Cannabis
New Study Determines Correlation Between Cannabis and Sleep (High Times)
Marijuana banking legislation stripped from federal defense spending bill (Marijuana Business Daily)
San Francisco delays cannabis tax so that dispensaries can compete with illegal dealers (Boing Boing)
Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)
World’s largest THC-infused brownie weighs in at 850 pounds (Leafly)
CBD Products Commonly Flagged by FDA for Making Unsubstantiated Claims About Treating COVID-19 (NORML)
Luxembourg Publishes Details on Domestic Recreational Cannabis Plan (High Times)
Montana Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Rules, Weeks Ahead Of Legal Sales Launch (Marijuana Moment)
Allowing Legal Marijuana Dispensaries Boosts Employment Rates In Colorado Counties, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Missouri Police Couldn’t Use Marijuana Odor To Justify Searches Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Ohio GOP Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Indiana GOP Lawmaker Plans Medical Marijuana Bill As Democrats Push Full Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)
Virginia Lawmakers Tout Benefits Of Psychedelics As Activists Prepare Push For Statewide Reform (Marijuana Moment)
Producing Cannabis Biomass Without Growing A Cannabis Plant: How One Company Is Doing It (Forbes)
Hemp Sourced Lignin for Grid Backup Batteries (Drug WarRant)
Magic Mushrooms
COMPASS Pathways announces further positive results from groundbreaking phase IIb trial of investigational COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psilocybe allenii: The Bay Area Shroom No One Can Recognize (DoubleBlind)
Psyched Wellness Presents AME-1 to Health Canada in Pre-Submission Meeting (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psirenity Announces Exclusive Licence Agreement for Psilocybin (PR Newswire)
MDMA
Did the Cult From 'Wild Wild Country' Introduce MDMA to Ibiza? (VICE)
Can MDMA Increase Women’s Sexual Desire? (DoubleBlind)
DMT
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Completes Manufacturing of Psychedelic Drug DMT Appoints UK Stroke Experts for Phase 2 (Yahoo!)
Ayahuasca
Instagram decision to remove ayahuasca post overturned by Meta Oversight Board (The Verge)
Chacruna Institute Publishes New Book on Ayahuasca Healing and Science (Chacruna)
Peyote
The Ancient Tradition Of The Peyote Ceremony (Benzinga)
Iboga
U.S. Government Will Test Ibogaine Derivative As An Addiction Treatment (Forbes)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
BetterLife Obtains Positive TD-0148A Data in Preclinical Models of Depression (GlobeNewswire)
Psilera Confirms PSIL-002, A New DMT Derivative, is Well-Tolerated and Non-Hallucinogenic from In Vivo Behavioral Studies (Psilocybin Alpha)
Ketamine
Evidence Inconclusive for Ketamine as Bipolar Depression Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)
Miscellaneous
Middle-class drug users could lose UK passports under Boris Johnson’s plans (The Guardian)
Toronto Asks Feds to Decriminalize All Drugs (Truffle Report)
United Nations Panel Rejects International Kratom Ban (Marijuana Moment)
New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025 (The Guardian)
The Future is Research: UK Government Publishes 10-Year Drug Strategy - Drug Science Responds (Drug Science)
Horizons 2021: Creating the future of psychedelics (The Psychedelic Renaissance)
Report finds Instagram makes it easy for teens to find drugs online (Engadget)
‘Magic' Mushrooms, Ecstasy, Other Psychedelics Could Become Legal in California (NBC San Diego)
The Wild World of 19th Century Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)
People Changed the Ways They Use Drugs During the Pandemic (Filter)
You Can Make ‘Bad Trips’ Good with Storytelling, Psychedelics Study Shows (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Study suggests psychedelics promote positive mental health through increased spirituality and emotion regulation (PsyPost)
Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Pharmacology (Psychedelic Science Review)
40 under 40 Outstanding BIPOC leaders in Drug Policy (DoubleBlind)
Taking Microdosing with a Pinch of Salt (Lucid News)
Delix Therapeutics Partners with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Advance Research on Non-Hallucinogenic Therapies to Treat Substance Use Disorders (Yahoo!)
Nue Life announces donations to Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and Ketamine Research Foundation (PR Newswire)
Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Nature (Psychedelic Science Review)
atai Life Sciences launches TryptageniX to further expand atai’s robust intellectual property portfolio and strengthen atai’s supply chain (Psilocybin Alpha)
Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Christmas Origins (Reality Sandwich)
Doseology Prepares for Growth Phase in Psychedelic-Focused Mental Health Market, Completes Dealer's License Application (Yahoo!)
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