Cannabis
Marijuana use is rising sharply among seniors over 65, study says, and there are serious risks (CNN)
Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Officially Passes Vermont House Of Representatives (Marijuana Moment)
Mexican Senate Committees Meeting This Week To Finalize Marijuana Legalization Plan (Marijuana Moment)
Luxembourg’s government reportedly weighs plan to legalize recreational marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)
Presidential Candidates Clash Over Marijuana Legalization At Democratic Debate (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis for pain: Does medicating with marijuana increase abuse risk? (Leafly)
Israel's Prime Minister To Explore Marijuana Legalization (Reason)
Moldy, Yeasty Legal Weed Products Prompt Health Advisory in Nevada (MERRY JANE)
Elizabeth Warren Has A New Plan For Legalizing Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
Labor unions flex their muscle in fight with California cannabis industry (Los Angeles Times)
Cannabis excellence: LSSU launches new chemistry facility (The Mining Journal)
More Than 80% of Denver Teens Don’t Smoke Weed, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Henderson marijuana dispensary hosts cannabis-based blood drive (KTNV)
Ohio Marijuana Legalization Measure To Be Filed For November Ballot This Week (Marijuana Moment)
Weed Is Better at Preventing Cavities Than Most Toothpaste Brands, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Mississippi Lawmakers Attempt To ‘Kill’ Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative With New Strategy (Marijuana Moment)
Capitol Confidential: THC bill would kill Arizona’s medical marijuana system (Leafly)
LSD
This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once (VICE)
Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease? (Forbes)
Magic Mushrooms
Could CBD and Psilocybin Treat Brain Injuries? This University Plans to Find Out (MERRY JANE)
MDMA
Israel Makes A Big Move Toward The Acceptance Of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy For PTSD (Forbes)
Belgian woman dies after taking sip of MDMA-laced wine (The Guardian)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
The Unintended Consequences of Prohibitionist Policies - Mephedrone (Drug Science)
Ketamine
Lawsuit: Ketamine clinic caused psychosis (Albuquerque Journal)
Opioids
In 2019 speech, Bloomberg mocked Brooklyn father and son who died from heroin as ‘not a good family’ (NY Daily News)
Inside the Middlesbrough clinic where heroin users get a 'last chance' (BBC)
Teaching Children How to Reverse an Overdose (The New York Times)
Mother of dead heroin addict to Chicago Police Department: ‘Enforce the law’ (Chicago Sun-Times)
What happens when naloxone expires (KUSA)
Enhancing Rates Of Opioid Overdose Education And Naloxone Distribution In Emergency Departments (Health Affairs)
Cocaine
The World's Biggest Legal Coca Industry Might Get Shut Down (VICE)
Why the FDA Approval Process Is Under Scrutiny Following Approval of ‘Numbrino’, a Cocaine-Based Nasal Spray (Grit Daily)
U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose (Science News)
Methamphetamine
Meth Still a Missouri Problem, but Now It Comes From Mexico (The New York Times)
DEA labels North Texas a 'meth hub' after spike in drug seizures (WFAA)
Nicotine
Inside the Philip Morris campaign to 'normalize' a tobacco device (Reuters)
New Juul patent application hints at AI-powered vape to help users quit nicotine (The Verge)
House tobacco bill revives talk of nicotine limits (Politico)
A New Bill Would Ban The Sale of All Flavored Nicotine Products (Colorado Public Radio)
Governor Cuomo pushing ban of flavored nicotine vaping products, restricting ads aimed at youth (INFORMNNY)
Benzodiazepines
Understanding the link between nicotine use and misuse of 'benzos' (EurekAlert!)
Alcohol
27,000 Mass. drunken-driving convictions may be tossed out due to faulty breathalyzer machines, lawyer says (The Boston Globe)
Alcohol-Linked Deaths Soaring in U.S., Women Hit Hardest (U.S. News and World Report)
Chicago Approves Earlier Start for Sunday Alcohol Sales (Eater)
GHB
New report shows illicit drug GHB deaths could be prevented (Medical Xpress)
Call for 'date rape' drug GHB to be reclassified (BBC)
Kratom
Kratom at Risk in Colorado Without Legislation, Activists Say (Westword)
Drug Tests Show Kratom Use Doubled in U.S. (Pain News Network)
Kava
Utah's Attorney General hosts a kava ceremony in the Capitol (Fox 13 Now)
Miscellaneous
Supervised-injection site in Philadelphia gets final green light from federal judge (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility next week, organizers say (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel (Associated Press)
Europe’s psychedelic science renaissance has started (Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research)
Beyond Mushrooms: The Mysterious, Magical World of African Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)
Should Breakthrough Psychedelic Research Make Us Question Our Assumptions About Mental Illness? (Psychedelics Today)
End-to-end solution in psychedelic therapies establishes Numinus as leader in emerging space (Investing News)
Scotland's drug death crisis in six charts (BBC)
Psychedelics May Aid in Deprogramming Addiction (Psychedelic Science Review)
They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself (NPR)
Podcast Host Joe Rogan Is Steadily Documenting A Psychedelic Record Of The 21st Century (Forbes)
Vans Adds Psychedelic Tie-Dye To Their Iconic Checkerboard Print (Sneaker News)
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