Cannabis
Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana (8News)
Judge rules recreational marijuana measure unconstitutional in South Dakota (Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
Lax THC vape rules still allow toxins into your lungs (Leafly)
Idaho Medical Marijuana Activists Approved For Signature Gathering Amid Legislative Complications (Marijuana Moment)
Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle (AP News)
Wisconsin: Governor Evers Includes Marijuana Legalization in State Budget Proposal (NORML)
Connecticut Governor Includes Marijuana Legalization Plan In Budget Proposal (Marijuana Moment)
South Dakota governor to delay medical cannabis program until 2022 (Marijuana Business Daily)
The Half-Legal Cannabis Trap (Politico)
Bipartisan Marijuana Research Bill Reintroduced In The Senate (Marijuana Moment)
Poll: 61 Percent of US Adults Say Marijuana Legalization Is a “Good Idea” (NORML)
Medical cannabis law has been left in a haze (The Times)
New weed group tries to unify disparate cannabis factions (Politico)
TV Show Host and Travel Author Rick Steves to Chair NORML Board of Directors (NORML)
Mississippi Senate Approves Alternate Medical Marijuana Program, Hours After Defeating It (Marijuana Moment)
Weed Could Make Dogs Less Aggressive to Humans (VICE)
Starting A Business? Study Finds Marijuana May Help—And Hinder (Marijuana Moment)
Poll: Majority of North Carolina Voters Support Marijuana Legalization (NORML)
LSD
Software engineer in Bodega Bay LSD rampage allowed to serve one-year jail term at home (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
The reason why George Harrison gave up using LSD (Far Out Magazine)
Magic Mushrooms
Texas Would Study Psilocybin And MDMA To Treat PTSD And Depression Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Iowa GOP Lawmaker Makes Another Push To Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms (Marijuana Moment)
New nonprofit aims to advise on creation of Oregon’s psilocybin-assisted therapy system (OPB)
Hackers, Mason Jars, and the Psychedelic Science of DIY Shrooms (WIRED)
Psyence Group Signs Collaboration Agreement with Leading Jamaican Psilocybin Retreat Provider to Conduct Observational Study (Psilocybin Alpha)
Nova Mentis Psilocybin Approved for Shipment to Italy (Psilocybin Alpha)
MDMA
The Role of Oxytocin in MDMA’s Prosocial Effects (Psychedelic Science Review)
DMT
DMT for Depression: Paving the Way for New Medicine (Reality Sandwich)
PharmaDrug Files for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for DMT in Stroke (Psilocybin Alpha)
5-MeO-DMT
Conservationists Plead With Public to Stop Milking Psychedelic Toads (Euronews)
Mescaline
Mescaline Scribe (Chacruna)
Peyote
Blessings of Life and Peyote with Debi Roan (Chacruna)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Diagnosing intake of two new psychoactive substances (Medical Xpress)
Ketamine
Regular oral doses of ketamine significantly reduce suicidal thoughts (New Atlas)
Miscellaneous
Can a Company Patent the Basic Components of Psychedelic Therapy? (VICE)
A Biotech Startup Won a Patent to Combine Elements of Weed and Psychedelics (Future Human)
Self-admitted psychedelic use and association with psychedelic culture harm perceptions of researchers’ scientific integrity (PsyPost)
New Professional Associations for Medical and Legal Practitioners Emerge for the Psychedelic Space (Lucid News)
This Weird, Futuristic Helmet Will Let People Scan Their Brains While Tripping (DoubleBlind)
20-Year-Old Kansas Lawmaker Files Drug Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Black People Trip: Meet the Woman Creating Black Psychedelic Community (DoubleBlind)
MAPS, Fireside Project to Collaborate on Psychedelic Peer Support Line (Psych Congress Network)
Field Trip Health Ltd. Announces Official Opening of Psychedelic Research and Cultivation Facility in Jamaica (Psilocybin Alpha)
The case for mass producing psychedelic pharmaceuticals (Health Europa)
Psychedelic drug memo sparks uproar (The Australian)
Turn Off Your Mind, Relax—and Float Right-Wing? (Psymposia)
3 Reasons You May Feel Unnecessary Guilt for Using Drugs (Medium)
Is Social Media the Best Place to Buy Drugs? (DoubleBlind)
Psychedelic Exploration (Maps of the Mind)
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Psychedelic Lawyer (VICE)
Psychedelics And Spiritual Emergencies (Healing Maps)
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