Weekly Psychedelic Links - July 2022

7.1.22

Cannabis

• Fentanyl-laced marijuana is a myth. It’s time to end the hype (Leafly)

• Medical Weed Cards No Longer Required in Virginia Starting July 1 (High Times)

• Hemp, CBD get permanent legal status in NC after 11th-hour rescue (MSN.com)

• Scientists find THC in over 60% of CBD products they tested — and that may be a huge problem (ZME Science)

• UN Report Dramatizes Uptick in Global Cannabis Use (High Times)

• Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Providing Medical Marijuana Workplace Protections For State Employees (Marijuana Moment)

• Maryland Court: Cops Can Stop, Question Someone Who Smells of Pot (High Times)

• Nevada Cannabis Consumption Lounges Could Go Live By End Of 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Edibles, beverages infused with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota (Star Tribune)

• Inside The Process To Legalize Recreational Cannabis In Germany (Forbes)

• California Bill to Require Cannabis Warnings About Mental Disorder Risks Advances (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Medical Marijuana DUI Protections And Cannabis Banking Reform Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Supreme Court Bans Smokable Hemp Production, Sales (High Times)

• Montana Lawsuit Challenges Marijuana Ban In State’s Third-Largest City (Marijuana Moment)

• House Panel Approves Amendment to Protect State Legal Cannabis Programs (High Times)

• Feds Fund Development Of Hemp-Based, 3D-Printed Materials To Build Affordable Housing (Marijuana Moment)

• New Vermont Guidance Looks to Eliminate Plastic Waste From State’s Cannabis Industry (High Times)

• Cannabis users are at greater risk for emergency and inpatient care: study (Fox News)

Magic Mushrooms

• These Mormons Have Found a New Faith — in Magic Mushrooms (Rolling Stone)

• New Jersey Senate President Files Psilocybin Legalization Bill That Includes Home Grow Option, Unlike Current Marijuana Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Tryp Therapeutics Strengthens IP Portfolio with Provisional Patent Application for Binge Eating Disorder Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Digging Up Druggable Targets: Psilocybin Efficacy in a Model of OCD (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• First-of-its-kind MDMA group therapy trial set to commence (New Atlas)

• Over One Hundred Years of MDMA Research (Drug Science)

Ayahuasca

• How the Shipibo Came to Be the Most Common Group Serving Ayahuasca to Foreigners (DoubleBlind)

Peyote

• Decriminalize Nature Targets Peyote: Drug Reform or Settler Colonialism? (Chacruna)

• Big business could wipe out Mexico’s sacred psychedelic peyote cactus (openDemocracy)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• How Did A Minnesota Honor Roll Student Die As Her Parents Were Sleeping Upstairs? (Oxygen)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• A Loophole in Japan’s Weed Laws Is Getting Tens of Thousands High (VICE)

Miscellaneous

• Colorado Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Psychedelics Legalization And Therapeutic Psilocybin Program On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds (The Guardian)

• Is there a future for psychedelic treatment in Saudi Arabia? (Arab News)

• Do Bad Psychedelic Patents Matter? (Lucid News)

• 4 Recommendations for Disability Inclusion in Psychedelic Therapy Research (Psychiatric Times)

7.8.22

Cannabis

• WNBA Star Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty To Cannabis Charge As Russia Calls Out U.S. Hypocrisy In Maintaining Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Make no mistake, marijuana edibles are legal now in Minnesota (Leafly)

• Washington, D.C. Mayor Signs Medical Cannabis Self-Certification Bill (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Bill Gives Medical Cannabis Patients DUI Protection (High Times)

• Oklahoma: Advocates Turn in Signatures to Place Adult-Use Legalization Measure on November Ballot (NORML)

• Study Shows Flower Still Reigns Supreme in U.S., Canada as Consumer Favorite (High Times)

• Arkansas Activists Set To Turn In Double The Signatures Needed To Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists Turn In Ballot Signatures After Campaign Suffers Legal Setback (Marijuana Moment)

• Albania Prompted to Implement Medical Cannabis Reform After U.N. Criticism (High Times)

