This Week in Psychedelics - 7.17.20

Cannabis

• Argentina To Allow Cannabis Sales In Pharmacies And Home Cultivation (Benzinga)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Ask State For Electronic Signature Gathering Option Following Court Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri: Kansas City Council Eliminates Local Penalties for Marijuana Possession Offenses (NORML)

• Israel passes Germany as world’s largest importer of medical cannabis flower (Marijuana Business Daily)

• The World Health Organization Says Reschedule Cannabis: Will The UN Agree? (Forbes)

• “Father of Cannabis Research” Identifies EPM301, a Cannabis Substance Stronger than THC or CBD (HealthMJ)

• Study: Cumulative Use of Cannabis Not Associated with Heart Abnormalities at Middle Age (NORML)

• CBD Is A ‘Promising’ Therapy In Treating Cocaine Misuse, Meta-Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Millions of Dollars in Cannabis Vape Product Inventory Remains in Quarantine in Massachusetts (Cannabis Business Times)

• We got the inside story of the downfall of Civilized, a cannabis media startup that raised $7 million, then had to shut down after a takeover offer fell through (Business Insider)

• Survey: Majority of Health Care Professionals Endorse Cannabis Use Instead of Opioids in Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

• The Cannabis Tax Experiment (Forbes)

• Cannabis Use Rising Among Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

LSD

• Americans Increase LSD Use—and a Bleak Outlook for the World May Be to Blame (Scientific American)

• LSD and Psilocybin May Alleviate Cluster Headaches (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Basel: The birthplace of hallucinogenic science (BBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• New psychedelic research sheds light on why psilocybin-containing mushrooms have been consumed for centuries (PsyPost)

• The Growing Evidence for Psilocybin-Facilitated Smoking Cessation (Psychedelic Science Review)

• How to Harvest Magic Mushrooms (DoubleBlind)

• Get to Know the Beta Carbolines – Newcomers to the Science of Magic Mushrooms (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The legalization of psilocybin: Is it necessary? (Portland Tribune)

MDMA

• I’m a Paraplegic Who Used to Smuggle Ecstasy in My Wheelchair (VICE)

• How MDMA-assisted therapy could be the key to helping trauma patients (MEAWW)

• Dave Franco Did MDMA With Alison Brie To Prepare For ‘The Rental’ (ET Canada)

5-MeO-DMT

• Rains in Sonora bring with them the specimen bufo alvarius (Explica)

Iboga

• Ibogaine Can Help Us Better Understand Addiction, but Will it Solve the Opioid Crisis? (DoubleBlind)

Ketamine

• Anesthesiologist calls for 'national conversation' about forced ketamine use following McClain case (9News)

• Cost-effectiveness of esketamine for depression (Science Daily)

Miscellaneous

• It’s 2020 and White Men Still Dominate Psychedelic Conferences (Lucid News)

• We Need to Talk About MAPS Supporting The Police, The Military, and Violent White Supremacism (Psymposia)

• Lessons for Psychedelic Advocacy from the Front Lines of Cannabis Reform (Chacruna)

• To Prevent Corruption, Psychedelics Researchers Call for Ethics Guidelines (Lucid News)

• GOP Congressman Withdraws Amendment To Block D.C. Psychedelics Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• The Power of Psychedelics (Scientific American)

• Magical (Psychedelic) Thinking in the Era of Climate Change and COVID-19 (Psymposia)

• The Uptight Girl’s Guide To Psychedelics (Bustle)

• AWAKN Life Sciences Partners with Drug Science in the UK (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelic journeys brought peace to this Holocaust survivor. Now he’s helping others on their own journeys. (The Jewish News of Northern California)

• How the dark web facilitates illicit drug trade across borders (MEAWW)

• Psychedelics and Canada's Regulatory Landscape (Lexology)

• The Psychedelic Renaissance: A Guide for College Students (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 3.6.20

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

Ketamine

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

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

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

Opioids

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

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

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

Cocaine

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

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

Methamphetamine

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

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

Caffeine

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

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

Nicotine

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

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

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

Benzodiazepines

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

Kratom

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

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

• Hawaii Senate Approves Drug Defelonization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Did Ancient Buddhists Use Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics for Climate Action? (Psymposia)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.7.20

Cannabis

• Bernie Sanders Pledges Legal Marijuana In All 50 States On Day One As President (Forbes)

• Businesses Are More Profitable And Innovative In States With Legal Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Nepal’s Communist Party Wants to Legalize Weed and Ban Booze (MERRY JANE)

• Vermont Committee Unanimously Approves Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Another Vermont House Committee OKs Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Gallup: Twelve Percent of Adults Acknowledge Smoking Marijuana (NORML)

