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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)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.25.22

Cannabis

  • Where Is The Cannabis Industry Headed In 2022? (Forbes)

  • The Media’s War on Cannabis (Volteface)

  • Michigan marijuana recall reversal let businesses sell contaminated cannabis (MLive.com)

  • Why you still can’t buy legal pot in N.J. 16 months after voters gave the go-ahead (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Customers At South Dakota’s Only Medical Dispensary Still Getting Arrested (High Times)

  • The US cannabis industry now supports 428,059 jobs (Leafly)

  • Cannabis shown to be an effective treatment option for back pain: Study review (The GrowthOp)

  • New Law Could Help Free Louisiana Man Serving Life in Prison For Cannabis (High Times)

  • South Dakota Governor Won’t Rule Out Vetoing Marijuana Legalization Bill That Passed The Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Zealand Police Reboot Illegal Cannabis Operation Search After Year of Inactivity (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads To Delaware House Floor Following Second Committee Approval (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oregon Lawmakers Take On State’s Illicit Pot Operations (High Times)

  • Maryland Lawmakers Vote To Put Marijuana Legalization Referendum On November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • London drug trial a vital but ‘tiny’ step (Green World)

  • College Students Who Use Marijuana Show Signs Of Greater Motivation Compared To Non-Users, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • California Bill Would Protect Cannabis Users From Employment Discrimination (High Times)

  • Our outdated marijuana laws put Americans in danger. It's past time for federal cannabis reforms. (USA Today)

  • Three In Four Florida Voters Support Legalizing Marijuana, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata: The Ohio Valley Shroom Taking Over the World (DoubleBlind)

  • Probing How Magic Mushrooms Might Help Cure Addiction (Discover)

  • Oregon Senators Approve Psilocybin Equity Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Psilocybin Bill in Committee (Truffle Report)

  • Second Hawaii Senate Committee Approves Psilocybin Task Force Bill, With Decriminalization Measures Still Pending (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can ‘magic mushrooms’ make the trip to legal in conservative Utah? (The Salt Lake Tribune)

MDMA

  • MDMA Doesn't Actually Cause Comedowns, New Study Finds (VICE)

DMT

  • New study offers a detailed glimpse into the otherworldly encounters produced by the psychedelic drug DMT (PsyPost)

  • The First-Ever Clinical Trial For DMT Use In Major Depressive Disorder Show Promise (The Dales Report)

  • Tackling Trauma with Pharmahuasca and DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)

Mescaline

Iboga

  • Gabon Takes First Step Toward Legal Export of Sustainable Iboga (Lucid News)

Nitrous Oxide

Ketamine

  • N.B. clinic brings psychedelic drug to mainstream to treat PTSD (CBC)

Miscellaneous

  • The Insights Psychedelics Give You Aren’t Always True (VICE)

  • Your Brain on Psychedelics Might Look the Same as Your Brain on Religious Mysticism (DoubleBlind)

  • Top Federal Drug Agency Funds Research On Differing Legal Marijuana Regulatory Models (Marijuana Moment)

  • California’s Proposed Psychedelic Decrim Bill Paused in State Assembly (Lucid News)

  • The Corporatization of Psychedelics Would Be a Disaster (Jacobin)

  • Police Keep Arresting People For Drugs Even As Incarceration Rates Drop, Pew Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Reclaiming Ownership of Your Body With Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

  • At Harvard, Psychedelic Drugs' Tentative Renaissance (The Harvard Crimson)

  • Utah Senate Committee Approves Psychedelics Study Task Force Bill That Already Passed House (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is the Hype Around Psychedelics Bursting? (Psychology Today)

  • What’s Next for Australia’s Psychedelics Movement? (Truffle Report)

  • Why Victoria should review its response to drugs and decriminalise usage (The Age)

  • After Its Vilification In The 1960s, There Is Now A Renaissance In Psychedelic Drugs To Help Treat Depression And Mental Health Issues (Forbes)

  • Do Psychedelic Drug Therapies Actually Require Getting High? (Discover)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.18.22

Cannabis

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

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

  • Israel Announces New Cannabis Decriminalization Plans (High Times)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Wyoming Legislators Introduce Cannabis Decriminalization Bill (High Times)

