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11.4.22

Cannabis

  • Legal cannabis is America’s 6th biggest cash crop (Leafly)

  • Nevada Judge Orders Cannabis Removed From State’s List of Controlled Substances (High Times)

  • Delaware’s Democratic Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Consumers embrace concentrates as falling flower prices lead to cheaper extracts (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Legal Marijuana Access Tied To Lower Risk Of Lung Injuries From Contaminated Vapes, Study Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

  • Creator Explains Patented Process To Extract Cannabinoids From Smoke (High Times)

  • New Senate Bill Would Create Federal Marijuana Commission To Prepare For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Regulators Issue Recall for Moldy Weed (High Times)

  • Missouri Voters Back Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative In New Poll, But Support Is Tightening A Week Before Election Day (Marijuana Moment)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative In Jeopardy, New Poll Shows Days Before Election (Marijuana Moment)

  • Only a Quarter of Virginia Drivers Said Driving on Pot is ‘Extremely Dangerous,’ Survey Shows (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Compass Pathways Phase 2 Psilocybin Results far from Spectacular (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • North America’s First Take Home Psilocybin Trial Approved in Canada (High Times)

  • Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Still Trails But Picks Up Support From Previously Undecided Voters, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Therapists who already incorporate psychedelics in their practice are mixed on Prop 122 (CPR News)

MDMA

Ayahuasca

  • Using Ayahuasca and Psychedelic Plants to Treat Racial Trauma (Psychology Today)

San Pedro

  • Nazca Human Sacrifice Victim Used Psychedelics Before Death (High Times)

Ketamine

  • New study provides insight into the cognitive mechanisms underlying ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects (PsyPost)

  • Telehealth startups prescribing ketamine at home are stirring concern (STAT News)

  • Is Ketamine the Drug of the Moment? (VICE)

Miscellaneous

  • MAPS Prepares For Trial in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

  • The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context (WIRED)

  • US veterans with PTSD turn to psychedelic drugs overseas as VA frustration grows (Yahoo!)

  • Why San Francisco Didn’t (Really) Decriminalize Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

  • Why Humans Have Always Been Fascinated by Snakes—From Ayahuasceros to Egyptians (DoubleBlind)

  • How Does Race and Ethnicity Influence Psychedelic Mental Health Outcomes? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

11.11.22

Cannabis

  • Maryland Becomes 20th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

  • Missouri Becomes 21st State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

  • Ohio Voters Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures In Five Cities (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wisconsin Voters Approve Marijuana Ballot Questions In Cities And Counties Across The State (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Voters Reject Adult-Use Cannabis Second Time Around (High Times)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Defeated By Voters (Marijuana Moment)

  • North Dakota Rejects Bill To Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis (High Times)

  • Texas Voters In Five Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can cannabis help us win the war against antibiotic resistance? (Salon)

  • Czech Republic Plans To Legalize Cannabis In Coordination With Germany (Forbes)

  • Wisconsin Governor Pledges To Put Marijuana Legalization In Upcoming Budget After Voters Approve Reform On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Minnesota Senators Signal Plans To Advance Marijuana Legalization In 2023 With New Democratic Majority (Marijuana Moment)

  • Arkansas Activists Plan Expanded 2024 Marijuana Ballot Initiative Following This Week’s Legalization Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

  • Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit on Rule Barring Medical Cannabis Users From Buying Guns (High Times)

  • FDA Finally Rejects Petition For Federal Exemption For Marijuana More Than A Decade After It Was Filed (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Cannabis Use Disorder’ Pill Clinical Trial To Begin (High Times)

  • Study Shows Smoking Weed Doesn’t Automatically Make You Cool (High Times)

  • New Survey Details The Growing Importance Of Cannabis For Thanksgiving Celebrations (Forbes)

  • Study Finds No Change in Cannabis Perception Among Youth in Adult-Use States (High Times)

LSD

  • LSD induces both an “afterglow” for memory performance and a cognitive “hangover,” study finds (PsyPost)

  • LSD Microdosing Yields Positive Outcomes In Phase 1 Study, More Trials On Depression & Existential Distress (Benzinga)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Several rural Oregon counties vote against therapeutic use of psilocybin (OPB)

  • There’s Now a Shroom Dispensary in the US (DoubleBlind)

  • The Heroic Dose: Navigating Powerful Mushroom Journeys (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA Therapy is Almost Legal—But Who Will Have Access? (DoubleBlind)

  • ‘Losing the Magic’: When MDMA Just Stops Working (VICE)

Ayahuasca

  • Ayahuasca to blame for Aaron Rodgers' struggles, ESPN's Robert Griffin III suggests (Fox News)

  • What Mainstream Churches Can Learn from an Ayahuasca Church (Lucid News)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Feds Tell National Park Visitors To Stop Licking Psychedelic Toads (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Two hospitalised due to dangerous batch of synthetic cannabinoids (Stuff.co.nz)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Home Office responds to call for retail sales ban on nitrous oxide (gasworld)

Ketamine

  • Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit (NBC)

Miscellaneous

  • What a Trip: Coloradans Approve Landmark Psychedelics Measure (Westword)

  • Wonderland Miami Exposes Growing Rift in Psychedelic Community (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic Training Provider Fluence Files Trademark for Common Phrase, Walks Back After Criticism (Psymposia)

  • Psychedelic drug research held back by UK rules and attitudes, say scientists (The Guardian)

  • Will the Psychedelic Revolution Be Medicalized? (Lucid News)

11.18.22

Cannabis

  • Kentucky Governor Signs Executive Orders Allowing Medical Marijuana Possession From Other States And Regulating Delta-8 THC (Marijuana Moment)

  • Congress Passes Landmark Cannabis Research Bill (High Times)

  • Half of Dentists Say Patients Arrive to Checkups Stoned, Survey Finds (High Times)

