This Week in Psychoactives - 3.6.20

Cannabis

• Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth (The Guardian)

• Utah’s first medical marijuana dispensary is now open (Leafly)

• Mexican Senate Committees Advance Marijuana Legalization Bill To Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Ohio Activists Formally File Measure To Put Marijuana Legalization Before Voters This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• The Smell of Weed Does Not Justify Warrantless Searches, New Study Proves (MERRY JANE)

• UK Government Looks To Ease Barriers On Bulk Importation Of Medicinal Cannabis (Forbes)

• Impression Healthcare (ASX:IHL) to start cannabis trials for treatment of brain injury (The Market Herald)

• What Is CBM and What Does This Uncommon Cannabinoid Do? (MERRY JANE)

• Baseball Players Can Smoke Marijuana But Can’t Be Sponsored By Cannabis Companies, MLB Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Utah’s cannabis czar is leaving his job (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Capital That Ate Wellness Is Going to Eat Your Mushrooms (The New York Times)

• Beta-Carboline Alkaloids Found in Psilocybe Mushrooms (The Third Wave)

Ketamine

• Toronto Just Opened a Ketamine Clinic to Help People With Depression (VICE)

• IV Ketamine Shows Promise for Chronic Pain, But Doubts Remain (Filter)

• K-Holing: Why Ketamine Causes Wild Hallucinations (VICE)

Opioids

• Younger drug users moving away from injecting heroin (BBC)

• Study: Stopping Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Veterans’ Deaths (Filter)

• Illegal opium cultivation on the rise in Bandarban (Dhaka Tribune)

Cocaine

• Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying to destroy coca: Trump (Reuters)

• United States and Colombian Officials Set Bilateral Agenda to Reduce Cocaine Supply (WhiteHouse.gov)

Methamphetamine

• California May Soon Pay People to Reduce Their Meth Use (Filter)

• A New Wave Of Meth Addiction Is Hitting Queer People Of Color. But The Help Is Not There. (BuzzFeed News)

Caffeine

• Truck drivers with high caffeine intake crash more often than others (Medical Xpress)

• Caffeine boosts problem-solving ability but not creativity, study indicates (ScienceDaily)

Nicotine

• House Lawmakers Vote to Ban All Flavored Tobacco (Convenience Store News)

• The UK Government Says What the US Won't: Vaping Is Safer Than Cigarettes (VICE)

• Starting July 1st you'll have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products in New Mexico (CBS4Local.com)

Benzodiazepines

• Bitter pill: Benzodiazepine medication by Irish over-65s in Ireland highest in OECD (Irish Examiner)

Kratom

• Oklahoma House passes bill to regulate drug called kratom (The Journal Record)

• Kratom in the crosshairs: Mississippi considers limit or ban on herbal drug (Jackson Clarion Ledger)

• Liver Experts Sound Alarm on Kratom (Pharmacy Practice News)

• Popular Kratom Vendor Shows How Kratom Is Manufactured (New Kerala)

• This New Johns Hopkins Kratom Survey Offers Insightful Takeaways (Kratom Guides)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic therapy is on the cusp of legalization—and plagued with sexual abuse allegations (Quartz)

• Hawaii Senate Approves Drug Defelonization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon Activists Collect Enough Signatures For Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Did the UN’s Anti-Narcotics Board Just Recommend Decriminalizing Drugs Globally? (MERRY JANE)

• DC Psychedelics Activists, Citing Coronavirus Concerns, Want Online Petition Gathering Option (Marijuana Moment)

• Therapists Are Unprepared to Talk to People About Taking Psychedelics (VICE)

• A Statement Regarding “The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences” (Psymposia)

• American teens are delaying first use of drugs, including tobacco and alcohol, study finds (MinnPost)

• Did Ancient Buddhists Use Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics for Climate Action? (Psymposia)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.28.20

Cannabis

• Marijuana use is rising sharply among seniors over 65, study says, and there are serious risks (CNN)

• Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Officially Passes Vermont House Of Representatives (Marijuana Moment)

• Mexican Senate Committees Meeting This Week To Finalize Marijuana Legalization Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Luxembourg’s government reportedly weighs plan to legalize recreational marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Presidential Candidates Clash Over Marijuana Legalization At Democratic Debate (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis for pain: Does medicating with marijuana increase abuse risk? (Leafly)

• Israel's Prime Minister To Explore Marijuana Legalization (Reason)

• Moldy, Yeasty Legal Weed Products Prompt Health Advisory in Nevada (MERRY JANE)

