On The 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Two recreational marijuana initiatives might appear on Oklahoma ballot in fall (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Iowa Democrats Unveil Marijuana Resolution To Put Legalization On Ballot For Voters To Decide (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Republican-Led Bill Would Legalize Medical Cannabis In Kentucky (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Lawmakers Prepare Dozens Of Cannabis Reform Bills (High Times)

  • Marijuana Decriminalization Reduces Arrests And Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Tiny but mighty: Micro-cultivators dominated 2021 (Leafly)

  • The cost of medical marijuana in Louisiana (KSLA)

  • Israeli startup a go-to resource in medical cannabis world (I24News)

  • Oklahoma Pot Farm Slapped with RICO From Next Door Neighbor (High Times)

  • Cannabis users report higher quality of life than non-users (Leafie)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Washington Psilocybin Bill Would Legalize Supported Adult Use (Bill of Health)

  • COMP360 psilocybin study of 89 healthy participants published in Journal of Psychopharmacology (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • New Hampshire Bipartisan Bills Want to Reduce Penalties on Psilocybin, Other Drugs (Truffle Report)

  • Tryp Therapeutics Announces Advancement of Phase 2a Clinical Trial in Binge Eating Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Filament Health Announces Health Canada Approval for Phase II Trial Administering New Psilocybin Microdose Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Red Light Holland Psilocybin Truffles, Sold in The Netherlands, Complete Second Evaluation Under a Health Canada Approved cGMP Laboratory (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psilocybin therapy options could expand in Hawaiʻi (Hawai'i Public Radio)

MDMA

  • Drug testing: Dramatic drop in bath salts being sold as MDMA (Radio New Zealand)

  • Microdosing MDMA: What Research Says About Doing It For Mental Health Issues (Healing Maps)

DMT

  • Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on DMT Human Trial and Announces Regulatory Submission to Ethics Committee (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • IRS defends denial of Des Moines church's tax-free status over use of psychedelic drug (KCCI)

  • Anti-Drug GOP Senator Helps Psychedelic Church With Fight Against DEA And IRS (Marijuana Moment)

Iboga

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse to Test Ibogaine For Addiction Treatment (Truffle Report)

  • Caribbean Facility Finds Consistent Success Using Ibogaine for Anxiety and Trauma Treatment (PR Newswire)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • MindMed Successfully Completes Phase 1 Clinical Trial of 18-MC (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Mindset Pharma Teams Up with The McQuade Center to Develop 2 Families of Novel Psychedelic Compounds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Using cannabinoids to treat obesity (Medical Xpress)

  • More needs to be done to tackle synthetic cannabinoids, experts say (Stuff.co.nz)

Ketamine

  • Awakn Life Sciences Expands World's First Ketamine Study Beyond Gambling Disorder to Include Additional Behavioral Addictions (Yahoo!)

  • PharmaTher Announces Publication of Research Data for KETABET™ (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • The Promises and Perils of Psychedelic Health Care (The New York Times)

  • Health Canada Grants Special Access to Restricted Drugs for Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Magic mushroom companies are on the Nasdaq now. That’s a recipe for a bad trip (The Guardian)

  • Psychedelics Can Change Your View on the Nature of Reality (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelics in 2022: What to Expect (Truffle Report)

  • Fact Check-London Mayor not decriminalising drugs (Reuters)

  • Psychedelics 2021: A Year in Review (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Will overdose deaths force an end to the US ‘war on drugs’? (Financial Times)

  • Philippines' Duterte says will never apologise for drug war deaths (Reuters)

  • New York Prisons Punished 1,600 People for False Drug Test Results (Filter)

  • Now psychedelics are coming to your medicine cabinet (ISRAEL21c)

  • How Psychedelic Therapy Fuses Indigenous Shamanism With Western Science (IFLScience)

  • Pop Culture Boosts Acceptance of Plant Medicine (GlobeNewswire)

  • Can A Psychedelic Experience Improve 2022? (Reality Sandwich)

  • Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform in 2021: A Year in Review (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psychedelics Will Have a Big Presence at SXSW in 2022 (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Was 2021 the Year Psychedelics Conquered Capitalism? (Green Entrepreneur)

  • Startup To Host Psychedelic Trips In The Metaverse (Forbes)

  • Is ‘The Trip’ Essential to The Psychedelic Experience? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

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