Weekly Psychedelic Links - September 2022

9.2.22

Cannabis

• Oklahoma Supreme Court Gives Marijuana Activists Temporary Win As They Fight For Legalization Ballot Placement (Marijuana Moment)

• Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers Billions In Losses After States Legalize Marijuana, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Harvard Grad Student Dies in Bali From Police Brutality Over Cannabis Arrest (High Times)

• Poll: South Dakota Legalization Initiative in Danger of Failing (High Times)

• More Americans Now Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, For The First Time Ever, Gallup Reports (Marijuana Moment)

• Largest ever independent study into cannabis use (BBC)

• Cannabis researchers say it’s high time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype (The Guardian)

• Pennsylvania: Governor Launches Effort to Issue Mass Pardons to Those with Low-Level Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Ghana's Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional Roadblock (TalkingDrugs)

• Joseph Schooling: Singapore Olympic star suspended for taking cannabis in Vietnam (BBC)

• Cannabis industry inches toward sustainability (Chemical and Engineering News)

• New Study Shows Evidence That Low-Dose THC Could Help Treat Veteran PTSD (High Times)

• U.S. Air Force And Space Force Reviewing ‘Common Sense’ Marijuana Drug Testing Policy Change For Recruits (Marijuana Moment)

• Qualitative Study Reveals Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Medical Pot (High Times)

LSD

• LSD decreases binge-like drinking in a rodent model of alcoholism, but only temporarily (PsyPost)

• Is the Color of LSD an Indicator of Purity? (Lucid News)

MDMA

• Boy, 16, dies in suspected ecstasy-related incident at Leeds Festival (The Independent)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• DEA Backs Off, Won’t Criminalize Two New Psychedelics (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Nitrous Oxide

• Why Some New York Stores Will Require You to Show ID to Buy Whipped Cream (Newsweek)

• Doctors warn of rise in nerve damage linked to nitrous oxide (The Guardian)

Ketamine

• This New, Legal Cannabis and Ketamine Therapy is Designed to Heal Trauma in the Body (DoubleBlind)

• They’re Pushing Cut-Rate Ketamine Therapy on TikTok (Rolling Stone)

• Yukon woman paid $7K for private ketamine treatment, only to learn that the Yukon gov't covers it (CBC)

Miscellaneous

• An Inside Look at the Lawsuit that could “Legalize Psychedelics in Canada” (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• MindMed Completes 1-for-15 Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Student Loan Forgiveness Limited By the War on Drugs (High Times)

• Aspen, Colorado Activists Pursue Psychedelics Decriminalization For 2023 Ballot As Voters Prepare To Decide On Statewide 2022 Legalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Advocate Facing Charges Calls for Help, Law Reform in New York (High Times)

• Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst? (WIRED)

• In the Wake of Decrim, Police Continue to Target Psychedelics (Lucid News)

• How Psychedelics Might Fuel a Paradigm Shift (DoubleBlind)

9.9.22

Cannabis

• California: Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Doctors from Discriminating Against Medical Cannabis Patients (NORML)

• Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them (Los Angeles Times)

• UK Government Blocks Bermuda From Legalizing Marijuana On Same Day New Prime Minister Takes Office (Marijuana Moment)

• Afroman’s Ohio Residence Raided by Local Law Enforcement (High Times)

• Minnesota Arrests Black People For Marijuana At Much Higher Rates Than White People, State Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Cannabis Banking Legislation (High Times)

• Companies Turn to THC Beverages as Next Growing Legal Cannabis Market (High Times)

LSD

• LSD-assisted therapy induces rapid and lasting reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to new research (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Placebo-controlled study suggests that the benefits of psilocybin microdosing can be explained by expectancy effects (PsyPost)

• Psilocybin Study To Investigate the Serotonin System in Autism (Technology Networks)

• Optimi Health Completes Largest Legal Natural Psilocybin Harvest in Canadian History (Psychedelic Alpha)

• 'Flesh of the Gods': The Trippy History of Magic Mushrooms (VICE)