• Virginia Lawmakers Approve Another Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD May Treat Psychosis Rather Than Cause It, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Liberal Americans Are Six Times More Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Conservatives, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Whoopi Goldberg's cannabis company has shut down (CNN)

• Cannabis in South Africa: the duplicity of colonial authorities (TalkingDrugs)

Magic Mushrooms

• Inside the Campaign to Legalize Magic Mushrooms in California (Reason)

MDMA

• Speech Pattern Technology Can Now Detect If You’re High on MDMA (MERRY JANE)

5-MeO-DMT

• Supportive Context is Associated With Positive Effects From Inhaling 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 5-MeO-DMT: The 20-Minute Psychoactive Toad Experience That’s Transforming Lives (Forbes)

PCP

• What is PCP? The ‘angel dust’ drug used in Netflix’s The Stranger (The Tab)

Opioids

• The highs and lows of the opium trade in southern Africa (TalkingDrugs)

• "Gray death" drug is so dangerous, police say you shouldn't even touch it (CBS News)

Cocaine

• A fingerprint can show if someone has taken cocaine or just touched it (New Scientist)

• Enhanced cocaine vaccine blocks the high in mice (Futurity)

Caffeine

• Caffeine has been a boon for civilization, Michael Pollan says. But it has come at a cost. (The Washington Post)

Nicotine

• The vaping 'flavor ban' goes into effect today. Here's what it does (The Hill)

• Mismatched tobacco laws could put federal funding for NC at risk (The News & Observer)

• American Lung Association Gives Arizona Failing Grades in Tobacco Control Report (Phoenix New Times)

• American Lung Association gives Georgia low grades for tobacco use (11Alive.com)

• Michigan receives 'F' grade for tobacco prevention, new report shows (WWMT)

Alcohol

• Baby boomers are the booziest generation – and are driving a 60 per cent rise in alcohol-related hospital admissions (The Telegraph)

Kratom

• Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm (Medical Xpress)

• Maryland bills aim to restrict kratom (The Southern Maryland Chronicle)

Kava

• The great kava boom: how Fiji's beloved psychoactive brew is going global (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

• Measure To Decriminalize Psychedelics Advances In Washington, D.C. (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists find a new trippy link between psychedelics and climate change (Inverse)

• Psychedelics linked to persisting reductions in cannabis, opioid, and stimulant use (PsyPost)

• Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day? (Psymposia)

• DEA’s National Drug Threat Assessment Shows Decrease in Drug Overdose Deaths (Pharmacy Times)

• A New Nonprofit Is Betting on Psychedelic Therapy (Outside Magazine)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.1.19

Cannabis

• Mexican Senate Committees Agree To Comprehensive Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Some States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Warn Of Black Market Risks (NPR)

• There's 'Scarce Evidence' to Suggest Cannabis Improves Mental Health Symptoms, a New Research Review Says (TIME)

• Quebec passes cannabis law that will raise legal age to 21 (CBC)

• An Israeli Company Is Combining Mushrooms with Marijuana to Treat Illnesses (MERRY JANE)

• USDA Issues Hemp Regulations (NORML)

• Medical Marijuana Laws Improve Health And Reduce Alcohol Use For Certain Groups, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Microscopic Images Reveal the Most Potent Cannabis Flowers in Incredible Detail (Newsweek)

• Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana States From Federal Intervention (Marijuana Moment)

• A Man Had a Bag of Weed Removed From His Nose After 18 Years (VICE)

• 20 Out of 25 Denver Pot Shops Were Selling Moldy Weed, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Is Cannabis a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Number of illegal cultivation sites plummet in Nevada after marijuana legalization (The Hill)

• Head Of Nation’s Only Federally Legal Marijuana Farm Develops THC Eye Drops (Marijuana Moment)

• Mass. hemp farmers say they face ruin thanks to state ban on most CBD products (The Boston Globe)

• Edinburgh mother vows to go on 'hunger strike' over cannabis oil (BBC)

• University of Guelph to study cannabis as treatment for bladder cancer in dogs (Global News)

• Wisconsin Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Open Houses Are Putting the High in High-End Real Estate (The Wall Street Journal)

LSD

• LSD tests that heralded Denmark’s second age of enlightenment (The Copenhagen Post)

Magic Mushrooms

• People Are Deliberately 'Horror-Tripping' on Mushrooms (VICE)

• 6 Music Playlists For Psilocybin Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

• Psilocybin Trial Patients Describe Their "Trips" To Anderson Cooper (The Fix)

• Are Magic Mushrooms Beneficial For Mental Health Therapy? (Worldhealth.net)

MDMA

• Family of teenager who died from lethal ecstasy dose support drug legalisation (The Guardian)

