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

• Psychedelic drug LSD may be effective as anxiety treatment (Medical News Today)

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

• Ketamine Eases Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia in Phase 2 Study (Parkinson's News Today)

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

• Ketamine and the Treatment of Mental Health Conditions (Psychology Today)

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

• How Safe is Ibogaine? (Lucid News)

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 - 11.5.21

Cannabis

• Voters In Seven Ohio Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures, With Seven Others Defeated (Marijuana Moment)

• 3 Years Since the UK Legalised Medical Cannabis, and Only 3 NHS Prescriptions (Drug Science)

• New Congressional Report Provides Pathway for How the Biden Administration Can Deschedule Marijuana and Issue Blanket Pardons to Past Offenders (NORML)

• Pakistan Vows Cannabis Reform by End of Year (High Times)

• Strong Majority Of Americans Continues To Support Marijuana Legalization At Record High Level, New Gallup Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving? (The Guardian)

• Philadelphia Voters Approve Marijuana Referendum Calling For Statewide Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Election Outcomes Likely to Influence Marijuana Legalization Launch (NORML)

• DEA Emboldens Delta-8 Hemp Businesses By Signaling That The Cannabinoid Is Federally Legal (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Legalization Is Not Associated With Increased Mental Illness Or Suicide, New Study Finds, Despite Opposition Claims (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi Governor Stalls Medical Cannabis Bill (High Times)

• Legalizing Marijuana Reduces ‘Race-Based Arrests,’ American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis growers eye drought-resistant strains to cope with water shortage (Marijuana Business Daily)

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

• Medical marijuana could ease anxiety, depressive symptoms, study shows (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Concentrates and vape products maintain dominance among heavy cannabis users (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Government-Grown Marijuana Is Genetically Closer To Hemp Than Cannabis Sold In Dispensaries, Another Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Edibles and beverages are popular choices with new cannabis users (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Army Recruits Who’ve Used Marijuana ‘Perform No Worse’ Than Other Soldiers, Military-Funded Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• World-first trial of psilocybin therapy for anxiety disorders to begin in Australia (Happy Mag)

• Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy might help to reduce attachment anxiety (PsyPost)

• Microdosing Moms: Psilocybin & Postpartum Depression Relief (Truffle Report)

• COMPASS Pathways to launch phase II trial of COMP360 psilocybin therapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybe subaeruginosa: Australia’s Most Famous Magic Mushroom (DoubleBlind)

• A Case Study on Microdosing and Self-Care (The Third Wave)

• Psyched Wellness Announces That the Amanita Muscaria Mushroom Has Been Successfully Added to the Natural Health Products Ingredients Database (NHPID) of Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Missing Mushroom: Psychedelic Science and the Future of Psilocybin (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Braxia Scientific Graduates First Cohort of Medical Professionals from Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Training Program; Ready to Start Health Canada Approved Psilocybin Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Filament Health Announces FDA Authorization of Clinical Trial with First-Ever Direct Psilocin Administration and First-Ever Psychedelic Botanical Drug Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Establishes 6 hours as Optimum Treatment Period for DMT in Neuron Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaDrug Advances Psychedelics Program with Analogue DMT Formulations to Treat Eye Diseases (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Understanding A DMT Trip: From The Experience To Potential Side Effects (Healing Maps)

Mescaline

• Mescaline Revelations: Hume, Buddhism, and the Illusory Nature of the Self (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

• The Compounds in Psychedelic Cacti (Psychedelic Science Review)

Iboga

• Ibogaine and Iboga: Traditional Use, Conservation, and Ethical Considerations (DoubleBlind)

Morning Glory Seeds

• Forgotten Psychedelics: LSA — Also Known as Ololiuqui (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• atai Life Sciences Announces Supportive Interim Data from First 8-Patient Cohort of Phase 2a Trial for Novel Treatment of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Ketamine rapidly improves cognitive function, making those in suicidal crisis less likely to harm themselves (Medical Xpress)

• Kernel’s Brain-Imaging Helmet Approved For Clinical Trial On Patients Using Ketamine (Forbes)

• Klarisana's Newest Ketamine Study Shows IM Ketamine Therapy Comparable to IV Administration (PR Newswire)

• Study: Mixing CBD With Ketamine Might Be Great For Depression (Forbes)

• Ketamine Users Can Ensure Safety with DanceSafe’s New Testing Kit (Lucid News)

• Parents Are Very Open to Ketamine Therapy for Kids, Study Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

DXM

• ‘Robotripping’: Perth teens creating cough syrup cocktails as they chase a cheap high (The Age)

Miscellaneous

• Detroit Voters Decriminalize Psychedelics, Joining Ann Arbor (DoubleBlind)

