This Week in Psychedelics - 8.7.20

Cannabis

• Senator Files New Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana And Regulate It Like Tobacco (Marijuana Moment)

• New study links marijuana to cardiovascular disease — but it's not all bad news (Salon)

• Louisiana Law Allowing Medical Marijuana For Any Debilitating Condition To Take Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• The pandemic is eating away at the illicit marijuana market (Politico)

• Weed Industry Workers Are Estimated to Outnumber Computer Programmers by End of 2020 (MERRY JANE)

• Grandmother Arrested For CBD At Disney World Sues Company With Powerful Legal Team (Marijuana Moment)

• VAPI anniversary: Killer chemicals still on the streets (Leafly)

• Colorado Youth Marijuana Use ‘Has Not Significantly Changed’ Since Legalization, State Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Thought Loops: Trapped in Acid Chain Thinking (Reality Sandwich)

Magic Mushrooms

• Legal exemption for psilocybin therapy granted to 4 dying Canadians (Psillow)

• Beneficial Synergy: Teaming Psilocybin with Mindfulness Meditation (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Drug policy reform group urges Home Office to reschedule psilocybin (Health Europa)

• Usona Institute Publishes Breakthrough Development in Scalable Psilocybin Synthesis (Business Wire)

• Pioneering Psychedelic Researcher Once Again Paves the Way with Historic Psilocybin Study for End of Life Patients (Lucid News)

• Novamind Sponsors TheraPsil, an Advocate for the Compassionate Use of Psilocybin in Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mushroom Grow Kits: The 5 Best Mushroom Grow Kits for Growing Easily at Home (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Forget Plant-Based Medicine, MDMA is Now Made From Crude Oil (Psymposia)

• Hear The Music Used During Government Approved MDMA Psychotherapy Sessions (This Song Is Sick)

Ayahuasca

• Neuroimaging study suggests a single dose of ayahuasca produces lasting changes in two important brain networks (PsyPost)

• Ex-British army officer faces 13 years in Romanian jail over ayahuasca ceremony (The Guardian)

• Travel Insurance Will Never Cover This (So Don’t Even Ask) (Forbes)

• What is Changa? The Truth About Smokeable Ayahuasca (DoubleBlind)

Ketamine

• A Ketamine-Like Spray Is Approved to Treat Suicidal Behavior (The Cut)

• Ketamine’s promise as an antidepressant is being undermined by its lack of profit (Quartz)

• 'It was hell:' Ketamine shot sends Minneapolis man into intensive care, renews calls for investigation (Star Tribune)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Decriminalization Initiative Officially Qualifies For D.C. Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• How psychedelic drugs are used as a tool of state violence (Salon)

• Drugs, the Israelites and the Emergence of Patriarchy (Lucid News)

• Should Psychedelic Humanities Promote Psychedelic Humanism? (Chacruna)

• Mindleap Digital Health Platform Introduces New Psychedelic Programs For Mental Health (Green Market Report)

• Examining the Cognitive Neuroscience of Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Can Psychedelics Reveal Memories of Sexual Abuse? (Chacruna)

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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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