MDMA

• MDMA Enhances Fear Extinction Learning: From Models to Mechanisms (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Police issue MDMA warning after man dies from suspected drug overdose (Radio New Zealand)

Ayahuasca

• Why Are Scientists Dosing Fish with Ayahuasca? (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

• As Use Of The World’s Most Potent Psychedelic Skyrockets, New Site F.I.V.E. Fills An Education Void (Forbes)

Peyote

• Conspiracy and Antisemitism in the Debate Over Peyote Decriminalization (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• New Psychedelic Entactogens: Designer Drugs Produce Designer Effects (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing gas: 'A 20-second high is not worth losing your life over' (BBC)

Ketamine

• Scientists Discover That a Surprising Factor Improved The Effects of Ketamine in Mice (ScienceAlert)

• Low-dose ketamine is safe and effective to treat children with ADNP syndrome, study suggests (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

• San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics (Leafly)

• Drug Executions in Iran Are Back on the Rise (TalkingDrugs)

• This Psychedelic Company is Leading the Way on Reciprocity and Holistic Approaches to Healing (DoubleBlind)

• WOC-led psychedelics conference champions gender equality with all-women speakers (Leafly)

9.16.22

Cannabis

• Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores (Los Angeles Times)

• New Zealand Approves Domestic Medical Cannabis Products (High Times)

• World Anti-Doping Agency Set To Keep Marijuana On Banned Substance List, Saying U.S. Didn’t Back Its Removal (Marijuana Moment)

• Biden To Meet With Family of Brittney Griner (High Times)

• Study: CBD Oil Safe, Effective for Autism Patients (High Times)

• Missouri judge blocks attempt to kick legalization off ballot (Leafly)

• GOP Missouri Lawmaker Files Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill, Urging Special Session Action To Compete With Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Pregnant Women in Alabama Are Being Jailed For Smoking Pot (High Times)

• Oklahoma Prosecutors Are Targeting Pregnant Women For Using Medical Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Thai Lawmakers Withdraw Bill to Regulate Cannabis (High Times)

• New Jersey Employers Can’t Punish Workers Based On A Marijuana Test Alone, State Officials Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Nevada Judge Orders State Board to Remove Cannabis from Schedule 1 (High Times)

• Analysis: Legal Cannabis Businesses Associated with Increased Home Values (NORML)

• Weed Legalization in Germany Hampered by EU Laws (High Times)

• What’s Next For Cannabis Mergers And Acquisitions? (Forbes)

• Oregon Officials to Deploy Decoys to Catch Underage Weed, Alcohol Sales (High Times)

• Small Marijuana Growers Could Sell Directly To Consumers Across State Lines Under New Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Republican Congressmen Push for Environmental Impact Study on Cannabis (High Times)

• US Court of Appeals: Federal Scheduling of Cannabis “Irrational,” But Not Unconstitutional (NORML)

• In Hawaii, People Prefer Black Market Cannabis to State-Managed Facilities (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Scientists have started to examine whether “magic” mushrooms can help in the fight against obesity (PsyPost)

• Oregon Overcomes Bureaucratic Delays to Therapist Training Program Approvals (Lucid News)

• The shroom edibles market proliferates underground (Leafly)

• Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on the Psilocybin Clinical Study for Methamphetamine Use Disorder and Oral Psilocybin Thin Film Strip Program (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval for Groundbreaking Phase 1 DMT Human Stroke Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Comedian Ron White Shares How Tripping On Ayahuasca In Costa Rica Turned His Life Around (BroBible)

5-MeO-DMT

• ‘I’m not a shaman – I just want to help people’: shoe designer Patrick Cox on his psychedelic toad awakening (The Guardian)

Peyote

• Native American Church of North America Advocates at Capitol Hill for Protections of Peyote (Native News Online)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Mindset Pharma Receives Scientific Advice from UK Regulator Facilitating Advancement of Phase 1 First-In-Human Clinical Trial Plan for Its Lead Clinical Candidate, MSP-1014 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

• New study highlights ketamine’s promise for treatment-resistant depression (Popular Science)

• Dealers Are Giving Discounts on Cocaine and Ketamine in Honour of the Queen (VICE)

