Weekly Psychedelic Links - October 2022

10.7.22

Cannabis

• Biden Announces Mass Marijuana Pardons And Calls For Cannabis Scheduling Review (Marijuana Moment)

• Amsterdam considers banning ‘cannabis tourists’ from its coffee shops (The Guardian)

• Costa Rica’s President Sends Marijuana Legalization Bill To Lawmakers (Marijuana Moment)

• 'It's like the new Amsterdam': The rush to cash in on Thailand's hazy cannabis laws (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• FBI: Nearly Half of All Drug Seizures in 2021 Involved Marijuana (NORML)

• Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production (Reuters)

• Committee in Colombia Approved Adult-Use Legalization Proposal (High Times)

• Most Americans Don’t Think Marijuana Is Dangerous Despite Prohibitionist Arguments, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Regulators finally approve hempcrete for US homes (Leafly)

• OSHA report ties cannabis worker death to dust inhalation (Leafly)

• Survey: Medical Students Rarely Exposed to Scientific Data About Cannabis (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon enters the home stretch to authorize psilocybin mushrooms (Chacruna)

• This 'magic' mushroom dispensary in Florida is selling psychedelics and testing legal boundaries (Business Insider)

MDMA

• MindMed Collaborators Initiate Phase 1 Comparative PK/PD Trial of R-, S- and Racemic MDMA (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

• Prolonged DMT Infusions could be a Breakthrough for Stroke Patients (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Ayahuasca

• Combating Suicidality: A Role for Psilocybin and Ayahuasca? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• These LSD-based drugs seem to help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip (NPR)

• Are you too high? A promising new ‘comedown drug’ may be on the way (Leafly)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Unexplained Bleeding Linked to Rat Poison in Synthetic Cannabinoids (Medpage Today)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide: Southend mum's campaign over 'laughing gas' (BBC)

Ketamine

• Ketamine and depression: A mechanism of the antidepressant revealed (Medical Xpress)

• PharmaTher Holdings Announces Grant of U.S. Patent Covering Ketamine for Parkinson’s Disease (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Alberta to be 1st province to regulate psychedelics for therapy, government says (CBC)

• DEA Admits ‘Racial, Ethnic and Class Prejudice’ Led To Drug Criminalization And The Agency’s Own Founding (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Lawmakers File Amended Psychedelics Legalization Bill, With New Regulations And Protections (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics may flatten your brain’s landscape, but in a good way (Leafly)

• Inflammation Nation: How Psychedelics Could Combat Widespread Chronic Pain (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelics: Will Policy Liberalization and Lower Barriers to Access Lead to Future Legalization? (Lexpert)

• Psychedelics are exploding in the startup community as founders say it makes them better leaders (Fortune)

• Timothy Leary’s psychedelic eugenics (Medium)

• Eleusis Holdings Plans To Be Acquired By Beckley Psytech (Lucid News)

• ‘Bad’ Psychedelic Trips Don’t Have To Be Bad (VICE)

10.14.22

Cannabis

• Colombian Chamber Of Representatives Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill In Initial Vote, With Support From Cabinet Ministers (Marijuana Moment)

• U.S. Air Force to Allow Applicants to Retest After Positive THC Test (High Times)

• Why bees love weed — and why it might even be good for them (Salon)

• Cannabis Stock’s Post Pardon Depression Could Be Cured By Lame Duck Legislation (Forbes)

• New Study Shows Cannabis Users More Likely To Have Overactive Bladders (High Times)

• Federal Reserve Bank Says Marijuana Legalization Drives Tax Revenue, Job Creation And Real Estate Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Spliff Vape: New Tech Allows Cannabis, Nicotine To Be Vaped Simultaneously (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Flight Passenger on Mushrooms Causes Chaos Mid-Flight (High Times)

• Can Psilocybin Challenge Our Pharmaceutical Dependence? (Vogue)

MDMA

• Eels Living Near Music Festivals Test Positive For MDMA And Cocaine (IFLScience)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetic Marijuana In Florida Tainted With Rat Poison, 52 Sick, 4 Dead (Forbes)

• Five-Year-Old Missouri Child Gets Delta-8 Edibles in Halloween Bag (High Times)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous Oxide: Harm Reduction and the Muslim Community (VolteFace)

Miscellaneous

• These States Are Voting On Marijuana And Psychedelics Legalization On Their November Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Elon Musk reportedly goes on 'exploratory journeys' and likes to show friends a chart of the benefits of MDMA and mushrooms over alcohol (Business Insider)

• To Standardize Psychedelic Therapy, A New Organization Launches (Forbes)