• Elizabeth Warren Has A New Plan For Legalizing Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Labor unions flex their muscle in fight with California cannabis industry (Los Angeles Times)

• Cannabis excellence: LSSU launches new chemistry facility (The Mining Journal)

• More Than 80% of Denver Teens Don’t Smoke Weed, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Henderson marijuana dispensary hosts cannabis-based blood drive (KTNV)

• Ohio Marijuana Legalization Measure To Be Filed For November Ballot This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed Is Better at Preventing Cavities Than Most Toothpaste Brands, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Attempt To ‘Kill’ Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative With New Strategy (Marijuana Moment)

• Capitol Confidential: THC bill would kill Arizona’s medical marijuana system (Leafly)

LSD

• This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once (VICE)

• Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease? (Forbes)

Magic Mushrooms

• Could CBD and Psilocybin Treat Brain Injuries? This University Plans to Find Out (MERRY JANE)

MDMA

• Israel Makes A Big Move Toward The Acceptance Of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy For PTSD (Forbes)

• Belgian woman dies after taking sip of MDMA-laced wine (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Unintended Consequences of Prohibitionist Policies - Mephedrone (Drug Science)

Ketamine

• Lawsuit: Ketamine clinic caused psychosis (Albuquerque Journal)

Opioids

• In 2019 speech, Bloomberg mocked Brooklyn father and son who died from heroin as ‘not a good family’ (NY Daily News)

• Inside the Middlesbrough clinic where heroin users get a 'last chance' (BBC)

• Teaching Children How to Reverse an Overdose (The New York Times)

• Mother of dead heroin addict to Chicago Police Department: ‘Enforce the law’ (Chicago Sun-Times)

• What happens when naloxone expires (KUSA)

• Enhancing Rates Of Opioid Overdose Education And Naloxone Distribution In Emergency Departments (Health Affairs)

Cocaine

• The World's Biggest Legal Coca Industry Might Get Shut Down (VICE)

• Why the FDA Approval Process Is Under Scrutiny Following Approval of ‘Numbrino’, a Cocaine-Based Nasal Spray (Grit Daily)

• U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose (Science News)

Methamphetamine

• Meth Still a Missouri Problem, but Now It Comes From Mexico (The New York Times)

• DEA labels North Texas a 'meth hub' after spike in drug seizures (WFAA)

Nicotine

• Inside the Philip Morris campaign to 'normalize' a tobacco device (Reuters)

• New Juul patent application hints at AI-powered vape to help users quit nicotine (The Verge)

• House tobacco bill revives talk of nicotine limits (Politico)

• A New Bill Would Ban The Sale of All Flavored Nicotine Products (Colorado Public Radio)

• Governor Cuomo pushing ban of flavored nicotine vaping products, restricting ads aimed at youth (INFORMNNY)

Benzodiazepines

• Understanding the link between nicotine use and misuse of 'benzos' (EurekAlert!)

Alcohol

• 27,000 Mass. drunken-driving convictions may be tossed out due to faulty breathalyzer machines, lawyer says (The Boston Globe)

• Alcohol-Linked Deaths Soaring in U.S., Women Hit Hardest (U.S. News and World Report)

• Chicago Approves Earlier Start for Sunday Alcohol Sales (Eater)

GHB

• New report shows illicit drug GHB deaths could be prevented (Medical Xpress)

• Call for 'date rape' drug GHB to be reclassified (BBC)

Kratom

• Kratom at Risk in Colorado Without Legislation, Activists Say (Westword)

• Drug Tests Show Kratom Use Doubled in U.S. (Pain News Network)

Kava

• Utah's Attorney General hosts a kava ceremony in the Capitol (Fox 13 Now)

Miscellaneous

• Supervised-injection site in Philadelphia gets final green light from federal judge (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility next week, organizers say (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel (Associated Press)

• Europe’s psychedelic science renaissance has started (Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research)

• Beyond Mushrooms: The Mysterious, Magical World of African Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

• Should Breakthrough Psychedelic Research Make Us Question Our Assumptions About Mental Illness? (Psychedelics Today)

• End-to-end solution in psychedelic therapies establishes Numinus as leader in emerging space (Investing News)

• Scotland's drug death crisis in six charts (BBC)

• Psychedelics May Aid in Deprogramming Addiction (Psychedelic Science Review)

• They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself (NPR)

• Podcast Host Joe Rogan Is Steadily Documenting A Psychedelic Record Of The 21st Century (Forbes)

