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Weekly Psychedelic Links - July 2022

7.1.22

Cannabis

  • Fentanyl-laced marijuana is a myth. It’s time to end the hype (Leafly)

  • Medical Weed Cards No Longer Required in Virginia Starting July 1 (High Times)

  • Hemp, CBD get permanent legal status in NC after 11th-hour rescue (MSN.com)

  • Scientists find THC in over 60% of CBD products they tested — and that may be a huge problem (ZME Science)

  • UN Report Dramatizes Uptick in Global Cannabis Use (High Times)

  • Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Providing Medical Marijuana Workplace Protections For State Employees (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland Court: Cops Can Stop, Question Someone Who Smells of Pot (High Times)

  • Nevada Cannabis Consumption Lounges Could Go Live By End Of 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota (Star Tribune)

  • Inside The Process To Legalize Recreational Cannabis In Germany (Forbes)

  • California Bill to Require Cannabis Warnings About Mental Disorder Risks Advances (High Times)

  • Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Medical Marijuana DUI Protections And Cannabis Banking Reform Bills (Marijuana Moment)

  • Texas Supreme Court Bans Smokable Hemp Production, Sales (High Times)

  • Montana Lawsuit Challenges Marijuana Ban In State’s Third-Largest City (Marijuana Moment)

  • House Panel Approves Amendment to Protect State Legal Cannabis Programs (High Times)

  • Feds Fund Development Of Hemp-Based, 3D-Printed Materials To Build Affordable Housing (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Vermont Guidance Looks to Eliminate Plastic Waste From State’s Cannabis Industry (High Times)

  • Cannabis users are at greater risk for emergency and inpatient care: study (Fox News)

Magic Mushrooms

  • These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms (Rolling Stone)

  • New Jersey Senate President Files Psilocybin Legalization Bill That Includes Home Grow Option, Unlike Current Marijuana Law (Marijuana Moment)

  • Tryp Therapeutics Strengthens IP Portfolio with Provisional Patent Application for Binge Eating Disorder Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Digging Up Druggable Targets: Psilocybin Efficacy in a Model of OCD (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

  • First-of-its-kind MDMA group therapy trial set to commence (New Atlas)

  • Over One Hundred Years of MDMA Research (Drug Science)

Ayahuasca

  • How the Shipibo Came to Be the Most Common Group Serving Ayahuasca to Foreigners (DoubleBlind)

Peyote

  • Decriminalize Nature Targets Peyote: Drug Reform or Settler Colonialism? (Chacruna)

  • Big business could wipe out Mexico’s sacred psychedelic peyote cactus (openDemocracy)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • How Did A Minnesota Honor Roll Student Die As Her Parents Were Sleeping Upstairs? (Oxygen)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • A Loophole in Japan’s Weed Laws Is Getting Tens of Thousands High (VICE)

Miscellaneous

  • Colorado Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Psychedelics Legalization And Therapeutic Psilocybin Program On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds (The Guardian)

  • Is there a future for psychedelic treatment in Saudi Arabia? (Arab News)

  • Do Bad Psychedelic Patents Matter? (Lucid News)

  • 4 Recommendations for Disability Inclusion in Psychedelic Therapy Research (Psychiatric Times)

7.8.22

Cannabis

  • WNBA Star Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty To Cannabis Charge As Russia Calls Out U.S. Hypocrisy In Maintaining Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Make no mistake, marijuana edibles are legal now in Minnesota (Leafly)

  • Washington, D.C. Mayor Signs Medical Cannabis Self-Certification Bill (High Times)

  • Pennsylvania Bill Gives Medical Cannabis Patients DUI Protection (High Times)

  • Oklahoma: Advocates Turn in Signatures to Place Adult-Use Legalization Measure on November Ballot (NORML)

  • Study Shows Flower Still Reigns Supreme in U.S., Canada as Consumer Favorite (High Times)

  • Arkansas Activists Set To Turn In Double The Signatures Needed To Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists Turn In Ballot Signatures After Campaign Suffers Legal Setback (Marijuana Moment)

  • Albania Prompted to Implement Medical Cannabis Reform After U.N. Criticism (High Times)

  • U.S. Army Wants To Make Sniper Uniforms Out Of Hemp (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • A man whose daily headaches felt like an ice pick in his eyes says he tried 12 treatments but only found relief after taking LSD (Insider)