  • Nearly Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, Including Majority Of Republicans, Latest Gallup Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cows Given Hemp Feed To Produce Milk With THC (High Times)

  • New York’s gray market cannabis crackdown begins in Brooklyn (Leafly)

  • Study Finds Link Between Cannabis Use, Greater Physical Activity in HIV+ Patients (High Times)

  • U.K. Researchers Launch Study Exploring Weed’s Effects on the Brain (High Times)

  • Study Examines If CBD Buffers THC’s Effects (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Nearly 70% of Oregon bans psilocybin, but clinics will still open next year (Leafly)

MDMA

  • Second MAPS-Sponsored Phase 3 Trial of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Completed (MAPS)

  • Post-pandemic trends in the UK MDMA market and implications for harm reduction services (Volteface)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals begins screening of first subject in phase 1 DMT human stroke study (Pharmabiz)

Ayahuasca

  • Mind-altering South American brew causes adverse side effects, study says (UPI)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • VIC Health Warns of 'Chemical Similar to PCP' Sold as Ketamine (VICE)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing Gas Is Being Banned In the Netherlands As Reports of Extreme Use Grow (VICE)

Ketamine

  • Online Ketamine Clinics Face Tougher Times After Covid-Era Boom (Bloomberg)

Miscellaneous

  • Bipartisan Lawmakers Form New Psychedelics Caucus In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

  • Drug testing makes festivals safer, new research finds (Mixmag)

  • Spiraling Down Wonderland’s Psychedelic Corporate Rabbit Hole (Lucid News)

  • ‘How to Change Your Mind’ and the Destigmatisation of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

  • Elon Talks Psychedelics: Is he Helping or Hurting the Movement? (Microdose)

  • Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain (New Scientist)

  • Cory Booker And Rand Paul File Bill To Reschedule Psychedelic Breakthrough Therapies And Remove Research Barriers (Marijuana Moment)

  • Philadose conference highlights psychedelic therapies in Pennsylvania (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Inside Detroit’s Trippy A-F “Psychedelic Healing Shack” (DoubleBlind)

  • Would you let your teenager try psychedelics? (Drug Science)

11.25.22

Cannabis

  • Krispy Kreme is paying to keep weed illegal (Leafly)

  • Rhode Island To Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales on Dec. 1 (High Times)

  • Oregon: Governor Announces Mass Pardons for Those with Low-Level Cannabis Convictions (NORML)

  • Colombian Senators Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • North Carolina tribe begins first legal medical cannabis harvest in the state (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Irish Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Marijuana Possession For Adults, Draws Early Criticism From Top Government Official (Marijuana Moment)

  • CBD did not help people who got too high, study finds (Leafly)

  • New York Cannabis Farms Have $750 Million of Weed — and Nowhere to Sell It (Bloomberg)

  • Just 10 Percent Of Americans Think Marijuana Should Be Totally Illegal, Pew Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cops May Soon Be Able To Scan Your Eyeballs To See if You’re Driving Stoned (High Times)

  • South Dakota Medical Marijuana Patients Won’t Be Denied Hunting Licenses, Official Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Nose Knows! Study Shows Aroma Drives Cannabis Consumer Appeal (High Times)

  • Federally Funded Study Shows Marijuana Legalization Is Not Associated With Increased Teen Use (Marijuana Moment)

  • Southern Illinois University Examining the Use of Cannabis for Ovarian Cancer (High Times)

  • No, marijuana is not more harmful than tobacco (Leafly)

  • Idaho Activists Launch Signature Drive To Put Medical Marijuana Legalization On 2024 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Beckley Foundation Announces LSD, Microdosing Research (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Oregon's Newly Legal Magic Mushroom Industry Could Be Strangled by Restrictive Zoning Regulations (Reason)

Ayahuasca

  • Study Finds Benefits Outweigh Risks of Ayahuasca Use (High Times)

5-MeO-DMT

Iboga

  • I Tried Ibogaine, the Psychedelic Anti-Addiction Drug (VICE)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Utah moves to ban synthetic cannabinoids in medical marijuana products (Fox 13)

Ketamine

  • Long-term Ketamine Treatment for Depression May Reduce Risk of Relapse (Lucid News)

  • At-Home Ketamine Treatments Could Be a Game-Changer—or a Big Problem (Gizmodo)

  • Amygdala connectivity predicts ketamine treatment response among patients with anxious depression (PsyPost)

  • atai Life Sciences and Massachusetts General Hospital Announce Initiation of Clinical Study Investigating Neuroplasticity Biomarkers in Treatment-Resistant Depression Patients Undergoing Ketamine Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • There’s a Worldwide Spike in Arrests of Plant Medicine Practitioners (DoubleBlind)

  • All Entheogens Welcome at this Post-Modern Oakland Church (Lucid News)

  • How To Stop A Psychedelic Trip: The Promise of Ketanserin (Psychedelic Science Review)

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Weekly Psychedelic Links - August 2022

8.5.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison for drug possession and smuggling (Leafly)

  • Another American Caught With Weed in Russia Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison (High Times)

  • Cannabis no more of a risk than tobacco and alcohol – study (Cannabis Health News)

  • Federal Marijuana Records Would Be Expunged Under New Bipartisan Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Says Legalization Hasn’t Caused More Teens To Try Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Cafes Emerge in Post-Legalization Thailand (High Times)

  • Study Shows Cannabis Users 55% Less Likely to Develop Common Liver Cancer (High Times)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Campaign Files Lawsuit To Put Legalization Measure On Ballot After State Board’s Rejection (Marijuana Moment)

  • US weed homegrowers produce 8x more than Colorado legal market, says new report (Leafly)

  • Feds Seek Contractor To Help Test Marijuana Compounds In People’s Breath (Marijuana Moment)

