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 - 2.18.22

Cannabis

• Virginia Senate Votes To Start Recreational Marijuana Sales This September Through Current Medical Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• Sha’Carri Richardson, Suspended Over Marijuana, Suggests Racist Double Standard After Olympics Lets Russian Skater Compete Amid Doping Scandal (Marijuana Moment)

• Israel Announces New Cannabis Decriminalization Plans (High Times)

• Apple Secretly Joined Amazon In Advancing Commercial Cannabis Reform (Forbes)

• New York Lawmakers Send Marijuana Licensing And Equity Bill To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• South African Government to Fast Track Cannabis Reform Regulations (High Times)

• D.C. Mayor Signs Bill To Let Older Patients Get Medical Marijuana Without Doctors And Create 4/20 Cannabis Tax Holiday (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana for trauma: Report shows positive effects of medical cannabis (The Jerusalem Post)

• Hawaii Senate Committee Approves Bill To Legalize Marijuana For Senior Citizens 65 And Older (Marijuana Moment)

• Bill To Create State-Run Marijuana Shops In New Hampshire Approved By House (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Senators Approve Marijuana Decriminalization And Expungements Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization And Taxation Bills In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• WA researchers look at potential to use medicinal cannabis for weight loss (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• GOP Missouri Lawmaker Unveils Wide-Ranging Marijuana Legalization Bill As Others Pursue 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Kentucky Democrats File Bills To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawmakers, Cops Consider Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania (NORML)

• Wyoming Legislators Introduce Cannabis Decriminalization Bill (High Times)

• Maryland Lawmakers Take First Step To Putting Marijuana Legalization On 2022 Ballot With Hearing On Two Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Senate OKs bill to allow hemp farmers to grow adult-use marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Majority Of Arkansas Voters Back Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• IRS Official Clarifies That Medical Marijuana Is Not Tax-Deductible Under Federal Law After Misstatement (Marijuana Moment)

• Proposed Bill Could Protect Employees in Colorado who Use Cannabis (High Times)

• Hemp-Reinforced Bobsled and Luge Tracks Debut at Winter Olympics in Beijing (High Times)

LSD

• Another trial finds no evidence LSD microdosing does anything (New Atlas)

• LSD, afterglow and hangover: Increased episodic memory and verbal fluency, decreased cognitive flexibility (Beckley Foundation)

• New study addresses the question; ‘Can LSD boost creativity?’ (leafie)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depression Effective for Up to a Year for Most Patients, Study Shows (Johns Hopkins)

• Top Italian Court Blocks Marijuana And Psilocybin Referendum From Going Before Voters (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin use associated with lowered odds of having been arrested, study finds (PsyPost)

• Oklahoma Lawmakers Approve Psilocybin Decriminalization And Research Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Mushroom rabbi grows ceremonial psilocybin for Denver congregation — but is that legal? (The Denver Post)

• Hawaii Senators Approve Psilocybin Task Force Bill In Committee, With Decriminalization Measures Still Pending (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon proposes only using one type of mushroom for new psilocybin system, and no pills (OPB)

• Nova Mentis Study Confirms Oral Microdose Psilocybin Treatment of Autism (Psilocybin Alpha)

• These Four Companies Want to Take You on a Psychedelic Voyage in Oregon (Willamette Week)

• No Need for Magic Mushrooms? Producing Synthetic Psilocybin from Bacteria and Yeast (Truffle Report)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Key Findings from the 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study on AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Bar-Goers Were Poisoned by Ecstasy-Laced Champagne, German Police Say (Gizmodo)

DMT

• The Latest in DMT Research: Leading Companies and Key Studies (Truffle Report)

• What is DMT therapy? (Drug Science)

Ayahuasca

• Deontay Wilder contemplates using ayahuasca to help decide his boxing future (leafie)

• When Is Drinking Ayahuasca a Religious Experience? (Reason)

5-MeO-DMT

• More Companies Embrace 5-MeO-DMT to Create Therapies (Lucid News)

Peyote

• Calling on Federal, State, and Local Governments to Protect and Respect Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and its Byproducts (Chacruna)

• How peyote — used as a ceremonial, legal medicine — helped heal one family’s grief (Rocky Mountain PBS)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mydecine Announces MYCO-005 Family of Improved Safety Microdose Novel Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Awakn Files Patent For A New Class Of Entactogen-Like Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Report finds too many New Zealanders are dying from preventable drug overdoses (Newshub)

Nitrous Oxide

• Doctors warn of emerging public health issue from recreational use of laughing gas (Irish Examiner)

Ketamine

• Ketamine No Better Than Placebo for Reducing Suicidal Ideation in Depression (Mad in America)