Magic Mushrooms

  • New Study Shows Mood, Mental Health Improved by Microdosing Psilocybin (High Times)

  • Indiana Nurse Faces Ten Years in Prison for Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care (Scientific American)

  • Rural Oregon counties are lining up against psilocybin launch (OPB)

MDMA

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pushes for Psychedelic Reform in Congress (DoubleBlind)

  • GOP Congressman’s Amendment Would Direct Military To Study Psilocybin And MDMA Benefits For Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Its Phase 1 DMT Stroke Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Iboga

  • ‘To Heal and to Care for’: Protecting Iboga and Indigenous Voices in the Face of Corporatisation (Volteface)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • DEA Announces Hearing On Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelic Compounds Following Significant Pushback (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mindset Pharma Receives Allowance for Patent Application Covering its Short-Duration Novel Psychedelic Medications for The Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • PharmaTher Announces Positive Results from Study For Ketamine Microneedle Patch (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • The Never-Ending Psychedelic Trip of Michael Pollan (Rolling Stone)

  • Journey Colab scores $12M to move psychedelics-based addiction treatment into clinic (Fierce Biotech)

  • User perceptions of the benefits and harms of hallucinogenic drug use: A web-based questionnaire study (Drug Science)

  • Tripping the Reward Circuit: Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Psychedelics Give a Glimpse of Enlightenment (Psychology Today)

7.15.22

Cannabis

  • Feds Must Defend Historical Rationale Of Banning Guns For Medical Marijuana Patients, Revised Lawsuit Argues After SCOTUS Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Green way of life’: Thailand sees cannabis boom after law change (Al Jazeera)

  • Washington DC just legalized weed for all adults—but it’s locals only (Leafly)

  • Oklahoma, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Nebraska submit signatures to put cannabis on November ballot (Leafly)

  • Study Shows Decrease in Heavy Truck Crash Rates Since Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

  • NYPD Will Keep Testing Officers For Marijuana, Reversing Course Hours After Announcing Policy Change Mandated By City (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Laws in France Have Disproportionately Affected Muslims (High Times)

  • New York Firefighters Won’t Be Tested For Marijuana, Department Says Following NYPD Leak (Marijuana Moment)

  • Argentine Supreme Court Endorses Medical Cannabis Home Grow (High Times)

  • Pennsylvania Governor Signs Marijuana Banking And Insurance Reform Bill Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

  • Portland Weed Demand Hits Three-Year Low (High Times)

  • Pennsylvania Police Arrested Over 13,000 People for Marijuana Possession in 2021 (NORML)

  • The Fight for Medical Cannabis in Indonesia (High Times)

  • Weed, Like Change, Nourishes The Soil To Regenerate The Cannabis Industry (Forbes)

LSD

  • Why David Bowie wasn’t a fan of LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

  • DEA May Find Itself In Federal Court Again Over Refusal To Provide Psilocybin Access To Terminally Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oregon therapeutic psilocybin program sparks some confusion (OPB)

MDMA

  • World's first ecstasy 'shop' set to trial in the Netherlands (Mixmag)

  • Luxury Champagne Recalled Again Over Ecstacy Contamination (Newsweek)

  • MDMA: Rolling from Counterculture to the Clinic Counter (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

  • Study suggests ayahuasca users tend to eat healthier, get more exercise, and experience physical and mental health benefits (PsyPost)

Ketamine

  • PharmaTher Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering Ketamine for the Potential Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today's Psychedelic Re-Emergence, Dies at 91 (Transform Press)

  • House Approves Marijuana And Psychedelics Amendments As Part Of Must-Pass Defense Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs (Undark)

  • Inside the Chemistry Lab Where the MDMA Godfather Synthesized Novel Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

  • The Tory Leadership Candidates on Drugs (Volteface)

  • Filament Health Issued Third Patent By United States Patent and Trademark Office (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Doctors Urge Access to Psychedelic Therapies in New Mexico (TIME)

  • Can Psychedelics Treat Inflammation and Eye Disease? Eleusis Thinks So. (Lucid News)

  • Villain Or Victim? Understanding The Role of Women In The Latin American Drug Trade (TalkingDrugs)

  • San Francisco’s New DA Vows to Ramp Up City’s Drug War (Filter)

  • The Battle for Psychedelic Patents (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • How To Become a Psychedelic Therapist (DoubleBlind)