  • New 3D Structures of Cannabinoid Receptor Inform Safer Drug Design (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • New Report Recommends Tips for Successful Cannabis-Impaired Driving Campaigns (High Times)

  • Colleges In States That Legalize Marijuana See A Boost In Application Numbers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Brazilian Government’s Selective Blindness to Cannabis Evidence (TalkingDrugs)

  • Largest Federal Workers Union Calls For Ending Marijuana Tests For Most Government Employees In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Microdosing Shows No Benefit to Creativity, Cognition, Perception in New Scientific Study (Willamette Week)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Rules Set To Be Finalized in December (High Times)

  • Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story (Lucid News)

  • The Rise of Casual Shrooms (VICE)

MDMA

  • It’s Festival Season! How Should We Group Dose MDMA? (Lucid News)

DMT

Ayahuasca

Mescaline

  • Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

  • The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Double-action mechanism found that makes ketamine less addictive (New Atlas)

  • How ketamine chic became the new heroin chic (Dazed)

Miscellaneous

  • Poll States 28% of Americans Have Tried At Least One Psychedelic Substance (High Times)

  • The Need for 100,000 Psychedelic Facilitators is Real (LA Weekly)

  • Morgan Stanley Publishes Optimistic Report on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • California Bills To Legalize Psychedelics Possession, Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce And More Teed Up For Key Hurdle Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

  • MindMed Board of Directors Approves Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority Of Americans Support Psychedelics Research For Military Members, New Poll Finds As Bipartisan Reform Advances In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

8.12.22

Cannabis

  • Report: Spike in Marijuana Positives Fueling Truck Driver Shortage, Supply Chain Disruptions (NORML)

  • Ottawa on track to spend $200M per year on cannabis for veterans (CBC)

  • Wisconsin Governor Pardons Several for Cannabis Offenses (High Times)

  • Missouri will vote on marijuana legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State To Put Marijuana Legalization Initiative On Ballot, But Votes May Not Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Marijuana Shops Are 98 Percent Compliant With ID Checks To Prevent Underage Sales, State Regulators Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis And Lower COVID Hospitalizations: Is There A Connection? Here’s What A New Study Found (The Fresh Toast)

  • Biden DOJ Says Medical Marijuana Patients Are Too ‘Dangerous To Trust’ In Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit On Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Voters Across Wisconsin Will See Marijuana Questions On Their Ballots In November (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Very good for tourists’: Thailand aims for high season with U-turn on cannabis (The Guardian)

  • The (Possibly) Best and Worst Countries To Get Caught With Pot (Benzinga)

  • New Florida Marijuana Legalization Initiative Filed For 2024 Ballot, With Backing Of State’s Largest Medical Cannabis Company (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can memory loss be good? How cannabis can help with PTSD (Leafly)

  • Arresting illicit weed sellers repeats our drug war mistakes (NJ.com)

LSD

  • Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin therapy is prompting states to reconsider laws about magic mushrooms (USA Today)

  • Many Oregonians will have to vote again on psilocybin (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

  • Buried Treasure: How Does Psilocybin Reduce Compulsivity? (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Can Psilocybin Treat Obesity? New Evidence, Future Directions (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Inside the lab that's creating enough psilocybin for everyone on Earth (Wisconsin Public Radio)

  • Phase 2 clinical trial to examine efficacy of psilocybin for anorexia nervosa (Healio)

  • Coos County cities move to ban psilocybin for medical use in their communities (KCBY)

  • Optimi Health To Launch Therapeutic Psilocybin Product In Partnership With Patient Advocate Thomas Hartle (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Las Vegas Wastewater Study Finds Absolutely Bonkers Spike In MDMA Levels During EDC (BroBible)

  • Where Ecstasy Meets Power: The Unique Risks of MDMA Therapy (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

  • Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Won’t Be Disciplined for Using Psychedelic Drug (Sports Illustrated)

  • Aaron Rodgers’ former Packers QB coach reacts to psychedelic drug revelation (New York Post)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Psilera’s New Compounds Show Potential for Significant Treatment Improvement in Depression and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority of 'Bath Salt' Deaths Concentrated in Just Two States (Medpage Today)

  • Woman likely drowned after taking hallucinogenic drugs, coroner finds (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • States That Legalize Marijuana See ‘Significant Reductions’ In Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisonings, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • A 'very unpleasant time' - new synthetic drug in NZ (Radio New Zealand)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Urgent warning to parents over teens inhaling nitrous oxide after canisters found across Dublin (The Irish Sun)

Ketamine

  • How The Brain Changes In People With Chronic PTSD Following Ketamine Treatment (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

  • VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence (Technology Review)

  • The DARE Program Is Back in Some School Districts — Here’s What to Know (Teen Vogue)

  • Compass Pathways Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • An initiative to decriminalize most plant-based psychedelics is likely to fall short on signatures (Colorado Public Radio)

  • Colombia’s New President Wants to End the Drug War. Can He Succeed? (Filter)

  • Bear high on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' rescued in Turkey (Irish Mirror)

  • How Do We End the ‘War on Drugs’? Perhaps Scandinavia Has the Answer.. (Volteface)

  • Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit (MIT Technology Review)

  • Over the counter culture: Are psychedelics coming to the corner shop? (The Independent)

  • Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs (STAT)

  • Muslims on Drugs: Psychedelics, Queerness, and Identity in the Post-9/11 Era (DoubleBlind)

  • What Role does Philosophy Play in the Future of Psychedelics? (TalkingDrugs)

  • First Reddit Community-Led Scientific Study to Launch on Quantified Citizen (Yahoo!)