• Study Explores Effects of Experimenter Sex on Ketamine Response (Psychiatric Times)

PCP

• PCP (aka Angel Dust) May Actually Have Therapeutic Potential (DoubleBlind)

Datura

• Datura and the psychedelic Tao (Isham Cook)

Miscellaneous

• Atlanta is considering the decriminalization of magic mushrooms and other psychedelics (Leafly)

• Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy: Important Steps Being Taken to Support Survivors (DoubleBlind)

• Oregon Voters Continue To Support Drug Decriminalization Law They Approved In 2020, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Were the Hot Topic at This Year’s World Economic Forum (Lucid News)

• Local Michigan Lawmakers Vote To Make September Psychedelics Awareness Month After Decriminalization Enacted (Marijuana Moment)

• A Channel for Magic: Ralph Hood’s Mysticism Scale and the Occult Roots of the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Program (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic Twitter is Swarmed by Plug Bots (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Finding Nuance in the Psychedelic Hype Bubble (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psilera Receives First Patent Allowance for Transdermal Patch Formulations (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Adverse Events in Psychedelic Clinical Trials are Underreported (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic South: The Quest to find Good Drugs in Alabama (Psychedelic Spotlight)

9.23.22

Cannabis

• Canada to review impact of cannabis legalization four years on (Reuters)

• Marijuana Is Staying On The Banned Substances List For International Athletes, World Anti-Doping Agency Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• California: Governor Signs Legislation Providing Employment Protections for Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

• NY finally approves medical homegrow (Leafly)

• Australian Cannabis Patients Turning to Prescriptions Over Illicit Market, Study Shows (High Times)

• New Yorkers with weed convictions will have priority in retail market, state says (Leafly)

• German Lawmakers Tour California Marijuana Businesses To Inform National Legalization Plans (Marijuana Moment)

• Las Vegas City Council Approves Cannabis Consumption Lounges (High Times)

• Leafly Report: ‘Opt-out’ towns are encouraging illegal marijuana sales (Leafly)

• University of Kentucky Opens New Cannabis Research Center (High Times)

• We spoke to the author of that new study on prenatal cannabis exposure (Leafly)

• Apple Lets Users Search For Marijuana And Pharmaceutical Interactions In Latest iPhone Health Update (Marijuana Moment)

• The Role of Cannabis in Treating Long COVID (High Times)

• Canada’s rich and complicated history of psychedelic research (Leafly)

• Oklahoma: Court Rules that Voters Can’t Decide on Legalization Ballot Measure This Year (NORML)

• Arkansas: High Court Approves Marijuana Legalization Measure for the November Ballot (NORML)

• Majority Of Maryland Voters Back Marijuana Legalization Referendum And Expungements, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Two Out Of Three Missouri Voters ‘Certain To Vote Yes’ On Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Poll: Majority in Minnesota Want Legal Weed (High Times)

• Two In Three Pennsylvania Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Shows Amid Key Political Races (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Miami clinic kicks off first national study of LSD, once a ‘public enemy,’ to treat anxiety (Miami Herald)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Viagra of the Himalayas—the World’s Most Expensive Fungus—Faces Serious Decline Due to Growing Demand (DoubleBlind)

• Liquid Culture vs. Spores (Reality Sandwich)

MDMA

• Disruption to Australian ecstasy market following COVID-19 restrictions, report finds (Medical Xpress)

• MindMed Collaborators Dose First Patient in Phase 1 Investigator-Initiated Trial of MDMA-Like Substances (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

• Researchers Studying Psychedelic Drug as Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (High Times)

Ayahuasca

• Packers Bust Out Ayahuasca TD Celebration Weeks After Aaron Rodgers Revealed Psychedelic Use (BroBible)

• Aaron Rodgers Defends Ayahuasca, Says He May Be 'Called' to Take the Psychedelic Again (People)

Peyote

• Native American Church Leaders Ask Congress For Funds To Support Peyote Cultivation And Preservation (Marijuana Moment)

• The Complicated Ethics of Legalizing Indigenous Psychedelic Substances (Ethos)

