Weekly Psychedelic Links - December 2022

12.2.22

Cannabis

• Biden Signs Marijuana Research Bill, A Historic First For Federal Cannabis Reform (Marijuana Moment)

• Idaho Plans for Medical Cannabis Legalization on the Ballot in 2024 (High Times)

• Ohio Senate Votes To Remove Marijuana Paraphernalia Convictions From Criminal Records And Allow Broader Expungement (Marijuana Moment)

• Police in India Say Rats Ate More Than 1,100 Pounds of Confiscated Weed (High Times)

• Young Americans Are Twice As Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, New Gallup Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• New Federal Job Applications Won’t Ask About Most Marijuana Use Unless It Was Within The Past 90 Days (Marijuana Moment)

• Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help (Scientific American)

• University Researchers Exploring Cannabis As A Treatment For Covid-19 (Forbes)

• New York’s illicit weed products are weak and full of toxins, study finds (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Opioid Use By Cancer Patients, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania Starts Program Providing Financial Assistance to Low-Income Cannabis Patients (High Times)

• Wedding Guest Files Lawsuit Over Pot-Infused Reception Food (High Times)

• These States Almost Legalized Marijuana In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Many Trips, Diminishing Returns: Cross-Tolerance Between LSD and DOI (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting (Futurism)

Magic Mushrooms

• DEA Proposes Even Higher 2023 Production Quotas For Psychedelics Like MDMA And Psilocyn (Marijuana Moment)

• Non-profit Organization Marches on Canadian Capital To Fight for Therapeutic Mushrooms (High Times)

MDMA

• The man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills (The Face)

• Climate Lessons from Cambodia’s Illegal MDMA Market (TalkingDrugs)

Ayahuasca

• Why Ayahuasca Is Miley Cyrus' 'Favorite' Drug (And How It Supported Her Veganism) (Benzinga)

• After closing its doors in Canterbury, a church serving hallucinogenic tea vows to reopen elsewhere (NHPR)

• Ceremonial Ayahuasca in Amazonian Retreats: Mental Health and Epigenetic Outcomes From a Six-Month Naturalistic Study (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War (Filter)

Ketamine

• Laid-off workers can now get a free month of ketamine-assisted therapy services to help with their mental health (Fortune)

• Low-dose ketamine may reduce shivering following spinal anesthesia (Physicians Weekly)

• Ketamine for Depression Poses “Significant Risk to the Public” (Mad in America)

• Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

• Berkeley, California Officials Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution Amid Pushback From Reform Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

• Colombian And Mexican Presidents Announce International Effort To Reshape Drug Policy, Condemning ‘Failure’ Of Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Governor To Appoint Psychedelics Advisory Panel After Voters Approve Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Why the “Psychedelic Renaissance” is just Colonialism by Another Name (DoubleBlind)

• Could the Latest Science on Psychedelics Revolutionise the Way We Understand Our Minds? (Men's Health)

12.9.22

Cannabis

• Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap (Leafly)

• Legalization Amendment To Be Added to Missouri Constitution (High Times)

• New Jersey Marijuana Regulators Approve Rules For Public Cannabis Consumption Areas (Marijuana Moment)

• Colombian Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Bringing Country Closer To Ending Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis Has ‘Uniquely Beneficial Effects’ on People With Bipolar Disorder (High Times)

• Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds (CNN)

• Delivery is in the works for New York’s new legal weed stores (Leafly)

• Children are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase (EurekAlert!)

• Oregon recalls thousands of cannabis products over pesticide concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Several Companies for Illicit Edible Sales (High Times)

• As Congress Stalls On Marijuana Banking, New Report Details Public Safety Risk Of Cash-Intensive Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• NORML Report Highlights Citywide Policies Depenalizing Marijuana Law Enforcement (NORML)

• Study: ‘Significant’ negative association between medical cannabis sales, alcohol (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dispensaries’ Cashless ATM Transactions Get The Ax (High Times)

• Connecticut: Governor Announces Intent to Expunge 40,000+ Marijuana-Related Convictions (NORML)

• Biden’s Health Secretary Shares Marijuana Scheduling News At 4:20—Again (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana packaging rebrands can draw consumers, create cohesion, reflect values (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Trend Sees Brands Pairing Top-Shelf Weed, Fine Dining (High Times)

LSD

• Study on LSD microdosing uncovers neuropsychological mechanisms that could underlie anti-depressant effects (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Portlanders Explain Why They’re Waiting in Line for Psychedelic Mushrooms (Willamette Week)

