Weekly Psychedelic Links - July 2022

7.1.22

Cannabis

• Fentanyl-laced marijuana is a myth. It’s time to end the hype (Leafly)

• Medical Weed Cards No Longer Required in Virginia Starting July 1 (High Times)

• Hemp, CBD get permanent legal status in NC after 11th-hour rescue (MSN.com)

• Scientists find THC in over 60% of CBD products they tested — and that may be a huge problem (ZME Science)

• UN Report Dramatizes Uptick in Global Cannabis Use (High Times)

• Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Providing Medical Marijuana Workplace Protections For State Employees (Marijuana Moment)

• Maryland Court: Cops Can Stop, Question Someone Who Smells of Pot (High Times)

• Nevada Cannabis Consumption Lounges Could Go Live By End Of 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota (Star Tribune)

• Inside The Process To Legalize Recreational Cannabis In Germany (Forbes)

• California Bill to Require Cannabis Warnings About Mental Disorder Risks Advances (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Medical Marijuana DUI Protections And Cannabis Banking Reform Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Supreme Court Bans Smokable Hemp Production, Sales (High Times)

• Montana Lawsuit Challenges Marijuana Ban In State’s Third-Largest City (Marijuana Moment)

• House Panel Approves Amendment to Protect State Legal Cannabis Programs (High Times)

• Feds Fund Development Of Hemp-Based, 3D-Printed Materials To Build Affordable Housing (Marijuana Moment)

• New Vermont Guidance Looks to Eliminate Plastic Waste From State’s Cannabis Industry (High Times)

• Cannabis users are at greater risk for emergency and inpatient care: study (Fox News)

Magic Mushrooms

• These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms (Rolling Stone)

• New Jersey Senate President Files Psilocybin Legalization Bill That Includes Home Grow Option, Unlike Current Marijuana Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Tryp Therapeutics Strengthens IP Portfolio with Provisional Patent Application for Binge Eating Disorder Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Digging Up Druggable Targets: Psilocybin Efficacy in a Model of OCD (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• First-of-its-kind MDMA group therapy trial set to commence (New Atlas)

• Over One Hundred Years of MDMA Research (Drug Science)

Ayahuasca

• How the Shipibo Came to Be the Most Common Group Serving Ayahuasca to Foreigners (DoubleBlind)

Peyote

• Decriminalize Nature Targets Peyote: Drug Reform or Settler Colonialism? (Chacruna)

• Big business could wipe out Mexico’s sacred psychedelic peyote cactus (openDemocracy)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• How Did A Minnesota Honor Roll Student Die As Her Parents Were Sleeping Upstairs? (Oxygen)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• A Loophole in Japan’s Weed Laws Is Getting Tens of Thousands High (VICE)

Miscellaneous

• Colorado Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Psychedelics Legalization And Therapeutic Psilocybin Program On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds (The Guardian)

• Is there a future for psychedelic treatment in Saudi Arabia? (Arab News)

• Do Bad Psychedelic Patents Matter? (Lucid News)

• 4 Recommendations for Disability Inclusion in Psychedelic Therapy Research (Psychiatric Times)

7.8.22

Cannabis

• WNBA Star Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty To Cannabis Charge As Russia Calls Out U.S. Hypocrisy In Maintaining Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Make no mistake, marijuana edibles are legal now in Minnesota (Leafly)

• Washington, D.C. Mayor Signs Medical Cannabis Self-Certification Bill (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Bill Gives Medical Cannabis Patients DUI Protection (High Times)

• Oklahoma: Advocates Turn in Signatures to Place Adult-Use Legalization Measure on November Ballot (NORML)

• Study Shows Flower Still Reigns Supreme in U.S., Canada as Consumer Favorite (High Times)

• Arkansas Activists Set To Turn In Double The Signatures Needed To Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists Turn In Ballot Signatures After Campaign Suffers Legal Setback (Marijuana Moment)

• Albania Prompted to Implement Medical Cannabis Reform After U.N. Criticism (High Times)

• U.S. Army Wants To Make Sniper Uniforms Out Of Hemp (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• A man whose daily headaches felt like an ice pick in his eyes says he tried 12 treatments but only found relief after taking LSD (Insider)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Study Shows Mood, Mental Health Improved by Microdosing Psilocybin (High Times)

• Indiana Nurse Faces Ten Years in Prison for Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care (Scientific American)

• Rural Oregon counties are lining up against psilocybin launch (OPB)

MDMA

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pushes for Psychedelic Reform in Congress (DoubleBlind)

• GOP Congressman’s Amendment Would Direct Military To Study Psilocybin And MDMA Benefits For Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Its Phase 1 DMT Stroke Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Iboga

• ‘To Heal and to Care for’: Protecting Iboga and Indigenous Voices in the Face of Corporatisation (Volteface)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• DEA Announces Hearing On Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelic Compounds Following Significant Pushback (Marijuana Moment)

