Weekly Psychedelic Links - November 2022

11.4.22

Cannabis

• Legal cannabis is America’s 6th biggest cash crop (Leafly)

• Nevada Judge Orders Cannabis Removed From State’s List of Controlled Substances (High Times)

• Delaware’s Democratic Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

• Consumers embrace concentrates as falling flower prices lead to cheaper extracts (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Legal Marijuana Access Tied To Lower Risk Of Lung Injuries From Contaminated Vapes, Study Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

• Creator Explains Patented Process To Extract Cannabinoids From Smoke (High Times)

• New Senate Bill Would Create Federal Marijuana Commission To Prepare For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Regulators Issue Recall for Moldy Weed (High Times)

• Missouri Voters Back Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative In New Poll, But Support Is Tightening A Week Before Election Day (Marijuana Moment)

• Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative In Jeopardy, New Poll Shows Days Before Election (Marijuana Moment)

• Only a Quarter of Virginia Drivers Said Driving on Pot is ‘Extremely Dangerous,’ Survey Shows (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Compass Pathways Phase 2 Psilocybin Results far from Spectacular (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• North America’s First Take Home Psilocybin Trial Approved in Canada (High Times)

• Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Still Trails But Picks Up Support From Previously Undecided Voters, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Therapists who already incorporate psychedelics in their practice are mixed on Prop 122 (CPR News)

MDMA

• The Ecstasy of Agony (Truthdig)

Ayahuasca

• Using Ayahuasca and Psychedelic Plants to Treat Racial Trauma (Psychology Today)

San Pedro

• Nazca Human Sacrifice Victim Used Psychedelics Before Death (High Times)

Ketamine

• New study provides insight into the cognitive mechanisms underlying ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects (PsyPost)

• Telehealth startups prescribing ketamine at home are stirring concern (STAT News)

• Is Ketamine the Drug of the Moment? (VICE)

Miscellaneous

• MAPS Prepares For Trial in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

• The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context (WIRED)

• US veterans with PTSD turn to psychedelic drugs overseas as VA frustration grows (Yahoo!)

• Why San Francisco Didn’t (Really) Decriminalize Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Why Humans Have Always Been Fascinated by Snakes—From Ayahuasceros to Egyptians (DoubleBlind)

• How Does Race and Ethnicity Influence Psychedelic Mental Health Outcomes? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

11.11.22

Cannabis

• Maryland Becomes 20th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

• Missouri Becomes 21st State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

• Ohio Voters Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures In Five Cities (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin Voters Approve Marijuana Ballot Questions In Cities And Counties Across The State (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Voters Reject Adult-Use Cannabis Second Time Around (High Times)

• Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Defeated By Voters (Marijuana Moment)

• North Dakota Rejects Bill To Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis (High Times)

• Texas Voters In Five Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

• Can cannabis help us win the war against antibiotic resistance? (Salon)

• Czech Republic Plans To Legalize Cannabis In Coordination With Germany (Forbes)

• Wisconsin Governor Pledges To Put Marijuana Legalization In Upcoming Budget After Voters Approve Reform On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota Senators Signal Plans To Advance Marijuana Legalization In 2023 With New Democratic Majority (Marijuana Moment)

• Arkansas Activists Plan Expanded 2024 Marijuana Ballot Initiative Following This Week’s Legalization Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

• Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit on Rule Barring Medical Cannabis Users From Buying Guns (High Times)

• FDA Finally Rejects Petition For Federal Exemption For Marijuana More Than A Decade After It Was Filed (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Cannabis Use Disorder’ Pill Clinical Trial To Begin (High Times)

• Study Shows Smoking Weed Doesn’t Automatically Make You Cool (High Times)

• New Survey Details The Growing Importance Of Cannabis For Thanksgiving Celebrations (Forbes)

• Study Finds No Change in Cannabis Perception Among Youth in Adult-Use States (High Times)

LSD

• LSD induces both an “afterglow” for memory performance and a cognitive “hangover,” study finds (PsyPost)