  • 5 Countries Where Psychedelics are Legal (Psychedelic Spotlight)

7.22.22

Cannabis

  • Senate Leadership Introduces Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition (NORML)

  • District of Columbia: Mayor Signs Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

  • Legal cannabis is producing more plastic waste than pot (Leafly)

  • Colorado Company To Research Cannabis As A Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease (Forbes)

  • Biden Says He’s ‘Working On’ Bill To Release Cannabis Inmates (High Times)

  • Germany, Luxembourg, Malta And The Netherlands Discuss Marijuana Legalization At Historic Joint Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Springs Recreational Cannabis Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot (High Times)

  • Minnesota Is Home To America's First Cannabis Disc Golf Course (MIX 108)

  • House Passes Bill Permitting Weed Ads on TV and Radio (High Times)

  • Colorado's New Lead Marijuana Monitor Treks Through Heavy Issues (Westword)

  • Cannabis Telemedicine Launches in Montana (High Times)

  • Montana Marijuana Businesses Face Seemingly Endless Cycle Of Local Votes On Allowing Them To Operate (Marijuana Moment)

  • People Busted for Weed in the U.K. Could Lose Passports Under Proposed Rules (High Times)

  • Missouri Marijuana Legalization Measure In Danger Of Not Qualifying For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Denver officials want to save struggling cannabis delivery businesses (The Denver Post)

  • Study Finds Australians Support Cannabis Use Over Smoking Tobacco (High Times)

  • House Will Not Vote On Marijuana Amendments For Veterans And Public Housing Residents After Committee Snag (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana use is higher among US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use (News-Medical)

LSD

  • The Doors of Expression: LSD Alters Epigenetics and Protein Induction (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Science Feature: MindMed’s LSD Trial for ADHD (Microdose)

  • Watch John Lennon explain that 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' was not about LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

  • The Sloppy Science of Psilocybin Microdosing Surveys (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • A single dose of psilocybin has long-lasting antidepressant-like effects in fruit flies (PsyPost)

  • Restrictions on Psilocybin ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Are Easing as Research Ramps Up (Scientific American)

MDMA

  • Patient safety issues halt trial for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy during Health Canada review (CBC)

  • 'Corrective' measures ordered, but Health Canada says 2nd MDMA trial can continue (CBC)

DMT

  • Teenager Used LSD And DMT To Help Overcome Trauma, Case Report Says (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

  • Churches sue to use hallucinogenic tea in religious practice (UPI)

  • The Global Ayahuasca Boom: What About the Conservation of the Ayahuasca Vine? (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

  • The Story Behind a 1984 Hallucinogenic Pamphlet From Denton Is Just as Trippy as Its Subject (Dallas Observer)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Mydecine Files Full Patent Application Covering MYCO-006 Family of Novel Short-Acting MDMA Analogs (Psychedelic Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Weed vapes probably sending a toxic gas to your lungs, study finds (Salon)

  • Cannabis getting stronger with synthetic versions added leading to psychosis, report warns (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

  • Largest-ever clinical study of ketamine therapy shows that at-home model can be a safe, effective treatment for anxiety and depression; 62% fewer patients report suicidal ideation after four sessions (PR Newswire)

  • Ketamine Beneficial For Treating Neonatal, And Pediatric Epilepsy: Study (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

  • The Long, Strange Relationship Between Psychedelics and Telepathy (VICE)

  • DEA Sued Over ‘Unlawful’ Delays On Psychedelic And Marijuana Public Records Requests Through FOIA (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Measure Qualifies for November Ballot (DoubleBlind)

  • Keeping the Hippie Dream Alive (The New York Times)

  • Accessibility Is Key for the Psychedelic Revolution (Pharmacy Times)

  • Podcast aims to raise awareness about future of psychedelic treatments (CBC)

  • Skip the trip – does the world need non-hallucinogenic psychedelics? (leafie)

  • New Regulations for Psychedelics? Here's What Investors Need to Know (The Motley Fool)

7.29.22

Cannabis

  • Weedmaps again advertising illegal marijuana retailers and products, complaints allege (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Singapore Executes Man for Cannabis Trafficking (High Times)

  • House Passes Bipartisan Marijuana Research Bill, With Senate Expected To Send It To President Soon (Marijuana Moment)

  • Zimbabwe OKs First Medicinal Cannabis Sales (High Times)