Iboga

• You Can Now Get Ibogaine-Based Addiction Treatment In A Hospital Setting In Brazil (Forbes)

Nitrous Oxide

• What Nitrous Oxide Showed The Father of American Psychology (Lucid News)

Ketamine

• Looking at Images of People Smiling at You Extends Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine (Neuroscience News)

DXM

• Please don't cook chicken in NyQuil, the FDA asks TikTok users (NPR)

• The FDA may have unintentionally made 'NyQuil Chicken' go viral on TikTok (Engadget)

Miscellaneous

• Math Over Myth: Psychedelic Stock HAVN Life Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelics face corrupting influence of financial interests (UC News)

• Biden Administration Considers Psychedelic Therapies Task Force (Lucid News)

• Colorado Polls Show Conflicting Results On Psychedelics Ballot Measure That Voters Will Decide On In November (Marijuana Moment)

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Announces Receipt of CDN $450K Cash Refund from Australian Research Program (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Baby Boomers (Re)Discover Psychedelics as Tools for Aging with Grace (DoubleBlind)

• Does Microdosing Impact Meditation? New Study From Beckley Foundation and Quantified Citizen Investigates (Newswire)

• Colombia’s President Tells UN That ‘Democracy Will Die’ If World Leaders Don’t End Drug War And Pursue Different Strategy (Marijuana Moment)

• The Undergrowth of Psychedelic Australia (Kahpi)

• Beyond Michael Pollan: Where to learn more about psychedelics. (Medium)

• Can Psychedelics Help Veterans with Chronic Pain? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

9.30.22

Cannabis

• Switzerland: Revision of Narcotics Act – Switzerland fully legalizes medicinal cannabis (Global Compliance News)

• Free medicinal cannabis to be donated to epileptic children in the UK (Sky News)

• Medical cannabis for doggies, kitties is fully legalized in California (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Helps Patients Reduce Use Of Addictive Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Maltese Non-profit Cannabis May be The Way Forward (TalkingDrugs)

• Check in, smoke up and tune out: Cannabis-friendly vacation rentals are catching on (CNBC)

• Despite The Munchies, Marijuana Legalization Is Tied To Lower Obesity Rates, Stereotype-Busting Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Investigators say more than 70% of cannabis growers use illegal water (Santa Barbara News-Press)

• Germany Versus The United States: Which Will Legalize Cannabis First (Forbes)

• As cannabis usage grows, so does the need for employers to revisit their workplace drug policies (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Could Cannabis and Psychedelic Drugs Make Breast Cancer Treatments More Effective? (PR Newswire)

• Federal Marijuana Prohibition Is Putting Patients At Risk Of Consuming Contaminated Products, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Supreme Court trial on homegrow ban reveals a bigger issue in federal cannabis legalization (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Patient Plans To Sue Feds For $3.5 Million Over ‘Discriminatory’ Cannabis Raid On Tribal Land (Marijuana Moment)

• Is Big Tobacco Pivoting to Big Cannabis? (High Times)

• Wisconsin Governor’s Push To Allow Ballot Initiatives Could Put Marijuana Legalization Before Voters (Marijuana Moment)

• Majority Of D.C. Voters Support Marijuana Legalization And Oppose Crackdown On Unregulated ‘Gifting’ Market, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Leads In New Poll, But With Less Than 50 Percent (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Effects of LSD and Psilocybin in Healthy Participants (Psychiatric Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Connecticut to Offer Legal MDMA and Psilocybin Therapy as Early as Next Year (DoubleBlind)

• DEA Claims Doctors Requesting Psilocybin For Dying Patients Have Commercial Interests (Benzinga)

• Woman’s Breast Cancer Returned Immediately After Dropping Treatment With Cannabis, Shrooms (High Times)

• Psilocybin Shows Gender-Specific Effects on CNS Reactivity and Behavioral Responses (Gilmore Health News)

• Psyence Group Completes Export of Psilocybin Mushrooms to Portugal (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