• Mindset Pharma Receives Allowance for Patent Application Covering its Short-Duration Novel Psychedelic Medications for The Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Announces Positive Results from Study For Ketamine Microneedle Patch (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• The Never-Ending Psychedelic Trip of Michael Pollan (Rolling Stone)

• Journey Colab scores $12M to move psychedelics-based addiction treatment into clinic (Fierce Biotech)

• User perceptions of the benefits and harms of hallucinogenic drug use: A web-based questionnaire study (Drug Science)

• Tripping the Reward Circuit: Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics Give a Glimpse of Enlightenment (Psychology Today)

7.15.22

Cannabis

• Feds Must Defend Historical Rationale Of Banning Guns For Medical Marijuana Patients, Revised Lawsuit Argues After SCOTUS Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Green way of life’: Thailand sees cannabis boom after law change (Al Jazeera)

• Washington DC just legalized weed for all adults—but it’s locals only (Leafly)

• Oklahoma, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Nebraska submit signatures to put cannabis on November ballot (Leafly)

• Study Shows Decrease in Heavy Truck Crash Rates Since Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• NYPD Will Keep Testing Officers For Marijuana, Reversing Course Hours After Announcing Policy Change Mandated By City (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Laws in France Have Disproportionately Affected Muslims (High Times)

• New York Firefighters Won’t Be Tested For Marijuana, Department Says Following NYPD Leak (Marijuana Moment)

• Argentine Supreme Court Endorses Medical Cannabis Home Grow (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Governor Signs Marijuana Banking And Insurance Reform Bill Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Portland Weed Demand Hits Three-Year Low (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Police Arrested Over 13,000 People for Marijuana Possession in 2021 (NORML)

• The Fight for Medical Cannabis in Indonesia (High Times)

• Weed, Like Change, Nourishes The Soil To Regenerate The Cannabis Industry (Forbes)

LSD

• Why David Bowie wasn’t a fan of LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

• DEA May Find Itself In Federal Court Again Over Refusal To Provide Psilocybin Access To Terminally Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon therapeutic psilocybin program sparks some confusion (OPB)

MDMA

• World's first ecstasy 'shop' set to trial in the Netherlands (Mixmag)

• Luxury Champagne Recalled Again Over Ecstacy Contamination (Newsweek)

• MDMA: Rolling from Counterculture to the Clinic Counter (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Study suggests ayahuasca users tend to eat healthier, get more exercise, and experience physical and mental health benefits (PsyPost)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering Ketamine for the Potential Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today's Psychedelic Re-Emergence, Dies at 91 (Transform Press)

• House Approves Marijuana And Psychedelics Amendments As Part Of Must-Pass Defense Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs (Undark)

• Inside the Chemistry Lab Where the MDMA Godfather Synthesized Novel Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• The Tory Leadership Candidates on Drugs (Volteface)

• Filament Health Issued Third Patent By United States Patent and Trademark Office (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Doctors Urge Access to Psychedelic Therapies in New Mexico (TIME)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Inflammation and Eye Disease? Eleusis Thinks So. (Lucid News)

• Villain Or Victim? Understanding The Role of Women In The Latin American Drug Trade (TalkingDrugs)

• San Francisco’s New DA Vows to Ramp Up City’s Drug War (Filter)

• The Battle for Psychedelic Patents (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• How To Become a Psychedelic Therapist (DoubleBlind)

• 5 Countries Where Psychedelics are Legal (Psychedelic Spotlight)

7.22.22

Cannabis

• Senate Leadership Introduces Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition (NORML)

• District of Columbia: Mayor Signs Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

• Legal cannabis is producing more plastic waste than pot (Leafly)

• Colorado Company To Research Cannabis As A Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease (Forbes)

• Biden Says He’s ‘Working On’ Bill To Release Cannabis Inmates (High Times)

• Germany, Luxembourg, Malta And The Netherlands Discuss Marijuana Legalization At Historic Joint Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Springs Recreational Cannabis Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot (High Times)

• Minnesota Is Home To America's First Cannabis Disc Golf Course (MIX 108)

• House Passes Bill Permitting Weed Ads on TV and Radio (High Times)

• Colorado's New Lead Marijuana Monitor Treks Through Heavy Issues (Westword)

• Cannabis Telemedicine Launches in Montana (High Times)

• Montana Marijuana Businesses Face Seemingly Endless Cycle Of Local Votes On Allowing Them To Operate (Marijuana Moment)

• People Busted for Weed in the U.K. Could Lose Passports Under Proposed Rules (High Times)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Measure In Danger Of Not Qualifying For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Denver officials want to save struggling cannabis delivery businesses (The Denver Post)

• Study Finds Australians Support Cannabis Use Over Smoking Tobacco (High Times)

• House Will Not Vote On Marijuana Amendments For Veterans And Public Housing Residents After Committee Snag (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana use is higher among US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use (News-Medical)

LSD

• The Doors of Expression: LSD Alters Epigenetics and Protein Induction (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Science Feature: MindMed’s LSD Trial for ADHD (Microdose)

