This Week in Psychedelics - 11.26.21

Cannabis

• The new German government plans to legalize cannabis. (The New York Times)

• Mexico Senate on Track to Endorse Recreational Cannabis by December (High Times)

• Uber Eats users in Ontario can now buy cannabis through the app (Engadget)

• New GOP weed approach: Feds must ‘get out of the way’ (Politico)

• South Dakota Supreme Court kills adult-use legalization (Leafly)

• Is Fentanyl-Tainted Marijuana 'Something Real' or 'Just an Urban Legend'? (Reason)

• A New Center at CSU Aims to Unlock the Secrets of CBD (5280)

• Indica and sativa labels are largely meaningless when it comes to cannabis complexities (The Conversation)

• St. Louis Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Associated with Improved Clearance Rates for Violent Crimes (NORML)

• Illinois Judge Rules Weed Odor is Not Probable Cause For Searches (High Times)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Almost Have Enough Signatures To Force Lawmakers To Consider Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Issues First Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation License (High Times)

• Taliban Contracts Australian Company To Grow Cannabis In Afghanistan (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi lawmakers unlikely to reach medical marijuana deal this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dogs Are Being Exposed To Marijuana Through Human Poop And Pet Owners Should Beware, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Majority Of Texas Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Cannabis Social Equity Program Faces Legal Challenge (High Times)

• Canada’s first regulated cannabis suppositories target female consumers (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Montana: Officials Create New Drug Court to Focus Solely on Expunging Past Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Few Medical Cannabis Licenses in Portugal Have Been Awarded (High Times)

• Pennsylvania order targeting vaporized products upends cannabis market (Marijuana Business Daily)

• CNN’s Sixth WEED Documentary Features the Benefits of Medical Cannabis for Autism (High Times)

LSD

• New graphic novel depicts famed history of LSD research in Sask. (CBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• Magic mushroom study hints psilocybin repairs alcohol-induced brain damage (Inverse)

• COMPASS Pathways granted fifth US patent for crystalline psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think about the universe (Big Think)

• What Happens When Zen Monks Take Mushrooms? (Lucid News)

• HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from its Jamaica Facility into Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Police Presence at Music Festivals Linked to "Panic Overdoses": Study (EDM)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on Clinical and Preclinical DMT Programs (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca users report psychological benefits after taking placebo at a ritualistic ceremony (PsyPost)

• Are All Ayahuasca Retreats The Same? You Might Be Surprised (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Mining and Poaching Threatens 15,000-Year-Old Peyote Tradition in Mexico (DoubleBlind)

San Pedro

• San Pedro: What is it Like to Experience Mescaline from San Pedro? (The Third Wave)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mescaline-Like Psychedelic Alters Synaptic Plasticity (Technology Networks)

Ketamine

• Ketamine benefits neurocognition in depression with suicidal ideation (Healio)

• Wesana Health Clinics Surpass 4,000 Administered Ketamine Treatments (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaTher Applies for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Rare Neurological Disorder Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Navigating the Patchwork of New York City Ketamine Clinics (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First (Filter)

• U.S. Reports More Than 100,000 Overdose Deaths In One Year (High Times)

• New study finds 'microdosing' psychedelics can be effective in treating anxiety, depression (The Hill)

• Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users (Filter)

• Colorado Springs Pushing to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Rise of Psychedelic Retreats (The New York Times)

• How to Cultivate a More Ethical, Inclusive Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

• Why Are Some People More Sensitive to Psychedelics Than Others? (Sam Woolfe)

• Cybin Awards Grant for Psychedelic Treatment Clinic at Lenox Hill Hospital to Benefit Underserved Communities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously (Medpage Today)

• Psychedelics and Mysticism: The Debate Continues (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics, Cognition, and Sleep Disorders (Truffle Report)

• Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? (Medpage Today)

• Revive Therapeutics Files for ODD Designation for Bucillamine Treatment Targeting Rare Liver Disorders, COVID-19 (Truffle Report)