• Vans Adds Psychedelic Tie-Dye To Their Iconic Checkerboard Print (Sneaker News)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.14.20

Cannabis

• Top Mexican Senator Says Marijuana Legalization Bill Will Be Approved This Month (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Budget Proposes Ending State Medical Marijuana Protections And Blocking DC From Legalizing (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Senate Committee Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill Days Before Session Ends (Marijuana Moment)

• USDA Won’t Increase THC Limit On Hemp Despite Requests From Farmers And Lawmakers (Marijuana Moment)

• Croatia Introduces Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana: MP Mirela Holy (Total Croatia News)

• Students at a Colorado university can soon major in cannabis (Mashable)

• Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Bill In Committee Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Pro Tip: Don't Ever Inject Marijuana (MERRY JANE)

• Scotland’s first medicinal cannabis clinic to open ‘soon’ prescribing marijuana for chronic pain, depression and anxiety (The Scottish Sun)

• Marijuana Decriminalization Approved By Virginia Senate And House (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed and AI Can Help Us Find New Ways to Get Stoned (VICE)

• Las Vegas dispensary offers free joints to Nevada primary voters (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Can Treat Vomiting and Pain Linked to GI Disorders, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Texas Researchers Say They Found A Way To Help Cops ID Pot With 100% Accuracy – Using Lasers. (KUT)

• Cans suck the THC buzz out of pot drinks. Where does that leave Canopy Growth? (Yahoo! Finance)

• Study: Medical Cannabis Access Associated with Fewer Workers’ Comp Claims (NORML)

• New Hampshire: Home Cultivation Legislation Advances (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Denver Makes History With First Meeting of Psychedelic Mushroom Panel (Westword)

• The Top Psilocybin Mushroom Stocks to Watch in New Year 2020 (Baystreet)

• Cybin Partners With Toronto Centre For Psychedelic Science For Psilocybin Research Project (Benzinga)

MDMA

• UK Teen Dies After Consuming MDMA and Reportedly Being Denied Access to Water (EDM)

• Ira Glass Talks High Maintenance and What Taking Ecstasy Taught Him (GQ)

DMT

• How DMT Switches the Brain’s Reality Channel (Kahpi)

Ketamine

• UK Assessment Agency Rejects Spravato Ketamine Nasal Spray (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Another Round of Research Shows Ketamine May Help Alcoholism (Medscape)

PCP

• Houston is the largest metro area with significant PCP problem, report says (Houston Chronicle)

Opioids

• Study: Opioid Substitution Meds, Not Detox, Prevent Overdose (Filter)

• Injected Heroin Use Still Near All-Time Highs in U.S., May Explain Hepatitis-C Rise (The New York Times)

• What an 1890s opioid epidemic can teach us about ending addiction today (STAT)

Cocaine

• UC researchers develop antibody to neutralize cocaine high (WKRC)

Methamphetamine

• Will “Sobering Centers” Help People Who Use Methamphetamine? (Filter)

• What meth does to your body and why it makes people so manic (Cincinnati.com)

Caffeine

• Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit) (NPR)

• New Research Suggests Drinking Coffee Can Help Make Bones Stronger (CBS Philly)

• Is Coffee Good For You? (The New York Times)

Nicotine

• Trump doesn’t want the FDA to regulate tobacco (STAT)

• Dismantling NY Mag’s Disgraceful Hit-Job on Vaping (Filter)

• House committee OKs bill to put nicotine and tobacco purchase age in line with federal law (The Neighbor)

• Proposal would raise legal age to buy tobacco in Idaho to 21 (Twin Falls Times-News)

Benzodiazepines

• Author Jordan Peterson is recovering from physical dependence to benzodiazepine in Russia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

GHB

• Banning GHB at Raves Is Dangerous (TalkingDrugs)

Nootropics

• If You’re Going to Use Nootropics, Shouldn’t You Know Exactly What You’re Taking? (Futurism)

• Are Nootropics And Brain Supplements Side-Effects Free? (KHTS)

Kratom

• Missouri lawmaker proposes bill to ban kratom (KFVS)

• The 7 Dangers of Vaping Kratom You Might Not Know (Kratom Guides)

Miscellaneous

• Move Over, Pot: Psychedelic Companies Are About to Go Public (Bloomberg)

• Trump Again Applauds Death Penalty For Drug Offenses (Marijuana Moment)

• Everything You Should Know About the Campaign to Decriminalize Naturally Occurring Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics (Psymposia)

