This Week in Psychedelics - 9.18.20

Cannabis

• House Postpones Vote On Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Until After Election (Marijuana Moment)

• These states are voting on cannabis legalization this November (CNN)

• Vermont Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales One Step Away From Governor’s Desk After House Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Vermont House Approves Marijuana Expungement And Decriminalization Expansion Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• How cannabis use impacted mental health during COVID (Cannabis Health News)

• Virginia House And Senate Approve Marijuana Expungement Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• NORML Files Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court Challenging Cannabis’ Schedule I Prohibited Status Under Federal Law (NORML)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists Will Pursue 2022 Ballot Measure After Court Blocks This Year’s Effort (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Pilot Programs Are Sprouting in Europe (Cannabis Wire)

• Mississippi Medical Marijuana Ballot Language Threatens To Confuse Voters With Two Questions (Marijuana Moment)

• Cancard Will Effectively Decriminalise Medicinal Cannabis In The UK From November 1st (Seedsman)

• Policy Briefing: World Health Organisation Cannabis Rescheduling And Its Relevance For The Caribbean (TalkingDrugs)

• Slim Majority Of Arizona Voters Support Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Americans will spend $60 billion on illicit marijuana this year, report says (Leafly)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Utah And Another Indian Tribe (Marijuana Moment)

• The Feds Are Funding a Study to See If Milk From Hemp-Eating Cows Will Get You High (MERRY JANE)

• Missouri Sends $2.1M In Medical Marijuana Revenue To Military Veterans Health Programs (Marijuana Moment)

• Cheap Cannabinoids That May Cure Cancer (Nanalyze)

LSD

• Scientists Uncover the Molecular Origins of an LSD Trip (Inverse)

• Figuring Out a Mouse-Sized Dose of LSD (Psychedelic Science Review)

• LSD Won’t Make a Good Painkiller (Pain News Network)

Magic Mushrooms

• Usona Puts New Psilocybin Synthesis Method in the Public Domain (Lucid News)

• First clinical trial launched to test psilocybin therapy for depression in cancer patients (News-Medical.net)

• Stopping a Too-Intense Mushroom Trip: Should You Even Try? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Australians Are Lending Their Weight to Get Shrooms and MDMA Rescheduled (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• Legal Ayahuasca Churches Are Spreading Across Canada (VICE)

• Ayahuasca Makes you See, and Tobacco Makes You Dream (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca Impacts the Big 5 Personality Traits (Psychedelic Science Review)

• A Woman Takes Ayahuasca and Discovers a Universal Truth (Patheos)

Peyote

• Indigenous Voices in Peyote Conservation: Preserving Medicine for Future Generations (Psychedelic Today)

Nitrous Oxide

• Aurora City Council Approves Temporary Ketamine Ban For First Responders (CBS Denver)

PCP

• Daniel Prude video initially withheld by Rochester police, documents show (Fox News)

Miscellaneous

• UC Berkeley launches new center for psychedelic science and education (Berkeley News)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Physical Illness? (DoubleBlind)

• Ann Arbor to consider decriminalizing psychoactive mushrooms, plants (Detroit Metro Times)

• Why Psychedelic Medicine Startups Are Poised To Get A Share Of Next Billion Dollar Market (PR Newswire)

• Compass Pathways Seeks $100 Million IPO For Psilocybin-Based Treatment (Seeking Alpha)

• How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Psychedelic Community (High Times)

• Why Set and Setting Matters for Microdosing (Medium)

• Compass Pathways IPO to Begin Trading 18th September on Nasdaq: CMPS (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Federal Workplace Drug Testing Proposal Could Discriminate Against People Of Color (Marijuana Moment)

• Women in the History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines (Chacruna)

• How Psychedelics Are Entering the Mainstream (Psychology Today)

• Could Group Therapy Make Psychedelic Drug Treatments More Accessible? (Forbes)

• IntelGenx inks double deals to develop oral film psychedelics for psychiatric use (Fierce Pharma)

• Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth (Chacruna)

