This Week in Psychedelics - 10.8.21

Cannabis

• Philadelphia Will Vote On Marijuana Referendum Calling For Statewide Legalization Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Mexican Senator Lays Out Next Steps For National Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Nevada: New Marijuana Laws Took Effect This Month (NORML)

• Portugal Delays Recreational Cannabis Bills as Luxembourg Also Signals Delay (High Times)

• New York: Regulators Approve Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis Flower (NORML)

• NBA Won’t Randomly Drug Test Players For Marijuana For Another Season, League Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Lung Injuries Tied To Contaminated Vapes Were Less Common In States With Legal Marijuana And Homegrow, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California Legalizes Smokable Hemp and Food Sales in Historic Bill (High Times)

• Preconception cannabis use linked to an increased risk of postpartum depression (PsyPost)

• More Than A Dozen Ohio Cities Will Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• CBGA More Effective For Seizures Than CBD, Study of Mice Finds (High Times)

• Study: Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Associated with Greater Risk of COVID Breakthrough Infections — NORML Responds (NORML)

• Bipartisan Pennsylvania Senators Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill Amid Whirlwind Of Reform Efforts In The State (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Activists File Marijuana Legalization And Medical Cannabis Reform Initiatives For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Acid Tabs (DoubleBlind)

• Acid Communism (Daniel Pinchbeck)

Magic Mushrooms

• GOP Pennsylvania Lawmaker Files Psilocybin Research Bill For Veterans And First Responders (Marijuana Moment)

• Denver may ease magic mushrooms laws further two years after decriminalization (The Denver Post)

• Is Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Having an Impact? (Filter)

• Psychedelic drug changes the emotional state of people listening to music (News-Medical.net)

• "Homebrew" Psilocybin Created By Scientists Using "Widely Available" Materials (IFLScience)

• Mydecine To Supply Lead Drug Candidate, MYCO-001, for Multi-Site NIDA Grant-Funded Smoking Cessation Study Lead by Dr. Matthew Johnson (Mydecine)

• Psygen Announces use of Psilocybin in Human Trial and Provides Update on IP Portfolio (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Commencement of Next Pre-Clinical Study on AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Why You Vom When You’re Coming Up On MDMA (VICE)

• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy associated with sleep improvements among PTSD patients (PsyPost)

Peyote

• Santa Cruz Removes Peyote And Other Mescaline-Containing Cacti From Psychedelics Decriminalization Law (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Psychedelic Capital: Novel Psychedelic Molecules (Truffle Report)

Ketamine

• Recreational ketamine use has increased in recent years, but remains rare (Medical Xpress)

• PharmaTher Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Ketamine for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Seattle Becomes Largest U.S. City To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Arcata, California Decriminalizes Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Psychedelics Industry Could Offer a Whole New Approach to Work (Rolling Stone)

• Will Smith Recalls Life-Changing Psychedelic Experiences in New Book (High Times)

• PSYCH Publishes Third Edition of The Psychedelics as Medicine Report (PR Newswire)

• Toronto’s Bid to Decriminalize Drugs Hangs in the Balance (Filter)

• The Need for New Psychedelic Compounds (Psychology Today)

• Risks of Serotonin Syndrome when Combining Psychedelics with Antidepressants (Chacruna)

• The 'Psychedelic Renaissance' Is Entirely About Corporate Greed (Caitlin Johnstone)

• Becoming a Yes-Sayer: Psychedelics, Nietzsche, and the Affirmation of Life (Sam Woolfe)

• Will Psychedelic Companies Embrace Indigenous Reciprocity? (Lucid News)

• What Is Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)? (PsychCentral)

• Anima Mundi: Psychedelics and The Ensouled Earth (Psychedelics Today)

• Ensuring Equity in Psychedelic Science and Businesses (Truffle Report)

• Death and psychedelics: How science is reviving this ancient connection (Leafly)

