Weekly Psychedelic Links, Monthly Psychedelic Recaps, Yearly Psychedelic Recaps, Announcements, Blog Information
David Wilder
The Roundups and Recaps Are Ending
The Roundups and Recaps Are Ending
Monthly Psychedelic Recaps
David Wilder
This Month in Psychedelics - December 2022
This Month in Psychedelics - December 2022
Weekly Psychedelic Links
David Wilder
Weekly Psychedelic Links - December 2022
Weekly Psychedelic Links - December 2022
Monthly Psychedelic Recaps
David Wilder
This Month in Psychedelics - November 2022
This Month in Psychedelics - November 2022
Weekly Psychedelic Links
David Wilder
Weekly Psychedelic Links - November 2022
Weekly Psychedelic Links - November 2022

bipolar

Weekly Psychedelic Links - December 2022

12.2.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

MDMA

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

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

Ayahuasca

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

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

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

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

Ketamine

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

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

12.9.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

  • Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge (DoubleBlind)

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

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

MDMA

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

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

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

DMT

Ayahuasca

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

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

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

Ketamine

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

  • Using Ketamine to Treat Anorexia (Psychology Today)

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

  • When virtual reality meets psychedelic therapy (Mashable)

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

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

  • Awakn Makes Its Case To Investors (Lucid News)

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

12.16.22

Cannabis

  • Recreational Weed Now Legal in Missouri (High Times)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

MDMA

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

DMT

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

Ayahuasca

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

5-MeO-DMT

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

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

Peyote

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

Ketamine

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.23.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

  • Afroman Announces 2024 Run for President (High Times)

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

  • Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Canadian Company Announces Ayahuasca Pills (Chacruna)

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

Datura

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

Miscellaneous

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

  • The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa (Lucid News)

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

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

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

12.30.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

  • Do Shrooms Go Bad? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

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

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

DMT

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

Ayahuasca

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

Ketamine

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

  • Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

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

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

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

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this month’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

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

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

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

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

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)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this month’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "Weekly Psychedelic Links" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 2.11.22

Cannabis

  • South Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Officially Approved In Senate, Heads For House Consideration (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland Lawmakers Introduce Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • UK trial of medical cannabis and long covid to get underway this month (Cannabis Health News)

  • The Super Bowl won’t be lit: no cannabis ads allowed (The Verge)

  • Bill Introduced to Raise THC Limit in Hemp to One Percent (High Times)

  • Cannabis Store Co-owned By Top Virginia Senator Sells Mislabeled Products With Illegal THC Content, Media Investigation Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study Shreds Cannabis ‘Amotivational Syndrome’ Theory (High Times)

  • Flower still king of US marijuana market, though supremacy waning (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Oklahoma Becomes Marijuana Legalization Battleground Between Advocates, With Legal Challenges And A New Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

  • New York Cracks Down on Illegal Cannabis Businesses (High Times)

  • Missouri Supreme Court Unanimously Orders Medical Marijuana Applicant Disclosures (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Senate committee holds first-ever hearing on legalizing recreational marijuana (WGAL)

  • Police Seizure Of Marijuana Dispensary Cash Leads To Federal Litigation (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis platform Leafly closes merger with SPAC, goes public on Nasdaq (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • The Eternal Pricing Struggle of UK Medical Cannabis Patients (TalkingDrugs)

  • Weedmaps Ad Satirizes Plight Of Broccoli Emoji As Marijuana Stand-In On Social Media (Marijuana Moment)

  • Young cannabis users at increased risk of repeat stroke (Medical News Today)

  • Federally Owned Utility Company Walks Back Threat To Block Electricity For Marijuana Businesses (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cali Vibes Rocks Long Beach, Allowing Cannabis (High Times)

  • How does cannabis use affect brain health? Caution advised, more research needed, experts say (ScienceDaily)

LSD

  • Microdose Psychedelics Presents a Molecular Masterclass: The LSD Conference (GlobeNewswire)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin microdosing does not reduce symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to placebo-controlled study (PsyPost)

  • Lawmakers say no to bill legalizing psilocybin-assisted therapy in Maine (The Portland Press Herald)

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

  • More States Follow Oregon’s Lead Toward Legal Psilocybin Therapy (Lucid News)

  • Usona Identifies Controlled Crystal Engineering Process for Large-Scale Synthesis of Psilocybin Polymorphs (Business Wire)