• Study suggests psilocybin increases mindfulness, especially when accompanied by mystical experiences (PsyPost)

• Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge (DoubleBlind)

• Diamond Therapeutics completes Phase I clinical study of low-dose psilocybin in healthy human subjects (PR Newswire)

• Oregon store allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms raided (The Seattle Times)

MDMA

• MDMA may be available for medical treatment "as soon as 2024" in US hospitals (Mixmag)

• Wastewater data shows 286% increase in ecstasy use during pandemic (Healio)

• Abuse Potential: Considerations for Rescheduling MDMA and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

• The Gestures of DMT Jesters (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

• A Canadian psychedelic drug company has created medical grade ayahuasca (Toronto Star)

• Modulatory Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality Structure in a Traditional Framework (Chacruna)

• Declaration of The 4th Brazilian Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Now Companies Can Buy Insurance To Cover Ketamine Therapy for Employees (Lucid News)

• Using Ketamine to Treat Anorexia (Psychology Today)

• Meta-Analysis of Intravenous vs Intranasal Ketamine (Psychiatric Times)

• Low-dose Ketamine Effective In Reducing The Incidence Of Shivering Following Spinal Anesthesia (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

• MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

• Most States Will Legalize Psychedelics By 2037, Analysis Published By American Medical Association Predicts (Marijuana Moment)

• When virtual reality meets psychedelic therapy (Mashable)

• How Will Our Value Systems Affect The Psychedelic Movement? (Maps of the Mind)

• We’re rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say (New Scientist)

• Awakn Makes Its Case To Investors (Lucid News)

• Punk Ethos & Psychedelic Practice (Maps of the Mind)

12.16.22

Cannabis

• Recreational Weed Now Legal in Missouri (High Times)

• Connecticut: Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Begin Next Month (NORML)

• New Hampshire GOP And Democratic House Leaders Team Up On Marijuana Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

• Here’s how New York’s legal weed delivery will work (Leafly)

• Teen Marijuana Use Remained Stable In 2022, Despite More States Legalizing And Lifting Of Pandemic Restrictions (Marijuana Moment)

• Kansas City: Officials Dismiss Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Following Statewide Legalization Vote (NORML)

• Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

• Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust cannabis scandal (CBC)

• Texas Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Back In Voters’ Hands After City Council Repeal (Marijuana Moment)

• Massachusetts To Add Lessons on Weed Impairment to Driver’s Ed (High Times)

• Nearly 2 Million Marijuana Convictions Have Been Pardoned Or Expunged In The U.S. In The Past Five Years, New Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Australian Residents Could Save $850 Million Annually if Cannabis is Decriminalized (High Times)

• Marijuana Legalization Reduces Arrests Even In States That Already Decriminalized, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off (PsyPost)

• Gut Feeling: Links Between LSD, Endocannabinoids, and the Microbiome (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

• Florida halts amanita muscaria sales at nation’s only brick-and-mortar retailer (Leafly)

• COMP360 psilocybin therapy shows potential in open-label study in type II bipolar disorder presented at ACNP (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Here’s why police are raiding psychedelic mushroom stores in major cities (Leafly)

• Rat Study Examines Psilocybin as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Times)

MDMA

• The History and Benefits of MDMA, the New Tool in Mental Health Again (Daily Kos)

DMT

• Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Aaron Rodgers says doing psychedelic drug ayahuasca helped him overcome his ‘fear of death’ (The Independent)

5-MeO-DMT

• UCL To Lead First-Ever Brain Imaging Study Among Psychedelic Retreat Participants (High Times)

• PsyBio Therapeutics Takes Initial Step to Help Protect the Sonoran Desert Toad as it Files Three New Provisional Patent Applications, Including Intellectual Property Protection for the Biosynthetic Production of 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Alpha)

Peyote

• Inside the battle to save the sacred peyote ceremony: ‘We’re in dire straits’ (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Israeli Based Biotech Company Clearmind Completes IND-Enabling Studies for CMND-100 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

• Ketamine plus therapy could help treat alcoholism, say researchers (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

• Verdict in Lawsuit Assigns MAPS 25% Liability and $1M in Damages (Lucid News)

• New center takes multidisciplinary approach to the study of psychedelics (University of Michigan)

• It’s Not Just About Pot. Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. (The New York Times)

• The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

• Would You Be Friends With Your Friends if You Didn’t Do Drugs Together? (VICE)