• Warning over super-strength Rolls Royce ecstasy pills circulating at Warehouse Project (Manchester Evening News)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca tourism an overlooked driver of trade in jaguar body parts, researchers say (Mongabay)

• Hallucinogenic Amazonian brew shows promise as an anti-depressant - study (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Spice saliva drug test 'could save lives' among users (BBC)

• Spice is more than a deadly drug – it's a window on our society (The Guardian)

Ketamine

• The Complete Guide to Ketamine Therapy for Depression, From Someone Who’s Tried It (Allure)

PCP

• Man allegedly high on PCP injured three Stamford police officers (Stamford Advocate)

• Kansas City man accused of sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl while high on PCP (FOX4)

Opioids

• Opioid misuse highest among construction workers, new NYU study finds (New York Daily News)

• 'It’s an overdose crisis': Mac Miller's death investigation highlights a dangerous trend in the opioid epidemic (Good Morning America)

• Should law enforcement be securing patients before naloxone is administered? (EMS1.com)

Cocaine

• Like weed before it, is cocaine becoming normalized? (Rooster Magazine)

Methamphetamine

• Meth devilishly hard to kick for addicts: ‘No effective treatment’ (San Francisco Chronicle)

CAFFEINE

• What to know about caffeine pills (Medical News Today)

TOBACCO

• Trump Considers Retreat From Ban of Mint, Menthol Vaping Flavors (The Washington Post)

• Former Juul Finance Executive Alleges Company Shipped 1 Million Tainted Products (TIME)

• A Fight Over Vaping “Bots” Is Blazing While E-Cigarette Bans Loom (BuzzFeed News)

Alcohol

• Illegal Alcohol Vaping Device Confiscated From Minnesota Bar (CBS Pittsburgh)

• Alcohol intake and reduced brain volume: What explains the link? (Medical News Today)

Kratom

• Arkansas Kratom Laws: Reasons For The Ban & Updated Info (Kratom Guides)

• Could a kratom ban be coming to Clearwater? (WFTS)

Miscellaneous

• Four More Major Cities Take Steps To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Tripping in Groups Is Better for Meditation and Self-Dissolution, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Australia's rural drug use tops city consumption: crime commission analysis (The Guardian)

• Women And Children Are The Emerging Face Of Drug Addiction In Afghanistan (NPR)

• Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful (Filter)

• Pills in the post: inside the dark web drug market (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors (Filter)

• Molecule Catalyst and UTM to crowdfund psychedelics research with blockchain (Yahoo! Finance)

• Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education (Salon)

• Intersecting Movements: Drug Policy Reform and Climate Action (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics for Healthy People (Elemental)

• Congress, Grappling With Tainted Chinese Drugs, Is Baffled by Lack of FDA Oversight in U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (Newsweek)

• She lost her son to addiction, then lost her house to save her daughter (Vox)

• Public Drug Testing Sites Are Helping Dealers Prevent Overdoses (VICE)

• 13 Steps for Promoting Access and Inclusion in Psychedelic Science (Chacruna)

• David Nutt slams UK drugs policy as Scottish deaths soar (The National)

• The Two Black Women Helping To Reclaim & Encourage Natural Psychedelics Use In Oakland (Okayplayer)

• Safe injection rooms save lives – yet the UK government continues to oppose them (Talking Drugs)

• Could Psychedelics Help to Heal the Crisis of Disconnection? (What is Emerging)

• So Mushroom for Growth: New Psychedelic Club at UCSB Aims To Shift Conversation and Culture (Daily Nexus)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 6.28.19

CANNABIS

• Illinois just legalized marijuana (Vox)

• Oregon Is Now the First State That Can Export Weed (MERRY JANE)

• Oregon: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Measure Into Law (NORML)

• House Resoundingly Approves Broad Marijuana Federalism (Reason)

• Hungry at the Pot Shop? Anchorage Just Legalized Edibles Consumption in Dispensaries (MERRY JANE)

• Hawaii: Governor to Let Marijuana Decriminalization Become Law (NORML)

• Access to cannabis for medical reasons is now allowed in Ireland under new law (TheJournal.ie)

• New Mexico: New Marijuana Decriminalization Law Goes Into Effect Next Week (NORML)

• N.Y. Lawmakers Pass Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana and Expunge 900,000 Arrests (TIME)

• Where Presidential Candidate Joe Sestak Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Ingredient CBD Could One Day Become an Antibiotic (Newsweek)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Hallucinogenic Fungi Turn Cicadas Into Sex-Crazed Zombies (VICE)

• Canadians Can Now Order Shrooms From This Dispensary (VICE)

