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 Psychoactives - 12.13.19

CANNABIS

• Marijuana Legalization Could Be Coming To These States In 2020 (Forbes)

• Six Cases of Vaping Illness Linked to Legal Weed Vapes Sold in Massachusetts (MERRY JANE)

• Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak (AP News)

• Heavy Metal Injury Caused by Vaping Confirmed in First Case Study (MERRY JANE)

• No vapes for Newfoundland and Labrador either (Leafly)

• MLB Officially Removes Marijuana From Banned Substances List For Baseball Players (Marijuana Moment)

• People with Depression Are Twice as Likely to Use Pot, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• California Declares Pot Smoke and THC a Risk to Pregnant Women and Fetuses (TIME)

• Weed Doesn’t Make Us Stupid, Yet Another Study Confirms (MERRY JANE)

• Bees Like Big Hemp And They Cannot Lie, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• A Company Is Sending Cannabis and Coffee to Space to See if They Mutate (VICE)

• Applying CBD Topically Can Help Jaw Pain and Facial Stress, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Study: Marijuana Retailers Not Selling to Underage Customers (NORML)

• States prepare to purge tens of thousands of pot convictions (Los Angeles Times)

• Trinidad And Tobago Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis and driving study casts doubt on zero-tolerance limits for THC (Global News)

• Israel Is Finally Allowed to Export Medical Cannabis Overseas (MERRY JANE)

• NHS approves CBD drugs for the first time (Leafly)

• ‘You smoke weed?’ Teacher says her medical pot use led to harassment in suburban district (Chicago Sun Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• New psilocybin trial data explores group psychedelic sessions (New Atlas)

• Oregon Activists Begin Signature Gathering For 2020 Drug Decriminalization Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Magic Mushroom Pill Is Being Developed to Treat Diabetes and Stop the Munchies (MERRY JANE)

• New Psilocybin Microdosing Data: How Much is Too Much? (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• Study: MDMA may have a surprising effect on our ability to learn (Inverse)

• MDMA Could Be Tailored to Make It More Suitable for Treating Mental Illness (Scientific American)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Spice related hospital admissions in Sheffield fall (The Star)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Netherlands set to ban recreational use of laughing gas (NL Times)

KETAMINE

• Genetic Lead Suggests Ketamine May Benefit Autism, Tourette's and Schizophrenia (MedicalResearch.com)

OPIOIDS

• In documents, US officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired (Stars and Stripes)

• Home Depot faces Twitter backlash after blaming opioid crisis for recent rise in store thefts (USA Today)

• Ten years ago, OxyContin sales dominated Philly’s pharmacies. How the powerful painkiller helped fuel a crisis. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• A Dire Shortage of ADD Meds Is Pushing Some Patients to Street Meth (Filter)

CAFFEINE

• Nestle Is Planning To Make Caffeinated Water As A Solution To Midday Drowsiness (Delish)

NICOTINE

• Ban on vape sales in Massachusetts ends Wednesday — what happens next? (The Boston Globe)

• The FDA Can Now Regulate Vapes and E-Cigs Like Tobacco, Court Rules (MERRY JANE)

• Pace of Flavor Bans Accelerated in 2019 (CSP Daily News)

• Palo Alto: Council unanimously supports banning e-cigarettes, flavored tobacco (The Mercury News)

• Bill to raise minimum age to buy tobacco products in Kentucky to 21 pre-filed (WKRC)

ALCOHOL

• Yet More Research Links Even Light Drinking to a Higher Cancer Risk (Gizmodo)

• Study debunks the myth that an imposed floor on alcohol prices would punish the poor (Phys.org)

GHB

• What is GHB?: Dangerous party drug linked to multiple overdose deaths (9News)

NOOTROPICS

• How to Use Nootropics for Social Interactions (Psychology Today)

KRATOM

• Kratom leaves to be left out of new narcotics list in Thailand (AsiaOne)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Everyone Should Understand the Potential Heart Risk of Psychedelics (The Psychedelic Scientist)

• Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here (Fast Company)

• This Was The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans (BuzzFeed News)

• Study: Prior Authorization Requirement for Addiction Meds Is Killing NY Drug Users (Filter)

• Bill would require drug screenings for children at their annual physical (WKBW)

• ACT pushes for national pill-testing after study finds it encouraged people to ditch unsafe drugs (The Guardian)

• Pete Buttigieg Backs Supervised Injection Facilities For Illegal Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• 'Drugs Without the Trip' Might Be Peak Silicon Valley (VICE)

• Ten Must-Experience Events For The Cannabis & Psychedelic Community In 2020 (Forbes)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.2.19

CANNABIS

• Thailand set to deliver first batch of medical marijuana (Reuters)