  • Secret Australian marijuana facility exposes location after turning sky pink (The Washington Post)

  • Biden Administration Proposes Prisoner Swap To Free Brittney Griner (High Times)

  • Over 850 Doctors in Thailand Protest Pot Legalization (High Times)

  • Senator Files Bill To Allow Marijuana Advertising On TV And Radio In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

  • The 'World's Biggest Cannabis Scam' Is Totally Unravelling (VICE)

  • Bronx Cannabis Hub Fosters Opportunity in Communities Hit Hard by Arrests (Filter)

  • Cannabis Users Less Likely to Face Complications After Spinal Fusion Surgery (High Times)

  • 15 State Attorneys General File Brief Opposing Lawsuit To Help Put Medical Marijuana On Nebraska Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Thai businesses cash in on cannabis, from milk tea to toothpaste (Reuters)

  • Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiative Short Of Signatures Needed For Ballot In County Reviews (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Hampshire stands alone in New England as only state without legal marijuana (WMUR)

LSD

  • New Zealand Government Grants $650K For LSD Microdosing Trials (Benzinga)

  • Operation Julie: Rural Wales LSD bust becomes a musical (BBC)

Magic Mushrooms

  • DEA Sued Again Over Refusal To Allow Psilocybin Access For Patients Despite Federal Law (Marijuana Moment)

  • Why some of Colorado’s foremost shrooms advocates won’t be voting to legalize psilocybin (The Denver Post)

  • Legal psilocybin prescriptions in Canada (Drug Science)

  • Project Solace: The World’s Largest Medical Psilocybin Access and Data Project (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • COMPASS Pathways launches phase II clinical trial of psilocybin therapy in anorexia nervosa (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

  • U.S. Patent Grant to Strengthen Small Pharma’s DMT Patent Strategy With Injectable Formulation (Psychedelic Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • DEA Cancels Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelics, Giving Scientists More Time To Research Therapeutic Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

  • Working with Indigenous allies is the ethical way to develop psychedelic-based pharmaceuticals (STAT News)

  • Festival drugs: Warning over 'imposter' substances threat (BBC)

  • Ecstasy for the 21st Century: Designer Drugs to Improve MDMA Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Easy On The Eyes — This Company Reports Using a Unique Synthetic Cannabinoid Derivative To Treat Glaucoma (Benzinga)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Doctors warn ‘dangerous’ laughing gas is becoming an ‘epidemic’ amid rise in hospitalisations (The Independent)

  • A Law will Prohibit the Sale of Nitrous Oxide or “Laughing Gas” to Minors in Bulgaria (Novinite.com)

Ketamine

  • At Home Sublingual Ketamine Exhibits Rapid And Significant Antidepressant And Anxiolytic Effects (Medical Dialogues)

  • Ketamine found to be unlikely to lead to addiction (Medical Xpress)

  • Silo Pharma Announces Positive Results from its Topically Administered Formulation of Ketamine (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • Biden Administration Plans For Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years (The Intercept)

  • San Francisco Launches Bid to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Filter)

  • Your Genes May Determine How You React To Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

  • The Psychoactive Substances Act on Trial (Volteface)

  • The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs (WIRED)

  • Trump Urges ‘Very Quick Trial’ and Death Penalty for Drug Dealers (High Times)

  • The Psychedelics Industry’s Next Hurdle Is How to Go Mainstream (Bloomberg)

  • One in four Americans say they’ve tried at least one psychedelic drug (YouGov)

  • Microdosing: Scientists tackle psychedelic trend becoming ‘creative enhancer of choice’ (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.21.22

Cannabis

  • Thailand Plans to Make Marijuana Legal, Scrapping Jail Terms and Fines for Possession (Bloomberg)

  • U.S. Senate Candidate Smokes Marijuana Blunt In Campaign Ad About Harms Of Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • After One Year As President, Biden’s Marijuana Promises Remain Unfulfilled (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mississippi House Approves Medical Marijuana Bill With Amendments (Marijuana Moment)

  • It’s high time that people caught with cannabis be spared jail, declare public (The Telegraph)

  • London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire (Filter)

  • Kansas Medical Marijuana Hearings Cancelled After Senate GOP Leader Reroutes House-Passed Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • What Is THC-O Acetate, And Why Is It Getting Attention? (Forbes)

  • Study Shows Cannabis was Food Staple for Ancient Chinese Dynasty (High Times)