• MDMA in the UK Is Finally Pure Again (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• Aaron Rodgers fumbles the science on psychedelics. Drugs like ayahuasca can alter the brain—but how? (Salon)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• 'A lot of MDMA that wasn't MDMA': The early results from inside Australia's first drug testing clinic (SBS)

• atai Life Sciences Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Trial for its MDMA Derivative, EMP-01 (Psychedelic Alpha)

• LSD-Like Molecules Counter Depression Without the Trip (UC San Francisco)

• BetterLife Files Comprehensive Patent for BETR-001 and Other LSD Derivatives (Psychedelic Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• A new urine test could help curtail the use of the latest synthetic cannabinoids to enter the drug scene (Medical Xpress)

Ketamine

• Elijah McClain’s autopsy report changed to death by ketamine (Colorado Public Radio)

• Looking at smiling faces extends the antidepressant effects of ketamine (University of Pittsburgh)

Miscellaneous

• How Interdisciplinary Research Could Reveal Psychedelics’ Blind Spots (Microdose)

• New Theory Believes Psychedelics Could Benefit Long-Term Space Travelers (High Times)

• After rocky start, hopes up in Oregon drug decriminalization (ABC)

• Psychedelic drugs: how to tell good research from bad (The Conversation)

• Do You Even Trip, Bro? A Look At Psychedelic Masculinity, From Joe Rogan To Mike Tyson (Benzinga)

• I went to the only psychedelic dispensary in North America—here’s how they do it (The Manual)

• The Racism and Classism Hidden Behind “Moms who Microdose” (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Whole-Body Effects of Psychedelics Part 3 – The Heart (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Majority Of Mainers Support Drug Decriminalization And Other Harm Reduction Policies, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Tripping at Raves Can Be Just As Healing as Ceremony (DoubleBlind)

• Math Over Myth: MindMed’s Self Destructive Stock Mission (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Men More Likely To Have Substance Abuse Disorder, Women More Likely To Overdose (High Times)

• Psychedelic Retreats Offer Healing Only for the Wealthy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic therapy could reduce anxiety, distress among patients with cancer (Healio)

• The Narrowing of Psychedelic Discourse (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Is Now a Good Time to Invest In Psychedelics Stocks? (The Motley Fool)

• The Messy Job of a Psychedelic Integration Coach (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this month’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 11.26.21

Cannabis

• The new German government plans to legalize cannabis. (The New York Times)

• Mexico Senate on Track to Endorse Recreational Cannabis by December (High Times)

• Uber Eats users in Ontario can now buy cannabis through the app (Engadget)

• New GOP weed approach: Feds must ‘get out of the way’ (Politico)

• South Dakota Supreme Court kills adult-use legalization (Leafly)

• Is Fentanyl-Tainted Marijuana 'Something Real' or 'Just an Urban Legend'? (Reason)

• A New Center at CSU Aims to Unlock the Secrets of CBD (5280)

• Indica and sativa labels are largely meaningless when it comes to cannabis complexities (The Conversation)

• St. Louis Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Associated with Improved Clearance Rates for Violent Crimes (NORML)

• Illinois Judge Rules Weed Odor is Not Probable Cause For Searches (High Times)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Almost Have Enough Signatures To Force Lawmakers To Consider Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Issues First Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation License (High Times)

• Taliban Contracts Australian Company To Grow Cannabis In Afghanistan (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi lawmakers unlikely to reach medical marijuana deal this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dogs Are Being Exposed To Marijuana Through Human Poop And Pet Owners Should Beware, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Majority Of Texas Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Cannabis Social Equity Program Faces Legal Challenge (High Times)

• Canada’s first regulated cannabis suppositories target female consumers (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Montana: Officials Create New Drug Court to Focus Solely on Expunging Past Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Few Medical Cannabis Licenses in Portugal Have Been Awarded (High Times)

• Pennsylvania order targeting vaporized products upends cannabis market (Marijuana Business Daily)

• CNN’s Sixth WEED Documentary Features the Benefits of Medical Cannabis for Autism (High Times)

LSD

• New graphic novel depicts famed history of LSD research in Sask. (CBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• Magic mushroom study hints psilocybin repairs alcohol-induced brain damage (Inverse)