• Pass the Duchy: Luxembourg’s grand plan to legalize cannabis (Politico)

• Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications (NORML)

• US Government Approves Increased Production of Marijuana for Clinical Research (NORML)

• Coast Guard Issues Order Barring Active Duty Members From Visiting Marijuana Shops (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientist Debunks Her Earlier Study That Claimed Weed Causes Brain Damage (MERRY JANE)

• Chart: Women account for more than a third of marijuana business executives (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Eggs and Peanuts Could Prevent Birth Defects Caused by Weed (MERRY JANE)

• New York Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization And Expungements Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• At some colleges, marijuana studies are blooming (CBS News)

• Florida Activists Clear First Hurdle To Put Marijuana Legalization On State’s 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• California Working Toward Certifying “Almost Organic” Cannabis (Filter)

• Marijuana during pregnancy might be as dangerous as alcohol (Popular Science)

• CBN Is Another Cannabis Compound With Beneficial Properties (Forbes)

• Is cannabis use the same as off-duty drinking by workers? Many companies still say no (CNBC)

• He admits he once smoked marijuana, now U.S. won’t let him re-enter country (Los Angeles Daily News)

LSD

• The Truth About The Acid-Dipped Cigarette In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (Refinery29)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• People Are Hungry for Shroom Legalization, and the Money to Fund It Is Growing (VICE)

• Could magic mushrooms be the next drug legalized in Canada? (Yahoo! Finance)

• Undesirable Effects from Magic Mushrooms (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• To Spot MDMA Users, Festivals May Soon Roll Out Thermal Cameras (MERRY JANE)

• Study claims ecstasy and cocaine cause less harm than tobacco and alcohol (Dance Music Northwest)

• Youngsters have no idea when they are safe to drive after ecstasy use (DutchNews.nl)

• Victorian schoolgirls safely back home after MDMA scare at camp (news.com.au)

AYAHUASCA

• Ayahuasca Is About More Than Just You. It’s About Planetary Health. (Kahpi)

5-MEO-DMT

• Holding 5-MeO Practitioners Accountable for Dangerous Behavior: Interview with Rak Razam and Mario Garnier (Psychedelic Times)

PEYOTE

• Peyote Is Endangered, Spiritually Sacred and Becoming Legal (HowStuffWorks)

IBOGA

• Gabon prepares for first international forum on Iboga (Africa Times)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Coroner's ruling: Corey-James Brown died from smoking synthetic drugs (New Zealand Herald)

NITROUS OXIDE

• What to know about nitrous oxide (Medical News Today)

• The dangers of nitrous oxide: An inside look at Surrey's laughing gas problem (Surrey Live)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine isn't an opioid and treats depression in a unique way (EurekAlert!)

• Ketamine clinics are arriving in Richmond (WTVR)

PCP

• PCP-Crazed Man Attacks Officers After Crash In Stafford: SCSO (Patch)

OPIOIDS

• Your Methadone History Could Soon Be Shared Without Your Consent (Filter)

• As Opioid Prescriptions Surged in Germany, Opioid Addiction Held Steady, While Opioid-Related Deaths Fell (Reason)

• Device for Opioid Overdoses Releases Naloxone Automatically (Medgadget)

• Opioid Patient Worth $200,000 a Year to Purdue, State Says (Bloomberg)

• Drought Cripples Taliban's Record-High Opium Production Amid Peace Talks (Breitbart)

• Colorado Wants You To Know About This Life-Saving Drug (Westword)

COCAINE

• Exclusive NYPD Data Reveals Just How Often Fentanyl Is in Cocaine (VICE)

• Colombia will spray Chinese glyphosate to control coca (Diálogo Chino)

• Weird New Kinds Of Cocaine Could Start A “Hidden Epidemic” Of Health Threats (BuzzFeed News)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Autopsies reveal how meth hurts the heart (Medical Xpress)

• Study assesses outcomes for meth users with burn injures (ScienceDaily)

CAFFEINE

• Exceeding healthy caffeine limits during pregnancy can be harmful to babies’ health (Consumer Affairs)

• Coffee Farmers Are In Crisis. Starbucks Wants To Help. (Forbes)

TOBACCO

• Most Americans Support Raising Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco (Gallup)

ALCOHOL

• One in 10 Older Adults Binge Drinks, Study Says (The New York Times)

• Facebook bans sales of alcohol and tobacco between users (CNBC)

• Here's the Buzz on Alcohol in Space (HowStuffWorks)

• How Much Does Alcohol Harm People Besides the Drinker? (Psychology Today)

KRATOM

• Is Kratom Safe During Pregnancy? Researchers Start to Investigate (The Scientist)

• Can Kratom cause a false positive on a 12-panel drug test? (Augusta Free Press)

