Cannabis
- Inside The Trump Administration’s Secret War On Weed (BuzzFeed News)
- Delaware: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law (NORML)
- Medicinal cannabis cultivation licence issued to East Coast business for first time (Newshub)
- Alarmed By Large Marijuana Purchases, Oregon Imposes Strict Temporary Limits (Marijuana Moment)
- Lawmakers In US Territory Send Marijuana Legalization Bill To Governor (Marijuana Moment)
- US Lawmakers Discuss Marijuana Legalization With New Mexican President’s Team (Marijuana Moment)
- Whole-Plant Marijuana ‘Entourage Effect’ Helps Patients More Than Purified CBD, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
- 'Cannabis-Involved' Traffic Fatalities Fall in Colorado (Reason)
- Clean Slate Act To Seal Records Introduced To Congress (NORML)
- GOP Senator Pushes Back Against White House Anti-Marijuana Plans (Marijuana Moment)
- The White House Allegedly Has A Marijuana Smear Squad. Cannabis Experts Say Bring It On. (Forbes)
- Pediatrician Report Says Risk of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Remains Uncertain (Reason)
- Canadian Voters Are Way More Worried About Donald Trump Than Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)
- Woman Charged for ‘Gifting’ Weed, Which Is Totally Legal in Massachusetts (Reason)
- Almost Half of Wisconsin Voters Will See Marijuana Ballot Questions In November (Marijuana Moment)
- Pot Topics: Illinois opioid patients may soon have medical cannabis alternative (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Push To Legalize Marijuana Consumption Spaces In Oregon Kicks Off (Marijuana Moment)
- 23andMe Data Suggests Cannabis Use Can Be Inherited—and Linked to Schizophrenia (Fortune)
- Brain scans show how cannabis extract may help people with psychosis (The Guardian)
- Vermont Democratic Party Calls For Marijuana Legalization Expansion (Marijuana Moment)
- Burners are stopping at Nevada's pot shops, taking the risk (Reno Gazette Journal)
- Where Florida’s Gubernatorial Candidates Stand On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
- Big Alcohol moves in to dominate the cannabis market (Rooster Magazine)
- New York Lawmakers Announce Four Marijuana Legalization Hearings This Fall (Marijuana Moment)
- N.J. to resume minor marijuana prosecutions, but AG asks for discretion (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Cannabis Marketers Try To Crack The Compliance Code (Forbes)
- State Financial Regulators Push Congress To Fix Marijuana Banking Problems (Marijuana Moment)
- A Look At The Limitless Possibilities Of Drinkable Cannabis (Forbes)
- Cannabis in Spiritual Practice: Celebration of the Life Force (Reality Sandwich)
- Why Kim Kardashian's Favorite Hair Care Company Cancelled Its Line of CBD Products (Reason)
- Elizabeth Warren Falsely Claims She Endorsed Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)
- Cannabis Entrepreneurs Ask For More 'Science' (Forbes)
- Cannabis And Cancer (Psychedelic Heaven)
- Why is Homegrown Cannabis Federally Illegal? (Forbes)
- No, CVS Pharmacy Is Not Entering The California Marijuana Business (Marijuana Moment)
- With A Wave Of Consolidation, The Cannabis Industry Rises To The Next Level (Forbes)
- Is Aurora Cannabis Inc. a Buy? (The Motley Fool)
- Will Canadian Cannabis Producer Aphria Join The M&A Bandwagon? (Forbes)
LSD
- LSD Administered as a Single Dose Reduces Alcohol Consumption in C57BL/6J Mice (Frontiers in Pharmacology)
- On LSD at a 'Rainbow Gathering,' man strangled woman and bit someone's finger off (Bring Me The News)
Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms
- Magic Mushrooms Break on Through to Biosynthetic Reality (GEN)
- FDA Approves Landmark Psilocybin Trial for Treatment-Resistant Depression (MD Magazine)
MDMA/Ecstasy
- Dutch ecstasy, amphetamine production among world's largest (Deutsche Welle)
- Mum's horrific warning as 14-year-old son 'left to die' in street after taking 'MDMA' (Scottish Daily Record)
Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT
- Study Investigates Near-Death Experiences and Dimethyltryptamine (Psychedelic Times)
- Why Some Meth and DMT Users Are Using Vapes (VICE)
- British teen died after drinking ayahuasca with Colombian tribe (New York Post)
- Ayahuasca Freed Me From Chronic Depression and Suicidal Thoughts (Reset.me)
- 'Patients Say Ayahuasca Is Like a Reboot for the Brain' (Haaretz)
Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline
- Peyote Veneration in Challenging Times: Issues of Land and Access in South Texas (Environment & Society Portal)
Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals
- Spice should be upgraded to Class A drug, say police and crime commissioners (The Independent)
- 'Fake MDMA' that keeps users awake for three days found in London for first time (Metro)
- 'UPS' pills being sold as MDMA can cause "extreme anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations" (Mixmag)
Dissociatives
- Ketamine May Ease Depression By Acting Like an Opioid, Study Suggests (TIME)
- Ketamine Offers Hope For Chronic Depression But Is Hard To Obtain (Ladybud)
Opiates/Opioids
- Huge North Carolina Fentanyl Bust Turns Out To Be 13 Pounds of Sugar (Reason)
- Mexicans Urge Legalizing Poppies to Weaken Drug Cartels (Latin American Herald Tribune)
- Mexico Congress receives initiative to legalize opium poppy (The Yucatan Times)
- Opioid crisis: breakthrough in hunt for non-addictive painkiller (The Guardian)
- Fentanyl for sale to UK users through Chinese websites (The Guardian)
- Beijing rejects Trump's claims that China is behind fentanyl crisis (CNN)
- Dozens sickened after exposure to heroin, fentanyl at Ohio, Pennsylvania prisons (NBC News)
Kratom
- Kratom proponents act as feds push to make it a controlled substance (KNOE)
- CU Kratom Critic: "We Don't Know If It Works or What the Proof Is" (Westword)
- Benefits and advantages of kratom powder (Augusta Free Press)
Kava
- Kava bar workers find a new home after striking out at Bushwick tea room (amNY)
Khat
- More than $124K In Khat Drug Seized At DFW International Airport (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy
- Study finds religion influences how you experience psychedelic drugs (PsyPost)
- Prison officials are blaming inmate letters soaked in K2 for making guards sick (VICE News)
- Psychedelic Psychotherapy Is Coming: Who Will Be Included? (Psychology Today)
- The overdose crisis, beyond opioids: Stimulants remain a huge and growing problem to smartly confront (New York Daily News)
- Here’s What Happens When a Few Dozen People Take Small Doses of Psychedelics (The Atlantic)
- Why Psychedelic Drugs Are Entering The World Of Psychiatry (GQ)
- The hidden world of underground psychedelic psychotherapy in Australia (ABC News)
- Beyond Psychedelics — Why Respectful Integration is the Key to Transformative Experiences (Live Learn Evolve)
- Fight Drug Abuse, Don't Subsidize It (The New York Times)
- Duterte's Deadly Drug War Targets a Catholic Priest (Reason)
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