• Watch John Lennon explain that 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' was not about LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Sloppy Science of Psilocybin Microdosing Surveys (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• A single dose of psilocybin has long-lasting antidepressant-like effects in fruit flies (PsyPost)

• Restrictions on Psilocybin ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Are Easing as Research Ramps Up (Scientific American)

MDMA

• Patient safety issues halt trial for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy during Health Canada review (CBC)

• 'Corrective' measures ordered, but Health Canada says 2nd MDMA trial can continue (CBC)

DMT

• Teenager Used LSD And DMT To Help Overcome Trauma, Case Report Says (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

• Churches sue to use hallucinogenic tea in religious practice (UPI)

• The Global Ayahuasca Boom: What About the Conservation of the Ayahuasca Vine? (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• The Story Behind a 1984 Hallucinogenic Pamphlet From Denton Is Just as Trippy as Its Subject (Dallas Observer)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mydecine Files Full Patent Application Covering MYCO-006 Family of Novel Short-Acting MDMA Analogs (Psychedelic Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Weed vapes probably sending a toxic gas to your lungs, study finds (Salon)

• Cannabis getting stronger with synthetic versions added leading to psychosis, report warns (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

• Largest-ever clinical study of ketamine therapy shows that at-home model can be a safe, effective treatment for anxiety and depression; 62% fewer patients report suicidal ideation after four sessions (PR Newswire)

• Ketamine Beneficial For Treating Neonatal, And Pediatric Epilepsy: Study (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

• The Long, Strange Relationship Between Psychedelics and Telepathy (VICE)

• DEA Sued Over ‘Unlawful’ Delays On Psychedelic And Marijuana Public Records Requests Through FOIA (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Measure Qualifies for November Ballot (DoubleBlind)

• Keeping the Hippie Dream Alive (The New York Times)

• Accessibility Is Key for the Psychedelic Revolution (Pharmacy Times)

• Podcast aims to raise awareness about future of psychedelic treatments (CBC)

• Skip the trip – does the world need non-hallucinogenic psychedelics? (leafie)

• New Regulations for Psychedelics? Here's What Investors Need to Know (The Motley Fool)

7.29.22

Cannabis

• Weedmaps again advertising illegal marijuana retailers and products, complaints allege (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Singapore Executes Man for Cannabis Trafficking (High Times)

• House Passes Bipartisan Marijuana Research Bill, With Senate Expected To Send It To President Soon (Marijuana Moment)

• Zimbabwe OKs First Medicinal Cannabis Sales (High Times)

• Secret Australian marijuana facility exposes location after turning sky pink (The Washington Post)

• Biden Administration Proposes Prisoner Swap To Free Brittney Griner (High Times)

• Over 850 Doctors in Thailand Protest Pot Legalization (High Times)

• Senator Files Bill To Allow Marijuana Advertising On TV And Radio In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

• The 'World's Biggest Cannabis Scam' Is Totally Unravelling (VICE)

• Bronx Cannabis Hub Fosters Opportunity in Communities Hit Hard by Arrests (Filter)

• Cannabis Users Less Likely to Face Complications After Spinal Fusion Surgery (High Times)

• 15 State Attorneys General File Brief Opposing Lawsuit To Help Put Medical Marijuana On Nebraska Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Thai businesses cash in on cannabis, from milk tea to toothpaste (Reuters)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiative Short Of Signatures Needed For Ballot In County Reviews (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire stands alone in New England as only state without legal marijuana (WMUR)

LSD

• New Zealand Government Grants $650K For LSD Microdosing Trials (Benzinga)

• Operation Julie: Rural Wales LSD bust becomes a musical (BBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• DEA Sued Again Over Refusal To Allow Psilocybin Access For Patients Despite Federal Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Why some of Colorado’s foremost shrooms advocates won’t be voting to legalize psilocybin (The Denver Post)

• Legal psilocybin prescriptions in Canada (Drug Science)

• Project Solace: The World’s Largest Medical Psilocybin Access and Data Project (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• COMPASS Pathways launches phase II clinical trial of psilocybin therapy in anorexia nervosa (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

• U.S. Patent Grant to Strengthen Small Pharma’s DMT Patent Strategy With Injectable Formulation (Psychedelic Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• DEA Cancels Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelics, Giving Scientists More Time To Research Therapeutic Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• Working with Indigenous allies is the ethical way to develop psychedelic-based pharmaceuticals (STAT News)

• Festival drugs: Warning over 'imposter' substances threat (BBC)

• Ecstasy for the 21st Century: Designer Drugs to Improve MDMA Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Easy On The Eyes — This Company Reports Using a Unique Synthetic Cannabinoid Derivative To Treat Glaucoma (Benzinga)

Nitrous Oxide

• Doctors warn ‘dangerous’ laughing gas is becoming an ‘epidemic’ amid rise in hospitalisations (The Independent)

• A Law will Prohibit the Sale of Nitrous Oxide or “Laughing Gas” to Minors in Bulgaria (Novinite.com)