• The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences (Chacruna)

• Conservative Indiana Adopted Needle Exchanges But Still Faces Local Resistance (Kaiser Health News)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 1.24.20

Cannabis

• Cannabis compound could be weapon in fight against superbugs (The Guardian)

• Mexican Lawmakers Plan To Pass Amended Marijuana Legalization Bill Before End Of April (Marijuana Moment)

• No, A Study Didn’t Say Cannabis Impairs Driving Once You’re Sober (Forbes)

• Joe Biden Again Says No To Marijuana Legalization Without More Studies (Marijuana Moment)

• Four-in-ten U.S. drug arrests in 2018 were for marijuana offenses – mostly possession (Pew Research Center)

• Michigan recalls 9,380 marijuana vaping products over vitamin E acetate concerns (MLive)

• Cannabis store burglaries on the rise in Denver (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Virginia Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Marijuana Could Improve Sleep Quality for Chronic Pain Patients (MD Magazine)

• Yet Another Study Finds That Weed Helps with Endometriosis (MERRY JANE)

• Study: Cannabidiol may not ease sleep problems, especially for regular users (FOX40)

• Proposed 10% THC Limit in Washington Could Wreck Its Entire Weed Industry (MERRY JANE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Company Gets Trademark For The Word ‘Psilocybin,’ Frustrating Decriminalization Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

• Neuroscience study uncovers psilocybin-induced changes in brain connectivity (PsyPost)

• An American Psilocybin Marketplace Might Look Like This (PRØHBTD)

MDMA

• The FDA Just Expanded Access to MDMA as a Therapy for PTSD (VICE)

• Will MDMA Beat Cannabis to Gaining FDA Approval? (DoubleBlind)

• Gwyneth Paltrow reveals husband Brad Falchuk helped her through an 'emotional' MDMA trip in Mexico (Daily Mail)

Ayahuasca

• Drinking Ayahuasca Can Increase Mindfulness And Cognitive Flexibility For At Least 24 Hours (IFLScience)

• The Dangers of the Ayahuasca Tourism Boom (Kahpi)

Peyote

• Matthew McConaughey Reveals He Once Took Peyote In A Cage With A Mountain Lion (ET Canada)

Iboga

• A Hallucinogenic Root Is Pitched to Davos Set as Treatment for Opioid Addiction (Bloomberg)

Opioids

• Pharmaceutical Company Founder Gets 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioid (TIME)

• Just 2% of patients who need anti-opioid drug naloxone get it (UPI)

• People Rarely Die After Using Opioids Prescribed for Them (Reason)

• Why Harsher Fentanyl Penalties Will Exacerbate the Overdose Crisis (Filter)

Nicotine

• Nebraska only enforcing "Tobacco 19" amidst federal "Tobacco 21 Act" (KHGI)

• Vaping is still at least 95% lower risk than smoking - debunking a feeble and empty critique (The Counterfactual)

• Nebraska bill would move tobacco, nicotine use age to 21 (NTV)

• Bill raising Florida's legal tobacco age passes senate committee (WCTV)

Benzodiazepines

• Benzodiazepines might be a 'hidden element' of the US' overdose epidemic -- and doctor visits for prescriptions are increasing (CNN)

Alcohol

• Fewer Americans Are Binge Drinking, But Those Who Are, Are Drinking More (TIME)

Kratom

• Release the Kratom: Inside America's Hottest New Drug Culture (WIRED)

• Kratom set to be legalised in parts of the country (Bangkok Post)

• Benchmark for Kratom manufacturing and products in the US (News Anyway)

Khat

• The wild ride of East Africa's favorite stimulant (Washington Post)

Miscellaneous

• Tulsi Gabbard Endorses Legalizing Drugs (Forbes)

• New Vermont Bill Would Decriminalize Psychedelics And Kratom (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Can Be Used to Treat PTSD, Finds Yet Another Clinical Trial (VICE)

• Psychedelic Drugs Like LSD and Magic Mushrooms Linked to Transformative Experiences, Feeling Connected With Others (Newsweek)

• Idaho Senator Files Bill To Decriminalize Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 1.17.20

Cannabis

• Hawaii’s Marijuana Decriminalization Law Is Officially In Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists discover the reason why anxious people smoke marijuana (Inverse)

• Pot seizures jumped at U.S. border in the year after Canada legalized cannabis (CBC)

• Black Swan: rare Jamaican cannabis strain could treat pancreatic cancer (Health Europa)