  • Most Americans Predict Biden Won’t Uphold Marijuana Decriminalization Promise In 2022, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Austin, Texas Cannabis Decriminalization Initiative Set for Ballot in May (High Times)

  • Rhode Island Governor Includes Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In Budget Request (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis use impacts cognitive ability beyond intoxication: study (CTV News)

  • Minnesota Democratic Leaders Preview Marijuana Legalization Plan For 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Ohio Advocates Submit Additional Signatures for Cannabis Proposal (High Times)

  • Kentucky Addresses Cannabis Reform Through New Legislation (High Times)

  • Canada might be home to the world’s first airport dispensary (Leafly)

  • Nebraska Activists Say New GOP Medical Marijuana Bill Is A ‘Poison Pill’ Meant To Detract From Ballot Efforts (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Governor Demands Cannabis Advocates Cover Legal Costs (High Times)

  • Banking Activity Increases In States That Legalize Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Companies Target Teens on Social Media, Study Claims (High Times)

  • Cloudastructure’s Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Cannabis Surveillance (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Controversial Kansas Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

  • Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Research Probes Psilocybin’s Effect on Suicidality (Lucid News)

  • Optimi Health Submits Natural Psilocybin Combined Drug Delivery and Extraction Formulations for Provisional Patent (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

  • Why MDMA Makes You Horny (VICE)

  • Use of ecstasy and cocaine drops during pandemic (Irish Examiner)

  • Numinus Announces Key Milestones in MAPS-Sponsored MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • The MDMA Comedown: Why Coming Down From Molly Feels So Bad (DoubleBlind)

  • A psychedelic trip to recovery: How psychedelics can help treat PTSD (The Ubyssey)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Files for Clinical Trial and Ethics Approval for Phase 1 DMT Human Stroke Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Why Do People See Elves And Other "Entities" When They Smoke DMT? (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

Morning Glory Seeds

  • What Is LSA? Your Guide To The Complicated Psychedelic (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • BetterLife Receives FDA Response On Its Pre-IND Application For Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Treatment With BETR-001 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Study: Cannabinoids May Help Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies (The Marijuana Herald)

  • Trial Will Test Synthetic Cannabinoid for Weight Loss in Obesity (Medscape)

  • Dyadic Introduces Novel Method to Produce Synthetic Cannabinoids and Precursors Utilizing C1 Cell Line Production Platform and Patent Pending Process (GlobeNewswire)

Ketamine

  • Plastic Surgeons Are Using Ketamine to Make Nose Jobs More Pleasant (Allure)

Datura

  • Are your food grains adulterated with poisonous dhatura (Times of India)

Miscellaneous

  • DEA Proposes Adding 5 More Psychedelics to Schedule 1 Controlled Substances (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic use is only “weakly” associated with psychosis-like symptoms, according to new research (PsyPost)

  • Utah Lawmaker Files Bill To Explore Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics (High Times)

  • Psychedelics ‘Train Has Left the Station’ Says Federal Drug Official as More States Seek Access (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Sydney Researchers Awarded Over $2.2 Million By Australian Government To Study MDMA, Psilocybin (Forbes)

  • Missouri Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic legalization now (The New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog)

  • Psygen Receives Dealer’s Licence To Become Canada’s First Dedicated Psychedelics Manufacturing Facility (The Dales Report)

  • Allowing psychedelic assisted therapy is an enlightened move, medical experts say (National Post)

  • Majority of Mental Health Patients Support Access to Psychedelics, Survey Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic Company Highlights in 2021 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia (TalkingDrugs)

  • Pandemic Tripping With Psychedelics (Green Market Report)

  • What are the potential risks of microdosing psychedelics? (Leafly)

  • Cybin Set to Measure Psychedelic Effects on the Brain Using Kernel Flow’s Revolutionary Technology (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Peek Inside Philadelphia’s Psychedelics Revolution (Philadelphia Magazine)

  • Psychedelic Science Leader Eleusis to Become Public Company in Merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • How Port Townsend, Washington, Decriminalized Psychedelics (Filter)

  • Athletes and Psychedelics: Mental Health and Performance (Truffle Report)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.16.21

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Cannabis

  • Schumer, Senate Democrats unveil new bill to decriminalize marijuana (The Hill)

  • Can Marijuana Make You a Better Athlete? (The New York Times)