  • Red Wall Voters Want Drug Law Reform – New Polling Shows (Volteface)

  • Psychedelic Clinical Trials and the Michael Pollan Effect (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Young Psychedelic Philanthropist Blazes Path for the Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

  • Rediscovering Our Ancestral Roots of Exploration (Chacruna)

  • What Happens when Psychedelics Meets Video Games? (Lucid News)

8.19.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner Appeals Conviction in Russian Drug Case (High Times)

  • North Dakota will vote on cannabis legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas court orders recreational cannabis amendment put back on ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand, says health minister (Reuters)

  • South Dakota Reservation Bans Alcohol, Allows Cannabis (High Times)

  • Analysis: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Becoming More Pronounced in Prohibition States (NORML)

  • ‘Clean weed’ is about to be everywhere in California. Here’s what you need to know (Los Angeles Times)

  • Ohio Voters In Seven More Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization At The Ballot This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Activists Launch Medical Marijuana Ballot Push For 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alberta cannabis sales slow to grow as online identity verification deters consumers, say retailers (CBC)

  • Gallup: Those with First-Hand Experience with Cannabis Likely to Perceive It Positively (NORML)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Most Wisconsin Voters—Including Republicans—Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Is Oregon Ready for the Coming Psilocybin-Fueled Mushroom Tourism Boom? (Portland Monthly)

  • Optimi Health Unveils Canada’s First Natural Therapeutic Psilocybin Product For Approved Patients (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Warnings over dangerously high-strength MDMA pills found at Boardmasters (Mixmag)

DMT

  • Small Pharma Receives Approval for DMT-Assisted Psychotherapy and SSRI Drug Interaction Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • The Misfortune of “Right Wing” Psychedelia” in Brazil (Chacruna)

  • Anonymous Letter to Conservative Masters of the UDV (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Nitrous Oxide

  • Atlanta neighbors frustrated by nitrous oxide use outside Widespread Panic show (KMIZ)

Ketamine

  • We Asked the Experts: What Exactly is in Ketamine? (TalkingDrugs)

Miscellaneous

  • Video of a forester who found a drunken bear gorged on hallucinogenic honey became a hit on the Internet (The Saxon)

  • California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Gutted by Key Committee (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics as a sacrament? Lawsuit says drugs are a religious right. (The Washington Post)

  • Integration of psychedelic experiences linked to self-actualization via improvements in personal development and self-insight (PsyPost)

  • Two In Five Americans Say They’ve Changed Their Mind On Drug Policy, With Most Becoming “More Liberal,” Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

8.26.22

Cannabis

  • Federal Trade Commission issues refunds to CBD buyers, here’s why (Leafly)

  • Nebraska Officials Will Take A Second Look At Signatures For Rejected Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

  • New medical marijuana campaign launches in Idaho for 2024 ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Study Shows 20% Increase in Frequency of Cannabis Consumption in Recreational States (High Times)

  • FBI Says CBD Use Is An ‘Automatic Disqualifier’ For Employment Despite Federal Hemp Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma’s legalization initiative at risk due to state delay (Leafly)

  • The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal (The Washington Post)

  • U.S. Forest Service Reminds Workers Of Federal Marijuana Ban And Warns Against CBD Use (Marijuana Moment)

  • Dennis Rodman Proposes To Negotiate Russia Brittney Griner Release (High Times)

  • Why The Legal Cannabis Industry Needs The Black Market (Forbes)

  • Legalization Opponents Sue To Block Initiative From Missouri Ballot (High Times)

  • Cannabis for Chronic Pain Linked to Slightly Increased Risk of Arrhythmia (Healthline)

LSD

  • First Patient Dosed in Trial of LSD for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Psychiatric Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin May Help Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Shows (TIME)

  • Three Out Of Four Oregon Counties Will Vote On Banning Or Postponing Psilocybin Services This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Inside Paul Stamets’ Massive Microdosing Study (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

  • Mormon Bishop And Former GOP Utah Rep. Champions Ayahuasca After Faith-Affirming Psychedelic Experience (Marijuana Moment)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Trip Advisors: Group Promotes 5-MeO-DMT Harm Reduction By Exposing Shamanic Hustlers (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • The DEA is Attempting to Ban Two New Psychedelic Drugs (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Clearmind Medicine Announces Additional Positive Pre-Clinical Results for its Cocaine Addiction Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • BetterLife Lead Drug (BETR-001) Promotes Structural Neural Plasticity with Possible Nootropic Effects Similar to That of LSD Without Hallucinogenic Side Effects (Psychedelic Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing Gas During Labor Is Becoming More Popular Among Women in the United States (People)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine’s upgrade to an employee benefit in US may hasten the legitimacy of psychedelics in SA (BizNews)

DXM

  • FDA Approves First, Only NMDA Receptor Antagonist for Major Depressive Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

Miscellaneous

  • Psychedelic Stocks: MindMed and atai Slash their Pipelines, Mydecine Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelics Use Increasing Among Adults, But Decreasing For Teens, New Federally Funded Studies Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences linked to increased pro-environmental behaviors (PsyPost)

  • How near-death experiences and psychedelics alter attitudes about death (EurekAlert!)

  • Does Microdosing Actually Work? The Science Is Still Conflicted (VICE)

  • Issues of Patient Safety and Ethical Violations in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger (Lucid News)

  • This Psychedelic Theater Troupe Has Been Quietly Changing the World for Decades (DoubleBlind)

  • Do Psychedelic Trips Actually Start In The Gut Instead Of The Brain? (Healing Maps)

  • The Psychedelic Community Takes Itself Too Seriously (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Ethics in Psychedelic Therapy: The Promises and Pitfalls of Increased Suggestibility (Sam Woolfe)

  • Do You Even Trip, Bro? On Psychedelic Masculinity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • How Long Can the Psychedelic Renaissance Last? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • The Legal Risks of Psychedelic Therapy and Coaching (EntheoNation)

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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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Weekly Psychedelic Links - April 2022