• Red Light Holland’s Science and Innovation Division, Scarlette Lillie Joins Medical Psychedelics Working Group with Leading Academics; Professor David Nutt and Professor Jo Neill (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Conscious Parenting with Plant Medicine Allies (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.11.20

Cannabis

• Medical Marijuana Measure Removed From Nebraska’s November Ballot By State Supreme Court (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Is Making Its Mark on Ballots in Red States (The Daily Beast)

• Pakistan Legalizes Industrial and Medical Cannabis Aiming to Expand Global Market (MERRY JANE)

• Maine Finally Approves First Marijuana Business Licenses Weeks Before Legal Sales Launch (Marijuana Moment)

• Give cannabis to elderly people with chronic pain, doctors say (The Telegraph)

• Virginia: Marijuana-Related Bills Advance During Special Legislative Session (NORML)

• USDA Reopens Public Comment Period On Hemp Rules Following Intense Industry Pushback (Marijuana Moment)

• Key Congressional Committee Advances Legislation to Facilitate Clinical Research Studies Using State-Authorized Marijuana Products (NORML)

• Twitter Partners With Feds On Campaign Flagging ‘Marijuana’ Searches While Giving ‘Alcohol’ A Pass (Marijuana Moment)

• Hong Kong Just Opened Its First CBD Café Despite Country's Notoriously Harsh Weed Laws (MERRY JANE)

• Greenstop launches its cannabis vending machine in California dispensaries (TechCrunch)

• Global Drug Body Recommends 20 Ways to Improve the Cannabis Industry (VICE)

• Marijuana Possession Arrests Plummet In Texas After Hemp Legalization, New State Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• This is how cannabis effectively eases inflammation (Chicago Tribune)

• I used to be on the police drug squad. Here's why I'm voting against legalising cannabis (Stuff.co.nz)

LSD

• LSD Tolerance Could Develop Faster than You Expect (DoubleBlind)

• Acid Tab Feeling Lot Of Pressure To Present Tech CEO With Game-Changing Ideas For Disrupting Telecom Industry (The Onion)

Magic Mushrooms

• Havn Life Sciences Granted Section 56 Exemption to Begin Scientific Work With Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Bett Williams Walks Between Worlds (Lucid News)

MDMA

• MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD Trials Progressing Through Phase 3 (Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Learning Network)

Nitrous Oxide

• One in four drug users at festivals now get high on laughing gas - TD (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

• Esketamine spray for treating depression 'not cost-effective' (BBC)

• Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists ask CDPHE to suspend 'excited delirium' ketamine waiver (9news.com)

Miscellaneous

• Will Australia be the First Country to Reap the Benefits of Psychedelic Medicines? Rescheduling Proposal Submitted to TGA (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Depression and suicidal ideation reduced after psychedelic usage (Big Think)

• Psychedelic experiences share many features with those described by mystics and religious practitioners (PsyPost)

• Biden Pledges To Force People Who Use Drugs To Enroll In Mandatory Treatment Programs (Marijuana Moment)

• Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories in Psychedelia (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics Company Havn Life Announces Commencement of Public Trading on the CSE (Psilocybin Alpha)

• AWAKN Life Sciences Launches Clinical Research Division with Prof. David Nutt & Dr. Ben Sessa Identifying Suitable Studies Across Europe & North America (Yahoo! Finance)

• How Mescaline Helped Me to Better Understand Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (Psychedelic Frontier)

• Quipazine: A Long-Standing Enigma in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Scientists Use Psychedelics to Discover an Anti-Inflammatory Pharmacophore (Psychedelic Science Review)

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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 Psychedelics - 7.10.20

Cannabis

• The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use (The Atlantic)

• Is the Netherlands Finally Heading for Legalisation? (Volteface)

• Kansas City Lawmakers Vote To Remove All Local Penalties For Marijuana Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• Arkansas’ 2020 Cannabis Legalization Push Is Over (Cannabis Wire)

• Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Law Decreases Crime In Neighboring States, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Does the cannabis industry have a monopoly problem? (Quartz)

• ‘Lazy Stoner’ Stereotype Smashed By Study Finding Marijuana Consumers Exercise More (Marijuana Moment)

• Black market cannabis seizures plummet as legalisation progresses in North America (Prohibition Partners)