• DoubleBlind Claims Its Ad Was the ‘First-Ever’ U.S. Psychedelic Destigmatization Campaign — It Wasn’t (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic-Induced Psychological Flexibility Can Reduce Racial Trauma (Truffle Report)

• Tryp Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics and Mental Health Therapy in Colorado: DORA and Potential Regulatory Response (JD Supra)

• Psychedelics and Perception Part 2: The First Era of Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• It’s one big mistake (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

• Madison Margolin Sounds Off on Mainstreaming of Cannabis and Psychedelics Cultures (CelebStoner)

• Numinus Upgrades Psychedelics Lab to Increase Research Service Capabilities (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.1.21

Cannabis

• Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Approved By Key House Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Arrests Fall Precipitously Nationwide in 2020 (NORML)

• California Governor Signs Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals For Severely Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• Kansas City, MO: City Council Approves Measure Eliminating Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing for Most City Workers (NORML)

• Hundreds prescribed medical cannabis in bid to persuade lawmakers to offer it on NHS (Mirror)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Implement Medical Cannabis Legislation (High Times)

• Los Angeles: District Attorney to Vacate Some 60,000 Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• DEA Still Insists Marijuana Has No 'Accepted Medical Use' (Reason)

• The Making Of New York’s $150 Million ‘Cannabis Campus’ (Forbes)

• What are they smoking? CNN says study found cannabis could double heart attack risk – but did it? (The Cannigma)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill With Focus On Social Equity (Marijuana Moment)

• Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re High On Marijuana, Study Finds (Forbes)

• Nebraska Advocates Launch Signature Drive For 2022 Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• Curbside Recreational Weed Pickups End in Massachusetts (High Times)

• Federal Grant Approved to Study Medical Marijuana Impact in Arkansas (High Times)

LSD

• Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court Cannot treat LSD and its carrier material as separate, says court (The Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

• From Sugar To Psychedelics: The European Companies Testing Biosynthetic Psilocybin In Humans (Forbes)

• Decrim California’s Plan to Regulate Psilocybin Via Ballot (Truffle Report)

• My Bipolar Mother's Quest For Relief With Magic Mushrooms (VICE)

• Oregon Board to Vote on Psilocybin Facilitator Program (Truffle Report)

• Red Light Holland: Initial Results From Red Light Oregon Market Research in Oregon Show 86% of Adults Interested in Psilocybin Services are Interested in Microdosing (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MINDCURE Launches “Desire Project” To Treat Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder With MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Levels of MDMA and cocaine in river running through Glastonbury Festival site so high they could harm wildlife, scientists say (Independent.ie)

• Police urging parents to inspect Halloween candy after ecstasy discovered (Fox News)

• MDMA: A Catalyst for ED-PTSD Treatment (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

• Companies Compete to Create DMT Therapies (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Will Smith Embarked On A Dozen Ayahuasca Rituals In Peru After Denzel Washington Sold Him On The “F*ck It 50s” (BroBible)

• Man charged after alleged sex assault linked to ayahuasca ceremony (CBC)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Delix Therapeutics Closes $70 Million Series A Financing to Advance Pipeline of Novel Psychoplastogen Therapeutics to Treat Brain Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• BetterLife Files Patent for TD-0148A for Treatment of Cluster Headaches and Related Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Expands Pipeline: Identifies Additional Next Generation 5-MeO-DMT-Inspired Lead Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Ketamine use on patients with excited delirium and cocaine intoxication increases intubation rate (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

• Ending The Silence Around Psychedelic Therapy Abuse (Mad in America)

• Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? (Scientific American)

• Toronto University Health Network Launches Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Seattle City Council Takes First Step Toward Decriminalizing Psychedelic Plants And Fungi (Marijuana Moment)

• Florida Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Study Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• DoubleBlind Magazine's First-Ever Psychedelics Billboard Campaign Is Turning New Yorkers On To Plant Medicine (Benzinga)