4.1.22

Cannabis

  • New Hampshire House Approves State-Run Marijuana Legalization Bill And Rejects Psilocybin Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Hopes fade in Kentucky for legalizing medical marijuana this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • New Jersey Regulators Delay Launch of Recreational Pot Sales (High Times)

  • Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Increase Marijuana Penalties For Children—But Not Adults (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota: Governor Noem Vetoes Marijuana Expungement Legislation (NORML)

  • Alabama Senate Committee Approves Bill To Force Women Who Want Medical Marijuana To Show Negative Pregnancy Tests (Marijuana Moment)

  • Medical marijuana bill in Tennessee falters (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Dutch Coffeeshops Doubt Quality and Success of Pending National Cannabis Trial (High Times)

  • The Struggle for Cannabis Legalization in Bermuda (High Times)

  • Missouri Lawmakers Approve GOP-Led Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Their Own Cannabis Banking Bill (High Times)

  • How Legal Cannabis Could Revive Southern Economies (Rolling Stone)

  • Weed Sprouts Across New Zealand Parliament Grounds Weeks After Occupation (High Times)

  • CBD May Help Boost Cognitive Performance in Gamers (High Times)

  • Study Finds Hemp Feed Can Reduce Stress in Cattle (High Times)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • The Next Big Addiction Treatment (The New York Times)

  • Psyched Wellness and the National Research Council of Canada Announce Preliminary Data from Studies of Neuroprotective Properties of AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Can magic mushrooms be used to treat racial trauma? (The Guardian)

  • Colorado Still Hammering Out Details for Decriminalizing Psilocybin (Green Market Report)

  • 2 people who used 'magic' mushrooms then developed rare 'wood-lovers paralysis' describe losing control of their bodies: 'I couldn't even chew' (Business Insider)

MDMA

  • Footage of therapists spooning and pinning down patient in B.C. trial for MDMA therapy prompts review (CBC)

Ayahuasca

  • Machine Gun Kelly Recounts Life-Changing Ayahuasca Trip on ‘Kimmel’ (Rolling Stone)

Iboga

  • Ibogaine blocks some of the rewarding effects of alcohol in rodent model of addictive behavior (PsyPost)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Myriad New Drugs Complicate Legalization, as Well as Harm Reduction (Filter)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • Georgia Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create Psychedelic Study Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Michigan Activists Begin Signature Gathering For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Following State Certification (Marijuana Moment)

  • Positive Drug Tests for US Workers Reportedly Hit 20-Year High (Filter)

  • New study explores relationship between psychedelics and consciousness (ScienceDaily)

  • How to Microdose Drugs Based on What You’re Using (VICE)

4.8.22

Cannabis

  • House Approves Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill For Second Time In History (Marijuana Moment)

  • House of Representatives Passes Bill to Expand Cannabis Research (High Times)

  • Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Launch In New Mexico (High Times)

  • D.C. Lawmakers Reject Bill To Effectively Legalize Marijuana Sales For Adults And Crack Down On ‘Gifting’ Market (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland will vote on legal cannabis in November (Leafly)

  • Regulate cannabis like corn? US Farm Bill proposal raises eyebrows, hopes (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Thailand dreams of high-end cannabis tourism after marijuana is legalised (The Guardian)

  • Medical marijuana patients targeted by sneaky new federal drug testing rule (Leafly)

  • Judge Rules in Favor of Mother for Cannabis Use While Pregnant (High Times)

  • Delaware Marijuana Legalization Effort Revived With Two-Track Approach Following House Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canadian Airport Could Get Cannabis Dispensary (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Tied To Significant Decrease In Foster Care Placements, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Georgia Medical Cannabis Bill Dies in State Senate (High Times)

  • South Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Approved In House Committee And Heads To Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • 5,000 British adults could take part in cannabis trial (The Times)

  • Europe’s First Cannabis Wellness Spa Opens in Switzerland (High Times)

  • Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Following Legal Challenge By Competing Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

  • Feeding Cows Hemp Helps Them Chill Out, Federally Funded Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Hemp Paper Could Be the Future of Printing (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • These Natural Psilocybin Droplets Come in Exact Dosages and Don’t Upset Your Stomach (Lucid News)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Rules ‘May Have a Negative Impact on Lower Income Individuals’ (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • People who used 'magic mushrooms' less likely to develop opioid use disorder, study finds (USA Today)

  • New research sheds light on how psilocybin influences sleeping patterns (PsyPost)

  • Oregon's proposed Psilocybin rules await public comments (KDRV)

  • New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • Melmac Mushroom Strain: Effects, Potency & More (DoubleBlind)

  • Terminally Ill Patients Fight for Access to Psilocybin Under Federal “Right to Try” Act (Lucid News)

  • Mushrooms Have Their Own Language, New Study Suggests (Psychedelic Spotlight)

MDMA

  • Colorado Lawmakers Approve MDMA Bill While Rejecting Broader Psychedelics Measure As Ballot Initiatives Loom (Marijuana Moment)

Ayahuasca

  • Children Sacrificed by Incas Found With Cocaine, Ayahuasca in Their Bodies (Newsweek)

  • Building peace with psychedelics: Here’s what happened when Palestinians and Israelis took ayahuasca together (Big Think)

  • A Medicine Heritage of 160 Indigenous Peoples: The Origins of Ayahuasca Before Globalization (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Beckley Psytech Announces Dosing of First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Assessing Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Second Innovative Formulation of 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Field Trip Health Ltd. Granted US Patent Covering Novel Psychedelic Molecule FT-104 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • PharmaDrug Advances DMT-Analogue Program for Glaucoma with Production of Medical Device Designed to Provide Sustained Control of Elevated Intraocular Pressure (Yahoo!)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • UK woman dies after eating a synthetic cannabis gummy (Newshub)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine prescribed in P.E.I. for major depression inaccessible because of costs, patient says (SaltWire)