• COMPASS Pathways granted fifth US patent for crystalline psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think about the universe (Big Think)

• What Happens When Zen Monks Take Mushrooms? (Lucid News)

• HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from its Jamaica Facility into Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Police Presence at Music Festivals Linked to "Panic Overdoses": Study (EDM)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on Clinical and Preclinical DMT Programs (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca users report psychological benefits after taking placebo at a ritualistic ceremony (PsyPost)

• Are All Ayahuasca Retreats The Same? You Might Be Surprised (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Mining and Poaching Threatens 15,000-Year-Old Peyote Tradition in Mexico (DoubleBlind)

San Pedro

• San Pedro: What is it Like to Experience Mescaline from San Pedro? (The Third Wave)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mescaline-Like Psychedelic Alters Synaptic Plasticity (Technology Networks)

Ketamine

• Ketamine benefits neurocognition in depression with suicidal ideation (Healio)

• Wesana Health Clinics Surpass 4,000 Administered Ketamine Treatments (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaTher Applies for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Rare Neurological Disorder Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Navigating the Patchwork of New York City Ketamine Clinics (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First (Filter)

• U.S. Reports More Than 100,000 Overdose Deaths In One Year (High Times)

• New study finds 'microdosing' psychedelics can be effective in treating anxiety, depression (The Hill)

• Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users (Filter)

• Colorado Springs Pushing to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Rise of Psychedelic Retreats (The New York Times)

• How to Cultivate a More Ethical, Inclusive Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

• Why Are Some People More Sensitive to Psychedelics Than Others? (Sam Woolfe)

• Cybin Awards Grant for Psychedelic Treatment Clinic at Lenox Hill Hospital to Benefit Underserved Communities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously (Medpage Today)

• Psychedelics and Mysticism: The Debate Continues (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics, Cognition, and Sleep Disorders (Truffle Report)

• Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? (Medpage Today)

• Revive Therapeutics Files for ODD Designation for Bucillamine Treatment Targeting Rare Liver Disorders, COVID-19 (Truffle Report)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalog how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 10.30.20

Cannabis

• New Zealand Marijuana Legalization Trails In Early Referendum Results, But More Votes To Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Providing Medical Marijuana Patient Insurance Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Seniors Report Using Cannabis Products to Mitigate Symptoms Associated with Older Age (NORML)

• Mississippi Supreme Court Won’t Consider Challenge To Medical Marijuana Measure Until After Election (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: Oglala Sioux Enacts Ordinance Legalizing Marijuana Use on Tribal Lands (NORML)

• New Jersey Marijuana Sales Could Start Just Weeks After Election Day Under Key Senator’s Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests that cannabis can reduce OCD symptoms by half in short term (Hindustan Times)

• Idaho Activists Submit 2022 Medical Marijuana Initiative Following 2020 Complications (Marijuana Moment)

• Schools And NCAA Could Ban Marijuana Sponsorships Under Bill To Let Student Athletes Monetize Their Success (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia NORML Calls for Legalization to Protect Marijuana Consumers from Potentially Tainted Products (NORML)

• South Dakota Voters Back Marijuana Legalization And Medical Cannabis Ballot Measures, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• The Music Never Stops With Jerry Garcia’s Just-Launched Cannabis Collection (Forbes)

LSD

• Killer High: Exploring the Phenomenon of LSD-Fuelled Murder (VICE)

• The psychedelics revolution has arrived in New Zealand (The Spinoff)

Magic Mushrooms

• Covid Can't Kill Mushrooms: The coronavirus has infected, but not killed, the movement to bring magic mushrooms to the masses (Rooster Magazine)

• Expanding On Psilocybin Research, John Hopkins Hoping To Hear From More Users (CBS Baltimore)

MDMA

• ‘Sorted’ for Es? Women and Ecstasy in 1990s Britain (Chacruna)

DMT

• SLU professor is authority on drug that landed him in jail (WWNY-TV)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca Ceremonies and Tourism Return to Costa Rica (The Costa Rica Star)