Ketamine

• At Home Sublingual Ketamine Exhibits Rapid And Significant Antidepressant And Anxiolytic Effects (Medical Dialogues)

• Ketamine found to be unlikely to lead to addiction (Medical Xpress)

• Silo Pharma Announces Positive Results from its Topically Administered Formulation of Ketamine (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Biden Administration Plans For Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years (The Intercept)

• San Francisco Launches Bid to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Filter)

• Your Genes May Determine How You React To Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

• The Psychoactive Substances Act on Trial (Volteface)

• The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs (WIRED)

• Trump Urges ‘Very Quick Trial’ and Death Penalty for Drug Dealers (High Times)

• The Psychedelics Industry’s Next Hurdle Is How to Go Mainstream (Bloomberg)

• One in four Americans say they’ve tried at least one psychedelic drug (YouGov)

• Microdosing: Scientists tackle psychedelic trend becoming ‘creative enhancer of choice’ (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.30.21

Cannabis

• Barcelona cannabis clubs face closure in new legal setback (The Guardian)

• Black People in Colorado Are Still Arrested for Weed Twice as Much as Everyone Else (MERRY JANE)

• Epilepsy Patients Who Use ‘Artisanal CBD’ Have Higher Quality Of Life, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Is medical cannabis really a magic bullet? (The Guardian)

• New Study Finds California Cannabis Farms Irrigating with Groundwater May Affect Stream Flows (Sierra Sun Times)

• Ohio Lawmakers Officially File Marijuana Legalization Bill In Historic First For The State (Marijuana Moment)

• You Can Get a Free Eighth of Weed For Getting Vaccinated in SF (Broke Ass Stuart)

• California Senator Seeks Federal Clarification On Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals (Marijuana Moment)

• How Mexico Has Legalized But Still Not Regulated Cannabis (Filter)

• Why cannabis is still a banned Olympics substance (BBC)

• Pop Star Lorde Smokes Weed Out of DIY Fennel Bulb Bong in New Music Video (MERRY JANE)

• Study: Marijuana Legalization Laws Don’t Undermine Tobacco Smoking Prevention Efforts (NORML)

LSD

• New study sheds light on how LSD’s entropic effects on the brain impact language production (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon State Board Says Psilocybin Is Effective At Treating Certain Mental Health Condition (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin appears to alter how the brain integrates tactile sensory inputs (PsyPost)

• TheraPsil Launches New Campaign for Psilocybin Access (Truffle Report)

• Why Don’t Magic Mushroom Spores Contain Psilocybin? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psilocybe Cyanescens: A Mycologist’s Guide to Wavy Caps (DoubleBlind)

• Health Canada dragging feet on approving magic mushrooms for therapeutic use, patients and advocates say (CBC)

• More Details on the Psilocybin Mushroom Bluing Reaction (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Florida researchers work to understand power of psychedelics to treat mental illness (ABC7 Southwest Florida)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy may help couples overcome PTSD (PsyPost)

• MDMA might be able to improve your already loving relationship, suggests Yale ethicist (KCRW)

• 'You Can Forgive Yourself:' Molly Helps Vets with PTSD, New Study Says (Military.com)

• How to reduce your risk of harm when taking MDMA and ecstasy (Metro)

• 2 Music Playlists For Therapeutic MDMA Sessions (Maps of the Mind)

DMT

• MindMed Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Intravenous DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Psychedelics, Religion, and the DEA’s Quest for Soul (Psychedelics Today)

• Drinking Psychedelic Brew Ayahuasca May Help Drug And Alcohol Addicts Quit (IFLScience)

• Joe Rogan And Comedian Ari Shaffir Discuss Tripping Balls On Ayahuasca (BroBible)

Iboga

• Gabon’s government is tripping for a psychedelic plant (Financial Times)

• Ibogaine: The Psychedelic Drug That Could Fight Addiction (Discover Magazine)

• MINDCURE Launches Second Stage of Manufacturing Synthetic Ibogaine for Use in Psychedelic Clinical Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetic cannabis warning: Second death from 'dangerous' batch in Taranaki (New Zealand Herald)

Nitrous Oxide

• Mindful Use of Nitrous Oxide: How to be a Connoisseur of Getting High (Maps of the Mind)

Ketamine

• Tucson wrongful death lawsuit questions ketamine usage (ABC15 Arizona)

• Ketamine Therapy and Addiction Risk Management: Part III (Truffle Report)

• Understanding Where Ketamine Comes From (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

• House Rejects AOC Amendment To Promote Research Into Psychedelics’ Medical Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• $40m psychedelic medicine institute launches in Melbourne (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Psychedelic trips could soon be part of therapy — here’s what those sessions will look like (CNBC)

• How TikTok's Viral Psychedelic Water Might Affect Your Mood (Mashed)

• Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Is About to Be Investigated for All the Drug Dealers He's Killed (MERRY JANE)

• Controversies Around California’s Psychedelic Decriminalization Law Senate Bill 519 (Chacruna)

• Judaism’s Psychedelic Renaissance (Tablet Magazine)