• Horizons Conference Returns to NYC for Its 15th Year (Lucid News)

• Treating postpartum depression with psychedelics (The Print)

• A Santo Daime Church’s Legal Success Paved a Path Towards Psychedelic Legalization (Lucid News)

• Instagram’s Page-Deletions of Black Women in Psychedelic Advocacy (Filter)

• Math Over Myth: These Psychedelic Stocks Made Confirmed Bottoms in Q3 (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• What Made María Sabina Unique (DoubleBlind)

• The Politics of Psychedelics: Legalisation vs Decriminalisation (Sam Woolfe)

10.21.22

Cannabis

• German cannabis legalisation plans LEAKED (VolteFace)

• Washington DC lets tourists self-certify for medical cannabis (Leafly)

• Poll: Two-Thirds of Voters Say “Nobody Should Be in Jail” for Marijuana Possession (NORML)

• States With the Most Arrests for Marijuana Possession (U.S. News and World Report)

• Why does marijuana make it hard to remember stuff? (Salon)

• NBA Won’t Test Players For Marijuana For Third Season In A Row, Report Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Nearly Four Out of Five Patients Drop or Reduce Opioids After Using Medical Weed (High Times)

• Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine Bans CBD Prescriptions for Adult Patients (TalkingDrugs)

• Cannabis Had Highest Tax Revenue in Colorado and Washington Over Alcohol, Cigarettes (High Times)

• Marijuana was illegal 4 years ago. Now, Uber Eats delivers it in Toronto (CBC)

• Missouri Police Object To New Ad For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative That Shows Officers (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Governor Sets March Special Election for Weed Legalization Initiative (High Times)

• Texas Activists Unveil Marijuana Decriminalization, Police Reform And Abortion Rights Initiative For San Antonio 2023 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Puerto Rico Bill Would Expunge Low-Level Weed Possession Convictions (High Times)

LSD

• Acid for Anxiety: Fast and Lasting Anxiolytic Effects of LSD (Psychedelic Science Review)

• A Communist LSD Trip: The Story of Czechoslovak Acid (Prague Morning)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon is voting on medical psilocybin, again (Leafly)

• NYC smoke shops are selling magic mushroom candy bars (New York Post)

• Study To Examine Why Shrooms Evolved with Psychedelic Properties (High Times)

• Why Everyone Cares So Much About Colorado’s Psilocybin Bill (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy shows promise in the treatment of eating disorder symptoms (PsyPost)

5-MeO-DMT

• The toad boom: the false narrative of ancestral 5-MeO-DMT use (Points)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Scientists Discover ‘Disconcerting’ New Imitation Ketamine on the Market (VICE)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• New novel drug test can identify latest synthetic cannabinoids (Cannabis Health News)

Ketamine

• Ketamine May Reduce Suicidal Ideation in Treatment-Resistant Depression (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• Australian Lawmakers Approve Drug Decriminalization Bill For Federal Territory That Includes Nation’s Capital (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Proposes Dramatic Increases In Marijuana And Psychedelics Production In 2023 For Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Large national survey suggests that the use of psychedelics is not associated with lifetime cancer development (PsyPost)

• Will Medical Insurers Agree to Cover Psychedelic Trips? (Bloomberg)

• Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs? (The Guardian)

• Second United States Patent Granted for Small Pharma’s Psychedelics Portfolio (Psychedelic Alpha)

10.28.22

Cannabis

• Germany’s Government Approves Marijuana Legalization Plan, But Reform Depends On European Union Sign-Off (Marijuana Moment)

• Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s sentence (Leafly)

• Biden's Marijuana Pardons Did Not Free a Single Federal Prisoner or Deliver the Expungement He Promised (Reason)

• Activist Arrested At White House Protest Pushing Biden To Release Marijuana Prisoners (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri’s legalization measure is drawing unexpected opposition (Leafly)

• Five States To Vote on Recreational Cannabis This Election Season (High Times)

• Most Americans Say Alcohol And Tobacco Are More Dangerous Than Marijuana, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California Lawsuit Alleges Weed Didn't Get Plaintiffs High Enough (VICE)

• Research: Does Cannabis Really Make You More Creative? (Harvard Business Review)

• Israeli Company Clones Cannabis Cells—Not Plants—With Up to 12 Times the Potency (High Times)

• It's not a myth: Marijuana really is more potent than it used to be (Salon)

• Study: Cannabis Use Not A Risk Factor in Liver Transplants (High Times)

• Strange Bedfellows Team Up To Oppose Missouri Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Research Shows Cannabis Users Experience More Pain After Surgery (High Times)