• LSD Microdosing Yields Positive Outcomes In Phase 1 Study, More Trials On Depression & Existential Distress (Benzinga)

Magic Mushrooms

• Several rural Oregon counties vote against therapeutic use of psilocybin (OPB)

• There’s Now a Shroom Dispensary in the US (DoubleBlind)

• The Heroic Dose: Navigating Powerful Mushroom Journeys (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• MDMA Therapy is Almost Legal—But Who Will Have Access? (DoubleBlind)

• ‘Losing the Magic’: When MDMA Just Stops Working (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca to blame for Aaron Rodgers' struggles, ESPN's Robert Griffin III suggests (Fox News)

• What Mainstream Churches Can Learn from an Ayahuasca Church (Lucid News)

5-MeO-DMT

• Feds Tell National Park Visitors To Stop Licking Psychedelic Toads (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• 5-HT2A Virtual Chemical Screen Produces New Candidate Antidepressants (Psychedelic Science Review)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Two hospitalised due to dangerous batch of synthetic cannabinoids (Stuff.co.nz)

Nitrous Oxide

• Home Office responds to call for retail sales ban on nitrous oxide (gasworld)

Ketamine

• Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit (NBC)

Miscellaneous

• What a Trip: Coloradans Approve Landmark Psychedelics Measure (Westword)

• Wonderland Miami Exposes Growing Rift in Psychedelic Community (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic Training Provider Fluence Files Trademark for Common Phrase, Walks Back After Criticism (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic drug research held back by UK rules and attitudes, say scientists (The Guardian)

• Will the Psychedelic Revolution Be Medicalized? (Lucid News)

11.18.22

Cannabis

• Kentucky Governor Signs Executive Orders Allowing Medical Marijuana Possession From Other States And Regulating Delta-8 THC (Marijuana Moment)

• Congress Passes Landmark Cannabis Research Bill (High Times)

• Half of Dentists Say Patients Arrive to Checkups Stoned, Survey Finds (High Times)

• Nearly Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, Including Majority Of Republicans, Latest Gallup Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cows Given Hemp Feed To Produce Milk With THC (High Times)

• New York’s gray market cannabis crackdown begins in Brooklyn (Leafly)

• Study Finds Link Between Cannabis Use, Greater Physical Activity in HIV+ Patients (High Times)

• U.K. Researchers Launch Study Exploring Weed’s Effects on the Brain (High Times)

• Study Examines If CBD Buffers THC’s Effects (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Nearly 70% of Oregon bans psilocybin, but clinics will still open next year (Leafly)

MDMA

• Second MAPS-Sponsored Phase 3 Trial of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Completed (MAPS)

• Post-pandemic trends in the UK MDMA market and implications for harm reduction services (Volteface)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals begins screening of first subject in phase 1 DMT human stroke study (Pharmabiz)

Ayahuasca

• Mind-altering South American brew causes adverse side effects, study says (UPI)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• VIC Health Warns of 'Chemical Similar to PCP' Sold as Ketamine (VICE)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing Gas Is Being Banned In the Netherlands As Reports of Extreme Use Grow (VICE)

Ketamine

• Online Ketamine Clinics Face Tougher Times After Covid-Era Boom (Bloomberg)

Miscellaneous

• Bipartisan Lawmakers Form New Psychedelics Caucus In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

• Drug testing makes festivals safer, new research finds (Mixmag)

• Spiraling Down Wonderland’s Psychedelic Corporate Rabbit Hole (Lucid News)

• ‘How to Change Your Mind’ and the Destigmatisation of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

• Elon Talks Psychedelics: Is he Helping or Hurting the Movement? (Microdose)

• Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain (New Scientist)

• Cory Booker And Rand Paul File Bill To Reschedule Psychedelic Breakthrough Therapies And Remove Research Barriers (Marijuana Moment)

• Philadose conference highlights psychedelic therapies in Pennsylvania (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Inside Detroit’s Trippy A-F “Psychedelic Healing Shack” (DoubleBlind)