• Studies lift the veil on psychedelic brew ayahuasca, its mental health benefits and potential to treat depression and trauma (South China Morning Post)

• Documentary looks at mystery medicine, Ayahuasca (The Leaf Online)

Mescaline

• What Is Mescaline? A Guide to this Cactus-Derived Psychedelic (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetic cannabinoids linked to increased hospitalizations and deaths in older adults with COPD (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Synthetic Cannabis Could Disrupt The Marijuana Industry In A Big Way (Green Entrepreneur)

Ketamine

• Wearable Ketamine Delivery Device Developed As Alternative to Opioid-Based Pain Management (Lucid News)

• Ketamine Helps People Dislike Themselves Less (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmather Files for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can Dissociative Side Effect of “Floating” Predict Response to Ketamine in MDD? (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• No Drugs Should Be Criminalized. It’s Time to Abolish the DEA. (Truthout)

• ‘Drug Free USA Forever’ Stamps Launched By DEA, Postal Service And Miss America (Marijuana Moment)

• Inside the ‘Psychedelic Exceptionalism’ Debate: Should All Drugs be Legal, or Just Pot and Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• Psilocybin Group Therapy Improves Demoralization for AIDS Survivors (Chacruna)

• Children and Psychedelics: Re-examining Cultural Paradigms (Psychedelics Today)

• International study finds 79% of individuals who microdose with psychedelics report improvements in their mental health (PsyPost)

• Ketamine Meditation, Jungle Tripping and Modern-Day Shamans: Meet a ‘Psychedelic Concierge’ (VICE)

• The Role of Psychedelic Plant Medicines in Addiction Treatment (The Fix)

• A Collective Call for Accountability in Plant Medicine Experiences (Chacruna)

• Who owns psychedelics: patents and state therapeutic access laws (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Provides Update on FT-104, Its Next Generation Psychedelic Molecule in Development (Psilocybin Alpha)

• What do Santo Daime and Raves Have in, Common? The Answer Might Move You (Chacruna)

• Journey Colab bags $3M from 'moonshot' fund to push new development model for psychedelic treatments (Fierce Biotech)

• Where Witchcraft Meets Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 8.7.20

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MDMA

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

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

Ayahuasca

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

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

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

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

Ketamine

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

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

• Should Psychedelic Humanities Promote Psychedelic Humanism? (Chacruna)

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

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

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

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

This Week in Psychedelics - 5.22.20

Cannabis

• Virginia Governor Officially Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bills Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• House Approves Marijuana Banking, Again, As Part Of Coronavirus Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Municipalities Moving Away from Marijuana Testing for Employees (NORML)

• Nebraska And Montana Marijuana Activists Resume Ballot Signature Gathering Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Say the Legal Age to Start Smoking Weed Should Be 19, Not 21 (MERRY JANE)

• Company Recalls Injectable CBD Products Following FDA Warning Letter (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma OKs Weed Delivery and Medical Marijuana Sales for Out-of-State Visitors (MERRY JANE)

• Los Angeles explosion shows perils of illicit cannabis market (Leafly)

• Federal Judge Orders Ohio To Let Marijuana Decriminalization Campaigns Collect Signatures Electronically (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: House Lawmakers Advance Measures to Greatly Expand Medical Cannabis Access (NORML)

• FDA Notifies Public About Recall Of CBD Product That Tested High For Lead (Marijuana Moment)

• Could COVID-19 Be the Catalyst for the Federal Government to Legalize Marijuana? (The Motley Fool)

• No Evidence Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Causes Cognitive Impairment, Finds Major Review (Filter)

• UK cannabis firm bought by US-based fund in multimillion pound deal (The Guardian)

• Study: Adult-Use Legalization Associated with Decline in Youth Treatment Admissions (NORML)

• Jamaica Allows Online Medical Marijuana Purchases At ‘Herb Houses’ To Stop COVID Spread (Marijuana Moment)

• The Legal Cannabis Industry Has Created Almost 250,000 Jobs in the US (MERRY JANE)