• Psychedelics might reduce internalized shame and complex trauma symptoms in those with a history of childhood abuse (PsyPost)

• Massachusetts Lawmakers Discuss Drug Decriminalization And Safe Injection Sites At Hearing (Marijuana Moment)

• Bay Staters for Natural Medicine on Easthampton Decrim (Truffle Report)

• ‘Psychedelics renaissance’: new wave of research puts hallucinogenics forward to treat mental health (The Guardian)

• Are Psychedelic Drugs the Answer to Veterans’ PTSD? (Men's Health)

• 19-Year-Old New Hampshire Lawmaker Prepares Bills To Decriminalize Psilocybin And All Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Elon Musk Embraces Potential of Psychedelics at CodeCon (High Times)

• How Effective Is Fireside Project's Psychedelic Hotline? New Study Aims To Find Out (Forbes)

• Psychedelics and Pregnancy: A Look Into the Safety, Research and Legality (Psychedelics Today)

• Pantheistic Insights: Vegetarianism in Psychedelic Culture (The Oak Tree Review)

• 'The End In Mind' Conference Answers Questions About Psychedelics For End-Of-Life Patients (Forbes)

• Community Alert! Arrests and Encounters with Law Enforcement are Increasing (Chacruna)

• People Are Facing Legal Repercussions for Serving Plant Medicine — Here’s What’s Being Done to Help Them (DoubleBlind)

• Does psychedelic microdosing work? Brain study will be the real acid test (The New Daily)

• Psychedelia in the Soviet Union (Reality Sandwich)

• The Mystical Experience Defines Psychedelics (Lucid News)

• Investors Turning to Psychedelic Market as Renaissance Continues into New Wave of Diseases (PR Newswire)

• Why Psychedelic Therapy Needs Best Practices & How to Get There (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.20.21

Cannabis

• Gallup Poll Finds Almost Half Of US Adults Have Tried Marijuana (High Times)

• Meet THC-O, a hemp-derived compound three times stronger than THC (Leafly)

• Study Shows Cancer Patients Consume Less Cannabis Than General Public (High Times)

• Ohio Activists Submit Revised Marijuana Legalization Petition For 2022 Ballot After State Rejected Earlier Version (Marijuana Moment)

• Consumption Lounges on the Horizon for Nevada (High Times)

• NBA Star Kevin Durant Teams Up With Weedmaps To Destigmatize Marijuana In Sports (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Exploring the Role of Serotonin 2A Activation in LSD’s Effects on Empathy (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• Diamond Therapeutics Announces Health Canada Approval of Clinical Trial with Low-Dose Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Biomind Labs to Advance a Phase II Clinical Trial on DMT for Treatment-Resistant Depression (Business Wire)

Ayahuasca

• The Sustainability of Ayahuasca (Reality Sandwich)

• Ayahuasca and Femininity (Reality Sandwich)

• Can Ayahuasca Alter Personality? (Reality Sandwich)

5-MeO-DMT

• Psychedelic toad venom could soon be a clinical treatment for depression (Sifted)

Salvia Divinorum

• Developing a Novel Psychedelic: Salvinorin A (Psychiatric Times)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Belfast: Youths Hospitalised After Unknowingly Vaping Spice Instead of CBD (Vaping Post)

Ketamine

• A New Ketamine Test Kit is Now Available (DanceSafe)

• What Happens If Ketamine Treatment Doesn’t Work? (Healing Maps)

• The Pros And Cons Of Ketamine For Anxiety: Here’s What We Know (Healing Maps)

PCP

• How PCP Became A Weapon of Police Propaganda [Part 2] (Psychedelics Today)

Miscellaneous

• Mixing Psychedelics and SSRIs Is Generally Safe, with Significant Exceptions (Lucid News)

• At-Home Genetic Testing Can’t Tell You If You’re Going to Have a Bad Trip (VICE)