• Grandparents of Psychedelics Ann and Sasha Shulgin Honored by Friends and Fellow Researchers (Lucid News)

• Corrections to Misinformation Being Spread about MAPS and IPCI (Dr. Bronner's)

• “Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm Reduction (Filter)

• The Graeme Carl Scale: 5 Levels of a Psychedelic Experience (Maps of the Mind)

• Mestizo Identity and Decolonial Psychedelic Futures (Chacruna)

• Fireside Project for Psychedelic Peer Support: An Update (Truffle Report)

• Veteran Psychedelics Advocate/Attorney Launches New Venture Capital Firm (Forbes)

• Highlight on Life Clips, AI, and Speech Based Technology in Psychedelic Science (Dark Matters)

• The Lilly Psychonautic Centre – A Vision from the Future (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.23.21

Cannabis

• Cops Will No Longer Bust People for Weed at New York Airports (MERRY JANE)

• Redlining in Cannabis is Cutting Off Opportunity For Black People. (Chicago Defender)

• Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Polis Over New MMJ Laws (Westword)

• The Pernicious Myth of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis (Filter)

• Virginia's “Marijuana Martyr” Is Now Smoking Legal Weed 48 Years After His Arrest (MERRY JANE)

• Another North Carolina Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis Use Not Linked to Motivation Loss (NORML)

• Missouri Marijuana Activists File Legalization Initiatives For 2022 As Other Groups Prepare Separate Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• High-Potency THC Concentrates Are Just As Safe As Regular-Potency Weed, More Data Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Aim To Pass Medical Marijuana Bill In August Special Session After Ballot Measure Blocked By Court (Marijuana Moment)

• The future of cannabis is female: Gen Z women are fastest-growing consumers of legal weed (NBC News)

LSD

• Performance-enhancing psychedelics: Can LSD make you better at sport? (New Atlas)

• Mississippi city settles over case of man who had taken LSD, then died after police used Taser to restrain him (Magnolia State Live)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Magic Mushroom Map shows likely spots for psilocybin-containing mushrooms (Boing Boing)

• The Other Magic Mushroom: Why a Canadian Startup is Suddenly Interested in the Fungus From Super Mario (Discover Magazine)

• Mouse Study Reveals New Details on Psilocybin’s Rewiring of the Brain (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Expert: Psilocybin Treatment May Support Patients With Obesity Who Have Tried Everything, Need Further Support (Pharmacy Times)

• Tryp Therapeutics Announces Plans for Phase 2a Clinical Trial for Fibromyalgia with the University of Michigan (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• AOC Promotes Research On Benefits Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin And MDMA With New Amendment (Marijuana Moment)

• MDMA as a Potential Treatment for PTSD (Reality Sandwich)

DMT

• Could DMT Sweep Existing Treatments for Depression Aside? (MarketWatch)

Ayahuasca

• The Good, The Bad, and the Soul: Drug Interactions and Ayahuasca with Ben Malcolm (EntheoNation)

5-MeO-DMT

• Sonora’s traditional toad medicine ‘removes the madness from your mind’ (Mexico News Daily)

Iboga

• Lamar Odom Reveals ‘Ibogaine’ Use To Treat Drug Addiction In Explosive New Interview (The Blast)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mydecine Expands Portfolio of Novel Molecules Filing New Patent for MDMA-like Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Is Nitrous Oxide a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Ireland trials use of ketamine to treat depression (Irish Central)

• Braxia Scientific says ketamine treatment now covered by insurance for Canadian military and RCMP veterans (Proactive Investors)

• Sublingual Ketamine Is Safe and Effective for Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain (Clinical Pain Advisor)

• Ketamine Therapy and Addiction Risk Management: Part II (Truffle Report)

• PharmaTher Expands Psychedelic Patent Portfolio with Filing of U.S. Patent Application for Novel Ketamine Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindful Use of Nitrous Oxide: How to be a Connoisseur of Getting High (Maps of the Mind)

• What Neurotransmitters Does Ketamine Affect Most In The Brain? (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

• Is It Too Early to Invest in Psychedelic Stocks? (Nasdaq)

• Why Mindfulness Practitioners are Better Positioned to Trip on Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• How Freaks of Color Shaped Psychedelia (Lucid News)

• From Screening to Integration: Harm Reduction in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelic Surrender (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelics Are Not a Mental Health Panacea (Sam Woolfe)

• Towards a More Rational and Compassionate Drug Policy (Dr. Bronner's)

• Psychedelic Activity Menus: Having Options for Your Session (Maps of the Mind)

• What Is Depth Psychology and How Does It Relate to Psychedelics? (Psychedelics Today)

• Are Potentially Legal Psychedelics Safe For Pregnant Women? (Healing Maps)

• Psychedelic Therapeutics Startup Cybin To List On NYSE’s Small Cap Market (Forbes)

• Could Psychedelics Help Prevent Mental Health Problems? (Kahpi)

• Working at Legal Psychedelic Retreats Around The World (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelics and Queerness (Reality Sandwich)