• Ehave, Inc. Launches KetaDASH, Its In-Home Ketamine Therapy In The San Francisco And Sacramento Market (GlobeNewswire)

• FDA: Safety Concerns With Compounded Ketamine Nasal Spray (MPR)

• PharmaTher Announces Grant of U.S. Patent on Ketamine Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Judge Grants Hearing for Opposition to DEA Proposal to Criminalize 5 More Psychedelics (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• MAPS Accepts $500,000 Donation From Atai Life Sciences’ Philanthropy Arm (Forbes)

• Maryland Senators Propose Free Psychedelics for Veterans with PTSD (Truffle Report)

• Psychedelics Open Opportunity to Study Synesthesia (Lucid News)

• Trauma and Vulnerability to Suggestion: Redefining How We Understand Consent (Psychedelics Today)

• The Psychonaut’s Guide to Kabbalah and Spiritual Journeying (DoubleBlind)

• What Are the Prospects for Canada’s Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill? (Filter)

• Maryland Lawmakers Work To Decriminalize Drug Paraphernalia (Marijuana Moment)

• The 5 Craziest Places On Earth to Do Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• The Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion (Chacruna)

• “Largest-Ever” Harm Reduction Ad Campaign Demands Services, Honors the Dead (Filter)

• Naming and shaming drug users is focus group fodder – Labour must do better (LabourList)

• Co-Creating a Psychedelic Commons: A Commoner’s Guide (Chacruna)

• Meet the 16 Most Influential Women Shaping the Future of Psychedelics (Business Insider)

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This Month in Psychedelics - April 2020

Although the coronavirus pandemic first appeared in China all the way back in December, the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t really become a global issue until mid-March. That means we’re about two months into this thing and there’s still no telling how much longer we’ll be dealing with it.

But one thing’s for sure—the world of psychedelics has been just as busy as ever. In this month’s recap you’ll learn about a new compound that can make an LSD trip come to a screeching halt, an innovative technique for synthesizing psilocybin, how people are coping with being stranded at ayahuasca retreats, and much more.

Here is a slimmed-down video recap version that is available for those who prefer an easier-to-digest option:

Without further ado, let’s jump into the news:

MindMed Develops an Off-Switch For LSD

Have you ever wanted the ability to stop a psychedelic trip in its tracks? Many people keep benzodiazepines on hand just in case an innerspace voyage goes too far off the beaten path, but one psychedelic pharmaceutical company has a different solution in mind.

MindMed made two major announcements in April. The company acquired exclusive rights to eight clinical LSD trials and it is also developing a novel compound that is capable of stopping an LSD experience on-demand. This so-called “off-switch” could prove useful for bringing psychedelic therapy sessions to a halt if patients get too uncomfortable.

Many in the psychedelic community have questioned the necessity and efficacy of such an option. After all, even the most transformative psychedelic journeys can be uncomfortable, and sitting with (and navigating through) discomfort is often part of the experience. There’s also the possibility that halting a bad trip could prevent the process from coming to its natural conclusion, potentially prolonging underlying issues rather than resolving them.

However a clinically-tested trip-killer could prove useful in certain situations, such as when someone has lost their grip on reality and emergency medical staff are unable to communicate with the patient or get them to calm down. In that way it would be similar to using naloxone to revive an opioid user from an overdose.

At this point we don’t know exactly what the compound is or if it can stop psychedelic trips with other drugs. And it’s too early to know whether this compound is safe, effective, or even necessary. MindMed certainly hopes it is.

Growing Psilocybin From Yeast

Last month a team of Danish researchers presented a novel method of producing psilocybin that uses common baker’s yeast. This could prove useful for scientific research and psychedelic therapy, but it might also trickle down to the underground community of mycophiles who grow magic mushrooms from the comfort of their own home.

While there are still engineering issues to work out before this synthesis method could be applied at scale, it may prove to be a better option than the extraction and synthesis methods currently in use. Up until now, extracting psilocybin from magic mushrooms has been tricky and expensive, and existing chemical synthesis methods require expensive starting substrates that are also difficult to acquire.

But baker’s yeast can be found at any grocery store. So if this technique is perfected then manufacturing psilocybin for use in psychedelic research or therapy—as well as recreational or spiritual purposes—might become a whole lot easier.

People Are Stranded at Ayahuasca Retreats

People from all around the world have been finding themselves stranded at ayahuasca retreats in foreign countries due to border closings and a lack of flights. This has even affected one of my favorite YouTubers in the psychedelic/spirituality space, Dakota of Earth. Ayahuasca ceremonies introduce additional risks of spreading COVID-19, so it is very important that retreats take this issue seriously and respond accordingly.