• Support For Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Falls To Slim Majority As GOP Lawmakers Urge Opposition, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• How does THC affect prenatal development? (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

• The world's first Phase 3 psilocybin clinical trial is about to commence (New Atlas)

• DEA Faces New Legal Challenges Over Denying Psilocybin Rescheduling Petition And Doctor’s Federal Waiver Request (Marijuana Moment)

• New Study Will Explore Psilocybin as a Treatment To Stop Smoking (High Times)

• N.S. company launching clinical trial to examine magic mushrooms as treatment for PTSD (CBC)

• The Potential Health Benefits of Microdosing Psilocybin With Chocolate (Psychology Today)

• Psilocybin Common Denominator in Several Recent Albums (High Times)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Enters into a Clinical Trial Agreement with Yale University for a DMT Phase 2 Depression Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Couple Sentenced to Eight Years for Czech Ayahuasca Ceremonies (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• A Legal Ayahuasca Church Thrives in Southern California (Lucid News)

Peyote

• Native American Church Asks Congress for Peyote Funding (DoubleBlind)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• WTF is 3-MMC, Berlin’s Weird New Club Drug? (DoubleBlind)

• Electric Picnic drug testing finds 'new psychoactive substances' never seen before in Ireland (The Irish Mirror)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Utah Medical Cannabis Flooded With Synthetic Cannabinoids From Hot Hemp (Forbes)

Ketamine

• Electroconvulsive Therapy Could Be Better Than Ketamine At Treating Depression (IFLScience)

Miscellaneous

• Beckley Psytech Strengthens Pipeline and Development Team With Acquisition of Eleusis Therapeutics Limited (Psychedelic Alpha)

• People Who Use Psychedelics Are More Connected To Nature And Knowledgeable About Climate Change, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Use of Psychedelic Therapies for Treatment Resistant Patients Again Rejected by Government, Despite Strong Supporting Safety and Efficacy Data and Australia’s Worsening Mental Health Crisis (Mind Medicine Australia)

• With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits (The New York Times)

• Manipulating light can induce psychedelic experiences – and scientists aren’t quite sure why (The Conversation)

• The ideological war at the heart of the psychedelic renaissance (New Atlas)

• Research, remedy and regulation: the changing dynamics of psychedelic therapy in Alberta (CBC)

• An Exploration of Psychedelics and Creativity (Drug Science)

• Variants in 5-HT2A Receptor Gene Alter Psychedelic Pharmacology (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Guidelines for Ethical Sponsorship and Transparency in Psychedelic Conferences (Chacruna)

• Terence McKenna's secret bad trip (Ecstatic Integration)

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Weekly Psychedelic Links - June 2022

6.3.22

Cannabis

• Virginia: Approved Budget Recriminalizes Public Marijuana Possession Over Four Ounces of Marijuana (NORML)

• Connecticut Gov. signs bill to crack down on weed gifting (Leafly)

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

• Study Finds THC Detected in Blood or Breath Does Not Indicate Impairment (High Times)

• Medicinal cannabis reduces pain and the need for opiate painkillers among cancer patients (PsyPost)

• North Carolina Lawmakers Advance Bill To Make Hemp Permanently Legal (High Times)

• With veto, path to marijuana legalization in Delaware still open but fraught with unpredictability (WHYY)

• FBI Marijuana Arrest Data May Be Critically Flawed, And DOJ Is Being Asked To Investigate (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Senate Approves Bill Allowing Public Employees to Use Medical Pot (High Times)

• New York Senate Passes Gray Market Cannabis Bill (High Times)

• Legal Cannabis Use Could Disqualify White House Intern Applicants (Forbes)

• Texas Activists Say They Collected Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another City Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Gen Z Prefers Weed Over Booze (High Times)

• Marijuana Research Has Exploded In Recent Years Despite Barriers Caused By Prohibition, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Peru Issues Draft Law to Allow and Regulate Patient-Grown Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• New York Senate Approves Bill To Mandate Medical Marijuana Health Insurance Coverage (Marijuana Moment)

• Austria Imports Record Amount of Medical Weed While Constitutional Challenges Loom (High Times)

• Weed Joke on Jeopardy! Triggers Viewers (High Times)

LSD

• Neuroscientists gain a deeper understanding of how LSD affects molecular brain activity (PsyPost)

• Ceruvia Lifesciences to Supply LSD to Qualified Researchers at No Cost (PR Newswire)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Officials’ Rejection Of Rules For Spiritual And Religious Psilocybin Use Called Into Question (Marijuana Moment)

• In Algeria, Ancient Cave Art May Show Psychedelic Mushroom Use (Atlas Obscura)