• California Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Clears Another Hurdle But Faces Key Challenge Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs (The Conversation)

• Denver Launches the Nation’s First Psychedelic Harm Reduction Training for First Responders (Lucid News)

• Ann Arbor City Council Declares Psychedelics Awareness Month For September (Marijuana Moment)

• Tech Startup Tripp To Use Virtual Reality To Improve Psychedelic Therapy (Forbes)

• Beckley Psytech completes oversubscribed $80m (£58m) fundraise to develop portfolio of psychedelic medicine breakthroughs (Beckley Psytech)

• Chacruna Launches Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (Truffle Report)

• Psychedelics Can Help Mitigate Symptoms Of Racial Trauma For People Of Color, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Media Company DoubleBlind Is The Master Class Of Psychedelics (Forbes)

• Israeli team aims to treat neurological disorders with psychedelics (The Jerusalem Post)

• Washington Governor Unveils New Process To Commute Hundreds Of Drug Possession Sentences (Marijuana Moment)

• 9 Celebrities on Their Life-Changing Psychedelic Experiences (DoubleBlind)

• Whole-Body Effects of Psychedelics Part 2 – Blood and Immune System (Psychedelic Science Review)

• DEA Seizes Life Savings of New Orleans Grandfather Without Charging Him With a Crime (Reason)

• Can Harm Reduction Reform the Drug Courts? (Filter)

• Kathleen Harrison: Wisdom, Endurance, and Hope – Reflections from a Psychedelic Woman (Chacruna)

• Moving Deckchairs On The Titanic: Drug Policy Reform in the UK (TalkingDrugs)

• Post-Traumatic Growth With Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• Psychedelics, Out Of Body Experiences, and Lucid Dreaming (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.7.21

Cannabis

• Mexican Lawmakers Fail To Legalize Marijuana Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk Following Legislature’s Approval (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana House Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower And Advances Bill To Prepare For Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, Sending It To Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• Philadelphia: Mayor Signs Law Prohibiting Pre-Employment Drug Screening for Cannabis (NORML)

• Frequent Marijuana Consumers Are Actually More Physically Active Than Non-Users, Study Finds, Smashing Stereotypes (Marijuana Moment)

• Neat idea, Canna Bumps: Thanks for keeping marijuana illegal (Leafly)

• Switzerland Just Got One Step Closer to Federally Legalizing Weed (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis Offers Immediate Nausea Relief, Study Shows (Forbes)

• French Lawmaker Displays Marijuana Joint In Parliament As New Report Calls For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• 58% of Americans Don't Know the Difference Between THC and CBD, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

• Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Students In Schools (Marijuana Moment)

• Kansas: House Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Bill (NORML)

• Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears 11th House Committee On Path To The Floor (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado: Legislature Approves Measure Eliminating Civil Penalties for Possessing Between One and Two Ounces of Cannabis (NORML)

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

• Wilmington, Delaware City Council Votes to Support Cannabis Legalization (NORML)

• Cannabis 'gravest threat' to mental health of young people (The Irish Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• MycoMeditations' Psilocybin-Assisted Wellness Retreat Urgently Addresses COVID-19's Impact on Mental Health (PR Newswire)

• Psychedelics and Veganism: Personal Change Catalysed by Psilocybin (Sam Woolfe)

• Psyched Wellness Signs Supply Agreement for Amanita Muscaria (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin and the Will to Live (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Optimi Health Partnership with Numinus Wellness Provides Update on First All-Natural Psilocybin Protocol (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment (The New York Times)

Mescaline

• A Century of Mescaline (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• The Power of Synthetic Cannabinoids and Why Big Pharma Prefers Them (Cannabis Science and Technology)

Ketamine

• Champignon Brands Changes Name to Braxia Scientific to Reflect the Integration of Ketamine and Psychedelic Clinics and its Research and Development Priorities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Ketamine, esketamine effective for depression but have limitations (Healio)