• CBD and CBG Mouthwashes Are More Effective Than Traditional Oral Hygiene Products (MERRY JANE)

• The Endocannabinoid System: How Cannabis Interacts With The Body (Benzinga)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Voters Will Decide On Legalizing Psilocybin Therapy In November, State Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Congressman Hopes To Block D.C. Psilocybin Decriminalization Bid (High Times)

• Magic mushrooms could help ex-soldiers to overcome trauma (The Guardian)

• Study Finds Aeruginascin Metabolite 4-HO-TMT is Active at the Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Magic mushrooms and microdosing: The psychedelic trend helping women cope with lockdown anxiety (Metro)

• IntelGenx and Cybin Corp. Enter Into Feasibility Agreement for Fast-Acting, Orally-Dissolving Psilocybin Film (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The ‘Godfather Of Canadian Cannabis’ Is Launching A Psilocybin Startup (Forbes)

DMT

• Faerie Entities and DMT (deadbutdreaming)

Ayahuasca

• Owner of east Orange County church seeks federal exemption to legally dispense controlled substance (WFTV)

• Ayahuasca is Helping the Global North to Discover the Sacredness of Tobacco (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca Benefits: The Health and Healing Powers of This Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

• Benefit Enhancement Strategies Correlated With Positive 5-MeO-DMT Experiences (Psychedelic Times)

• Toad Rage: Is 5-MeO-DMT Taken from Toad Venom Better than a Synthetic Version? (DoubleBlind)

Peyote

• Can Indigenous and Decrim Perspectives Align on Peyote? (Lucid News)

Iboga

• Bwiti Ritual Use of National Treasure Iboga (Reality Sandwich)

Nitrous Oxide

• VA Studying Laughing Gas as Treatment for Veterans With PTSD (Pain News Network)

• Belgium wants to ban selling laughing gas to minors (The Brussels Times)

Ketamine

• SoCal Brain Health Clinic Introduces Mindfulness-Based Ketamine Program (PRUnderground)

• Ketamine And Nitrous Oxide Are Being Used To Treat Depression In Australian Clinical Trial (LADbible)

• Why are people turning to cocaine and ketamine to self-medicate their mental illness? (Metro)

Miscellaneous

• DC Activists Submit Signatures To Put Psychedelics Decriminalization On November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Canadian doctors are applying for psychedelic drug exemptions to dose themselves (The GrowthOp)

• MindMed Announces New Technology that Optimizes Psychedelic Dosing (Lucid News)

• The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized: Psychedelics’ Potential for Systemic Change (Chacruna)

• Top Integration Tips for Psychedelic First Timers (Maps of the Mind)

• Eleusis Draws on Research Into Psychedelics To Develop New Medicines for Inflammation (Lucid News)

• CannaGlobal, Sansero Life Sciences and Rise Wellness Merge to Create a New International Psychedelics Company (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Considerations for Psychedelic Therapists when Working with Native American People and Communities (Chacruna)

• MagicMed Industries Files First Psychedelic Derivative Patent (PR Newswire)

• Researcher Charles Nichols Studies the Impact of Psychedelic Substances on Inflammation (Lucid News)

• Professor David Nutt Joins AWAKN Life Sciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Synthesis Raises US$2.75M to Develop End-to-End Professional Platform for Psychedelic Wellness & Therapy (WebWire)

• Numinus Enters into Debt Settlement Agreement (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.3.20

Cannabis

• New York drops legalization from budget, likely ending 2020 push (Leafly)

• Lack of protective gear at cannabis labs could threaten weed supply (The London Free Press)

• Scientists Sue DEA Over Alleged ‘Secret’ Document That Delayed Marijuana Research Expansion (Marijuana Moment)

• Idaho Activists Suspend Campaign To Legalize Medical Marijuana Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Boise startup reworks CBD and THC testing technology to test for COVID-19 in minutes (KTVB)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Campaign In Jeopardy Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis users, shops suffer high anxiety after Massachusetts shuts down recreational sales (NBC News)