This situation has been stressful for retreat operators and attendees alike, and although some attendees have been able to go home, not everyone has been so lucky. Hopefully those who are still stranded will be able to return to their home countries soon.

Cannabis Reforms Hit ANOTHER Wall

Cannabis reform efforts in America continued to suffer blow after blow last month due to the coronavirus pandemic. Attempts to legalize cannabis met their end in a couple states. In Missouri, activists officially decided to throw in the towel on their cannabis legalization campaign. And things in New York started off on the wrong foot when legalization was dropped from the budget, but the real death blow came a few days later when Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the effort was “effectively over”.

Organizers in other states didn’t call it quits but things aren’t looking so good. Activists in Idaho suspended their campaign to legalize medical marijuana and the legalization initiative in North Dakota is unlikely to move forward.

Although voters in Maine approved an initiative to legalize cannabis for recreational use way back in 2016, retail sales were not expected to begin until this Spring. However, officials delayed the rollout of adult-use cannabis stores due to concerns surrounding the pandemic.

Other campaigns are still hanging on by a thread. Arizona’s legalization campaign asked the state Supreme Court to allow the collection of electronic signatures and Montana activists went one step further by suing the state for the right to collect signatures online.

While many cannabis reforms have given up due to the coronavirus pandemic, others are soldiering on in hopes that they will still be successful.

Virginia Legalized Medical Marijuana

Fortunately not all cannabis reforms struggled. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved two separate bills—one to decriminalize cannabis and the other to legalize medical marijuana. But the governor also proposed several amendments to both bills, which meant they needed to go back to the legislature before they could become laws.

Virginia lawmakers approved the governor’s proposal to expand the state’s medical marijuana program, which means that the law went into effect without needing any further action from the governor.

However, members of both the House and the Senate ended up rejecting some of the proposed amendments to the decriminalization bill, which has gone back to the Northam’s desk. He’s expected to sign the bill into law, which means that Virginia will probably decriminalize cannabis on July 1st.

Bicycle Day and 420 Were Celebrated Online

Every stoner’s favorite holiday was a little bit different this year because 420 events were canceled all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was deflating, to say the least. But cannabis enthusiasts made the best of the situation by celebrating virtually this year by hosting smoke sessions and other events on video chat platforms.

Similarly, Bicycle Day celebrations were shut down but thankfully acidheads were able to get together online for a Bicycle Night livestream that celebrated the anniversary of Albert Hofmann’s first intentional use of LSD.

Macrodosing Legend Kilindi Iyi Passed Away

The psychedelic community lost one of its more ambitious and experimental elders in April when legendary macrodoser Kilindi Iyi passed away. Hailing from Detroit, he routinely worked with extremely large doses of psilocybin mushrooms and was part of a community of students and peers that explored the outer reaches of consciousness. He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind and lived like a true warrior.

If you’re not familiar with Kilindi Iyi then you should definitely check out some of his talks on YouTube. You won’t be disappointed. Rest in peace, Kilindi.

Psychedelic Clinical Trials Were Affected By the Coronavirus Pandemic

Psychedelic research trials were forced to adapt to the new world birthed by the pandemic. Many organizations took precautions to ensure the safety of researchers and patients.

MAPS postponed enrollment for Phase 3 MDMA trials and started using teleconferencing options to follow up with patients. COMPASS Pathways put a temporary hold on accepting new patients although pre-screening continued, which will allow the company to resume enrollment as soon as possible. The Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center stopped all study visits but did not end its recruitment efforts.

MindMed started enrolling volunteers in the company’s human safety studies of 18-MC, a compound derived from iboga that was developed for the treatment of opioid use disorders. The company claims it is “taking the necessary precautions to protect the health and safety of patients and staff”.

Esketamine vs. (Racemic) Ketamine

Ever since esketamine started receiving breakthrough therapy designations back in 2013, there has been an argument about whether the drug is as safe and effective as ketamine, its much older (and much cheaper) sibling. That match-up was put to the test last month when a randomized control trial directly compared the two drugs and found that they are equally effective at treating resistant depression.

However, they may not be as good at treating depression as other psychedelics. New research from an animal study found that ketamine might not be as effective at treating depression than psilocybin.

The World’s First Psychedelic Video Museum

If you have extra time on your hands and are in the mood to watch something trippy then look no further—after posting one psychedelic video per day for the last ten years, The Daily Psychedelic Video shared its psychedelic video museum with the world on Bicycle Day. The new virtual museum features 700 videos that have been selected from the site’s archive. The collection is organized by categories like “Soviet Psychedelia”, “Sixties Psychedelia”, and “Psychedelic Cinema”.