• What International Drug Users Remembrance Day Means to Me (Filter)

• Chelsea Osmond: Linking the Past and Future of the Psychedelic Renaissance (Chacruna)

• Creating Music Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.8.19

Cannabis

• Mexican Supreme Court Grants Marijuana Legalization Deadline Extension (Marijuana Moment)

• House Panel Votes To Let Students With Drug Convictions Keep College Aid (Forbes)

• CDC confirms 2,051 cases of vaping-related lung injury (Engadget)

• Medical cannabis trial will target 20,000 UK patients (The Guardian)

• Quebec raising age of cannabis consumption to 21 in the new year (Leafly)

• Skinny Pot: Could Weight-Loss Weed Be Next? (Rolling Stone)

• Senior Citizens Are Canada's Fastest-Growing Weed-Using Demographic (MERRY JANE)

• Millions of cannabis plants in California with ‘black market’ value of $1B seized and destroyed (Fox News)

• Cannabis Reduces Suicidal Thoughts in People Suffering From PTSD, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Poll: Most Americans Support Ending Federal Cannabis Criminalization (NORML)

• Calling It ‘Cannabis’ Instead Of ‘Marijuana’ Doesn’t Boost Legalization Support, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Alaska Recalls Weed Grower's Product Over Alleged Eagle 20 Contamination (MERRY JANE)

• Three More Ohio Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Measures, But Three Others Are Defeated (Marijuana Moment)

• The NYPD Bragged About a Big Pot Bust. Turns Out It Seized 106 Pounds of Legal Hemp. (Reason)

• Problematic Marijuana Use Is Declining Among People Who Consume Every Day, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Americans Think Weed Is Much Safer Than E-Cigs or Tobacco, Poll Finds (MERRY JANE)

• One-time exposure to cannabinoids during early pregnancy can impair fetal development (News-Medical.net)

• Illinois Will Ban Cannabis Use in Public Housing, Despite Legalization (MERRY JANE)

• Drake is launching a Canadian cannabis brand (Leafly)

• Don't blame legal cannabis for the vaping health crisis, focus on black market THC (USA Today)

• How legalising cannabis in London would crush violence and the illegal drugs trade (The Independent)

• Can cannabis help with lupus? Patients recommend it, but research is lacking (Leafly)

LSD

• Logan Paul buys Timothy Leary's LSD ranch in California for $1M (SFGate)

Magic Mushrooms

• Activists File Ballot Measure To Legalize Psilocybin Mushrooms In California (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Johns Hopkins Medicine has Just Begun to Research Psilocybin Mushrooms (PR Newswire)

MDMA

• NHL Players Are Swapping Out Opioids for Cocaine and Ecstasy, Report Says (MERRY JANE)

• Young woman's split second decision to swallow two MDMA capsules because she feared cops would catch her with the illegal drugs led to her death (Daily Mail)

DMT

• What is DMT? What makes it dangerous? (CBS 17)

Ayahuasca

• Fake News About Ayahuasca’s Archeological Antiquity (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Ketamine Use for Pain Not Associated With Hepatotoxicity, Adverse Drug Events (MD Magazine)

• Ketamine Holds Promise in Derailing Veteran Suicide (PR Web)

PCP

• Trick-or-treat gum balls tested for possible PCP in Lake Stevens (KOMO News)

• Claymont man pleads guilty to murdering ex-wife while they took PCP, watched TV (WDEL)

Opioids

• Drug reversing effects of opioid overdose to be handed out in England (The Guardian)

• Naloxone use by London police saves 103 lives so far in 2019 (Global News)

• Feds Warn Of Heroin-Laced Vape Solution After Two High Schoolers Hospitalized (CBS Dallas Fort Worth)

• Naloxone underprescribed to high-risk patients, Maine researchers say (Press Herald)

• Advocates fear new opioid panel will minimize harm reduction focus (Calgary Herald)

Cocaine

• The NHL seems to disagree about its cocaine usage (New York Post)

Methamphetamine

• A Medication To Treat Meth Addiction? Some Take A New Look At Naltrexone (NPR)

• Trick-or-Treaters on US Air Force Base Handed 'Goodies' That Resemble Crystal Meth (Newsweek)

• Cheap and powerful 'meth 2.0' is ravaging communities and slowly killing its victims (USA Today)

Tobacco

• New Study Casts Further Doubt on Warnings That Vaping Is a Gateway to Smoking (Reason)

• Juul Halts Sales of Mint E-Cigarettes, Its Best-Selling Flavor (TIME)

• The US vaping flavour ban: twenty things you should know (The Counterfactual)

Benzodiazepines

• The Evolution of Designer Benzodiazepines (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

Nootropics

• The Risks of Nootropic Use (Psychology Today)

Miscellaneous

• Can a Trip-Free Psychedelic Still Help People With Depression? (VICE)

• Is the 'War on Drugs' Over? Arrest Statistics Say No (The New York Times)