  • Missouri Man Released From Prison After Serving 11 Years for Possessing One Pound of Weed (MERRY JANE)

  • Cannabis vs. HIV: UNC researcher lands $4M grant to explore possibility (WRAL Tech Wire)

  • DEA Approves Denver Marijuana Facility for Medical Research (Westword)

  • Tennessee Republican Lawmaker’s New Bill Would Put Three Marijuana Questions Before Voters On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Michigan governor moves to regulate delta-8 THC products (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Missouri Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Tax Deduction Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Correlates with Higher Home Values (NORML)

  • Study Shows Cannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief, Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’ (The University of Arizona Health Sciences)

  • Cannabis may have originated in northwest China, study suggests (Henry Herald)

LSD

  • Auckland University researchers to trial LSD microdoses on advanced-stage cancer patients (Newshub)

  • LSD vs. Acid: A Brief History of Acid Slang (DoubleBlind)

  • Calls to reclassify LSD out of class A as mental health research picks up steam (Newshub)

  • Genetic Determinants of the LSD Response (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Mushrooms in Mexico in Danger of Extinction (Chacruna)

  • Living In Peace: Cancer Patients Extralegally Seeking Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy Amid DEA Suit (Maps of the Mind)

MDMA

  • Vancouver psychedelics company gets Health Canada greenlight for MDMA therapy study (CBC)

  • The Re-Emergence of Ecstasy - But Not at the Club (JD Supra)

Ayahuasca

  • DMT, active component in ayahuasca, aids in the growth of new neurons (PsyPost)

  • First Study on Psychedelics and Epigenetics Explores Ayahuasca’s Effects on Gene Expression (Lucid News)

  • Megan Fox Said She Went To “Hell For Eternity” During A Hallucinogenic Tea Trip With Machine Gun Kelly And It “Bonded” Them Even More (BuzzFeed News)

  • The Ayahuasca Experience: A Pilgrimage to the Spirit (DoubleBlind)

  • Lessons From Ayahuasca (Maps of the Mind)

5-MeO-DMT

  • From Hunter Biden To HGTV Star Christina Haack, Psychedelic Toad Venom Hits The Mainstream (Forbes)

Peyote

  • The Traditional & Medicinal Use of Peyote in North America with Oscar Matzuwa (EntheoNation)

Iboga

  • MINDCURE Announces Filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications for Company’s First Fully Synthetic Routes to Create an Ibogaine Psychedelic Compound (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Microdoses of psilocybin and ketamine enhance motivation and attention in rodent models relevant to depression (PsyPost)

  • Ketamine, esketamine do not differ in cognitive effects for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

  • Dissociation as Medicine? Exploring Dissociation & Dissociative Psychedelics like Ketamine (Psychedelics Today)

  • Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Frontline Workers (Truffle Report)

  • Awakn Life Sciences Initiates Research Program to Further Develop Ketamine-Assisted Therapies for Treating Addiction (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Ketamine Therapy and Addiction Risk Management: Part I (Truffle Report)

  • Here’s How Ketamine Affects The Brain (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

  • California Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession Advances Again, With New Amendments That Add Limits (Marijuana Moment)

  • In the Light of Dying Stars (Here and Now Studios)

  • Ethan Nadelmann Reexamines Adult Drug Use in New Podcast ‘Psychoactive’ (Rolling Stone)

  • Biden Selects White House Drug Czar Who Helped Implement State Marijuana Program And Touted Medical Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

  • World Reimagined: The Growth of the Psychedelic Industry (Nasdaq)

  • Syncing Psychedelic Sessions with Moon Cycles (Maps of the Mind)

  • Advocacy Group Asks to Delay California Psychedelics Bill Until 2022 (Truffle Report)

  • Mass. Communities Move Toward Decriminalizing Psychedelics, With Some Pushback (WGBH)

  • Shamanic Ceremony Leaders Join Forces to Shape Legal Strategy through the Sacred Plant Alliance (Lucid News)

  • Can Coca Leaf Avoid the Wrongs of The Psychedelic Revolution? (Chacruna)

  • Religious Access to Psychedelics is No Substitute for Decriminalization (DoubleBlind)

  • Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving? (Drug WarRant)

  • Active vs. Passive Coping Distinguishes Antidepressants and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Food Suggestions for Before, During, and After Psychedelic Sessions (Maps of the Mind)