• Would you let your teenager try psychedelics? (Drug Science)

11.25.22

Cannabis

• Krispy Kreme is paying to keep weed illegal (Leafly)

• Rhode Island To Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales on Dec. 1 (High Times)

• Oregon: Governor Announces Mass Pardons for Those with Low-Level Cannabis Convictions (NORML)

• Colombian Senators Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• North Carolina tribe begins first legal medical cannabis harvest in the state (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Irish Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Marijuana Possession For Adults, Draws Early Criticism From Top Government Official (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD did not help people who got too high, study finds (Leafly)

• New York Cannabis Farms Have $750 Million of Weed — and Nowhere to Sell It (Bloomberg)

• Just 10 Percent Of Americans Think Marijuana Should Be Totally Illegal, Pew Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cops May Soon Be Able To Scan Your Eyeballs To See if You’re Driving Stoned (High Times)

• South Dakota Medical Marijuana Patients Won’t Be Denied Hunting Licenses, Official Says (Marijuana Moment)

• The Nose Knows! Study Shows Aroma Drives Cannabis Consumer Appeal (High Times)

• Federally Funded Study Shows Marijuana Legalization Is Not Associated With Increased Teen Use (Marijuana Moment)

• Southern Illinois University Examining the Use of Cannabis for Ovarian Cancer (High Times)

• No, marijuana is not more harmful than tobacco (Leafly)

• Idaho Activists Launch Signature Drive To Put Medical Marijuana Legalization On 2024 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Beckley Foundation Announces LSD, Microdosing Research (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon's Newly Legal Magic Mushroom Industry Could Be Strangled by Restrictive Zoning Regulations (Reason)

Ayahuasca

• Study Finds Benefits Outweigh Risks of Ayahuasca Use (High Times)

5-MeO-DMT

• Psychedelic Brains In A Dish (Psychedelic Science Review)

Iboga

• I Tried Ibogaine, the Psychedelic Anti-Addiction Drug (VICE)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Utah moves to ban synthetic cannabinoids in medical marijuana products (Fox 13)

Ketamine

• Long-term Ketamine Treatment for Depression May Reduce Risk of Relapse (Lucid News)

• At-Home Ketamine Treatments Could Be a Game-Changer—or a Big Problem (Gizmodo)

• Amygdala connectivity predicts ketamine treatment response among patients with anxious depression (PsyPost)

• atai Life Sciences and Massachusetts General Hospital Announce Initiation of Clinical Study Investigating Neuroplasticity Biomarkers in Treatment-Resistant Depression Patients Undergoing Ketamine Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• There’s a Worldwide Spike in Arrests of Plant Medicine Practitioners (DoubleBlind)

• All Entheogens Welcome at this Post-Modern Oakland Church (Lucid News)

• How To Stop A Psychedelic Trip: The Promise of Ketanserin (Psychedelic Science Review)

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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

• Can MDMA Save a Marriage? (The New York Times)

DMT

• DMT Vape Pen Patent Illustrates a Big Problem in the Psychedelics Industry (Psychedelic Spotlight)

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

• Mescaline As Therapy Is Getting Attention, Despite Stigma (Green Market Report)

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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The Plant Spirit Summit

An intriguing free online event called the Plant Spirit Summit is scheduled to take place later this month from February 22-26 and I thought my readers might be interested to learn more about it. This five-day conference will feature more than 40 Western and indigenous experts on plant medicine and psychedelics, focusing on a variety of related topics, such as:

• Ancestral Plant Spirit Healing Traditions (Ayahuasca, Iboga, Peyote, San Pedro, Magic Mushrooms, Kambô, and Bufo)

• The Past, Present and Future of Psychedelic Medicine

• The Art and Science of Microdosing Transformation

• Psychedelics and Leadership Innovation

There is a solid lineup of speakers, including:

• Ninawa Pai da Mata – spiritual leader of the Huni Kuin community of Novo Futuro, on the indigenous cultural renaissance catalyzed by the globalization of ayahuasca and their tribe’s decision to collaborate with outsiders.