• Why is Gender-Affirming Care Needed in the Psychedelic Space? (Chacruna)

• How Many Likes Does it Take to be a Psychedelic Thought Leader? (Lucid News)

12.23.22

Cannabis

• First words from Brittney Griner: Thanks Biden, vows to help free others (Leafly)

• Federally Funded Study Finds Teen Use Rates Largely Unchanged by Legalization (NORML)

• Canada Destroys a Record Amount of Cannabis (High Times)

• District of Columbia: Council Members Advance Legislation to Expunge Tens of Thousands of Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Afroman Announces 2024 Run for President (High Times)

• Twitter Stops Suggesting People Who Search For ‘Marijuana’ May Need Drug Treatment (Marijuana Moment)

• Canada’s Cannabis Legalization Is Working Effectively, Annual Survey Suggests (Forbes)

• New Washington Bill Would Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce (Marijuana Moment)

• New Report Analyzes Medical Pot Patients’ Consumption Habits (High Times)

• Majority Of Texas Voters Back Marijuana Legalization, And Three In Four Support Decriminalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• How LSD evolved from CIA mind-control drug to counterculture emblem (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

• Quebec covers psilocybin therapy under medical insurance in historic first (Leafly)

• Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Canadian Company Announces Ayahuasca Pills (Chacruna)

• Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men (UC Riverside)

Datura

• Weed responsible for hallucinogenic spinach recall identified as thornapple (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

• New Bill Tries to Decriminalize Psychedelics in California—Again (DoubleBlind)

• The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa (Lucid News)

• U.K. Police Chiefs Call for Decriminalization of First-Time Drug Offenses (High Times)

• Israel-Based Clearmind Medicine Granted U.S. Patent for Psychedelic-Based Alcohol Substitute (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Placebo Problems: Boundary Works in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance (Chacruna)

12.30.22

Cannabis

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2022 (NORML)

• Washington, D.C. Passes Bill To Expand Medical Weed Sales (High Times)

• Google Ends Ban On Advertising Certain Hemp And CBD Products In Parts Of U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• Clinical Trial Finds Cannabis Oil is Well-Tolerated, Effective Insomnia Treatment (High Times)

• Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records To Launch Its Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom Pardons 10, Some Cannabis Convictions (High Times)

• A dying US cancer patient used cannabis to ease pain. His hospital called the police (The Guardian)

• South Dakota Activists File Measure That Could Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot For Third Election In A Row (Marijuana Moment)

• Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? (Vox)

• Texas Marijuana Activists Submit Enough Signatures To Challenge Local Decriminalization Repeal, While Another City’s Reform Faces Lawsuit (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• A single dose of psilocybin improves depression in treatment-resistant patients, but with adverse effects (PsyPost)

• Psilocybin Therapy For Autism-Like Disorder Receives Approval For Phase 2a Clinical Trial (The Dales Report)

• Do Shrooms Go Bad? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• MDMA Is Getting Super Popular Among Rich, Young Indians (VICE)

• VA Report Says Psilocybin And MDMA Show Therapeutic ‘Promise’ For Veterans’ Mental Health Conditions (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

• Phase 2a study initiated to examine synthetic DMT for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

Ayahuasca

• “Nobody Wants A Synthetic-Only Future”: Filament Health Is Formulating Natural Psilocybin And Standardizing Ayahuasca (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Tripping Without The Trip: Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelics (Benzinga)

Ketamine

• Much remains unknown about using ketamine to treat depression—and Colorado doesn't regulate it (The Denver Post)

Miscellaneous

• New York Lawmakers File Psychedelics Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Like Psilocybin Are Now Legal In Colorado With Governor’s Proclamation On Voter-Approved Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• The Multidimensional Worlds of Mariela de la Paz (DoubleBlind)

• Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon, but who will administer the drugs? (NBC News)

• Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say (NPR)

• Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities (The Daily Beast)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.5.21

Cannabis

• Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Marijuana in 2024 (TIME)

• Mexican Lawmakers To Vote On Marijuana Legalization Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Morocco Expected To Pass Cannabis Legalization Soon (High Times)

• New Mexico House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, With Senate Action Imminent (Marijuana Moment)

• Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads To Senate Floor, Along With Separate Measure To Expand Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Third Minnesota House Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Tennessee Senators Approve Medical Marijuana Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Senators Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Washington, D.C. Could Allow Marijuana Sales Under Mayor’s New Bill And Democratic Control Of Congress (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Washington, D.C. Lawmaker Files Competing Legal Marijuana Bill Days After Mayor Unveils Her Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana: Lawmakers Seek to Amend Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization Law (NORML)