• Report: Federal Marijuana Prosecutions Declining (NORML)

• New Jersey: Court Affirms Employer Must Reimburse Worker for Medical Marijuana Expenses (NORML)

• Medical Marijuana Is an Ideal Replacement for Opioids, Another Study Confirms (MERRY JANE)

• New CDC Report Highlights the Risks of Black-Market THC Vapes (Reason)

• Weed impairs driving skills long after the high is gone (FOX6Now.com)

• New Approach Montana aims to put two legalization measures on 2020 ballot (Leafly)

• New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Bill Filed After Governor Puts Issue On 2020 Agenda (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed Delivery Drones Are Coming to Seattle This Spring (MERRY JANE)

• Colorado lawmakers want to stop employers from firing people for using weed in their personal time (The Denver Post)

• Marijuana Record Expungement Movement Growing Rapidly, Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Can Workers Still Get Fired For Using Marijuana In Legal States? (BroBible)

• New Hampshire Lawmakers Take New Approach To Marijuana Legalization For 2020 (Marijuana Moment)

• More pets accidentally eating marijuana (WNEM)

• Florida Marijuana Legalization Campaign Shifts Focus To 2022 Instead Of This Year (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Study Finds ALD-52, 1P-LSD, and 1B-LSD Are Prodrugs of LSD (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• A Single Dose of Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Reduce Anxiety for Nearly Five Years (MERRY JANE)

• COMPASS Pathways Granted Patent Covering Use of Its Psilocybin Formulation in Addressing Treatment-resistant Depression (PR Newswire)

• Psychedelic Events Are Going Mainstream, Where The Much-Maligned Mushroom Industry Focuses On Mental Health (Forbes)

Ayahuasca

• We Are Harvesting the Ayahuasca Vine at an Alarming Rate (Kahpi)

• 'I wake up and I'm a baby': an NFL star's journey into ayahuasca (The Guardian)

• How Can You Drink Ayahuasca Legally in the U.S.? (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca, Nazis, and the Life of Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff (Kahpi)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The World’s First LSD Microdosing Kit is Here (DoubleBlind)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing gas can ease symptoms of depression in just two hours by acting on a brain chemical with no side-effects, new research suggests (Daily Mail)

• Justice secretary hits back at criticism of nitrous oxide ban (The Guardian)

• UAMS first hospital in central Arkansas to offer laughing gas for women in labor (KTHV)

Opioids

• Up to a third of opioid overdose deaths might be suicides, researcher concludes (Medical Xpress)

• Heroin, Fentanyl Deaths Drop in Medicaid Expansion States (U.S. & News Report)

Cocaine

• A Cocaine Nasal Spray Just Received FDA Approval (MERRY JANE)

Methamphetamine

• Meth overtakes marijuana, now most reported drug in Tennessee crime labs (WJHL)

Caffeine

• Using caffeine as a tool to study information processing (Medical Xpress)

Nicotine

• Vaping crackdown: School system will send e-cigarette users to alternative school (AL.com)

Benzodiazepines

• Benzodiazepine prescriptions reach ‘disturbing’ levels in the US (New Scientist)

Alcohol

• The Latest Findings on Why It’s So Hard to Quit Drinking (Elemental)

Kratom

• Kratom to Be Removed as Type-5 Narcotic in Thailand (Chiang Rai Times)

• Kratom Business From Colorado Breaks New Ground in Oregon (Westword)

• The Kratom Debate: Helpful Herb Or Dangerous Drug? (NPR)

• Kratom Lab Testing and Why It Matters (Kratom Guides)

Kava

• Vanuatu stops issuing kava export licences, moves to tighten regulations (Radio New Zealand)

Miscellaneous

• Explosive growth of plant medicine movement aims to help heal the world (Chacruna)

• Activists Take Steps To Decriminalize Psychedelics In Washington, D.C. (Marijuana Moment)

• How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy (WHYY)

• The DEA seized her father’s life savings at an airport without alleging any crime occurred, lawsuit says (The Seattle Times)

• A Report From the Rocky Path to Legal Psychedelics (Playboy)

• Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment (Scientific American)

• Ukraine paves the way for innovative harm reduction in the EECA region (TalkingDrugs)

• Roadside drug tests failed by 185 drivers during festive campaign (BBC)

• BBC Duped into Promoting Marketing Scheme for Microdosing Psychedelics (Psymposia)

• NYC To Host Economics Of Psychedelics Investing Summit (Benzinga)

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