• What’s in the ketamine bill that just passed the House Judiciary Committee in Colorado? (KDVR)

Miscellaneous

• 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics (Psychedelic Invest)

• Texas House Approves Psychedelics Research Bill As Marijuana Reform Measures Also Advance (Marijuana Moment)

• Can a genetic test predict your response to psychedelic drugs? (New Atlas)

• What Happens When Big Pharma Starts Selling Mass-Market Hallucinogens (The Federalist)

• Now that New York Legalized Cannabis, Could Psychedelics Be Next? (DoubleBlind)

• The push to legalize psychedelics has ignored Indigenous communities (Mic)

• Psychedelics at a Crossroads: We Need Constructive Not Extractive Capital (Dr. Bronner's)

• Red Light Holland Receives Patent Pending Status For ‘Find Your Dose’ Customization of Microdosing Kits Based on Biometric and Movement Data (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics are transforming the way we understand depression and its treatment (The Irish Times)

• Portland Advocates Push for Psychedelic Decriminalization (Truffle Report)

• Can Psychedelics Provide Relief for Autistic Individuals? (Psychedelics Today)

• Nova Mentis Launches Autism Clinical Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Why drugs should be not only decriminalised, but fully legalised (New Statesman)

• Ketanserin’s Contributions to Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• MindMed Announces Project Angie, Targeting the Treatment of Pain with Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Navigating the Legal Landscape of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

• Culture, entrepreneurial spirit makes Okanagan viable for psychedelic research (iNFOnews)

• Psychedelics and Ecological Consciousness (Reality Sandwich)

• DoubleBlind Editor-in-Chief Shelby Hartman on Covering the World of Psychedelics (Muse by Clio)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.21.20

Cannabis

• Maine Marijuana Sales Can Finally Begin, Officials Announce Four Years After Voters Legalized It (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Customers Can Now Buy Marijuana From Vending Machines In Colorado (CBS Denver)

• South Dakota Could Pass Two Marijuana Ballot Measures In November (Marijuana Moment)

• Mexican President Says Marijuana Legalization Will Advance Through Congress As Session Approaches (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: After-Hours Marijuana Use Doesn’t Negatively Impact Job Performance (NORML)

• Federal Court Denies DEA Request To Dismiss Marijuana Rescheduling Case (Marijuana Moment)

• The Future Is Here: Weed Vending Machines Are Coming to Massachusetts (MERRY JANE)

• Local Marijuana Bans In California Keep Illicit Market Alive And Block Revenue, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Vermont: Bicameral Committee Meets in Effort to Finalize Marijuana Sales Measure (NORML)

• Marijuana Activists Ask Supreme Court To Hear Their Case Against DEA (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Voices Concern That Putting Marijuana On The Ballot Makes Republicans Lose (Marijuana Moment)

• Poll: Republicans Like Marijuana Legalization, Too (Even If It’s Kamala Harris’s Idea) (Forbes)

• Parents of toddler with severe epilepsy seek legal review of cannabis oil guidelines (The Guardian)

• DEA Proposes Hemp And CBD Rules To Comply With Crop’s Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• That Study Linking Prenatal Weed Use to Autism Has a Few Serious Flaws (MERRY JANE)

• This Is Weighing Down Multi-State Cannabis Operator Profitability (New Cannabis Ventures)

• AAA gives grants to police, non-profits to combat marijuana-impaired driving (WAND-TV)

• The FDA Is Now Hiring People to Study Thousands Cannabis Products (MERRY JANE)

• Drive to Free Black Woman With Marijuana Life Sentence Exposes “Habitual Criminal” Laws (Filter)

• Texas Ban On Selling Smokeable Hemp Temporarily Lifted By Judge (Marijuana Moment)

• County Will Let Marijuana Offenders Off the Hook If They Get a Card After Arrest (Phoenix New Times)

LSD

• Director Oliver Stone admits lacing 'up-tight' dad's drink with LSD to loosen him up (Mirror)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Mystical Experience is Critical for the Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Why the DEA Went After a Small-Time Mushroom Dealer in Denver (Lucid News)

• Mydecine™ Launches World’s First Natural-Sourced cGMP Psilocybin for Global Research, Sales, and Distribution Enterprise (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Investigation launched after Home Office psilocybin rescheduling response (Health Europa)

• Johns Hopkins Wants To Hear About Your Psychedelic Journeys For New ‘Real-World’ Study (Marijuana Moment)

• How to Make Shroom Tea: The Ultimate Mushroom Tea Guide (DoubleBlind)

• Magic Mushrooms, Memory and Resistance in the Sierra Mazateca (Chacruna)

MDMA

• Can Taking MDMA with LSD Help Prevent a ‘Bad Trip’? New Clinical Trial Investigates (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics Group Raises $30 Million From Execs At GoDaddy, SpaceX And Others For MDMA Study (Marijuana Moment)

• Buddhist University Partners with MAPS to Offer MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Training (Lucid News)

• Police issue warning about Donald Trump-shaped ecstasy pills (The Guardian)

DMT

• Reports of positive encounters with autonomous entities after taking DMT suggest drug may have therapeutic potential (PsyPost)

Ayahuasca

• Remembering Dr. Jordi Riba, Ayahuasca Research Pioneer (1968–2020) (Chacruna)

• Psychedelic brew ayahuasca produces therapeutic benefits lasting up to six months, study finds (PsyPost)

• Russian Jailed for 11.5 Years Over Ayahuasca Bottle From Peru (The Moscow Times)

• Tripping on Ayahuasca has always been fun, but now it might be good for you (GOOD)

Ketamine

• Ketamine response biomarker may help tailor antidepressant treatments (Healio)

• How Ketamine Infusions Helped Me (Pain News Network)

Miscellaneous

• Plant Medicine Church in Oakland Gets Raided by Local Police Department (DoubleBlind)

• Advocates Unveil Guide For Psychedelic Healing Ceremonies They Hope To Legalize In Oakland (Marijuana Moment)

• This Dot-Com Guru is Asking Trump to Legalize Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• After the pandemic, could psychedelic treatment help us heal? (Mic)

• Psychedelics Could Help People with Addiction and Anxiety (CBS News)

• Canada takes step to decriminalize drug possession amid opioid crisis (The Globe and Mail)

• A plan to overhaul the UK’s unjust drugs policy is just around the corner (LabourList)

• The Phoenix Effect: Reversing Mental Age With Psychedelics (qwerky science)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Expands Stateside With Psychedelic-Enhanced Psychotherapy Clinic in New York City (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Watch The First Ad For Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Breaking Down a Model Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs (Filter)

• From pot to shrooms: What's next for decriminalization? (Toronto Sun)

• This is Your Brain on Ego Death (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Beckley Psytech Reveals Scientific Advisory Board Consisting of Renowned Psychedelic Experts (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Inside the Work of a New York Psychedelic Trip Guide (Filter)

• What Psychedelics Could Mean for Eating Disorders (Lucid News)

• The Role of the Claustrum in the Psychedelic Experience (Psychedelic Science Review)

• IntelGenx Enters into Feasibility Agreement with ATAI Life Sciences to Develop Pharmaceutical-Grade Polymeric Film-Based Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Higher Profile: Madison Margolin, Co-Founder, DoubleBlind Magazine (High Times)

• Spiritual Politics with Ismail Lourido Ali (Chacruna)

• CFN Enterprises Inc. Adds Cybin Corp. to Growing Psychedelics Client Roster (Yahoo! Finance)

• Nutritional High Completes Acquisition of Psychedelic Science Corp (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelic drugs heighten perception, but do they foster creativity and inspire art? (MEAWW)

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