• Trump calls for ‘war’ on drug cartels after 9 Americans killed in Mexico (Los Angeles Times)

• Another UK Parliament Committee Is Calling For Drug Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Psychedelics Could be the Future of Anorexia Treatment (Elemental)

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Voices Support For Decriminalizing Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Frees Hundreds of Minor Drug Offenders From Jail (MERRY JANE)

• Fewer young people are going into drug treatment – thanks to the government, there’s virtually nowhere left to get it (The Independent)

• Mexico’s drug policy is failing. That’s why the cartels are on the offensive. (The Washington Post)

• Could a combination of psychedelics and meditation treat depression? (Medical News Today)

• Rap and Hip-Hop Mention Drugs and Booze More Than Any Other Genre, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 7.12.19

CANNABIS

• Hawaii has decriminalized marijuana (Vox)

• Congressional Committee Discusses How to Legalize Cannabis (Leafly)

• Youth Cannabis Use Drops 8% in Legal States, Study Finds (Leafly)

• In states where marijuana is legal, licensed dispensaries are pushing out drug dealers (MarketWatch)

• New research indicates that cannabinoids could be efficacious pain management options (PsyPost)

• Marijuana Gives Men And Women More Sexual Desire And Better Orgasms, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Congress Votes To Allow Home Loans For Veterans Working In Marijuana Industry (Forbes)

• Israeli college to offer degree specializing in medical cannabis (The Jerusalem Post)

• Cannabis cake gift eaten by unwitting Warrington nurse (BBC)

• Over Half of CBD Products Sold in UK Are Inaccurately Labeled, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• New Evidence on Pot During Pregnancy (The Atlantic)

• Too high? ‘Parachute’ down with a new pill created by Michigan scientist (mlive.com)

• Illegal cannabis seeds may be used to make legal medicinal cannabis products (New Zealand Herald)

• Tulsi Gabbard Files Bill To Study Hemp’s Uses For Just About Everything (Marijuana Moment)

• FDA Issues CBD Warnings, But No New Regulations – Yet (MERRY JANE)

• Can cannabis treat anxiety? It's complicated (The Guardian)

• Most Addiction Specialists Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• West Virginia Is Years Away From Medical Cannabis, Officials Say (Leafly)

• Colorado grows annual cannabis sales to $1 billion as other states struggle (CNBC)

• Pete Buttigieg’s Racial Justice Plan Would Legalize Marijuana And Decriminalize Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• A beloved cafeteria worker nicked his finger on a knife – and got fired for using marijuana at home (The Boston Globe)

• Illegal cannabis getting even cheaper, as legal gets costlier, StatsCan says (CBC)

• AOC And Kamala Harris File Bill Protecting Drug Offenders From Losing Public Housing (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis: Misinformation about CBD can be life-threatening (The Conversation)

• You Can Legally Smoke Weed Naked on the Patio of a Southeast Portland Sex Club (Willamette Week)

• People in states where marijuana is legal are eating more salty snacks and ice cream (MarketWatch)

• Jay-Z joins cannabis company Caliva as chief brand strategist (CNN)

• How Psychedelic Surf Smugglers Invented Dabs (With Help From the CIA?) (Leafly)

LSD

• A Guy Allegedly Took LSD, Stabbed People With A Pencil And Lawn Light, And Hit Two Women With A Truck (BuzzFeed News)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• The Top 10 Psilocybin Research Papers of the Last 20 Years (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psilocybin Mushroom Extract More Effective Than Pure Psilocybin in Reducing OCD Symptoms in Mice (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Both CBD And Psilocybin Show Potential In Fighting Alcohol Use Disorder (The Fresh Toast)

• Why Some Women Are Treating Their Anxiety With Magic Mushrooms (Yahoo! Lifestyle)

MDMA

• STUDY: Use of MDMA & Similar Drugs May Increase Risk of Valvular Heart Disease (YourEDM)

• Sydney teen swallowed MDMA pills 'to avoid detection' at a music festival (news.com.au)

• 'The drug of the moment': five per cent of year 10 students have tried ecstasy (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Music festival MDMA overdose patient waited an hour for an ambulance (7NEWS.com.au)

• Haunting texts reveal how young woman was scared to take MDMA which killed her at a Sydney music festival (New Zealand Herald)

• Family devastated after schoolgirl, 16, dies after ‘taking ecstasy’ at party (Metro)

• MDMA can make 'mild mannered people' aggressive, inquest hears (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Teen took up to nine MDMA capsules before dying at festival, inquest hears (ABC News)

AYAHUASCA

• Reflections on 2019 World Ayahuasca Conference (Synergetic Press)

IBOGA

• Opinion: Miami University must reverse unjust decision to terminate professors (Cincinnati.com)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Study: Seizures, coma more common with synthetic cannabinoids than cannabis (AAP News)

KETAMINE

• How the approval of esketamine has helped shift the perception of ketamine and other psychedelics (Tahoe Daily Tribune)

• The Woodlands gets first ketamine infusion center to treat depression (Chron)