• Mississippi House Replaces Senate’s Alternate Medical Marijuana Program With What Voters Originally Approved (Marijuana Moment)

• 'I really love weed': Seth Rogen brings his cannabis company, Houseplant, to U.S. (NBC News)

• Study Indicates Most Patients Don’t Think Doctors Will Understand Cannabis (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Governor Grants 69 Marijuana Pardons As Lawmakers Move Bipartisan Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Iowa Senators Approve Bill To Reduce Marijuana Penalties (Marijuana Moment)

• Review study: Cannabis and driving cognition (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Illinois city uses weed sales tax for reparations (Leafly)

• Marijuana Legalization Could Curb West Virginia’s Overdose Crisis, Governor Says (Filter)

• Decline In Banks Working With Marijuana Businesses Has ‘Leveled Off,’ New Federal Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• A New Observational Study Focusing On Cannabis For PTSD Treatment Has Been Approved (Forbes)

• Prisons should trial free cannabis, says UK's former chief drug adviser (The Guardian)

• Connecticut Polls Shows Majority Support For Marijuana Legalization And Expungements As Lawmakers Consider Reform (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Voters’ Support For Legalizing Marijuana Is Increasing, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Benefits of microdosing LSD might be placebo effect, study finds (The Guardian)

• Can Psilocybin and LSD Relieve Existential Suffering? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• DEA: 'We've seen a very large increase in LSD' (KABB)

Magic Mushrooms

• Iowa Lawmakers Hold Historic Hearing On Psilocybin Decriminalization, But Do Not Advance Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• TheraPsil Launches Psilocybin Therapy Training Program (Truffle Report)

• Core One Labs Initiates First Strain Production for Biosynthetic Psilocybin (BioSpace)

• PsyBio Therapeutics Initiates Pilot Scale Development of Proprietary Biosynthetic Psilocybin with Global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MINDCURE Completes Its Initial Strategic Equity Investment in ATMA, Canada’s First Commercial Provider of Legal, Psychedelic-Assisted, Therapy Utilizing Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Numinus and Syreon Provide Psilocybin Compassionate Access Trial Update (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Promise and challenges for psilocybin and MDMA use in treatment (Peter Attia MD)

DMT

• A Beginner’s Guide to DMT Vape Pens (Truffle Report)

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals to Conduct Phase 1 DMT Stroke Program Study with Hammersmith Medicines Research (UK) (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Mail Order Ayahuasca Is Now A Thing (DoubleBlind)

• How Colombian Yagé Communities Confronted the COVID-19 Pandemic (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca In the Fight Against Drug Addiction (CBD Testers)

5-MeO-DMT

• A Beginner’s Guide to Psychedelic Amphibians (Truffle Report)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Announces Manufacturing of Synthetic Ibogaine to be Used in Company's Clinical Research (PR Newswire)

• MINDCURE Discovers Potential Opportunity for Ibogaine-Assisted Psychotherapy to Treat Neuropathic Pain and Traumatic Brain Injury (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Drug Testing and Synthetic Cannabis in Prisons (Drug Science)

• Dangerous batch of synthetic cannabis may be behind Christchurch death (Stuff.co.nz)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Expands to Neuromuscular Diseases with Exclusive License Agreement for Ketamine in the Treatment of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (GlobeNewswire)

• Awakn Announces Exclusive License Deal with the University of Exeter to Commercialise the ‘Ketamine in the Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse’ (KARE) Intervention Validated in a Phase II Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Washington State Supreme Court finds state's felony drug possession law unconstitutional (Q13 Fox)

• U.S. Tells Mexico Drug War’s Failure Requires New Strategy (Bloomberg)

• Sewage Samples Reveal the Dutch, Australians Are Biggest Users of Synthetic Drugs (VICE)

• Canada’s Government Moves To End Mandatory Minimums For Drugs, But Voters Back Full Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Want To Take A Psychedelic Trip Without Drugs? There’s Now An App For That (Forbes)

• European companies set to dominate psychedelics market (Sifted)

• Online Psychedelic Community Options to Ride Out the Rest of Covid-19 (Psychedelics Today)

• Are Natural Psychedelics Or Synthetic Psychedelics Better For Your Body? (Healing Maps)

• CryptoPsychedelic Conferences Examine Links Between Psychedelics and Blockchain Technology (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics and Environmental Sustainability (Truffle Report)