• Massachusetts reopening plan for recreational marijuana calls for curbside delivery to start May 25 (MassLive)

• Teen Pot Use Has Not Increased in Uruguay, Despite Nationwide Legalization (MERRY JANE)

• Illinois Announces $31 Million In Marijuana Revenue-Funded Grants To Repair Drug War’s Harms (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri bans certain medical cannabis edible shapes (Marijuana Business Daily)

• U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Unveils Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota House-Passed Bill To Allow Whole-Plant Medical Marijuana Killed By Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• How to get high and help the planet, too (Mic)

• D.C. Mayor’s Budget Plan Seems To Set Stage For Legal Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Cannabis: Using the Plant for Healing Trauma (Psychedelics Today)

• Legalizing Marijuana Boosts Hotel Bookings As Cannabis Tourism Takes Off, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Florida sheriff who killed man as teen also concealed LSD use on job application (New York Post)

Magic Mushrooms

• Poll Indicates America’s Growing Acceptance of Psilocybin Mushrooms (High Times)

• NY Assembly Bill to Legalize Psilocybin Raises Questions Among Activists (Lucid News)

• This Startup is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica (Futurism)

• Mota Ventures To Buy German Psilocybin Manufacturer (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Will Likely Become a Legal Service in 2023 (MERRY JANE)

DMT

• Experiencing the Impossible on DMT (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

• ‘Completely devastating’: Family of man who died after hallucinogenic tea ceremony at Orange County church files lawsuit (WFTV)

Iboga

• Privilege & Access: Iboga and Ibogaine (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• There are 3 Types of Ketamine—Which One Works Best? (DoubleBlind)

• Is Ketamine the Cure for Chronic Depression? (Men's Health)

Datura

• Four of family fall ill after consuming datura seeds believing it will immunize them from COVID-19 (The New Indian Express)

Miscellaneous

• Should You Take Psychedelics While You’re Sick with COVID? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics May Relieve Chronic Pain Via Changes in Brain Neuroplasticity (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Colorado’s Nowak Society Launches Public Education Campaign on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Times)

• Psychedelics and Endurance Sports: Increased Energy and Reduced Fatigue? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Urgent Action Needed: COVID-19 Pandemic Devastating Amazonia (Chacruna)

• This Drug Designer Is Creating a New Psychedelic to Treat Anxiety and Depression (VICE)

• Numinus Wellness Inc. commences trading on TSX Venture Exchange as NUMI (Yahoo! Finance)

• Champignon Sponsors Non-profit Coalition, TheraPsil - Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Palliative Cancer Patients and Health Professionals (GlobeNewswire)

• Drug Dealers Are Using Food Delivery and Dating Apps to Sell During Lockdown (MERRY JANE)

• Orthogonal Thinker Launches Foundation Focused On The Advancement Of Psychedelics Research And Advocacy (Yahoo! Finance)

• Decriminalization offers an ethical counterbalance to address sexual misconduct in psychedelic therapy (Psymposia)

• Empower Signs Term Sheet to Acquire Interest in Dosed Movie and Launches New Psychedelics Company Dosed Wellness Ltd. (Benzinga)

• Were There Psychoactive Plants in the Bible? (DoubleBlind)

• Meditation and Psychedelics as Tools for Journalists (Medium)

• Harm Reduction Works: An Exciting New Alternative to Narcotics Anonymous (Filter)

• Psychedelic experiences disrupt routine thinking — and so has the coronavirus pandemic (The Conversation)

• The Effects Of COVID-19 On The Hungarian Drug Market (TalkingDrugs)

• Psychedelics reconnect the brain’s motherboard, help patients restore cognitive abilities: leading expert on mood disorders (The Sociable)

• Psychedelics and the Internet: A Look into Technology’s Role in Human Evolution (DMT Times)

• Expanded Access to the Art of Integration (Chacruna)

• Decriminalization and the War on Drugs (Decriminalize Nature)

Think Wilder is reader-supported. If you enjoyed this week’s update, please consider helping out by becoming a patron, making a one-time donation, or sharing this post with a friend. Thank you for your support.

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.