• Officials warning public about dangers of kratom (The North Platte Telegraph)

• Kratom Is Not a Safe Pain Treatment (Newsmax)

KAVA

• MIT Scientists Synthesize The Feel-Good Molecules In Kava, 'Nature's Xanax' (WBUR)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Psychedelic Medicine Is Coming. The Law Isn’t Ready (Scientific American)

• Another Florida Sheriff's Deputy Arrested For Arresting People on False Drug Charges (Reason)

• Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro (Filter)

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tripping (The Atlantic)

• A Reddit user surveyed 650 psychedelic drug users, here’s what they found (Happy Mag)

• Public university to host ‘psychedelic neuroscience’ symposium (The College Fix)

• Latest update on drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe (EMCDDA)

• Why Psychedelic Science Should Pay Speakers and Trainers of Color (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.12.18

Cannabis

• U.K. to Allow Prescriptions for Medicinal Cannabis (The New York Times)

• Pew Poll: 62 Percent Of Americans Want Marijuana Legal (NORML)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Committee Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Support For Marijuana Legalization Grew Again In 2018, Pew Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• 'Women have been saying it works for 10,000 years': 400 women will use marijuana-infused inserts in a groundbreaking study from a Harvard Medical School professor (Business Insider)

• U.S. Government Loosens Border Policy For Canadian Marijuana Industry Workers (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Plans To Back Legal Medical Marijuana After Midterms, GOP Congressman Says (Marijuana Moment)

• High Schoolers Are Growing More Tolerant Of Peers Who Use Marijuana, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey: Cannabis Use Becoming Common Among Older Adults (NORML)

• Study Reveals How Older People Use And Obtain Marijuana In Colorado (Marijuana Moment)

• New California Law Bans Bars, Liquor Stores from Selling Marijuana-Infused Drinks (Reason)

• Fight To Legalize Medical Marijuana In Missouri Intensifies As Groups Battle Over Tax Rates (Marijuana Moment)

• Walmart Canada Explores Selling Cannabis-Infused Products (Forbes)

• Shopify 'confident' on pot e-commerce because 'cannabis isn't Kylie Cosmetics' (CBC)

• Trump Administration Seeks Public Comments On Marijuana Reclassification (Forbes)

• Toke Up, Eh? Canada Readies for Marijuana to Become Legal Nationwide (TIME)

• Canada’s Liquor Stores Will Heavily Outnumber Marijuana Stores On Legalization’s Launch (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Stores Will Be Hard To Find For Most Canadians On Day One Of Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• The jury is in on cannabis legalization in North America: it’s been a success. (LSE USAPP)

• WestJet bans staff in 'safety-sensitive' jobs from off-duty cannabis use (CBC)

• THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, study finds (Phys.org)

• Celebrity Endorsements and Cannabis (The Stranger)

• Cannabis In Space Is Just Around The Corner (Forbes)

• I'm Just a Middle-Aged House Dad Addicted to Pot (The New York Times)

• This Is Where Arizona’s US Senate Candidates Stand On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• The Marijuana Midterms are Heating Up in Nevada (NORML)

• Corporate America is investing in pot because people want to eat and drink it (CNN)

• Why retail is so important to the burgeoning cannabis beauty and wellness market (Glossy)

• Marijuana Licensing Bill Has ‘Negligible’ Fiscal Impacts, Congressional Budget Office Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Coral Cove Cannabis Retreat Is Jamaica's Best Kept Secret (Forbes)

• The Quest to Make California’s Weed the Champagne of Cannabis (WIRED)

LSD

• A Team of European Researchers Is Crowdsourcing the World’s First ‘Self-Blinded’ LSD Microdosing Study (Psychedelic Times)

• ‘The CIA introduced LSD into American society. They weaponised it’ (The Irish Times)

• Nick Kroll Saw The Pattern Of The Universe During An LSD Trip At Burning Man (Marijuana Moment)

• A Playwright's LSD Trip Becomes a Psychedelic Journey (The New York Times)

• That time a legendary Batman editor was dared to put LSD in Stan Lee’s coffee (Polygon)

• From ‘problem child’ to ‘prodigy’? LSD turns 75 (Arab News)

• People Are Microdosing LSD To 'Make Them More Productive' (LADbible)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Initiative Moves to Signature-Gathering Stage for May 2019 (Westword)

• Mushroom legalization effort polling at 39 percent (Rooster Magazine)

• A team of Johns Hopkins researchers is calling for magic mushrooms to be made legally available as medicine (Business Insider)

• “Magic Mushrooms” May Be an FDA-Approved Drug for Anxiety and Depression in the Near Future (Vogue)

• Iceland’s Richest Man Invests in Magic Mushrooms (Guide to Iceland Now)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• $57 million worth of MDMA discovered in sausage-making machines (Mixmag)