  • Maine CDC Director Opposes Bill to Legalize Therapeutic Psilocybin (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • The Many Types of Psychedelic Mushrooms (Truffle Report)

  • Mazatec Shamanic Knowledge and Psilocybin Mushrooms (Chacruna)

MDMA

DMT

Ayahuasca

  • Creating Awareness on Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Communities: A Review of Chacruna’s Guidelines (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Scientists Create Cell-Based Psychedelic Toad Venom, a Potential 5-MeO-DMT “Bio-Factory” (Lucid News)

Mescaline

Iboga

  • Osoyoos Indian Band eyes cutting-edge drug treatment centre (Vancouver Sun)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Cybin Announces Grant of U.S. Patent Covering its Proprietary Compound CYB004 (Deuterated DMT) for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Another new weapon to beat Corona, first 'nasal spray' launched in India (News Track)

  • Nitrous Oxide Safe For Dental Procedures In Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Study (Medical Dialogues)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine effectively silences suicidal thoughts, especially in bipolar patients (Study Finds)

  • Researching Ketamine for Social Anxiety Disorder (Truffle Report)

  • Yale researcher receives grant to study effects of ketamine in individuals with epilepsy (Yale Daily News)

  • Trip Tunes: A Conversation with Producer Jon Hopkins About Making Music for Ketamine (DoubleBlind)

  • Ketamine Infusions in the Home May Facilitate Safe Treatment Access During the Pandemic (Pharmacy Times)

Miscellaneous

  • Can microdosing psychedelics boost mental health? Here’s what the evidence suggests. (National Geographic)

  • Utah House Overwhelmingly Approves Psychedelics Study Task Force Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland Senate Bill Would Provide ‘Cost-Free Access’ To Psychedelics For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics Offer New Route to Recovery from Eating Disorders (NEO.LIFE)

  • Are Psychedelics the Future of Pain Relief? (VICE)

  • Michigan Activists Submit Psychedelics Decriminalization Language (High Times)

  • DEA Faces Backlash Over Proposed Scheduling Of Five Psychedelic Compounds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Proposed Drug-Decrim Ballot Initiative All Set in Washington State (Filter)

  • Can Psychedelics Make People More Drawn to Conspiracy Theories? (Sam Woolfe)

  • Yes, Psychedelics Do Change Our Metaphysical Beliefs (DoubleBlind)

  • Panel Discusses Coalition Building to Unlock Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics (The Yale School)

  • Legal Psychedelics: The U.S. Cities Where Psilocybin, LSD And Others Are Decriminalized (Healing Maps)

  • Canada’s Reforms on Psychedelics Are Slowly Taking Shape (Bloomberg)

  • Survey Shows 65% of Affected Americans Want Access to Psychedelic Treatments for Mental Health Conditions (Pharmacy Times)

  • New Polling by Mind Medicine Australia Reveals Over 60% of Australians Support Increased Access to Psychedelic Medicines (Mind Medicine Australia)

  • Big Pharma In Psychedelics: Inside Mindset Pharma’s Deal With Otsuka (Forbes)

  • Using Real-World Evidence to Accelerate Psychedelic Drug Development (Truffle Report)

  • Is city getting ‘high’ on hallucinating drugs? (The Hindu)

  • Drug Euphoria Is a Good Thing, Actually (Filter)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 12.10.21

Cannabis

  • New Study Determines Correlation Between Cannabis and Sleep (High Times)

  • Marijuana banking legislation stripped from federal defense spending bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • San Francisco delays cannabis tax so that dispensaries can compete with illegal dealers (Boing Boing)

  • Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • World’s largest THC-infused brownie weighs in at 850 pounds (Leafly)

  • CBD Products Commonly Flagged by FDA for Making Unsubstantiated Claims About Treating COVID-19 (NORML)

  • Luxembourg Publishes Details on Domestic Recreational Cannabis Plan (High Times)

  • Montana Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Rules, Weeks Ahead Of Legal Sales Launch (Marijuana Moment)

  • Allowing Legal Marijuana Dispensaries Boosts Employment Rates In Colorado Counties, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Missouri Police Couldn’t Use Marijuana Odor To Justify Searches Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Ohio GOP Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Indiana GOP Lawmaker Plans Medical Marijuana Bill As Democrats Push Full Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia Lawmakers Tout Benefits Of Psychedelics As Activists Prepare Push For Statewide Reform (Marijuana Moment)