  • Ultimate Guide on the Legalization and Decriminalization of Drugs (Reality Sandwich)

  • Psychedelics and Death: Transitioning from this World with Consciousness (Chacruna)

  • The interesting origins of psychedelic therapy (Freethink)

  • New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics (JD Supra)

  • Psychedelic Decriminalization Creating Market Opportunities (PR Newswire)

  • Going Offline for Psychedelic Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.3.20

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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

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

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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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.23.19

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CANNABIS

  • Federal Data Shows Youth Marijuana Use Isn’t Increasing Under Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Illicit Cannabis Vape Carts Hospitalized 7 in California, Doctors Say (Leafly)

  • Maryland Court Rules Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search A Person (NPR)

  • Step Aside, Cannabinoids: Weed’s Flavonoids Fight Cancer, Too (MERRY JANE)

  • Marijuana Flower Offers More Pain Relief Than Other Cannabis Products, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Texas Might Have Accidentally Decriminalized Marijuana (GQ)

  • Bernie Sanders Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canadian Men Are Twice as Likely to Use Cannabis as Women, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

  • New Industry-Backed Marijuana Legalization Measure Filed In Florida (Marijuana Moment)

  • The FBI Just Launched a Corruption Probe Into the Weed Industry (MERRY JANE)

  • No eating, no drinking, and now, no marijuana before surgery, doctors say (The Boston Globe)

  • Oklahoma Bans Employment Discrimination Against Marijuana Patients (MERRY JANE)

  • Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What's Up With That? (NPR)

  • Elizabeth Warren’s Criminal Justice Plan Involves Legalizing Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

  • State shuts down Walled Lake marijuana testing lab for fudging test results (Detroit Free Press)

  • Canadian woman faces lifetime ban after getting caught with CBD oil at U.S. border (CBC)

  • Credit Unions Can Bank Hemp Businesses, Federal Agency Announces (Marijuana Moment)

  • Jacksonville lawyer who claimed marijuana was legal must pay arrested clients $370k (The Florida Times-Union)

  • Fatty meal might affect how you absorb CBD (UPI)

  • North Carolina House OKs Ban on Smokable Hemp (Leafly)

  • Oregon Has Way Too Much Legal Weed. This Is Where It's Going (VICE)

  • Colorado man who says he was delivering hemp charged in SD with selling marijuana (Rapid City Journal)

  • Nearly every single person arrested for weed in NYC this year was black or Latinx (Queens Daily Eagle)

  • CBD Infused Food Products Ruled Illegal in Washington State (Sapling)

  • ‘The system is swamped.’ Canada can’t keep up with requests to study cannabis (Science Magazine)

  • Marijuana Can Boost Risks of Drinking Alcohol (Psych Central)

  • Canadians continue to buy cannabis illegally (Quartz)

  • Contrary to widespread belief, cannabis addiction is possible. Here’s what it’s like (Global News)

LSD

  • Tripping on Broadway: A New Musical Explores LSD Use by Cary Grant and More (The New York Times)

  • How Peter Fonda’s LSD trip with the Beatles produced a classic John Lennon lyric (Los Angeles Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

MDMA

  • MDMA treatment for alcoholism reduces relapse, study suggests (The Guardian)

  • Man dies from 'severe reaction' to MDMA days after the authorities warned of a strong batch of the drug circulating in Jersey (Jersey Evening Post)

  • Woman fell off Cornwall cliff and died after quitting social media and taking MDMA pills (Cornwall Live)

  • Girl, one, found CHEWING on MDMA capsule she found in dumped in a playground (The Sun)

DMT

AYAHUASCA

SALVIA DIVINORUM

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

  • Dangerous Synthetic Cannabinoids Found in Liquid Claiming to be CBD (Cannabis Now)

  • Spice crisis deepens as 9 kids collapse after taking zombie drug and deaths surge (Mirror)

NITROUS OXIDE

  • Mum died after self-medicating with 100 canisters of laughing gas (Metro)

KETAMINE

  • A single ketamine infusion combined with mindfulness-based therapy shows promise in treatment of cocaine addiction (PsyPost)

  • Ketamine may not be an actual antidepressant, but may decrease the burden of symptoms (Medical Xpress)

  • Boise organization researches ketamine use to treat depression (The Arbiter)

  • Donald Trump Thinks He Can Stop Veteran Suicides With Ketamine (Spin)