• New studies shed light on the mysterious process by which psilocybin can rapidly improve depression symptoms (PsyPost)

• B.C. company opens Canada's largest licensed psychedelic mushroom growing facility (CBC)

• Policy and Legal Considerations for Religious and Community Use of Psilocybin Mushrooms under Oregon Measure 109 (Chacruna)

MDMA

• A Balm for Psyches Scarred by War (The New York Times)

• 'Highly unusual': Methamphetamine found in MDMA tablets for the first time in New Zealand (Stuff.co.nz)

Peyote

• The Navajo Nation to Protect the Sanctity of Azeé – Peyote Medicine from Legalization and Commercial Use (Chacruna)

Nitrous Oxide

• Warning over climate threat from laughing gas used during childbirth (Sydney Morning Herald)

• Linking nitrous oxide to climate risk is yet another example of the disdain shown to women’s pain (The Guardian)

Ketamine

• Ketamine can treat depression — but teletherapy could make it accessible (Inverse)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to decriminalize some drugs in British Columbia for three years (The Guardian)

• Maryland Bill To Fund Psychedelics Research And Access For Veterans Takes Effect Without Governor’s Signature (Marijuana Moment)

• DARE 2.0 is "Keepin' it Real" in US schools (Substance)

• Indigenous and drug policy groups seek to preserve traditional approaches as psychedelic markets open in Oregon (OPB)

• Michigan Activists Give Up 2022 Push For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative, Shifting Focus To 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

• The Intertwined Prohibitionist Histories of Psychedelics and Kratom (Psychedelics Today)

• Why this startup is encouraging employees to microdose psychedelics at work (Fast Company)

• From Psychedelic Pharma To Crop Gene Editing - The UK’s Big Opportunity (Forbes)

• Don’t Count on RFRA to Protect Psychedelic Churches (Lucid News)

• Tripping over the potential of psychedelics for autism (Spectrum)

• Understanding the Current Legal Status of Psychedelics in the United States (JD Supra)

• Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression? (New Scientist)

6.10.22

Cannabis

• Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use (BBC)

• Prescription cannabis products with more THC may ease chronic pain, at least a little, study finds (CNN)

• North Carolina Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill To House, But Questions Loom About Further Action This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: Lawmakers Decline to Overturn Cannabis Legalization Veto (NORML)

• Voters In Five Texas Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization In November, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Legislature Passes Bill to Protect State Workers from Termination for Medical Cannabis (Ganjapreneur)

• Portugal Group Demands Freedom to Vote for Personal Use of Cannabis (High Times)

• The Rapidly Expanding Cannabis Industry Needs To Get Its Marketing Act Together, A New Report Finds (Forbes)

• If you’re high your love life might not be as great as you think (New York Post)

• Ukraine to Legalize Medical Cannabis, Health Minister Says (High Times)

• Illinois Governor Signs Bill To Close Marijuana Expungement ‘Loophole’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Inflation’s so insane Snoop Dogg gave his blunt roller a raise (Leafly)

• Legal Cannabis Use Could Disqualify White House Intern Applicants (Forbes)

• West Virginia Activists Are Collecting Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Measures On Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Cannabis & Sleep Disorders: What Do We Really Know? (The Fresh Toast)

• Is the word ‘marijuana’ racist? (Leafly)

• Opening the Curtain on Cannabis in the Opera (High Times)

LSD

• LSD microdosing does not appear to improve mood or cognitive ability, according to new placebo-controlled study (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Clinical Trial in South Africa to Study Efficacy of Psilocybin on Women with HIV and Depression (High Times)

MDMA

• Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Legalize MDMA Prescriptions Pending Federal Approval (Marijuana Moment)

• Brexit helping cause harmful increase in fake ecstasy, study warns (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• I Tried Everything. Then I Tried Ayahuasca. (Esquire)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic Pharma’s Big Spin (Lucid News)

• The Nationwide Reach of Harmful Drug “Paraphernalia” Laws (Filter)

• Tracing The History of Hallucinogens in China (TalkingDrugs)

• How psychedelic drugs might treat depression (BBC)

• Bosses want to feed psychedelics to their staff (The Economist)

• The Great Cannabis Microdosing PR Conspiracy (High Times)

6.17.22

Cannabis

• Germany set to legalise sale of cannabis in licensed shops (Metro)

• Study Finds Weekly Cannabis Use Has Minimal Impairment on Physical Health (High Times)

• How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use (The Guardian)

• Analysis: Cannabis Retailers Drive Economic Growth, Are Not Magnets for Crime (NORML)

• Maine’s Legal Marijuana Stores Are Effectively Displacing Illicit Market, State Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand Leaders Demand Cops Stop Spraying Chemicals on Cannabis (High Times)

• Study: Regular Cannabis Consumers Perform Better Than Occasional Users on Distracted Driving Tasks (NORML)

• Kentucky Governor Issues Medical Marijuana Executive Order Creating Advisory Committee To Study Patient Access Options (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Shows Medical Cannabis Enrollment Has Quadrupled (High Times)

• EPA Warns Workers They’re Banned From Using Marijuana Or Investing In The Industry In New Memo (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests (NORML)

• Athens, Georgia on Cusp of Major Decriminalization Ordinance (High Times)

• Teen Marijuana Use Dropped Dramatically In Colorado In 2021, State Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Lawsuit Seeks Insurance Coverage for Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• GOP Senate Candidate Pushes ‘Pot For Potholes’ Marijuana-Funded Infrastructure Plan In Hilarious Campaign Ad (Marijuana Moment)

• Superior Court in Brazil Affirms Right to Cannabis Home Grow (High Times)

• Federal Court Sides With Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists In Lawsuit Over Ballot Requirements (Marijuana Moment)

• West Virginia Advocates Collecting Signatures for Decriminalization Ballot Measures (High Times)

LSD

• The Elephant in the Room is LSD (Lucid News)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin-induced mystical experiences linked to lasting positive psychological effects (PsyPost)

• Anticipating Legalization: Making Psilocybin Accessible (Cannabis Science and Technology)

• Could magic mushrooms in care homes help curb fear of death? Psychedelic drugs could 'revolutionise' end-of-life treatment, expert says (Daily Mail)

MDMA

• Paraguay May Be Shifting from Producing LSD and MDMA to Consuming Them (InSight Crime)

5-MeO-DMT

• What’s the Best Way To Take 5-MeO-DMT in a Clinical Trial? (Technology Networks)

Iboga

• Ibogaine Isn’t a “Cure” for Addiction—But It Can Be a Useful Detox Tool (Filter)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Oregon ban on synthetic cannabis products will be nation’s first (Oregon Live)

Ketamine

• Exploring Ketamine’s Antimicrobial Effects & Fungal Sources: Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The 'normalised' drug that the UK takes more of than any other country (Liverpool Echo)

Miscellaneous

• Mind-Altering Drug Docuseries Lined Up At Netflix From Alex Gibney & Michael Pollan (Deadline)

• Malaysia Ends Mandatory Death Penalty for Nonviolent Drug Crimes (High Times)

• Is drug testing going to become a regular part of UK festivals? (iTV)

• Missoula City Council measure would decriminalize hallucinogenic plants (Missoula Current)

• Local Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure Stalls In Amherst, Massachusetts (Marijuana Moment)

• The abuse of power in psychedelic retreats (leafie)

• Psychedelics Can Help Boost Scientific Creativity, Review Finds (Analytical Cannabis)

• NFTs Are Getting Psychedelic. Is It Worth the Trip? (Lucid News)

• Michigan moves to outlaw fake urine as marijuana popularity soars (MLive)

6.24.22

Cannabis

• Psychosis, Addiction, Chronic Vomiting: As Weed Becomes More Potent, Teens Are Getting Sick (The New York Times)

• California may require labels on cannabis products to warn of mental health risks (OPB)

• Vets And Medical Cannabis: It’s The Least We Can Do (Forbes)

• Louisiana: Multiple Marijuana Reform Bills Signed Into Law; Measures Take Effect August 1 (NORML)

• Spain Approves Medical Cannabis Reform: Pharmacy Dispensation Planned for End of 2022 (High Times)

• Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Drunk Driving And Safer Roads, Study On Auto Insurance Data Suggests (Marijuana Moment)

• Switzerland to Lift Ban on Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• DEA Marijuana Busts Increased In 2021, Seizing Over 5.5 Million Plants (Marijuana Moment)

• U.S. English Teacher Sentenced to 14 Years in Russia for Pot ‘Smuggling’ (High Times)

• North Carolina House Republicans Block Senate-Passed Medical Marijuana Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis ‘Very Promising’ as Opioid Replacement, Early Study Results Show (High Times)

• U.S. Supreme Court Denies Medical Marijuana Workers’ Compensation Cases (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Shows Cannabis Use Could Lead to Increased Kindness and Empathy (High Times)

• Senate Committee Votes To Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work For CIA, NSA And Other Intelligence Agencies (Marijuana Moment)

• Analyses: Drug Interdiction Efforts at US Borders Typically Yield Only Small Quantities of Marijuana (NORML)

• MLB Teams Can Now Be Sponsored By CBD Companies, Baseball League Official Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Weed Possession (High Times)

• Scientists find little evidence to show cannabis oils help end pain, according to major study (Daily Mail)

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

• New Gene Technology Allows Growers To Boost THC Levels In Cannabis (Forbes)

LSD

• ‘I’m happier now and nowhere near as intense’: GoDaddy.com’s founder pivots to LSD (The Daily Dot)

Magic Mushrooms

• Judges Deny Challenge to Psilocybin Patent (VICE)

• COMPASS Pathways presents largest ever study of psilocybin therapy, at American Psychiatric Association annual meeting (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Pa. bill to study of psilocybin – the drug in magic mushrooms – as mental health treatment languishes in Harrisburg (PhillyVoice)

• Oregon County Considers Banning Legalized Psilocybin Therapy (Filter)

• How an NHL Enforcer Broke His Body — and Turned to Psychedelics to Heal His Brain (Rolling Stone)

MDMA

• MDMA trials under review in Canada over alleged abuse of study participants (The Guardian)

• Canadian Firm Seeks Approval to Manufacture MDMA and Other Psychedelics (High Times)

DMT

• DMT is Effective at Treating Depression, New Study Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• What do we see when dying? How a psychedelic trip can trigger at life’s end, and why we need to be better prepared for it (South China Morning Post)

Ayahuasca

• An Ayahuasca Retreat Claims to Sell 'Miracles.' Former Workers and Guests Say It's Unsafe and Abusive. (VICE)

• Another Phoenix Church Sues DEA Over Religious Use of Ayahuasca (Phoenix New Times)

• The Ayahuasca King's Last Tour (The Texas Observer)

Ketamine

• Tripping Through Motherhood: How Some Women Are Using Ketamine to Treat Postpartum Depression (Glamour)

• Exploring Ketamine’s Antimicrobial Effects & Fungal Sources: Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

Miscellaneous

• After Six-Decade Hiatus, Experimental Psychedelic Therapy Returns to the V.A. (The New York Times)

• Two psychedelic-related initiatives may be on the 2022 Colorado ballot (The Denver Channel)

• Alliance launches to advance psychedelic healthcare in Europe (Psychedelic Health)

• After Six-Decade Hiatus, Experimental Psychedelic Therapy Returns to the V.A. (The New York Times)

• States are embracing psychedelics, paving the way for FDA approval (DoubleBlind)

• Rabbi Ben Gorelick Plans to Use Religious Freedom Against an 8-Year Minimum Psychedelic Charge (High Times)

• Numinus Applies for International Patent Filing of Psychedelics Production Process (Psychedelic Alpha)

• The New Psychedelic Plot (The Wall Street Journal)

• Efforts to Decriminalize Psychedelics Can Extend to Rural Places, Too (The Daily Yonder)

• Recreational psychedelics remain far behind on legalization path (Pique Newsmagazine)

• Psychedelic Therapy Will Not Save Us (Mad in America)

• Mummies who mushroom: The mums using psychedelics to take the edge off modern parenthood (Harpers Bazaar)

• Extending the Reach of Psychedelic Therapy With Psychoplastogens (Technology Networks)

• The Great Microdosing Debate (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Celebrating the Psychedelic Dawn (Lucid News)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.11.22

Cannabis

• Costa Rica Moves Forward with Medical Cannabis Reform (High Times)

• New York Regulators Unanimously Advance Rule To Let People With Marijuana Convictions Open Shop Before Big Businesses Can Enter Market (Marijuana Moment)

• Morocco Moves into Medical Cannabis Cultivation (High Times)

• DC’s recreational marijuana ambitions blocked in federal bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• NCAA Relaxes Drug Testing Policies for Cannabis (NORML)

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

• Delaware: House Members Fail to Advance Legalization Legislation (NORML)

• Key GOP Kansas Lawmaker Files Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• No, The World’s Biggest Cannabis Company Is Not Russian-Owned (Forbes)

LSD

• Blackhawk's unit invests NZ$2.3M to advance microdosing LSD in phase 2 trials (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• Head of Oregon’s Psilocybin Advisory Board resigns (OPB)

• Oklahoma House Passes Psilocybin Decriminalization And Research Bill, Sending It To Senate (Marijuana Moment)

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

• Z Strain Mushrooms: Effects, Cultivation, and More (DoubleBlind)

• Washington State Ballot Initiative Would Legalize ‘Facilitated’ Psilocybin Sessions (Marijuana Moment)

• Demand grows for UK ministers to reclassify psilocybin for medical research (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca and Childbirth in the Santo Daime Tradition: Solidarity Among Women and Psychedelic Cultural Resistance (Chacruna)