  • Producing Cannabis Biomass Without Growing A Cannabis Plant: How One Company Is Doing It (Forbes)

  • Hemp Sourced Lignin for Grid Backup Batteries (Drug WarRant)

Magic Mushrooms

  • COMPASS Pathways announces further positive results from groundbreaking phase IIb trial of investigational COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psilocybe allenii: The Bay Area Shroom No One Can Recognize (DoubleBlind)

  • Psyched Wellness Presents AME-1 to Health Canada in Pre-Submission Meeting (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psirenity Announces Exclusive Licence Agreement for Psilocybin (PR Newswire)

MDMA

  • Did the Cult From 'Wild Wild Country' Introduce MDMA to Ibiza? (VICE)

  • Can MDMA Increase Women’s Sexual Desire? (DoubleBlind)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Completes Manufacturing of Psychedelic Drug DMT Appoints UK Stroke Experts for Phase 2 (Yahoo!)

Ayahuasca

  • Instagram decision to remove ayahuasca post overturned by Meta Oversight Board (The Verge)

  • Chacruna Institute Publishes New Book on Ayahuasca Healing and Science (Chacruna)

Peyote

  • The Ancient Tradition Of The Peyote Ceremony (Benzinga)

Iboga

  • U.S. Government Will Test Ibogaine Derivative As An Addiction Treatment (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • BetterLife Obtains Positive TD-0148A Data in Preclinical Models of Depression (GlobeNewswire)

  • Psilera Confirms PSIL-002, A New DMT Derivative, is Well-Tolerated and Non-Hallucinogenic from In Vivo Behavioral Studies (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • Middle-class drug users could lose UK passports under Boris Johnson’s plans (The Guardian)

  • Toronto Asks Feds to Decriminalize All Drugs (Truffle Report)

  • United Nations Panel Rejects International Kratom Ban (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025 (The Guardian)

  • The Future is Research: UK Government Publishes 10-Year Drug Strategy - Drug Science Responds (Drug Science)

  • Horizons 2021: Creating the future of psychedelics (The Psychedelic Renaissance)

  • Report finds Instagram makes it easy for teens to find drugs online (Engadget)

  • ‘Magic' Mushrooms, Ecstasy, Other Psychedelics Could Become Legal in California (NBC San Diego)

  • The Wild World of 19th Century Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

  • People Changed the Ways They Use Drugs During the Pandemic (Filter)

  • You Can Make ‘Bad Trips’ Good with Storytelling, Psychedelics Study Shows (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Study suggests psychedelics promote positive mental health through increased spirituality and emotion regulation (PsyPost)

  • Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Pharmacology (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • 40 under 40 Outstanding BIPOC leaders in Drug Policy (DoubleBlind)

  • Taking Microdosing with a Pinch of Salt (Lucid News)

  • Delix Therapeutics Partners with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Advance Research on Non-Hallucinogenic Therapies to Treat Substance Use Disorders (Yahoo!)

  • Nue Life announces donations to Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and Ketamine Research Foundation (PR Newswire)

  • Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Nature (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • atai Life Sciences launches TryptageniX to further expand atai’s robust intellectual property portfolio and strengthen atai’s supply chain (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Christmas Origins (Reality Sandwich)

  • Doseology Prepares for Growth Phase in Psychedelic-Focused Mental Health Market, Completes Dealer's License Application (Yahoo!)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 10.1.21

ThisWeekinPsychedelics.png

Cannabis

  • Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Approved By Key House Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana Arrests Fall Precipitously Nationwide in 2020 (NORML)

  • California Governor Signs Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals For Severely Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas City, MO: City Council Approves Measure Eliminating Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing for Most City Workers (NORML)

  • Hundreds prescribed medical cannabis in bid to persuade lawmakers to offer it on NHS (Mirror)

  • Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Implement Medical Cannabis Legislation (High Times)

  • Los Angeles: District Attorney to Vacate Some 60,000 Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

  • DEA Still Insists Marijuana Has No 'Accepted Medical Use' (Reason)

  • The Making Of New York’s $150 Million ‘Cannabis Campus’ (Forbes)

  • What are they smoking? CNN says study found cannabis could double heart attack risk – but did it? (The Cannigma)