• FDA Approves First Clinical Trial Using Naturally Sourced Psychedelics (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• The False Promise of Psychedelic Utopia (VICE)

• Classic Psychedelics Aren’t Addictive (Discover Magazine)

• Psychedelic Therapy Is Hyped, But It’s Not Risk-Free: How Therapy Abuse Can Retraumatize Clients (Forbes)

• New Orleans shoeshine man wins legal battle over $30,000 seized by DEA agents (NBC News)

• Washington D.C.’s 1st Year of Psychedelic Decrim (Truffle Report)

• Statewide Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Are Growing Across the Nation (Lucid News)

• PharmaTher Provides Research Update on Microneedle Patch Delivery Technologies for Psychedelics (Yahoo!)

• Wonderland: Miami Takes Shape as the Largest Psychedelic Medicine Business Event (High Times)

• Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Has Raised Over $300 Million for Treatment and Services (Filter)

• ‘I’ve experienced states of consciousness beyond this life’: The people turning to psychedelics on their deathbeds (The Independent)

• How the Psychedelic Community Should Respond to Sexual Abuse (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic Research Beyond Depression & Trauma Part II (Truffle Report)

• Science Has Shown Me the Way Ahead with Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• We must address and deconstruct the stigma of psychedelics (The Michigan Daily)

• How Psychedelics Help with Parenting (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.27.21

Cannabis

• Legal Pot Delivery Sales Launch in Denver, Colorado (High Times)

• New Jersey: Many Cities Opting Out of Retail Marijuana Sales Ahead of Rollout (NORML)

• New Mexico Approves Cannabis Rules and Prepares for Legalization (High Times)

• Manitoba and Quebec still won’t let you grow weed at home (Leafly)

• Third North Carolina Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana firms and advocates struggle as Instagram targets accounts (Marijuana Business Daily)

• The Ecology of Good Weed (Nautilus)

• What is delta-10? (Leafly)

• Feds And California Governor Exploring Rules For Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals (Marijuana Moment)

• Commercial Drivers Consume Cannabis More than Any Other Drug, Data Shows (High Times)

• Ohio Attorney General Certifies 2022 Marijuana Legalization Ballot Petition (Marijuana Moment)

• Aurora sends first shipment of ‘free’ marijuana to France (Marijuana Business Daily)

LSD

• Microdosing LSD Makes Me a Better Mom (Psychedelics Today)

Magic Mushrooms

• Will A Psilocybin Patch Be The Next Big Thing In Psychedelics? (Forbes)

• Psilocybin Therapy and the Rise of Existential Medicine (DoubleBlind)

• All-Inclusive Magic Mushroom Retreats Are the New Luxury ‘Trips’ (Bloomberg)

• Tryp Therapeutics Completes Psychotherapy Training for Phase 2a Study at the University of Florida (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Rise of Shroom Slang and the New Language of Tripping (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Women Behind the Scenes in Psychedelic Science: Making MDMA a Legal Medicine with Amy Emerson (Chacruna)

DMT

• Psilera Collaborates with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Research DMT and New Analogues to Combat Addiction (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How Long Does DMT Last? (Healing Maps)

• PharmaDrug Announces Clinical Research Collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University to Evaluate DMT in a Comparative Clinical Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• DMT-Inspired Artwork by Harry Pack (Sam Woolfe)

• What Is DMT? From Its Purpose To Understanding Its Side Effects (Healing Maps)

Ayahuasca

• What Do Ayahuasca Visions Really Mean? (Reality Sandwich)

• Ancestral Psychedelic Therapy Using Ayahuasca (Benzinga)

• An Ayahuasca Research Break Down (Reality Sandwich)

5-MeO-DMT

• Spanish couple arrested over toad-venom and ayahuasca rituals (The Guardian)

Peyote

• What Is Peyote And How Does It Work? (Healing Maps)

Salvia Divinorum

• Twitter Thread Of The Craziest Experiences People Had Tripping On Salvia Proves We Were Lucky To Survive The 2000s (BroBible)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Scientists Isolate Two New Compounds from Toad Venom (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Mindset Pharma Broadens its IP Portfolio by Filing U.S. Provisional Patent Extending its DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Inspired Psychedelic Drug Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Neuropathy After Recreational Use of Laughing Gas (MedPage Today)

Ketamine

• There’s Finally an Accurate Drug-Checking Kit for Ketamine (Filter)

• Same But Different: Antidepressant Mechanisms of Psilocybin and Ketamine (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Awakn Life Sciences Initiates the First Ketamine Treatment Study for Gambling Addiction Led by Professor Celia Morgan (Yahoo! Finance)