San Pedro

• Numinus Adds Ayahuasca & San Pedro to Federal License for Psychedelic Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• New Machine Learning-Based Test Could Improve Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids (PR Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• Fireside Project’s New Equity Initiative Expands Psychedelic Support Services (Lucid News)

• Maryland House And Senate Committees Consider Drug Decriminalization Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Rhode Island Lawmakers File Psilocybin And Broader Drug Decriminalization Bills While Legal Marijuana Momentum Increases (Marijuana Moment)

• GOP Missouri Lawmaker Files Psychedelics Therapy And Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Will Psychedelics Become Commercialized Like Weed? (Westword)

• Georgia Bill Would Create Psychedelic Study Committee To Recommend Reform Policies (Marijuana Moment)

• HPPD and Flashbacks: Everything You Need To Know – And What We Don’t Know, Too (Psychedelics Today)

• Drug companies are investing big in psychedelics, but can they engineer out the trip? (Chemical and Engineering News)

• Psychedelics, the War on Drugs, and Violence in Latin America (Chacruna)

• New Age of Psychedelics (Pharmaceutical Executive)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.9.21

Cannabis

• First Full-Service Marijuana Delivery App Launches On Apple Store Following Policy Change (Marijuana Moment)

• Delta-8-THC craze concerns chemists (Chemical and Engineering News)

• Federal Marijuana Trafficking Convictions Have Fallen Dramatically Following Enactment of Statewide Legalization Laws (NORML)

• Study: Cannabis farms not as thirsty as previously thought (Eureka Times-Standard)

• FBI Loosens Marijuana Employment Policy For Would-Be Agents (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Use Associated With Increased Decision Making Skills (Green Entrepreneur)

• Sioux Tribe Is Opening South Dakota's First and Only Medical Cannabis Dispensary (MERRY JANE)

• Brazil Gains Ground on Medical Marijuana, in Defiance of Bolsonaro (Filter)

• Temple research finds that tweaking CBD may help it curb pain and opioid use in mice (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• South Dakota Marijuana Activists Unveil Four Legalization Initiatives For 2022 Ballot, Pending Supreme Court Decision (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis use may be associated with suicidality in young adults (The Highland County Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Just One Dose of Magic Mushroom Compound Regrows Lost Brain Connections in Mice (ScienceAlert)

• Is This Peter Thiel–Backed Startup Trying to Monopolize the Astral Plane? (Mother Jones)

MDMA

• Director James Cameron was high on MDMA when he came up with key Terminator 2 character (Metro)

• One-third of MDMA tested at festivals actually 'dangerous' drug eutylone - KnowYourStuff (Newshub)

• My summer of love: ‘Under the spell of ecstasy, strangers went straight to limitless intimacy’ (The Guardian)

DMT

• Tripping On Your Lunch Break: Inside the Rise of Casual DMT Use (VICE)

• Microdosing DMT… Wait, That’s a Thing? (EntheoNation)

Ayahuasca

• A Brief Heritage of Ayahuasca Art (DoubleBlind)

Mescaline

• Mescaline Could Help Fight Addiction, Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety, Study Suggests (MERRY JANE)

• Mescaline is Resurgent (Yet Again) As a Potential Medicine (Lucid News)

• Is Mescaline A Key Component In The Future Of Medicine? XPhyto Aims To Find Out (Forbes)

Peyote

• Inside a Peyote Pilgrimage (The New York Times)

• Two Projects Seek to Change the Legal Status of Peyote and Mushrooms in Mexico (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Twenty Two Plus One: Sunrise αMT at Huangshan (Maps of the Mind)

• NSW Health issues urgent alert over 'potent hallucinogen' found in MDMA (Sky News)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Warning over dangerous synthetic cannabis batch as death probed (Radio New Zealand)

Ketamine

• Colorado ketamine bill signed into law, limits police influence on sedative’s use (KDVR)

• Portrayed As Date Rape Drug, Ketamine Is Removed from California Decrim Bill (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• Rhode Island Governor Signs Historic Bill Legalizing Safe Consumption Sites For Illicit Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests psychedelic users reframe “bad trips” into positive experiences through detailed narratives (PsyPost)

• Michael Pollan is Back with Mind-Bending Thoughts on Drugs, Ego Death, and the Healing Power of Plants (GQ)

• Third California City Seeks To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Drugs Are Moving From The Fringes Of Medicine To The Mainstream (Forbes)

• Best Practices for Serious Psychonauts (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic Motherhood: The Altered States of Birth (Chacruna)

• Tryptamine Patents: Explaining Deuterated Drug Analogs (Truffle Report)