• Wade Davis – celebrated author, anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and filmmaker, who will talk about the impact of the psychedelic renaissance on contemporary culture, as well as about the drug war’s destruction of Colombia and what he considers to be the ultimate sacred medicine of South America (hint: it’s not ayahuasca).

• Jazmin Pirozek – integrative healer of the Kinosao Sipi Nation, who will share how Amazonian plant medicine of the South is healing the trauma of colonization in indigenous communities of the Canadian North.

• Bruce Parry – filmmaker and explorer, on the delicate nature of living with remote peoples, egalitarian tribal cultures and his visionary experiences with iboga, ayahuasca, Bufo and ebene (yopo), revealing the surprising reaction that overcame him.

• Françoise Bourzat – consciousness guide and author, who will share what happens when you integrate indigenous sacred mushroom ceremonies and Western psychology.

• Cecilio Soria Gonzales – Shipibo indigenous rights activist, on how the Comando Matico initiative is distributing plant medicine through indigenous communities to treat and prevent COVID-19.

• Shelby Hartman – cofounder of DoubleBlind Magazine, on the medicalization of psychedelics and whether these emergent drugs are all they are hyped up to be.

• Jeremy Narby – legendary anthropologist and author of The Cosmic Serpent, with advice on how Western ceremony facilitators from the Global North can stop engaging in spiritual extraction of indigenous cultural wisdom, and give back in a meaningful way.

You’ll also hear from Daniel Shankin of the Psilocybin Summit, Carmen Jackman of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Tricia Eastman and Joseph Peter Barsuglia of Psychedelic Journeys, iboga provider and integration coach Elizabeth Bast, visionary artist Chor Boogie, Kyle Buller of the podcast Psychedelics Today, and more.

The Plant Spirit Summit is being produced by Lorna Liana and her psychedelic publication EntheoNation. Lorna discovered her purpose while drinking visionary plant medicines with indigenous shamans in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. She was given a mission: “To leverage emerging technologies to preserve indigenous traditions, so that ancient wisdom can benefit the modern world, and technology can empower indigenous people.”

In pursuit of this mission, Lorna became a new media strategist to sustainable brands, social ventures and visionary entrepreneurs, helping them attract their tribe and ignite a movement around their mission-driven businesses. Through podcasting, video blogging, and social media, she shares the stories of both indigenous people and the world’s foremost experts in psychedelic science, modern shamanism, and consciousness research to inspire each and every one of us to explore the depths of our minds, spirits, planet… and evolve.

EntheoNation is a leading psychedelic media publisher that produces content about plant medicines, psychedelics, shamanism, indigenous cultures and reciprocity, transformative technologies, conscious relationships, and much more. The site features podcast episodes, articles, ebooks, and guides about how you can work with these powerful tools for healing and spiritual growth, and it explores these topics through the multifaceted framework of science, culture, and spirituality.

There is no charge to attend the Plant Spirit Summit, and all sessions will be free to the public for 48 hours. You can grab your complimentary seat by navigating to PlantSpiritSummit.com. I reckon I’ll be pretty busy working on my February monthly recap content around that time but I’ve already registered myself, so maybe I’ll see you there!

This Week in Psychedelics - 7.31.20

Cannabis

• Congress Planning Vote On Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill In September, Sources Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Congress Votes To Protect Legal Marijuana (NORML)

• Democratic Party Delegates Reject Marijuana Legalization Amendment To 2020 Policy Platform (Marijuana Moment)

• Prescribed CBD could help people quit cannabis (Drug Science)

• Louisiana: Medical Cannabis Expansion Laws Take Effect (NORML)

• New York Senate Votes To Expunge Marijuana Convictions For More People (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Supermajority Back Legalization Measure Ahead of November Vote (NORML)

• Biden Proposes Federal Aid To Help States Expunge Marijuana Records (Marijuana Moment)

• Use of medicines mixed with marijuana allowed in local health promotion hospitals (The Nation Thailand)