• Growing popularity of therapeutic psychedelic experiences creates demand for underground guides (CBC)

• Investing In Psychedelics: Why Is It In Such High Demand These Days? (Healing Maps)

• Most People With Addiction Outgrow It Naturally. We Need to Hear Them. (Filter)

• Finding the Psychedelic Sweet Spot (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Does Animal Consciousness Expand From Psychedelics Too? (Reality Sandwich)

• Best Practices For Tripsitters (Maps of the Mind)

• What Effects Do Psychedelics Have on Social Perception? (Truffle Report)

• Christian Siriano’s Psychedelic Trip (The Cut)

• Red Light Holland’s iMicro Digital Care App Launches Virtual Telecounseling with a Membership Program Led by Certified Therapist and Microdosing Expert (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Growing interest in psychedelic treatments for mental illness, but expert warns more robust research needed (CBC)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.29.20

Cannabis

• Supreme Court Declines Case On Marijuana Decriminalization Measures Blocked From Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma: Governor Vetoes Measure Expanding Medical Cannabis Access, Reducing Possession Penalties (NORML)

• Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak (HuffPost)

• THC-Infused Semen Can Be A Side Effect Of Frequent Marijuana Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for “Any Condition” (NORML)

• Medical Cannabis Trial in the UK Becomes First to Recruit Baby (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Scientists And Veterans File Lawsuit Challenging DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Denials (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientific Review Concludes That Cannabis Consumers Are at No Greater Risk of Occupational Injuries (NORML)

• Councillor says 'something stinks' over move to outlaw cannabis smell in West Nipissing (North Bay Nugget)

• Ancient shrine reveals how marijuana was used to evoke "religious ecstasy" (Inverse)

• Clinical Trial: Cannabinoid Administration Via a Metered-Dose Inhaler Is Safe and Effective for Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

LSD

• Errol Morris Sets Timothy Leary LSD Doc at Showtime (Hollywood Reporter)

• Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick allegedly once plotted to spike President Nixon with LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Signatures Submitted For Oregon Measure To Decriminalize Psilocybin (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

• Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills (VICE)

• Miami University Researchers Collaborate with PsyBio Therapeutics to Biosynthetically Produce Psilocybin, the Psychedelic Ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, and Other Psychoactive Drug Candidates to Treat Mental Health Challenges (Globe Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Sponsors Non-Profit Coalition, Therapsil, to Launch a Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Canadians in Palliative Care (PR Newswire)

MDMA

• Inside MollyBabes, the Shady Porn Site That Exploited Women on Ecstasy (The Daily Beast)

• MindMed Adds MDMA to Develop Next-Gen Psychedelic Therapies (PR Newswire)

DMT

• New Study Shows How DMT Refreshes Perceptions (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Survey on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings (Chacruna)

• Supporting Grassroots Initiatives for Indigenous People in the Amazon during COVID (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Complete Guide to 4-AcO-DMT: Synthetic Shrooms or in a Class of Its Own? (DoubleBlind)

• Solved: The Crystal Structure of N-Methyl-N-Propyltryptamine (MPT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Deadly new 'drug of choice' known as 'hippy crack' taking over Dublin as parents make shock discovery of bullet cylinders on ground (Dublin Live)

Ketamine

• New Study Backs Ketamine as Treatment Option for Depression (MD Magazine)

• Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent (Healio)

PCP

• Artist warns of the dangers of the drug PCP, saying taking it as a student triggered terrifying breakdowns - including one manic episode where she plunged 30ft from a window (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

• Psilocybin Treatment And Drug Decrim Campaigns Submit Signatures To Qualify For Oregon Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• New Study Categorizes All The Unexplainable Experiences Produced By Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

• COVID-19 is costing drug cartels millions of dollars (NBC)

• Why Psychedelic Researchers Should Not Push Back Against Decriminalization (Chacruna)

• Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments (Psychedelic Times)

• Two New Releases Show Technology’s Psychedelic Frontier (Lucid News)

• Musings around Psychedelic Integration Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

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

• Toronto's first psychedelic therapy clinic is open. We gave it a try (NOW Magazine)

• Dr. Gabor Maté, recognised physician and bestselling author, joins Numinus as Member of the Clinical Advisory Council (Numinus)

• Mice on Acid (Nautilus)

• Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients (Psychedelics Today)

• Novamind and Buzz Capital Announce Qualifying Transaction (Globe Newswire)

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