Miscellaneous

  • Canada’s SAP Expansion Signals a Step Forward for Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

  • Michigan Has Real Shot at First-in-the Nation Psychedelic Decrim Victory (Filter)

  • LSD Capitalism Promises a Bad Trip for Us All (Jacobin)

  • Trials starting soon at the University of Texas Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy (KVUE)

  • Funders at Johns Hopkins Shape The Future of Psychedelic Research (Lucid News)

  • Just How Far Can Psychedelics Push The Boundaries of How We Assign Consciousness? (ScienceAlert)

  • 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies (TechCrunch)

4.15.22

Cannabis

  • Maryland Governor Lets Bill To Implement Marijuana Legalization Take Effect Without His Signature (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia: Gov. Youngkin Moves to Re-criminalize Personal Possession of Marijuana (NORML)

  • The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars (Reason)

  • Psychologists have developed a new psychometric assessment of cannabis intoxication (PsyPost)

  • Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses (NORML)

  • Majority Of Europeans Support Marijuana Legalization, New International Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mayor of Amsterdam Threatens To Ban Tourists From Coffeeshops (High Times)

  • Spanish police take down 'Europe's biggest' cannabis farm (Reuters)

  • NYC Mayor Wants To ‘Explore’ Putting Marijuana Greenhouses On Rooftops Of Public Housing Buildings (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program (NORML)

  • Illinois Bill To Close Marijuana Expungement ‘Loophole’ Heads To Governor, While Workplace Protection Measure Stalls (Marijuana Moment)

  • Several GOP Senators Oppose Legalizing Pot Following MORE Act Vote (High Times)

  • North Dakota Activists File New Marijuana Legalization Initiative For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • The first New Jersey recreational dispensaries will open April 21 (Leafly)

  • South Dakota Marijuana Activists Issue ‘Yellow Alert’ For Signature Drive To Put Legalization On Ballot As Deadline Nears (Marijuana Moment)

  • How are Cannabis Cultural and Harm Reduction Practices Created? (TalkingDrugs)

  • Seven In Ten North Carolina Voters Back Medical Marijuana Legalization As Senate Reform Bill Remains Stalled (Marijuana Moment)

  • Six In Ten Louisiana Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Freedom to Operate Releases Study to Protect the Development of LSD-based Therapies from Unfounded Patent Claims (PR Newswire)

  • Why Investors Should Care About MindMed’s LSD Trial for Anxiety (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows (The New York Times)

  • How credible is psilocybin-assisted therapy? Study suggests people are cautious about psychedelic treatment for depression (PsyPost)

  • Oklahoma Senators Approve Psilocybin Research Bill But Delete Decriminalization Provision Passed By House (Marijuana Moment)

  • Protestors Target the DEA in Support of Psilocybin for Terminally Ill Patients (Lucid News)

  • On Entheogenic Practitioner Duties and Privileges under Oregon’s 109 Program (Dr. Bronner's)

  • Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience (Herald and News)

  • Mommies Who Mushroom (Harper's Bazaar)

MDMA

  • Health Canada announces review of all MDMA trials, as complaint alleges major flaws and safety issues (CBC)

Ayahuasca

  • ‘We expect to win.’ Ayahuasca churches vow to remain as court case largely dismissed. (Religion News Service)

  • This golfer drank urine, did hallucinogens and ate 800 grapes a day to fight disease (New York Post)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Could the Sonoran Desert Toad Cure Narcissism? (Psychedelics Today)

  • I’m a 1-percenter who found purpose in life tripping on toad venom: What it’s like (New York Post)

Iboga

  • Why Ibogaine Is a Promising Treatment for Addiction (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Researchers May Have Created LSD-Analogs that Treat Depression Without the Trip (Lucid News)

  • Cybin Announces Positive CYB004 Data Demonstrating Significant Advantages Over Intravenous and Inhaled DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • 9 years after an acid trip, I still have anxiety-inducing visual distortions that only stop when I sleep (Insider)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • Psychedelic Stocks Are Having A Really Bad Trip (The Washington Post)

  • Numinus Acquiring Novamind in First Major Psychedelics Merger (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Survey Suggests Psychedelics are Linked to Neo-Shamanistic Beliefs (Lucid News)

  • Do Psychedelics Need Psychiatrists? (NEO.LIFE)

  • Can the Clever Use of Old Legal Strategies Thwart Psychedelic Monopolies? (VICE)

  • Study maps psychedelic-induced changes in consciousness to specific regions of the brain (PsyPost)

  • Maryland Bill To Fund Psychedelics Research And Access For Veterans Goes To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

  • Decriminalize Nature Feels Growing Pains as Local Groups Clash with Board (Lucid News)

  • Missouri Bill Would Allow Therapeutic Psychedelic Use (High Times)

  • What it’s like tripping on mad honey, the hallucinogen that (maybe) is an aphrodisiac (Salon)

  • When Will The Media Take Drug Deaths Seriously? (Volteface)

  • Why Psychedelics Could Soon Replace Antidepressants (PR Newswire)

4.22.22

Cannabis

  • Switzerland aims for summer start of recreational cannabis trial program (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Marijuana Legalization Tied To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Prescription Drug Use, Researchers Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Belize Close to Legalization, Evangelicals Want Anti-Reform Referendum (High Times)

  • Early Lines and Free Doughnuts: Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in New Jersey (The New York Times)

  • DEA Says Illegal Marijuana Trafficking From Mexico Is Declining Amid State Legalization Movement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Another U.S. Senate Candidate Tokes in Campaign Ad in Indiana (High Times)

  • Cannabis: How It Affects Our Cognition And Psychology – New Research (IFLScience)

  • Florida bride and caterer charged with lacing wedding food with cannabis (CNN)

  • What Impact Will the French Elections Have on Cannabis Reform? (High Times)