OPIOIDS

  • Wide distribution of Naloxone effective in preventing opioid-related deaths (Medical Xpress)

  • ‘Saved from a horrible fate’: Legal heroin prescribed to hundreds of UK drug users, figures reveal (The Independent)

  • 76% of opium produced in the world is discovered in Iran (Tehran Times)

  • Access to naloxone reduces opioid overdose deaths, saves money, study says (UPI)

  • Naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses, can save lives. Here's why you should learn how to use it. (The Washington Post)

  • How often is fentanyl in your drugs? Some hard data (Rooster Magazine)

  • Canada Might Have Found a Back Door to End the War on Drugs (VICE)

  • How the Shakers Became America’s Best Opium Producers (The Daily Beast)

  • Op-Ed: A drug called buprenorphine saved me from heroin addiction. It could save millions more — if we let it (Los Angeles Times)

  • People Have Used, Abused Opioids For Thousands of Years (The Fix)

  • Opium addiction in Korea's past (Korea Times)

  • Babies born after opioid exposure deserve legal recognition, lawyers argue (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

  • Wisdom teeth removal is contributing to the opioid crisis, experts warn (CBS News)

  • 'What Would You Do?' focuses on the opioid crisis (ABC News)

COCAINE

  • Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two users (BBC)

  • Crack Cocaine Makes a Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’ for Users and Residents (The New York Times)

METHAMPHETAMINE

  • Meth and heart disease correlation not fully understood (Medical Xpress)

  • The ‘fourth wave’ of the opioid crisis: Feds warn of a rise in meth use (TribLIVE)

CAFFEINE

  • Mormons warn that coffee, vaping are no-nos despite fancy names, alluring flavors (Fox News)

  • Is It Better to Drink Coffee Before or After You Exercise? The Answer Might Surprise You (Yahoo! Lifestyle)

TOBACCO

  • Tobacco industry anti-smoking ads reached less than half of U.S. adults (Reuters)

  • Why US lags behind on graphic cigarette warnings (BBC)

  • NYC Is Coming For Your Flavored Juul Pods (Gothamist)

ALCOHOL

  • Costa Rica Confirms 2 More Suspected Alcohol Poisoning Deaths, Raising Death Toll to 25 (TIME)

  • Why Warning Pregnant Women Not to Drink Can Backfire (The New York Times)

KRATOM

  • Kratom would require prescription in Michigan under Senate bill (WJRT)

  • Kratom Legality In Texas: Is It Legal To Buy, Carry, and Consume In The State? (Kratom Guides)

  • Is It Legal To Carry Kratom Products In Ohio? (Kratom Guides)

  • Does Kratom Really Help Athletes in Sports? (The Sports Daily)

  • What is kratom and why is its safety being questioned? (Health24)

KAVA

  • Kava Consumption Still An Issue Says Methodist Church President (Fiji Sun)

SANANGA

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Dozens of People in Multiple States Have Lung Disease Linked to Vaping, and No One Knows Why (Gizmodo)

  • Vaping May Harm Your Blood Flow—Even Without Nicotine (WIRED)

  • The World’s First Clinical Trials on Microdosing LSD and Psilocybin Are Coming (MERRY JANE)

  • Berkeley, CA May Be Next the City to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics (Filter)

  • Synthetic Drugs Will Change the Global Drug Trade Forever (VICE)

  • Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience (New Scientist)

  • Pupils who take drugs, drink and smoke more likely to be unhappy (The Guardian)

  • Americans spend $150B on cocaine, meth, marijuana, heroin (UPI)

  • Use of Marijuana, Meth, Hallucinogens Up in New SAMHSA Survey (Medscape)

  • What Science Says About Using Sleep Medications (Discover Magazine)

  • Psychedelics and Women’s Health (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Argentina Tries To Stop Synthetic Drug Traffickers Sidestepping Prosecution (InSight Crime)

  • Should Psychedelic Therapists Have First-hand Experience with Psychedelics? (Chacruna)

  • Safe injection rooms are key to halting rise in drug deaths – expert (The Guardian)

  • Psychedelic Yoga (Psychology Today)

  • Man Who Died of OD Was Allegedly “Kicked Out of Treatment for Smoking” (Filter)

  • Why are stimulant-related deaths spiking in the U.S.? (Salon)

  • Turf war between rival drug gangs sparks surge in shootings (Liverpool Echo)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks: