5.6.22
Cannabis
Would You Smoke ‘Nuclear Weed’? You Might Already: Why Irradiated Cannabis Is Common (And Safe) (Forbes)
How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year (Clarion Ledger)
Stanford study links marijuana use to increased heart attack risk (New Atlas)
A look at the legal and illegal sides of California’s cannabis industry (The Press-Enterprise)
States that legalized marijuana now researching mental health risks of high-potency cannabis (NBC)
‘There’s a real risk there’: Cannabis use exacerbates depression (Healio)
Missouri House Committee Approves Joint Resolution To Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
New Jersey Lawmakers File Bills To Restrict Marijuana Use By Police And Other Workers (Marijuana Moment)
New Hampshire House Votes To Give Senate ‘Another Chance’ At Passing Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)
South Dakota Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
Biden officials say Brittney Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia on cannabis charges (Leafly)
More Ohio Cities Set To Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization As Activists Pursue Statewide Reform Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
The Fight Over CBD Oil Continues in Germany (High Times)
A New Report Explains How California Screwed Up Marijuana Legalization (Reason)
Cannabis YouTuber Chrissy Harless’s Channel Deleted Without Explanation (High Times)
Delaware House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Sending It To The Senate (Marijuana Moment)
Study Finds Cannabis Flower Useful to Decrease Fatigue (High Times)
South Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Dies On House Floor Following Procedural Challenge (Marijuana Moment)
Malawi Joins Zimbabwe in Switching from Cultivating Tobacco to Cannabis (High Times)
New York Lawmakers Discuss Competing Psychedelics Reform Bills Ahead Of Key Deadline (Marijuana Moment)
FDA Sends Warning Letters to Businesses Improperly Selling Delta-8 (High Times)
Missouri Marijuana Activists Say They’ve Exceeded Signature Requirements For Legalization Ballot Measures As Prospects For Separate Reform Bills Dwindle (Marijuana Moment)
Argentina Makes Medical Cannabis Reform a National Priority (High Times)
Nebraska Activists Unveil Plan To Put Medical Marijuana On The Ballot After Losing Key Funders (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
LSD and salvia divinorum use linked to an increased likelihood of depression and suicidal thinking (PsyPost)
MindBio Therapeutics Completes World’s First Microdosing Trial (Microdose)
A Return Trip to Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic, Day-Glo Mexico (The New York Times)
In low doses, can LSD be beneficial for the brain? (Vents Magazine)
Magic Mushrooms
Large survey suggests psilocybin is a “relatively safe” drug, with serious reactions being rare and short-lived (PsyPost)
Compass Pathways Shares ‘Promising’ Data That Psilocybin May Treat Anorexia (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Canada to Fund Research on Psilocybin for Substance Use Disorder (Filter)
Could Magic Mushrooms Treat Overeating? New Clinical Trial Intends To Find Out (The Fresh Toast)
How to Shop For Magic Mushroom Grow Kits on Amazon (MEL Magazine)
4-year-old overdoses after accidently getting into a bag of Psychedelic mushrooms (WSB-TV)
Peyote
Meet The Company Developing Innovative Peyote-Based Treatments For Addiction, Anxiety, And Depression (Benzinga)
Iboga
Lamar Odom ‘could probably’ take hallucinogenic drug again for treatment (Page Six)
Ketamine
Medical experts told grand jury ketamine caused Elijah McClain's death, records show (The Denver Gazette)
Ketamine Infusions Improve Symptoms of Depression and Pain (Psychiatry Advisor)
Miscellaneous
Elon Musk advocates for psychedelic drug use as alternative to antidepressants (MARCA)
Why Field Trip Health Is Dividing in Two — and What This Means for Investors (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Connecticut Lawmakers Send Psychedelic Treatment Program Proposal To Governor As Part Of Budget Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Why Psychedelic Drugs May Become a Key Treatment for PTSD and Depression (Smithsonian Magazine)
New holistic healing, psychedelic therapy center launches in Austin (Fox 7 Austin)
DanceSafe have provided new guidance on how to test your drugs (Mixmag)
Numinus’s Acquisition of Novamind May Signal More Consolidation to Come (Lucid News)
Hallucinating Long After the Trip is Over: HPPD – Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)
Psychedelic Therapists Must Be Trained to Set Sexual Boundaries (Lucid News)
Real Reciprocity: The People Who Brought You Sacred Plant Medicine Need Your Support (Chacruna)
Are There Risks to Using Psychedelics If You Have Certain Mental Illnesses? (Lucid News)
Could a psychedelic retreat cure lifelong hang ups? (The Telegraph)
Chaplains Are Learning to Become Psychedelic Guides (Lucid News)
What Do Therapeutic Doses of Psychedelics Feel Like? (Psychology Today)
5.13.22
Cannabis
Austin, Texas Voters Approve Local Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