• Superstar DJ David Morales 'arrested at Japanese airport over MDMA smuggling claim' (Mirror)

• Use of higher purity ecstasy on the rise among young Australians (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT

• Breaking News: The first two ayahuasca convictions in the United States (Chacruna)

• Sexual Seduction in Ayahuasca Shaman and Participants Interactions (Chacruna)

• What ayahuasca — Silicon Valley's latest drug of choice — does to your brain and body (The Hour)

• The DMT drug is not a drug, its much stranger (Kahpi)

• In the mighty jungles (Deccan Herald)

• Multiple (and Subtle) Bodies: Entheogenic Incorporation in the Santo Daime Tradition (Part 1) (Reality Sandwich)

• Nathalie Huerta on Founding The Queer Gym and What Ayahuasca Taught Her (Bon Appetit)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

• American Indians gather near El Reno to celebrate peyote traditions (Tulsa World)

Iboga/Ibogaine

• Ibogaine Clinics and their Role in Addiction Treatment (The Urban Twist)

• The dangerous hallucinogen opioid addicts use to get clean (Big Think)

Dissociatives

• As ketamine clinics spread, so do start-your-own-business courses, sparking concern (STAT)

• Ketamine infusion for depression requires opioid receptors to be effective (Medical News Bulletin)

• Hope for Victims of Resistant Clinical Depression Now Comes in Pill Form (Breaking Israel News)

• My ketamine infusion for chronic pain (The Fix)

• Police: Naked man possibly on PCP arrested after throwing chairs off Dumfries balcony (WJLA)

• Expert: Teen 'whacked out' of his mind from PCP night of police shooting (Chicago City Wire)

Opiates/Opioids

• Addiction Treatment Gap Is Driving A Black Market For Suboxone (NPR)

• Surgeon General Talks About Need To 'Normalize' Naloxone At N.H. Opioids Forum (NHPR)

• Funeral Homes Stock Overdose Antidote Drug Naloxone Amid Opioid Epidemic (The Inquisitr)

• Mexico defense chief says legalizing opium 'way out' of violence (The Gazette)

• Opioid Bill Shows Congress Can Still Work Together (TIME)

• Prisons Crack Down On An Opioid Treatment Drug, Endangering Lives (The Appeal)

• Medicaid Expansion and the Opioid Epidemic (Penn LDI)

Absinthe

• A Czech Distiller Is Resurrecting Pre-Ban Absinthe, Returning the Green Fairy to Rightful Glory (VinePair)

Kambô

• Get holes burned into your body as sacred tree frog ceremony comes to Cornwall (Cornwall Live)

Kratom

• Ohio Pushes Kratom Ban With Disputed Claims About Deaths, Use Trends (HuffPost)

• Do Drug Addicts Really Shoot Kratom? (Pain News Network)

Kava

• Potential for increased kava exports (The Fiji Times)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• A Big Win – DOJ Affirms Free Water and Drug Education Not a Violation of the RAVE Act! (Amend the RAVE Act!)

• Fingerprint drug screen test works on the living and deceased (ScienceDaily)

• Hospital Data Shows How Britain's Drug Problem Is Getting Worse (VICE)

• Decriminalise drugs, Plaid Cymru says (BBC)

• Philadelphia Pushing Forward with Safe Injection Site Plans (Reason)

• 'Just say no' to drug legalisation: WHO chief (Yahoo!)

• The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival Announces Inaugural Award Winners (Broadway World)

• Can US overdose deaths be stopped? (Drug WarRant)

• Introducing Chacruna’s Psychedelic Therapy Music Forum (Chacruna)

• Reality Is Just a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On (Motherboard)

• Successful Constitutional Case Against Death Penalty Works For War on Drugs, Too (Marijuana Moment)

• Magic Medicine: A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances by Cody Johnson (Psychedelic Press UK)

• Treating mental disorders with psychedelic psychotherapy (Particle)

• The Business Of Addiction Treatment (INSCMagazine)

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.

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Weekend Thoughts - 2.10.18

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Happy Saturday y'all! Below, I have rounded up some things for you to think about this weekend:

1. Earlier this week, Elon Musk's private space transport company SpaceX launched its first Falcon Heavy rocket from the same location that NASA used for its Apollo missions. The rocket had an almost flawless launch, sending a Tesla car containing a mannequin (dubbed "Rocket Man" by some) into space to orbit Mars, and the company was even able to recover two out of its three boosters perfectly (the third missed its landing zone by roughly 30 feet, apparently) for future reuse. I'm amazed by the hard work that Musk and team are putting in at both of these companies, not to mention his other business ventures.

That's all for this week's edition of Weekend Thoughts. Until next week, keep thinking wilder.