  • Recreational marijuana consumption lounge opens in New Mexico (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Delaware Lawmakers Revive Pot Legalization Effort (High Times)

  • Ohio Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill On 4/20 That Mirrors Ballot Initiative Activists Are Pursuing (Marijuana Moment)

  • US lawmakers are warming up to the cannabis industry (CNN)

  • How 4/20 Became the Biggest Day in the Stoner Calendar (VICE)

  • New Hampshire Senate Committee Rejects Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • Florida Official Sues Biden Administration Over Gun Rights For Medical Marijuana Patients On 4/20 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Survey Shows Cannabis Use on the Upswing (High Times)

LSD

  • MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Maine Senate Approves Medical Psilocybin Bill, But House Refusal Kills Measure For The Year (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction (TIME)

  • How psychedelic mushrooms helped pro surfer Koa Smith overcome depression and trauma: ‘I never slipped back’ (The Independent)

  • Treating depression with psychedelics: red flags and FAQ (Eiko Fried)

  • Filament Health Is Issued Patent By United States Patent And Trademark Office (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

  • Colorado House Passes Bill To Legalize MDMA After Federal Approval, Sending It To The Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Understanding the Effects of MDMA on Bipolar Disorder (Healthline)

Iboga

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Cybin Announces Publication of International PCT Patent Application for Inhalation Delivery of Multiple Psychedelic Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Psychedelic companies are betting big on ketamine as the next Prozac (Fast Company)

Miscellaneous

  • A psychedelic therapist allegedly took millions from a Holocaust survivor, highlighting worries about elders taking hallucinogens (STAT News)

  • Study suggests belief-changing psychedelic experiences tend to increase the attribution of consciousness to other beings (PsyPost)

  • Drug War Industries Face Obsolescence (Drug WarRant)

  • Exclusive Data Shows Canadian Cops Target More Black and Indigenous Folks for Drug Arrests (VICE)

  • Massachusetts Psychedelics Activists Plan To Put Decriminalization On Local Ballot And Force Lawmakers To File State Bills (Marijuana Moment)

  • What’s the Best Psychedelic Therapy Protocol? It’s Debatable. (Lucid News)

  • Honduras Shows How Drug Policy is Also Climate Policy (TalkingDrugs)

  • GoDaddy Billionaire Bob Parsons Believes Psychedelics Can Heal Trauma—And He’s Putting His Money (And Brain) On The Line (Forbes)

  • Pioneering Clergy of Diverse Religions Embrace Psychedelics (Lucid News)

  • The Emergent Field of Psychedelic Chaplaincy (Chacruna)

  • Kevin O’Leary Predicts These 3 Psychedelic Companies Will Merge, But Should They? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Are psychedelics the answer to solving the mental health crisis? (Euronews)

4.29.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Finally Grants Relief To People With Federal Marijuana And Drug Convictions After More Than A Year In Office (Marijuana Moment)

  • In Mexico, this city ordered its cops to let everyone smoke weed—and not just on 4/20 (Leafly)

  • Maine: Various Marijuana Bills Become Law Absent Gov. Mills’ Signature (NORML)

  • Florida bride, caterer charged after wedding guests drugged with cannabis at reception (Global News)

  • Medical Cannabis Bill in Wisconsin Likely Already Dead (High Times)

  • Virginia: Senate Kills Governor’s Recriminalization Amendment, Bill Addressing Synthetically Derived Marijuana Products (NORML)

  • Mayhem Erupts at Melbourne Cannabis Rally as Police Haul Off Patients (High Times)

  • New Hampshire Senate Defeats House-Passed Marijuana Home Grow Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study Shows Drivers in Legal States Less Likely to Drive While High (High Times)

  • Austin, Texas Voters Can Officially Start Voting On Local Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

  • Positive Drug Tests for Pot Hit All-Time High (High Times)

  • Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, With Majorities Embracing Pro-Reform Politicians, Two New Polls Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is Cannabis Legalization Moving Forward in Taiwan? (High Times)

  • Texas Activists Say They Have Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another Local Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kentucky Governor Approves Cannabis Research Facility (High Times)

  • Could Elon Musk’s Twitter end the cannabis social media ban? (Leafly)

  • Washington Lawmakers Delete the Word ‘Marijuana’ from State Statutes (High Times)

  • North Dakota Officials Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Language, Clearing Campaign For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

  • President’s Son Suggests Cannabis Legalization in Nicaragua (High Times)

  • Weed could be grown in space – and it might be the best cannabis yet (New York Post)

  • Kentucky Governor Announces Medical Cannabis Plan (High Times)

  • NY weighs giving pizza joints, other eateries OK to sell cannabis-infused food (New York Post)

  • Italian City of Bologna Supports Recreational Cannabis Reform (High Times)

  • Now that cannabis is legal, do I have to hire potheads? (New York Post)

  • The Battle for Cannabis Legalization Is On in Honduras (High Times)

  • Australia Poll Finds 50% in Favor of Recreational Pot Reform (High Times)

LSD

  • MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • The dark side of the acid counterculture movement (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

  • This Ottawa store is selling magic mushrooms to protest 'unjust' laws (CBC)

  • The Mission to Make Psilocybin Available to UK Cancer Patients (Filter)

  • People who hear about psilocybin-assisted therapy think it’s important to have a guide who has used psilocybin (PsyPost)

  • Hyphae Labs Expands Harm Reduction to Consider Psilocybin (Lucid News)

  • Do magic mushrooms have ‘strains’ like cannabis? (Leafly)

  • One Psychedelic Ride: Brooklynites Bike for the Decriminalization of Magic Mushrooms (BK Reader)

  • Can a Religious Exemption Boost Legal Psilocybin Access in Oregon? (Filter)

  • Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Has Potential for Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