12 Fall Ill After Eating Datura Seeds

Twelve people in an Indian village fell ill after consuming datura seeds that resembled the shape of the coronavirus. They got the idea after watching a video on social media, believing that the seeds would strengthen their immune systems and prevent them from getting sick. As a public service announcement, I’d like to recommend that you don’t eat any datura seeds. Especially the ones that look like the coronavirus.

That’s all for this month’s update. Remember to always test and weigh your drugs and until next time—keep thinking wilder.

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.24.20

Cannabis

• Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout (Newsweek)

• Mexican Supreme Court Again Extends Marijuana Legalization Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• Due to COVID-19, Connecticut’s Legislative Session Cut Short, Cannabis Legalization Stalled (Cannabis Wire)

• On 4/20, ACLU Highlights Racist Marijuana Enforcement In New Report (Forbes)

• Virginia Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Delay Of Marijuana Legalization Study (Marijuana Moment)

• Scotland is set to get its first legal cannabis farm to produce drug for use in medicine (The Scottish Sun)

• Majority Of Americans Think Marijuana Legalization Is A Successful Policy, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Americans Think Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol, But Social Stigmas Remain (MERRY JANE)

• Early exposure to cannabis boosts young brains' sensitivity to cocaine, rodent study finds (Science Daily)

• New Jersey Voters Set To Approve Marijuana Legalization Referendum, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Clinical Trials for Treating COVID-19 with Cannabis Begin in Israel (MERRY JANE)

• Everything to Know About Cannabis and Coronavirus (The Cut)

• Cannabis industry launches COVID-19 relief efforts in Colorado (KDVR)

• DEA Marijuana Scheduling Lawsuit Will Be Appealed To Supreme Court Following Dismissal (Marijuana Moment)

• 24 Million Americans Will Spend Stimulus Check on Weed or Booze, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Jerseyans back referendum to legalize weed by huge margin, new poll shows (New Jersey Globe)

• Lawmakers File Bill To Let Marijuana Businesses Access Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (Marijuana Moment)

• Feast or famine: The effect of marijuana on weight (The Spokesman-Review)

• Smoking Weed Causes Less DNA Damage Than Tobacco, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• There is no difference between the effects of indica and sativa marijuana strains, scientists say (Insider)

• Weed advocacy groups call for prison depopulation to slow COVID-19 spread (Mugglehead)

LSD

• Mick Jagger once bought a giant mansion while tripping on LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Until Next Time: California’s Mushroom Decriminalization Effort Ends (Filter)

• Empower Clinics launches psilocybin research and psychedelic treatment subsidiary (Proactive Investors)

• Champignon secures stable psilocybin supply for traumatic brain injury, PTSD studies at the University of Miami (Proactive Investors)

• Two New Crystalline Forms of Norpsilocin (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Defense Department Approves Ketamine-Based Antidepressant for Some Patients (Military.com)

• Utah Clinician Exemplifies Innovation in Ketamine Therapy (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• D.C. Would Vote To Decriminalize Psychedelics, Poll Shows (Forbes)

• Medical Researchers Worry Silicon Valley Could Screw Up Psychedelics (OneZero)

• Thiel Backs Psychedelic-Drug Startup in Latest Funding Round (Bloomberg)

• The Prohibited Medicine (Medium)

• Why Dark-Web Drug Marketplaces Can Be a Refuge (Filter)

• The Structure and Function of the Serotonin 5-HT2C Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• How the Illicit Drug Trade Is Adapting to the Coronavirus Pandemic (World Politics Review)

• UN Experts Agree – The Right to Health of People Who Use Drugs Must Be Prioritised in Global COVID-19 Response (TalkingDrugs)

• Welcome to Entheogen (Medium)

• Psychedelics Make a Comeback as Therapies for Brain Injury, PTSD, Anxiety and Even Addiction (BioSpace)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief? (The Nation)

• Russian NGO Accused of “Narco-Propaganda” Over COVID-19 Advocacy For People Who Use Drugs (TalkingDrugs)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.17.20

Cannabis

• Virginia: Governor Approves Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana and Legalize Medical Cannabis (NORML)

• DC Allows Medical Marijuana Delivery Under Coronavirus Emergency Order (Marijuana Moment)

• N.F.L. Bows to Marijuana’s New Status (The New York Times)

• Missouri Activists Officially End 2020 Marijuana Legalization Campaign Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• 420 Smoke-Out Is Officially Canceled in San Francisco Due to Coronavirus (MERRY JANE)

• UK’s First Virtual Cannabis Legalisation Rally to be Held on 4/20 (The Cannabis Exchange)

• How To Celebrate The 4/20 Marijuana Holiday Virtually This Year Amid COVID Social Distancing (Marijuana Moment)

• COVID-19 delays Maine’s recreational marijuana rollout (Leafly)

• House Democrats Working to Roll Cannabis Banking Into Coronavirus Relief Effort (MERRY JANE)

• No federal relief: Cannabis businesses cry for help as coronavirus batters industry (NBC News)

• Virginia Governor Urges Medical Marijuana Expansion As Amendment To Recently Approved Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• A.I. Suggests US Vaping Illness Case From Last Summer Was Actually COVID-19 (MERRY JANE)

• Montana Marijuana Activists File Lawsuit For Electronic Ballot Signature Gathering During COVID (Marijuana Moment)

• Rare cannabinoid shows early promise for diabetes (Leafly)

• Marijuana Use Reaches All-Time High Under Coronavirus Pandemic (The Fresh Toast)

• Hemp Farmers Make Double the Salary of Average Agricultural Workers, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis May Ease Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms, Johns Hopkins Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests frequency and severity of negative reactions to cannabis (Medical News Today)

• DEA Seized More Marijuana Plants In 2019, But Arrests Fell (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Cooked With Cannabis’ takes pot-infused cuisine to new highs (Chicago Sun Times)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Florida, Kansas And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Cannabis and Arthritis – Could it Help? (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Does cannabis make you poo? (Leafly)

LSD

• Indie Film ‘Debbie and Doug Drop Acid in the Desert’ is a Visual and Emotional Trip (Psymposia)

• Bicycle Day: Demons, Milk, and “Medicine for the Soul” (DoubleBlind)

Magic Mushrooms

• Neuroscientists uncover how magic mushrooms "rebalance" the brain (Inverse)

• Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast (Phys.org)

• Science breakthrough: How ancient humans used magic mushrooms to grow brains exposed (Express)

• Orthogonal Thinker Files For Patent For Its Psilocybin Product, Psilly (Benzinga)

• Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Making A Comeback (Longevity Live)

• How to Make Mushroom Chocolates (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Scientists say MDMA could help treat mental health in a post-lockdown world (Dazed)

DMT

• What Is DMT "Changa" and How Do You Make This Form of the Psychedelic? (MERRY JANE)

Ayahuasca

• Coloradan Gets Stuck at Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru (Westword)

• How Ayahuasca, an Ancient Amazonian Hallucinogen, Became Hollywood's New Favorite Escape (Town & Country)

• The Virus, Ayahuasca, Grief, and Hope (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Habitat Influences Psychoactive Toad Secretions (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Hamilton Morris on 5-MeO-DMT, the Entourage Effect, and Protecting Toads (Psychedelic Science Review)

Iboga

• What Is Ibogaine and Can the Psychedelic Plant Help Break Drug Addictions? (MERRY JANE)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Initiates Dosing in Human Safety Study of Novel Treatment for Opioid Addiction, 18-MC (The Salamanca Press)

Nitrous Oxide

• The Rise of Laughing Gas in the Delivery Room (The New York Times)

Ketamine

• Champignon Brands Acquires Ketamine Clinic Operator AltMed Capital (Benzinga)

• Can Ketamine-Induced Near-Death Experiences Expedite Healing? (Chacruna)

Miscellaneous

• Announcing the Launch of the World’s First Psychedelic Video Museum (The Daily Psychedelic Video)

• Coronavirus triggers UK shortage of illicit drugs (The Guardian)

• Mindset Pharma Begins Work with Leading R&D Contractor for Next-Generation Psychedelic Drugs (PR Newswire)

• Coronavirus pandemic could trigger a spike in mental illness — this organisation thinks psychedelic drugs will help (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Therapists See Benefits and Risks in Psychedelic Therapy During Covid-19 Crisis (Lucid News)

• How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Us Overcome Crisis (Kahpi)

• Why 2020 is the Year of Psychedelics and Threesomes (DoubleBlind)

• Teens once again discover that nutmeg can get you high with the #NutmegChallenge (The Daily Dot)

• 5 Tips For Psychedelic Integration Providers (Maps of the Mind)

• Social Isolation Turns the World Inside Out. That’s Why Shamans Do It. (Kahpi)

• Ensuring Psychedelic Liberty in Black and Brown Communities: Questions to Ponder (Chacruna)

• The COVID 19 Journey is a Psychedelic Experience (Medium)

• UCSB Psychedelics Club Explores Psychedelic Usage and Research (The Bottom Line)

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