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Cannabis

• Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes combined (Boing Boing)
• Pew Poll: Public's Attitude Shifts Dramatically In Favor Of Marijuana Legalization (NORML)
• Former NFL Players Dump Painkillers for Cannabis (Merry Jane)
• Legal Medical Pot Helps Older Americans Remain in the Workforce (Reason)
• Police use military helicopter to seize one cannabis plant from 81yo arthritis patient (RT)
• Arkansas Can Vote on Medical Marijuana Proposal in November, State Supreme Court Rules (TIME)
• SNP members to vote on medicinal cannabis (The Scotsman)
• Will Voting Yes on the Cannabis Social-Use Initiative Allow Consumption at Concerts? (Westword)
• Military Veterans Are Finding Careers, Community, Purpose, and Treatment in the Cannabis Industry (Merry Jane)
• U.K. Regulator Says Some Cannabis Products Count as Medicine (TIME)
• Study: Cannabis Inhalation Improves Parkinson's Symptoms (NORML)
• Cannabis Suppositories Show Immense Promise (Green Rush Daily)
• Is Cannabis the World's Next Disruptive Innovator? (Leafly)
• Cannabis Beer Brewer Prepares for National Distribution (U.S. News and World Report)
• Cannabis Summit Suggests Shift in Utah's Stance on Medical Marijuana (Leafly)
• The Martha Stewart of pot? Seattle entrepreneur JJ McKay launches cannabis lifestyle brand 'The Fresh Toast' (GeekWire)
• Cancer Patient Battles for Medical Cannabis (NBC 5 Chicago)
• Growing good cannabis businesses in Detroit (Detroit Metro Times)
• Are Stock Options Limited for Cannabis Investors? (Marijuana Times)
• 20 Small Business Ideas in the Growing Cannabis Industry (Small Business Trends)
• Smoking cannabis can 'make teenagers stupid' - and the younger they start the worse it will be (Mirror)
• Study links heavy cannabis use with bone disease (UPI)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• How MDMA can help patients suffering from PTSD (International Business Times) 
• My Brother Died of An Ecstasy Overdose But I'm Still Campaigning to Reopen Fabric (THUMP)
• Rush's Lifeson: That Time I Did Ecstasy With My Wife, We Drank Orange Juice & Listened to Tool on 6k Watts (Ultimate Guitar)
• Robbie Williams admits he still thinks about taking ecstasy, despite being a teetotal for years (Digital Spy)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• How ayahuasca is drawing western travellers to the Amazon (News.com.au)
• Inside the disturbing psychotropic drug that tormented Cy Walsh before he killed his father, Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh (The Advertiser)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• 3 hospitalized after using synthetic drug 'Nbomb' (Panama City News Herald)

Dissociatives

• Ketamine offers hope for recurrent depression sufferers (Irish Examiner)
• What are PCP and TCP? (KOKI)
• 'I returned to the music festival where my daughter died after taking ketamine' (Metro)
• Autopsy: Oklahoma police victim had PCP in system when he died (Fox News)
• Cops: Middletown woman threatened victim with two knives after taking PCP (The Middletown Press)

Opiates/Opioids

• 'Eradication has been close to zero' in the worlds biggest producer of heroin (Business Insider)
• Fake, Deadly Xanax Is Appearing Around the U.S., and It's Dangerous (ATTN:)
• Combating overdoses: Ontario to expand use of methadone alternative Suboxone (CTV News)
• President Obama and Macklemore Discuss the Dangers of Opioid Addiction in New Documentary (TIME)
• FDA splits on naloxone dose (American Pharmacists Association)
• Should Public Schools Stock Naloxone? (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
• Heroin: The poisoning of America (CNN)

Kratom

• DEA Withdrawing Awful Attempt to Completely Ban Kratom (Reason)
• How the DEA's Attempt to Reschedule Kratom Could Endanger Public Health and Addiction Treatment (Psychedelic Times)
• Kratom Vendors File Lawsuit Against Feds (Pain News Network)
• Fed's Kratom crackdown remains in limbo (Lagniappe)
• Critics Say Fed Kratom Research Flawed (Pain News Network)

Kava

• Kava: from Ceremonial Drink to Modern Mood-Booster (Smart Drug Smarts)
• What is kava, is it really a good remedy for anxiety and can you get it in the UK? (Metro)

Khat

• Projection neurons in the cortex and hippocampus: differential effects of chronic khat and ethanol exposure in adult male rats (Dove Medical Press)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States (Human Rights Watch)
• Ross Ulbricht's Silk Road Appeal: One Judge Seems to Question His Life Sentence Without Parole (Reason)
• The Man Who Invented the Drug Memoir (The New Yorker)
• A New Class of Psychedelic Research and Therapy Specialists: Interview with Janis Phelps of CIIS (Psychedelic Times)
• "Psychedelic Supervisor" Could Be Upcoming Profession (EDM Tunes)
• Looney Tunes Anti-Drug PSAs from the 1970s (Boing Boing)
• Psychedelic Series #1: Over the Mountain (Mad in America)
• State Duma Committee approves blocking websites with information on psychedelic drugs (Russian Legal Information Agency)
• How Doctors Can Tell If You're Looking for Drugs (ATTN:)
• Brian Wilson: 'Psychedelics fried my brain' (Xposé.ie)
• How to Treat Your Pain Without Drugs (TIME)
• Three drugs that could transform mental health treatment (Imperial College London)
• Drug Sentences Will Never Be Fair (Reason)
• Bringing Mindfulness to Addiction: My Session with a Psychedelic Integration and Recovery Coach (Psychedelic Times)

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 (and other psychoactives) are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.