Mexico’s Supreme Court rules personal marijuana possession legal, again (Leafly)
Cannabis confusion: Thousands of truckers taken off the job amid supply chain woes (Politico)
Sadiq Khan launches commission to examine cannabis legality (The Guardian)
Swiss City of Lausanne to Launch Recreational Cannabis Trial This Fall (High Times)
Thai high: Thailand to give away 1 million free marijuana plants (New York Post)
Delaware Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Sending It To The Governor (Marijuana Moment)
Miami Finally Gives OK to Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (High Times)
Ohio Will Not Vote On Marijuana This November, But Lawsuit Settlement Puts Legalization Activists On Path For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)
Is weed the Chosen People’s drug of choice? These artifacts suggest it may be (The Times of Israel)
South Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Suffers Another Procedural Defeat (Marijuana Moment)
New Hampshire Senate Rejects Marijuana Legalization Again As Part Of Amended Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis users expect cannabis-assisted therapy for depression to work as well as psilocybin-assisted therapy (PsyPost)
Working In Canada’s Marijuana Industry Does Not Make People Inadmissible To U.S., Border Patrol Document Confirms (Marijuana Moment)
Missouri Activists Submit Double The Signatures Needed For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
Inside one of the first licensed medical cannabis labs in Britain (The Guardian)
LSD
Promising early results from largest-ever trial testing LSD for anxiety (New Atlas)
Behind the Scenes on the First Study To Compare the Effects of LSD and Psilocybin (Technology Networks)
Magic Mushrooms
Psychedelics Activists Arrested at DEA Headquarters Amid Protest Over Psilocybin Access for Terminal Patients (DoubleBlind)
Shroom Dispensaries Operate Out in the Open in Vancouver (DoubleBlind)
Oregon Issues Draft of Magic Mushroom Cultivation Rules (Lucid News)
MDMA
MAPS Completes Enrollment, as Planned, for the Confirmatory Phase 3 Trial of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD (PR Newswire)
Drug policy group condemns psychedelic research association for response to B.C. sex assault claims (CBC)
Reducing MDMA Comedown and Risks (TalkingDrugs)
Ketamine
Inventor of Brain-Scan Helmet Takes Ketamine to Test His Technology (Bloomberg)
Suicidal Ideation Not Related With Psychological Pain After Receiving Ketamine (Psychiatry Advisor)
IV Ketamine: A Possible 'Trajectory of Improvement' in Severe Depression (Medpage Today)
Miscellaneous
Connecticut Governor Signs Bill Creating Psychedelic Treatment Program (Marijuana Moment)
Psychedelic Patents are Broken Because the Patent System Is Broken (VICE)
The Trials of Rick Doblin (The Cut)
Europe’s first psychedelic drug trial firm to open in London (The Guardian)
Novel nasal spray delivers psychedelic drugs for PTSD (Israel21c)
Colorado Activists Collect Tens Of Thousands Of Signatures To Put Psychedelics Reform On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
Update on the Fight for Religious Liberties in Oregon (Psychedelics Today)
Psychedelic experiences and mindfulness linked to better psychological wellbeing (PsyPost)
Inside Illinois’ First Psychedelics Bill: How Advocates Are Breaking the Taboo (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Biotechs want to unlock the psychedelics market, but it isn’t simple (The Sydney Morning Herald)
First licence for service to test purity of illegal drugs. (The Times)
Altering Perceptions on Psychedelics (Harvard Medicine)
5.20.22
Cannabis
Rhode Island: Lawmakers Advance Adult-Use Legalization Bill (NORML)
Lawmakers strike the word ‘marijuana’ from all state laws, calling the term racist (Dark Matters)
Minnesota Republican Senators Block Marijuana Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)
Study: Young Adults’ Consumption of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Other Substances Fell Following Marijuana Legalization (NORML)
FDA Sounds Alarm About Cereal and Candy Edibles that Appeal to Children (High Times)
Delaware: House Members Pause Action on Marijuana Retail Bill Until After Legislative Break (NORML)
New Study Confirms Safety of CBD (High Times)
Congress might have inadvertently legalized a form of cannabis under Trump (San Francisco Chronicle)
Magic Mushrooms
First patient in Quebec gets approval from Health Canada for magic mushroom therapy (Global News)
MDMA
A Brief History of MDMA: From CIA to Raves to Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Ayahuasca
Tea and Ashes: How Ayahuasca Can Help You Quit Smoking (Chacruna)
Mescaline
Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Chemical Collective)
Journey Colab Looks to Mescaline for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder (Lucid News)
Peyote
‘Our way of healing’: Azee’ Bee Nahagha working to protect peyote from state decriminalization (Navajo Times)
What, Exactly, Is Peyote… And What Does It Do? (Rare)
Iboga
Can Ibogaine Treat Emotional Trauma? (Lucid News)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