• Ketamine For Pain: Understanding The Pros And Cons (Healing Maps)

• HMNC Brain Health and Develco Pharma Partner to Initiate Ketamine Study Targeting Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) (Yahoo! Finance)

Miscellaneous

• California Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession Put On Pause Until 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin University Launches Psychedelics Center With Goal Of Increasing Diversity In Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Startup Miraculix Creates First Rapid, Mobile Test Kits For Concentrations of MDMA, LSD, and Psilocybin (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics and Breastfeeding: What We Know—and Don’t Know—About a Taboo Subject (DoubleBlind)

• Study to Determine if Psychedelics Help to Quit Cigarette Smoking (High Times)

• Freaks of Color Tell Psychedelic Stories That Inspire (Lucid News)

• The Stamets Stack: Can Microdosing Really Change Your Brain? (DoubleBlind)

• Biden’s Extension of Title 42 Subjects Refugees to More Drug-War Violence (Filter)

• This West Philly Doctor Says Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Could Change Your Life (Philadelphia Magazine)

• 10 Best Trippy Festivals and Events Coming Up (Reality Sandwich)

• UK Venture Round Shines Spotlight on Europe’s Psychedelics Scene (Labiotech.eu)

• Psychedelic-Induced Theism: Common Misconceptions (Truffle Report)

• The Meaning of Psychedelics (Maps of the Mind)

• Why the Term ‘Drug’ is Difficult to Clearly Define (Sam Woolfe)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.6.21

Cannabis

• Louisiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Law Takes Effect (NORML)

• Missouri Probation Officers Are Sending People Back to Prison for Legally Using Medical Cannabis (MERRY JANE)

• Trial to test if cannabis-based mouth spray can treat brain tumours (The Guardian)

• Wyoming Marijuana Decriminalization And Medical Cannabis Initiatives Clear First 2022 Ballot Hurdle (Marijuana Moment)

• Puerto Rico: Law Signed Protecting Medical Cannabis Patients from Employment Discrimination (NORML)

• Arkansas Marijuana Activists Push For Legalization Ballot Initiative In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• How the CIA used LSD to fight communism (Big Think)

Magic Mushrooms

• Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Legal Access to Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy, Poll Reveals (Psilocybin Alpha)

• COMPASS Pathways’ Psilocybin Patent Questioned By UK Patent Examiner (Psymposia)

• Does This Medieval Fresco Show A Hallucinogenic Mushroom in the Garden of Eden? (Atlas Obscura)

• Filament Health Is the First Public Company to Be Issued a Patent for Extraction of Natural Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Enzymes Responsible for DMT Synthesis Coexist in Mammalian Brain Cells (Psychedelic Science Review)

• PharmaDrug Forms Research Collaboration with Terasaki Institute for Novel Ocular Drug Formulation Program to Deliver DMT and Other Tryptamines to Treat Eye Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Addiction Treatment: Ayahuasca May Help Addicts Stop Abusing Alcohol and Drugs (Gilmore Health News)

Mescaline

• Could Synthetic Mescaline Protect Declining Peyote Populations? (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Deadly drug 25B-NBOH sold as powdered LSD in Melbourne, spike in Victorian hospitalisations (News.com.au)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Lawsuit Filed Over Massachusetts Prisons’ Use of Faulty Drug Tests (Ganjapreneur)

Ketamine

• With a nudge from AI, ketamine emerges as a potential rare disease treatment (STAT)

• Ketamine May Combat Depression in Teens (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• Usona Institute Breaks Ground for Global Center in Psychedelic Science (The Joplin Globe)

• Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since 1993 (BBC)

• The Story of “El Chapo” and Why the Drug War Will Never End (The Nation)

• First-ever research centre for psychedelic drug therapy is opening in Australia (Mixmag)

• Fireside Project Releases App for Psychedelic Peer Support (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Modernization of Sacred Plant Medicine Traditions: At What Cost? (Psychedelics Today)

• The Wonderful and Absurd Adventures of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part One) (Chacruna)

• Researchers Concerned About Whitewashing of Psychedelic-Assisted Mental Health Research (Mad in America)

• Awakn Life Sciences Announces Its Second Location in the UK for “Awakn Clinics London,” Providing Treatment to the Largest City in the UK (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Two Years After Oakland’s Psychedelic Decrim, What’s Been the Impact? (Filter)

• Improving Y/Our Relationship with Psychedelics (Maps of the Mind)

• Advancing the Psychedelic Renaissance (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.30.21

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

• MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Alcohol Addiction (Spirit Pharmacist)

• Bupropion and MDMA, Risky Combination? (Spirit Pharmacist)

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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