• The Ritual: A Framework for Psychedelic Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

• Real-World Research in Psychedelic Science (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Keeping a Drug Journal (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.5.20

Cannabis

• Marijuana Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice (NORML)

• Joe Biden’s New Disability Plan Includes Boosting Medical Marijuana Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Dangers of Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Be Overblown, Two Studies Suggest (MERRY JANE)

• West Coast cannabis dispensaries report looting in weekend rioting (Leafly)

• Trump Reelection Campaign Attacks Biden As ‘Architect’ Of The War On Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Bills Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access Sent to Governor’s Desk (NORML)

• Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic (WIRED)

• State-regulated marijuana vape cartridges aren’t safe, doctor and whistleblower say (Hawaii News Now)

• Australia's biggest medicinal cannabis plant to be built in secret Melbourne location (The Age)

• In Case You Needed Clarification: Weed Doesn't Cause Strokes, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Vermont Senate Votes To Double Amount Of Marijuana That Can Be Possessed And Grown Without Jail Time (Marijuana Moment)

• Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage (Leafly)

• People who use high-potency cannabis could have a higher risk of anxiety, study finds (Insider)

• Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Decline Year-Over-Year (NORML)

• New Jersey Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ahead Of Broader Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• After Apple Bans Vape Apps From App Store, PAX Creates Website for Vape Management (MacRumors)

• Aphria, Aurora And Other Big Ag Cannabis Companies Pull Out Of Jamaica (Forbes)

• US agency funds dubious study to relieve cannabis withdrawal with nicotine (Leafly)

LSD

• LSD Is Surging in Popularity. New Research Unpicks the Trends. (Filter)

• MindMed Launches Project Lucy Focused on LSD Experiential Therapy For Anxiety Disorders (PR Newswire)

• MindMed's Microdosing Division Further Expands Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Microdosing LSD For Adult ADHD (PR Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Provides Funding for LSD Research Study (BioSpace)

Magic Mushrooms

• Breakthrough psilocybin study uncovers neurochemical origins of human ego (New Atlas)

• Field Trip Collaborates with Jamaican University Researchers to Investigate New Psilocybin Therapies (Lucid News)

• UK Researchers Raise Nearly $70,000 to Research Psilocybin's Impact on OCD (MERRY JANE)

• NeonMind Files for U.S. Provisional Patent to Use Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Weight Loss (Yahoo! Finance)

• TheraPsil launches program to assist patients in accessing legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Truffles Firm Gets Canadian Stock Market Listing (High Times)

DMT

• CB Therapeutics Achieves Another Breakthrough with the Biosynthesis of DMT and Related Tryptamine-based Compounds (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Can Learning to Navigate Ayahuasca Hallucinations Help in Psychosis Treatment? (Kahpi)

5-MeO-DMT

• Spanish Porn Star Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Toad Venom Ritual (Rolling Stone)

Salvia Divinorum

• What is Salvia divinorum? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Largest study of its kind of women in labor finds nitrous oxide safe, side effects rare (EurekAlert!)

• Use of nitrous oxide or 'hippie crack' on the rise during pandemic (TheJournal.ie)

Ketamine

• Anesthetic drug Ketamine uses serotonin receptors to relieve depression (News-Medical.net)

Datura

• Toé (Brugmansia suaveolens): The Path of Day and Night (Chacruna)

• Ask a Ranger: Sacred Datura of Southwest part of history of hallucinogens (Arizona Daily Sun)

Miscellaneous

• The DEA Has Been Given Permission To Investigate People Protesting George Floyd’s Death (BuzzFeed News)

• Paranormal Psychedelic Experiences Surveyed in Comprehensive Study (Lucid News)

• Scientists Explain How Psychedelic Drugs Can Lead People to Lose Their Sense of Self (The Swaddle)

• U.N. Condemns 'Deep-Seated Impunity' in Philippines' Drug War (TIME)

• Whistleblowers Report Facebook for Ignoring Illegal Drug Sales on Platform (MERRY JANE)

• Global Drug Survey predicts that "following lockdown, many regions will be flooded by high purity drugs" (Hot Press)

• Psychedelic Studies Have Marginalized LGBTQI+ Communities for Years—These Researchers Are Changing That (DoubleBlind)

• Studies Into Psychedelic Drugs Reveal Significant Medical Potential (PR Newswire)

• Biden-Bernie “Unity Task Force” Makes Dispiriting Criminal Justice Reform Picks (Filter)

• Sacred Reciprocity: Supporting the Roots of the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

• Taking Drugs Like A Nerd (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelics will see a boom much like cannabis. Here's how entrepreneurs can stay ahead of the curve. (Business Insider)

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