MDMA

  • Colorado Bill To Legalize MDMA Prescriptions Heads To Governor Following Senate Passage (Marijuana Moment)

  • MAPS Navigates Multiple Scandals: Why Health Canada Is Reviewing MDMA Trials (Psychedelic Spotlight)

DMT

  • How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything (VICE)

Ayahuasca

  • The surprising reason Inca children were drugged before human sacrifice (Big Think)

Peyote

  • Decrim Movement Split Over Peyote, Possession Limits, and Tactics (Lucid News)

Iboga

  • Could Ibogaine Help Address the Opioid Crisis? (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Psychedelic spirituality: Ketamine and the future of mental health (KCRW)

  • 'They were going to cut my throat': Sharon Osbourne slams cancel culture and admits she underwent ketamine therapy after fiery on-air debate led to TV suspension and death threats (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

  • A New Database Seeks to Prevent “Bad” Psychedelic Patents (Lucid News)

  • Push To Decriminalize Drugs In Washington State Survives Early Challenge (Marijuana Moment)

  • Biden’s Drug Strategy Mixes Harm Reduction With Harm Production (Filter)

  • The Advantages of Psychedelic Prohibition (DoubleBlind)

  • Drug Decriminalization Inches Closer in Saskatoon, Canada (Filter)

  • Urban Outfitters Is “Mainstreaming Psychedelics” Because They’re Selling Psychedelic Water That’s Not Actually Psychedelic (DoubleBlind)

  • First Annual California Psychedelic Conference Highlights Influential People (High Times)

  • Are ‘Pseudodelics’ The Future For Mental Health? (Volteface)

  • How To Open Your Wallet: The Hyped and Distorted Claims of Online Psychedelic Marketing (Psymposia)

  • Avoiding the Power Trip (Medium)

  • Understanding 3 Risks of Investing in Psychedelic Stocks (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas: A Respectful Path Forward for the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

  • The Trials and Tribulations of Psychedelic Research (Microdose)

  • Psychedelic Navigation across the Seas (Tam Integration)

  • Psychedelics Meets the Theory of Everything (Lucid News)

  • Is Nanotechnology The New Path For Psychedelics? (Green Market Report)

  • Why psychedelics like psilocybin from magic mushrooms and LSD are seeing a surge in medical interest, in treatments for depression, addiction and more (South China Morning Post)

  • Are psychedelics undergoing a spiritual and therapeutic awakening? (KCRW)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.30.21

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Cannabis

  • Montana Bill To Implement Marijuana Legalization Heads To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

  • Texas Lawmakers Approve Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Bills (Marijuana Moment)

  • Philadelphia: City Council Votes to Prohibit Pre-Employment Drug Screening for Cannabis (NORML)

  • GOP Congressman’s Bill Would Protect Marijuana Consumers’ 2nd Amendment Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears Ninth House Committee On Path To Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Litigation Challenging State’s Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization Initiative (NORML)

  • Bolsonaro’s Cabinet Crusade Against Cannabis is Racist and Classist (TalkingDrugs)

  • Pennsylvania Marijuana Poll Shows Highest-Ever Support For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • CEO Of $2 Billion Startup Fired After Experimenting With LSD At Work (Forbes)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Maine Proposal Would Legalize Psilocybin Mushroom Therapy For Adults, No Medical Diagnosis Needed (Marijuana Moment)

  • How an expert psilocybin tester chooses award-winning mushrooms (Inverse)

  • Hawaii Legislature Seeks Marijuana Exemption From DEA While Senate Requests Legal Psilocybin Plan (Marijuana Moment)

  • Revive Therapeutics Files for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Psilocybin in Traumatic Brain Injury (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Numinus Announces Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Natural Psilocybin Mushroom Extraction Prepared at Company Lab (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Red Light Holland and Halo Collective Create Red Light Oregon, Inc. – Forwarding Intentions to Enter Oregon Medicinal Psychedelic Market (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

DMT

  • PharmaDrug Announces First FDA Orphan Drug Designation of DMT for the Prevention of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury from Organ Transplantation (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • Spain’s (Second to) Last Ayahuasca Trial (ICEERS)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Non-hallucinogenic psychedelics: scientists close in on compound (The Guardian)

  • Mindset Pharma Announces Positive Preclinical Results of Its Proprietary Next Generation DMT & 5-MeO-DMT Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Eliminating Bad Trips Through Minor Tryptamines (Truffle Report)

  • Cybin Selects Alcohol Use Disorder Indication for Psychedelic Molecule CYB003 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • 'Rising rates' of synthetic marijuana in Iowa prisons prompts investigation (Des Moines Register)

Ketamine

  • Bill to regulate ketamine used during police calls passes House committee (Sentinel Colorado)

  • Bexson Biomedical Granted USPTO Patent On Proprietary Ketamine Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • PharmaTher Expands Patent Portfolio with Filing of U.S. Patent Application for Ketamine and Repurposing of Psychedelics with panaceAI™ (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • MindMed Becomes Second Psychedelic Drug Development Company to List on the Nasdaq (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Scientists are Using AI to Develop New Psychedelic Drugs (DoubleBlind)

  • UCSF Launches New Psychedelic Research Division (Benzinga)

  • Drug Possession To Be A Misdemeanor—For Now—Under Washington State Bill Headed To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic drugs without the trip? This sensor could help seek them out (Nature)

  • Should Society Legalize Psychedelics? A Breakdown of the Intelligence Squared Debate (Psychedelics Today)

  • Native Tribes Should Have More Say in the Psychedelic Movement (Green Entrepreneur)

  • This Brain Imaging Device Could Impact Understanding Psychedelic Trips (Healing Maps)

  • COMPASS Pathways announces pricing of public offering (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • How To Talk With Your Kids About Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

  • Why Psychedelics, Big in the 1960s, Are Drawing New Interest Now (Bloomberg)

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