• MD Judge: Cops Can’t Search You Because They Smell Weed (Filter)

• THC Microdosing Provides Pain Relief without Psychoactive Effects (Legal Reader)

• Navy Bans Hemp Shampoo For Sailors And Marines As Part Of Broader CBD Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey: Many Employees Acknowledge Using Marijuana Immediately Following Their Pre-Employment Drug Test (NORML)

• First woman in Scotland prescribed cannabis legally after years of chronic pain (The Scotsman)

• Women Who Use Marijuana More Often Have Better Sex, Study Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Hedonism and Weed Leads to Happiness (Drug WarRant)

• Cannabis cravings: A new study addresses why it happens (Chicago Tribune)

• Cannabis lowers self reported headaches by nearly 50 percent (Drew Reports News)

LSD

• LSD Chemist William Leonard Pickard to be Released From Prison (Psymposia)

• How LSD is Made (DoubleBlind)

• Was Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green an Acid Casualty? (Celeb Stoner)

Magic Mushrooms

• Man Accused of Selling Mushrooms Faces Up to Twenty Years (Westword)

• Mindset Pharma Announces Filing of Groundbreaking Psilocybin Synthesis Patent (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Palliative Canadians await August 4th decision on psilocybin mushroom approval – TheraPsil urges Health Minister to ‘do the right thing’ (TheraPsil)

• Are magic mushroom edibles Canada’s next drug trend? (The GrowthOp)

• Shroom Expert Duo Releases 2020's First Psilocybin-Focused Cookbook Through Green Candy Press (Newsfile)

Ayahuasca

• Is Ayahuasca Cultural Heritage of Brazil? (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Completes Dosing 18-MC Phase 1 Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Crystal Structures of Hydrofumarate Salts of DMT Analogues EPT and MALT Solved (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Solved: The Crystal Structure of the Iodide Salts of DMPT and DMALT (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Ketamine May Help Treat MS-related Fatigue, Small Pilot Trial Suggests (Multiple Sclerosis News Today)

• Aleafia Health Approved by Janssen Pharmaceuticals to Administer Antidepressant SPRAVATO® (Psilocybin Alpha)

Datura

• Family poisoned in France after mistaking Hell's bells for spinach (CTV News)

Miscellaneous

• DC Officials Count Enough Valid Signatures To Put Psychedelics Decriminalization On Ballot, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic drugs can greatly reduce psychiatric symptoms among special forces veterans, study finds (PsyPost)

• The Business Of Drugs: What Happened To Alexander Shulgin After The DEA Raid (Screen Rant)

• RIP Arnold Trebach, Who Helped Make Opposition to the Drug War Respectable (Reason)

• Empower Clinics Announces the Revocation of Cease Trade Order (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How Set and Setting Shape Psychedelic Cultures (Chacruna)

• Better living through chemistry? The CEO of Dr. Bronner’s wants to turn America on to drugs (Medium)

• The Psychedelic Picture Trip (Maps of the Mind)

• Novamind Closes the Acquisition of Cedar Psychiatry, a Leading Psychedelic Therapy Organization in the U.S. (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Are there Disadvantages to Microdosing Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• New Psychedelic Online Conferences and Safe Spaces for People of Color (Chacruna)

• Ease restrictions on medical psychedelics to aid research, experts say (The Guardian)

• US Psychiatry Clinics Gear Up For New Psychedelic Treatments (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Entheos Foundation: Amadeus Diamond brings New Zealand psychedelic charity to life (Newshub)

• What It’s Like to Have Sex on Different Kinds of Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Empower Clinics Reports Fiscal 2019 Results (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Technodelic Augmented Reality of SoundSelf: Interview with Robin Arnott (Psychedelic Times)

• GreenStar Biosciences Announces Filing of Third Provisional Patent Application by Eleusian Biosciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelic Therapy Offers a Synergy of Biological, Psychosocial Interventions (Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Learning Network)

• Founders explain how microdosing on psychedelics has helped them spur new business ideas (Business Insider)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.24.20