OPIOIDS

• Teens abusing painkillers are more likely to later use heroin (Medical Xpress)

• Generic Naloxone Approved for Opioid Overdose (Physician's Weekly)

• Naloxone Dispensing Found Higher at Facilities with Opioid Workflow (Pharmacy Times)

• The Global Opioid Supply Chain Begins in Tasmania (Pacific Standard)

• With opium prices down, Mexican poppy planters are packing their bags (The Hustle)

• Minnesota’s largest naloxone distributor won’t get grant funds (INFORUM)

• If Cops Don't Die From Incidental Fentanyl Exposure, a Drug Treatment Specialist Warns, They 'Could Become Addicted to It Instantly' (Reason)

• Portsmouth doctor reprimanded for treatment of chronic pain patient (New Hampshire Union Leader)

• To fight opioid epidemic, treat drug use with compassion, not judgment (USA Today)

COCAINE

• People are giving their greyhounds cocaine to make them run faster (GQ)

• Teen violin prodigy dies of apparent drug overdose in London mansion (New York Post)

CAFFEINE

• Scientists create ‘molecular coffee' that doesn't require beans (Fox 35 Orlando)

• Caffeine powder in protein shake led to man's death, family says (Fox News)

• Research shows that drinking Matcha tea can reduce anxiety (Medical Xpress)

• World’s Coffee Growers Seek to Set Minimum Price to Help Poor Farmers (The Wall Street Journal)

• One teaspoon of legal, popular but deadly caffeine powder is like drinking 60 cans of Red Bull (news.com.au)

TOBACCO

• Netflix Promises to Reduce Depictions of Tobacco in Future Projects (Teen Vogue)

• Children from deprived areas exposed to six times more tobacco retailing (Medical Xpress)

• Will e-cigarettes usher in a new tobacco epidemic? Some researchers say yes. (Houston Chronicle)

• Hennepin County Votes To Raise Tobacco Age To 21 In More Communities (WCCO)

• Livermore votes to ban the sale of flavored tobacco, e-cigarettes (KGO)

• Big tobacco shifting to smokeless as smoking becomes ‘less and less’ popular (Fox Business)

• Maine Law To Prevent Tobacco Use, Streamline Tobacco Taxes (Maine Public)

BENZODIAZEPINES

• B.C. harm-reduction sites, doctors struggling with new type of overdose (Vancouver Sun)

• Psychedelic Healing & Benzodiazepines: Are Chill Pills Cool to Combine? (Spirit Pharmacist)

ALCOHOL

• Does drinking alcohol in older age prolong life? (Medical News Today)

• How secondhand drinking ruins lives: ‘Every family has been touched by this’ (The Guardian)

• Giving Up Alcohol Boosts Mental Health in Women (WebMD)

• How does alcohol affect rheumatoid arthritis? (Medical News Today)

• 10 things governments could do to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (World Health Organization)

NOOTROPICS

• These Clinically-Proven Nootropics Are Specially Formulated to Improve Cognition and Focus (Futurism)

• Nootropics is the Fyre Festival of the Supplement Industry (Equities)

• What’s Phenibut and When Should You Consider Using It? (Prague Post)

KRATOM

• Kratom Linked to Serious Side Effects and Deaths in New Study (Gizmodo)

• As some states ban kratom, Michigan considers regulating it (Detroit Metro Times)

• Local doctor, CDC warn of potential dangers of kratom (WAVY.com)

• Kratom supporters respond to recent FDA warning (WMBF)

KAVA

• Kava for Anxiety- Separating Fact from Fiction (MedShadow)

KHAT

• Khat is big business in Ethiopia (Deutsche Welle)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Psychedelics Take the TED Talk Stage for the First Time (Filter)

• Amnesty International Is Calling for a U.N. Probe Into the Philippine Drug War (TIME)

• Why Malaysia’s New Proposal Could Change Southeast Asia’s Drugs Debate (The Diplomat)

• New law allows NC drug dealers to be charged with murder (WTVD)

• Psychedelic mental health treatment expected to be approved in Australia within five years (The Guardian)

• Philadelphia supervised injection site plan gets backing from attorneys general in 7 states (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• U.S. Prosecutors Say Drug Lord El Chapo Should Get Life in Prison (TIME)

• Testing festival goers’ pills isn’t the only way to reduce overdoses. Here’s what else works (The Conversation)

• Social Factors Are an Essential—And Changeable—Element of Addiction (Filter)

• I hate drugs, but teenagers are dying while we maintain a supposed moral veneer (The Guardian)

• Florida Sheriff Deputy Arrested After Planting Drugs on Innocent People (Reason)

• A man I found guilty of dealing drugs died in prison. I wish I could take that verdict back. (The Washington Post)

• How Can Harm Reduction Do Better for Transgender People? (Filter)

• Minister hopes drug deaths record will be 'wake-up call' (BBC)

• How Psychiatry and Hallucinogenic Drugs Meet in Painting (Hyperallergic)

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