  • Pennsylvania Lawmakers Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill With Focus On Social Equity (Marijuana Moment)

  • Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re High On Marijuana, Study Finds (Forbes)

  • Nebraska Advocates Launch Signature Drive For 2022 Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

  • Curbside Recreational Weed Pickups End in Massachusetts (High Times)

  • Federal Grant Approved to Study Medical Marijuana Impact in Arkansas (High Times)

LSD

  • Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court (The Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

  • From Sugar To Psychedelics: The European Companies Testing Biosynthetic Psilocybin In Humans (Forbes)

  • Decrim California’s Plan to Regulate Psilocybin Via Ballot (Truffle Report)

  • My Bipolar Mother's Quest For Relief With Magic Mushrooms (VICE)

  • Oregon Board to Vote on Psilocybin Facilitator Program (Truffle Report)

  • Red Light Holland: Initial Results From Red Light Oregon Market Research in Oregon Show 86% of Adults Interested in Psilocybin Services are Interested in Microdosing (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

  • MINDCURE Launches “Desire Project” To Treat Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder With MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Levels of MDMA and cocaine in river running through Glastonbury Festival site so high they could harm wildlife, scientists say (Independent.ie)

  • Police urging parents to inspect Halloween candy after ecstasy discovered (Fox News)

  • MDMA: A Catalyst for ED-PTSD Treatment (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

  • Companies Compete to Create DMT Therapies (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Will Smith Embarked On A Dozen Ayahuasca Rituals In Peru After Denzel Washington Sold Him On The “F*ck It 50s” (BroBible)

  • Man charged after alleged sex assault linked to ayahuasca ceremony (CBC)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Delix Therapeutics Closes $70 Million Series A Financing to Advance Pipeline of Novel Psychoplastogen Therapeutics to Treat Brain Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • BetterLife Files Patent for TD-0148A for Treatment of Cluster Headaches and Related Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Mindset Pharma Expands Pipeline: Identifies Additional Next Generation 5-MeO-DMT-Inspired Lead Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine use on patients with excited delirium and cocaine intoxication increases intubation rate (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

  • Ending The Silence Around Psychedelic Therapy Abuse (Mad in America)

  • Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? (Scientific American)

  • Toronto University Health Network Launches Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Seattle City Council Takes First Step Toward Decriminalizing Psychedelic Plants And Fungi (Marijuana Moment)

  • Florida Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Study Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

  • DoubleBlind Magazine's First-Ever Psychedelics Billboard Campaign Is Turning New Yorkers On To Plant Medicine (Benzinga)

  • Psychedelics might reduce internalized shame and complex trauma symptoms in those with a history of childhood abuse (PsyPost)

  • Massachusetts Lawmakers Discuss Drug Decriminalization And Safe Injection Sites At Hearing (Marijuana Moment)

  • Bay Staters for Natural Medicine on Easthampton Decrim (Truffle Report)

  • ‘Psychedelics renaissance’: new wave of research puts hallucinogenics forward to treat mental health (The Guardian)

  • Are Psychedelic Drugs the Answer to Veterans’ PTSD? (Men's Health)

  • 19-Year-Old New Hampshire Lawmaker Prepares Bills To Decriminalize Psilocybin And All Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Elon Musk Embraces Potential of Psychedelics at CodeCon (High Times)

  • How Effective Is Fireside Project's Psychedelic Hotline? New Study Aims To Find Out (Forbes)

  • Psychedelics and Pregnancy: A Look Into the Safety, Research and Legality (Psychedelics Today)

  • Pantheistic Insights: Vegetarianism in Psychedelic Culture (The Oak Tree Review)

  • 'The End In Mind' Conference Answers Questions About Psychedelics For End-Of-Life Patients (Forbes)

  • Community Alert! Arrests and Encounters with Law Enforcement are Increasing (Chacruna)

  • People Are Facing Legal Repercussions for Serving Plant Medicine — Here’s What’s Being Done to Help Them (DoubleBlind)

  • Does psychedelic microdosing work? Brain study will be the real acid test (The New Daily)

  • Psychedelia in the Soviet Union (Reality Sandwich)

  • The Mystical Experience Defines Psychedelics (Lucid News)

  • Investors Turning to Psychedelic Market as Renaissance Continues into New Wave of Diseases (PR Newswire)

  • Why Psychedelic Therapy Needs Best Practices & How to Get There (The Third Wave)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.