MindMed Releases Phase 1 Trial Results For Opioid Addiction (Microdose)
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Here’s What You Should Know About Synthetic Marijuana (The Fresh Toast)
Ketamine
Ketamine, esketamine improve depression symptoms (Healio)
Datura
Compound found in Datura shows promise as antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2 (News-Medical.net)
Miscellaneous
Inside the Dispute Over a High-Profile Psychedelic Study (VICE)
50% of Microdosers Started During Pandemic, Survey Suggests (DoubleBlind)
Forget Burning Man — Psychedelic Shamans Now Heading to Davos (Bloomberg)
How Will The Psychedelic Industry Affect SSRI Treatment In The U.S.? (Healing Maps)
Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression (The Conversation)
Getting Buzzed: The History of Hallucinogenic Mad Honey (Ancient Origins)
5.27.22
Cannabis
Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults (NORML)
Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Work On Medical Marijuana Over Summer As 2022 Session Ends (Marijuana Moment)
New study finds cannabis effective for cancer pain (Leafly)
California Marijuana Retailers ‘100 Percent’ Compliant In Checking IDs To Prevent Youth Access, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
U.K. Caregiver Spared Jail Sentence After Cancer Patients Defend Him (High Times)
Marijuana ‘Strain’ Labels Often Mislead Consumers, Study Of Nearly 90,000 Samples Shows (Marijuana Moment)
North Carolina quietly moves toward full legalization of hemp (WRAL)
Louisiana Bill to Allow State Employees to Use Medical Cannabis Receives Unanimous Vote (High Times)
Delaware: Governor Vetoes Marijuana Depenalization Measure (NORML)
South Dakota Voters Will Decide On Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure In November (Marijuana Moment)
North Carolina Lawmaker Introduces Legalization Bill (High Times)
Federal Marijuana Arrests Continue To Drop Amid Legalization Movement, New Justice Department Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Reform Bill in South Africa Under Criticism from Unions and Rastas (High Times)
Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn’t killed illegal market (New Scientist)
Japanese Ministry of Health to Discuss Medical Cannabis Legalization (High Times)
Texas Activists Say They’ve Collected Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another Local Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
What’s Up With Cannabis Legalization in Belgium? (High Times)
Georgia Voters Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Question (Marijuana Moment)
Australian Legalize Cannabis Party Runs Successful Grassroots Election Campaign (High Times)
New York Marijuana Regulators Ask TikTok To Stop Banning Cannabis Education Advertising (Marijuana Moment)
Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin Causes ‘Significant Reduction’ in Symptoms of Depression, Largest of its Kind Study Shows (High Times)
Senator’s Wife Secretly Gave Him Psilocybin to Alleviate Depression (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Conflicting States of Consciousness: Exploring Psilocin and Sleep (Psychedelic Science Review)
Oregon, Measure 109, and Community Access: The Final Vote (Psychedelics Today)
MDMA
Diddy: Biggie's "Hypnotize" Video Shoot Was First Time We Tried Ecstasy (The Source)
I’m a Therapist Who Tried MDMA—Here’s How the Experience Shaped My Perspective on Psychedelic Therapy (Self)
Does Grapefruit Juice Make MDMA Stronger? (TalkingDrugs)
Ayahuasca
Will Smith Predicted Losing His Career During Ayahuasca Hallucination Before Oscars Slap (Entertainment Online)
Exploring the travel craze of Ayahuasca tripping to South America (Far Out Magazine)
How To Engage In Ethical Ayahuasca Tourism (Healing Maps)
Peyote
Legalizing peyote will 'detrimentally' affect religious practices, Navajo Nation says (12News)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Research Chemicals Provide Dangerous, Experimental Highs to Desperate Users (High Times)
Psychedelic Treatment For Alcoholism? Clearmind Medicine And SciSparc Collaboration Yields Positive Results (Benzinga)
5 Next-Generation Psychedelics Entering Clinical Trials This Year (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Fears over ‘worrying’ new drugs being sold at festivals (Independent.ie)
Ketamine
Using Ketamine to Find an Undiscovered Pathway in Depression (Neuroscience News)
Miscellaneous
Local Michigan Lawmakers Reject Psychedelics Decriminalization Over Concerns About Possible Legal Liabilities (Marijuana Moment)
$2.7M Grant to UC Davis to Find New Addiction Treatments Related to Psychedelics (UC Davis)
Vermont Governor Vetoes Bill On ‘Reducing The Criminalization’ Of Drugs By Setting Personal Use Amounts (Marijuana Moment)
Colorado’s Two Psychedelic Ballot Efforts Present Competing Visions (Filter)
DEA Loses Parking Space for its Plane (Drug WarRant)
Psychedelic Therapy Training Programs Expand To Meet Demand (Lucid News)
Europe’s Leading Psychedelic Conference Returns to Amsterdam (GlobeNewswire)
Why “Drug-Induced Homicide” Doesn’t Have to be Prosecuted (Filter)
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