• FDA Warns Former NFL Player To Stop Claiming CBD Can Cure Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• More Than 90% of Legal Marijuana Products Too Strong for Chronic Pain Relief (SciTechDaily)

• Virginia Groups Push Governor To Amend Marijuana Decriminalization Bill On His Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Scientists Are Chasing the Perfect High (The New York Times)

• Senate Housing Bill Would Prevent Evictions For State-Legal Marijuana Extraction (Marijuana Moment)

• Review Paper: Clinical Evidence Lacking in Support of CBD as an Anti-Viral Agent (NORML)

• Large international study finds cannabis use is linked to lower physical activity levels in adolescents (PsyPost)

• Cannabis license application deadline extended due to COVID-19 pandemic (WLS-TV)

• Study sheds light on common adverse reactions to cannabis (News Medical)

• How cannabis and humans evolved together (Leafly)

• Teen Weed Smokers May Have Trouble Falling Asleep as Adults, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Medicinal Cannabis Rules Launch in New Zealand (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Washington Governor Signs Bill To Diversify State’s Marijuana Industry (Marijuana Moment)

• Study indicates vaporized cannabis creates drug-seeking behavior (Brinkwire)

• Feds Funding Research On How Marijuana Consumers Are Impacted By Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Arbitrary & excessive: Marijuana trafficking sentences in Alabama (Southern Poverty Law Center)

LSD

• This New York City Pharma Startup Wants To Turn LSD Into An FDA-Approved Medicine For Anxiety Disorder (Forbes)

• MindMed Acquires Exclusive License to Eight Clinical Trials of LSD, Partners with World-Leading Psychedelic Research Laboratory at University Hospital Basel (Yahoo! Finance)

• From Aldous Huxley to the Beatles: how LSD has inspired art (The Guardian)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Mindfulness Negatively Correlated with 5-HT2A Binding, Study Finds (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Champignon Brands To Acquire Psilocybin Research Firm Tassili Life Sciences (The Deep Dive)

• As Health-Conscious Consumers Seek Fresh Nutritional Avenues, Artisanal Mushrooms Step Into the Light (PR Newswire)

• Psilocybin Kitchen: The Basics of Cooking with Mushrooms (DoubleBlind)

• Understanding the Buzz About Magic Mushrooms (Psychology Today)

MDMA

• Does Sex on MDMA Ruin Sober Sex? (DoubleBlind)

• Europe becoming the new source of ecstasy pills (Bangkok Post)

Ayahuasca

• Drinking Ayahuasca Without DMT is Powerful and Traditional (Kahpi)

Peyote

• Why are some Native Americans fighting efforts to decriminalize peyote? (Los Angeles Times)

Iboga

• Clear Sky Recovery Featured in the Documentary Ibogaine: Cure for a Crisis (PRWeb)

• How psychedelic medicine is being used in the fight to end opioid addiction (EPM Magazine)

Ketamine

• How Safe Is Ketamine for Anxiety and Depression? (Women Fitness)

Miscellaneous

• Coronavirus Upends Marijuana, Psychedelics And Drug Reform Ballot Measures (Forbes)

• A New Breed of Drug Dealer Has Turned Buying Drugs into a Treasure Hunt (VICE)

• DC Activists Have A New Plan To Get Psychedelics Decriminalization On The Ballot Despite Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• People with low psychological well-being more likely to report positive outcomes after psychedelic use (PsyPost)

• Coronavirus, Drugs, and the Future of Festivals (DanceSafe)

• Understanding Drug Potency and Its Importance in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ehave, Inc. Appoints Dr. Mark Braunstein as Chief Psychedelic Officer (Yahoo! Finance)

• Comparing Aeruginascin and Bufotenidine (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ease rules on research into psychedelic drugs, urges David Nutt (The Guardian)

• An Insight into Drug Testing Facilities in the Netherlands (Volteface)

• The Structure and Function of the Serotonin 5-HT2B Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ex-Cheerleader Jackee Stang Just Launched the ‘Goop of Psychedelics’ (The Daily Beast)

• Can psychedelic therapy reduce the mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic? (The Sacramento Bee)

• Revisiting the potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry (Medical Xpress)

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