Cannabis

• FDA Announces Recall Of Dozens Of Hemp Products For Humans And Pets (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients From Eviction (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana County Officials Say Marijuana Legalization Measures Will Qualify For State Ballot, Campaign Confirms (Marijuana Moment)

• NHS planning to manufacture cannabis oil (Yahoo! News)

• FDA Releases Guidelines On Cannabis Research Following White House Review (Marijuana Moment)

• California weighs steep new fines to combat illegal cannabis sellers (Los Angeles Times)

• Congress Approves Measure Allowing CBD Use By Military Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Legalization Excluded From Draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform (Marijuana Moment)

• Researchers Believe Cannabis Should Be Explored as COVID-19 Treatment Immediately (MERRY JANE)

• Third Party Presidential Candidates Push For Marijuana Legalization And Drug Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Shepard Fairey’s 76-acre cannabis crop art will blow your mind (Leafly)

• High Times Returns to Colorado with People’s Choice Cannabis Cup (High Times)

• Massachusetts Bill To Use Marijuana Tax Revenue For Police Training Draws Criticism (Marijuana Moment)

• Canada’s cannabis pardon program is failing. Here’s why (Leafly)

• Kanye West Says He Smoked Marijuana On Eve Of His First Presidential Campaign Rally (Marijuana Moment)

• Clint Eastwood sues over false cannabis endorsements (BBC)

• Poll Shows Arizona Voters Back Legal Marijuana Measure As Officials Verify Signatures (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD packets found attached to doors at four St. Lawrence County police departments (NNY360)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin & OCD: Can psychedelics treat obsessive compulsive disorder? (New Atlas)

• Red Light Holland Places First Order for Psychedelic Truffles Microdosing Packs (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Gwyneth Paltrow advocates ecstasy drug MDMA for use in couples' therapy (Daily Mirror)

DMT

• Meet Viridia, the ATAI unit exploring ayahuasca-based treatments for mental illness (Fierce Biotech)

Ayahuasca

• The Bitter Side of Ayahuasca (Lucid News)

Morning Glory Seeds

• What is LSA? The Trippy Story Behind the Morning Glory (DoubleBlind)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide: MP wants to see tightening of laughing gas laws (BBC)

• Parliamentary briefing on tackling the misuse of Nitrous Oxide (Drug Science)

• Why Is the UK Still Obsessed with Laughing Gas? (VICE)

Ketamine

• Medics In Colorado Dosed 902 People With Ketamine For 'Excited Delirium' In 2.5 Years (KUNC)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Activists Unveil Measure To Legalize Plant Medicine Healing Ceremonies In Oakland (Marijuana Moment)

• 60-Plus Psychedelic Clinical Trials Listed on Online Directory (Lucid News)

• The Second Pandemic: Is Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy the Answer to the Mental Health Crisis Caused by COVID-19? (Psychedelics Today)

• Profitdelic: A New Psychedelic Conference Trend (Chacruna)

• Medical Psychedelics Working Group to campaign for drug rescheduling (Health Europa)

• Minister Open To Examining Drug Decriminalization (CKDR)

• Selecting Music for Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

• The Drug War’s “Science-Based” Training on “Dopers and Parasites” (Filter)

• MagicMed Industries unveils C$1.5 million offering to expand its molecular psychedelic derivatives portfolio (Proactive Investors)

• Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and Experiential Efficacy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• An Entire Police Station Has Been Arrested for Dealing Drugs and Torturing Suspects (VICE)

• Empower Clinics Served a Cease Trade Order (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Psychedelic Explorer’s Mindset (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic journeys helped Holocaust survivor George Sarlo. Now he’s helping others on their own journeys. (The Forward)

• How the war on drugs killed Breonna Taylor (Leafly)

• What Does Science Say About Maryland Rep. Andy Harris’s Opposition to Natural Psychedelics? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Inside Toronto’s Newest Psychedelics Clinic (Investing News)

• Psychedelics are making a wild comeback – let’s not eff it up (NOW Magazine)

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