• Zero Psilocybin Arrests in Denver First Month After Decriminalization (Westword)

MDMA

• Inside the multi-million dollar drug labs where your MDMA is made (SBS)

• Australians who use drugs like ecstasy are killing fish... in Holland (SBS)

• Preston teenager dies after taking MDMA and cannabis (BBC)

DMT

• A Natural Source of DMT Has Been Discovered in Mammal Brains (Inverse)

AYAHUASCA

• A Tribute to the Mother of Ayahuasca Research, Marlene Dobkin de Rios (1939-2012) (Kahpi)

IBOGA

• The Iboga Plant (The Third Wave)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Rotterdam to ban laughing gas at festivals, mayor says (DutchNews.nl)

KETAMINE

• Intranasal Ketamine for the Relief of Cluster Headache (Practical Pain Management)

• Ketamine Infusion Improves Abstinence in Cocaine-Dependent Patients (MD Magazine)

• Ketamine and dexmedetomidine combo requires close watch in surgical patients (Medical Dialogues)

• VA Imposes Strict Limits on Controversial Ketamine-Based Depression Treatment (Military.com)

• Lamar Odom Discusses How Ketamine Saved His Mental Health (The Fix)

• Ketamine Against Depression: Does the New Drug Work? (Interesting Engineering)

PCP

• Hartford Man Set House On Fire After Confrontation About PCP Use (Patch)

OPIOIDS

• Naloxone coprescription laws may lead to more than 7-fold increase in dispensing (Healio)

• How judges added to the grim toll of opioids (Reuters)

• Get "Dosed": New Doc Explores Psychedelics as an Antidote to the Opioid Crisis (MERRY JANE)

• Mexico is world’s No. 2 opium producer with 5.6% of production: UN (Mexico News Daily)

• New Jersey’s naloxone giveaway distributes 32,000 doses of opioid-reversing drug (WHYY)

• The Opioid Crisis: How the candidates would solve it (Big Think)

• They Mentioned 'Narcan' on HBO's Euphoria—What Is That? (Men's Health)

• In the midst of opioid crisis, Harrisburg dismisses evidence on treatment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

COCAINE

• ONDCP Reports Cocaine Production in Colombia is Leveling Off (The White House)

• Kerry Katona admits ‘cocaine was my best friend’ at lowest point (The Sun)

CAFFEINE

• Coffee can help you lose weight, study finds (The Independent)

TOBACCO

• San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass a Ban on E-Cigarettes (TIME)

• Half of tobacco and vape shops don’t ID teens, undercover research finds (Fox 8)

• Scientists engineer low-nicotine tobacco to help combat nicotine addiction (Earth.com)

• Six months in, Philly assesses its smoking ban in inpatient rehabs (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Low rates of recommended treatment for tobacco dependence in patients hospitalized with SUDs (News-Medical.Net)

• Banning e-cigarettes, not tobacco products, is 'ludicrous,' some public health experts say (NBC News)

• Bryon follows other southern MN locations by raising tobacco age to 21 (KIMT)

ALCOHOL

• Alcohol is third leading preventable cause of death in US (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

• Alcohol ranked most harmful drug in Australia, says report (SBS)

• Breaking The Booze Habit, Even Briefly, Has Its Benefits (NPR)

• Sam’s Club launches alcohol delivery through Instacart (TechCrunch)

• Alcohol-Free Bars Caught on in the U.S. and U.K. But Can They Go Global? (Yahoo! Finance)

KAMBÔ

• The Kambo Ceremony (The Third Wave)

KRATOM

• FDA issues warnings to companies selling kratom products for opioid addiction (NBC News)

MISCELLANEOUS

• How Previous Drug Use Can Stop You Getting Into America (VICE)

• Illegal drug classifications are based on politics not science – report (The Guardian)

• Dzulkefly: Govt to decriminalise drug possession for personal use (The Star)

• Psychedelics research at Imperial College enters a new phase (Felix)

• Drug dogs set to be used in schools and colleges (Daily Echo)

• Campaigners accuse Tory politicians of drugs hypocrisy (The Guardian)

• Attempts to Build a Safe Injection Site for San Francisco Drug Users Pushed to 2020 (Reason)

• If Everyone Tripped on Psychedelics, We’d Do More About Climate Change (VICE)

• What can we learn from studying psychedelics in special populations? (Chacruna)

• The science of roadside drug testing (stuff.co.nz)

• Dopey: ‘We needed somewhere to tell wild drug stories’ (BBC)

• Why is psychedelic culture dominated by privileged white men? (Aeon)

• What it’s like to test drugs for a living: inside the specialist unit that’s especially busy during festival season (inews.co.uk)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap:

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