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MDMA

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

DMT

Ayahuasca

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

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

5-MeO-DMT

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

Peyote

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

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

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

Nitrous Oxide

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

Ketamine

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

  • Psychedelics Open Opportunity to Study Synesthesia (Lucid News)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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This 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)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.24.21

Cannabis

  • Analysis: Unregulated Delta-8 Vape Products Frequently Mislabeled, May Contain Heavy Metals (NORML)

  • Malta Officially Legalizes Marijuana With President’s Signature, Becoming First In Europe To End Cannabis Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Several States to Usher In the New Year with Cannabis Liberalization Laws (NORML)

  • The Next States to Legalize Recreational Marijuana (MSN)

  • Pfizer Bets On Medical Cannabis With $6.7 Billion Acquisition (Forbes)

  • Scientists are (finally) studying how weed affects athletic performance and recovery (Leafly)

  • New York Senator Files Bill To Extend Marijuana Equity Benefits To Gay, Lesbian And Bisexual People (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cartels Ditch Pot and Opium Fields for Synthetic Drugs, Mexico Defense Secretary Says (High Times)

  • Ohio: Citizens’ Petition Seeks to Compel Lawmakers to Hold Marijuana Legalization Vote (NORML)

  • Senator Calls For Federal Marijuana Standard To Measure Impaired Driving (Marijuana Moment)

  • Top Maryland Lawmaker Files Marijuana Legalization Referendum For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Iowa Democrats Announce Plan To Let Voters Decide On Marijuana Legalization Amid GOP Resistance (Marijuana Moment)

  • Whole-Plant Cannabis Extract Reduces Epileptic Seizures By 86% in Small Study (High Times)

  • Researcher Uses Reddit To Learn What Kinds Of Marijuana Posts Influenced Legalization Attitudes (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pair of Cops Booked After Being Caught Smoking Pot in Mississippi (High Times)

  • Marijuana Group Releases ‘Robbery Preparedness Guide’ For Dispensaries Amid Spike In Thefts (Marijuana Moment)

  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta adds to chorus of cannabis research on autism in 2021 (Leafly)

  • Legal Cannabis Outsells Ontario Illicit Market for First Time (High Times)

  • These were the weirdest weed news stories of 2021 (Leafly)

LSD

  • U.S. FDA puts plans to test LSD in anxiety patients in clinical study on hold (Reuters)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Canada’s Psilocybin Policy Reform Movement Continues to Make Progress Federally (Truffle Report)

  • FDA Approves Psilocybin For Binge Eating Study By Tryp Therapeutics (Benzinga)

Ayahuasca

  • Global ayahuasca trend drives deforestation in Brazil’s Acre state (Mongabay)

Morning Glory Seeds

  • Study shows common flower species holds promise for beneficial psychedelic drugs (Newswise)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine Therapy Quickly Reduces Depression and Suicidal Thoughts (SciTechDaily)

DXM

Miscellaneous

  • Port Townsend Becomes 13th City to Decriminalize Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics: The newest tool in nuclear negotiations? (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

  • How Should Psychedelic Medicine Handle “Flashbacks”? (Mad in America)

  • New center to study psychedelics pops up at University of Texas at Austin (My San Antonio)

  • The Dumbest Drug Scare Stories of 2021 (VICE)

  • DEA Wants To Help Parents Decode The Emojis Young People Use To Discuss Marijuana And Other ‘Bomb Ass’ Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • GOP Lawmakers File Bills To Streamline Research Into Marijuana, Psychedelics And Other Schedule I Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Ballot Initiatives Filed to Legalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

  • Two Leaders in Psychedelics Industry and the Harm Reduction Approach (Nasdaq)

  • How Do Hallucinogenic Drugs Change Our Personality? (Psychology Today)

  • Microdosing companion app Houston wants to be your guide to 'inner space' (Mashable)

  • Why Psychedelic Research May Bring the Next Big Breakthrough in Dementia Treatment (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • MYND Life Sciences Acquires Rights for the Use of Psychedelics to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias (Psilocybin Alpha)

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