• U.S. Army Wants To Make Sniper Uniforms Out Of Hemp (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• A man whose daily headaches felt like an ice pick in his eyes says he tried 12 treatments but only found relief after taking LSD (Insider)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Study Shows Mood, Mental Health Improved by Microdosing Psilocybin (High Times)

• Indiana Nurse Faces Ten Years in Prison for Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care (Scientific American)

• Rural Oregon counties are lining up against psilocybin launch (OPB)

MDMA

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pushes for Psychedelic Reform in Congress (DoubleBlind)

• GOP Congressman’s Amendment Would Direct Military To Study Psilocybin And MDMA Benefits For Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Its Phase 1 DMT Stroke Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Iboga

• ‘To Heal and to Care for’: Protecting Iboga and Indigenous Voices in the Face of Corporatisation (Volteface)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• DEA Announces Hearing On Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelic Compounds Following Significant Pushback (Marijuana Moment)

• Mindset Pharma Receives Allowance for Patent Application Covering its Short-Duration Novel Psychedelic Medications for The Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Announces Positive Results from Study For Ketamine Microneedle Patch (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• The Never-Ending Psychedelic Trip of Michael Pollan (Rolling Stone)

• Journey Colab scores $12M to move psychedelics-based addiction treatment into clinic (Fierce Biotech)

• User perceptions of the benefits and harms of hallucinogenic drug use: A web-based questionnaire study (Drug Science)

• Tripping the Reward Circuit: Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics Give a Glimpse of Enlightenment (Psychology Today)

7.15.22

Cannabis

• Feds Must Defend Historical Rationale Of Banning Guns For Medical Marijuana Patients, Revised Lawsuit Argues After SCOTUS Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Green way of life’: Thailand sees cannabis boom after law change (Al Jazeera)

• Washington DC just legalized weed for all adults—but it’s locals only (Leafly)

• Oklahoma, North Dakota, Arkansas, and Nebraska submit signatures to put cannabis on November ballot (Leafly)

• Study Shows Decrease in Heavy Truck Crash Rates Since Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• NYPD Will Keep Testing Officers For Marijuana, Reversing Course Hours After Announcing Policy Change Mandated By City (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Laws in France Have Disproportionately Affected Muslims (High Times)

• New York Firefighters Won’t Be Tested For Marijuana, Department Says Following NYPD Leak (Marijuana Moment)

• Argentine Supreme Court Endorses Medical Cannabis Home Grow (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Governor Signs Marijuana Banking And Insurance Reform Bill Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Portland Weed Demand Hits Three-Year Low (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Police Arrested Over 13,000 People for Marijuana Possession in 2021 (NORML)

• The Fight for Medical Cannabis in Indonesia (High Times)

• Weed, Like Change, Nourishes The Soil To Regenerate The Cannabis Industry (Forbes)

LSD

• Why David Bowie wasn’t a fan of LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

• DEA May Find Itself In Federal Court Again Over Refusal To Provide Psilocybin Access To Terminally Ill Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon therapeutic psilocybin program sparks some confusion (OPB)

MDMA

• World's first ecstasy 'shop' set to trial in the Netherlands (Mixmag)

• Luxury Champagne Recalled Again Over Ecstacy Contamination (Newsweek)

• MDMA: Rolling from Counterculture to the Clinic Counter (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Study suggests ayahuasca users tend to eat healthier, get more exercise, and experience physical and mental health benefits (PsyPost)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Announces Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Covering Ketamine for the Potential Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today's Psychedelic Re-Emergence, Dies at 91 (Transform Press)

• House Approves Marijuana And Psychedelics Amendments As Part Of Must-Pass Defense Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• What Ethnographers Have Learned from People Who Use Drugs (Undark)

• Inside the Chemistry Lab Where the MDMA Godfather Synthesized Novel Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• The Tory Leadership Candidates on Drugs (Volteface)

• Filament Health Issued Third Patent By United States Patent and Trademark Office (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Doctors Urge Access to Psychedelic Therapies in New Mexico (TIME)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Inflammation and Eye Disease? Eleusis Thinks So. (Lucid News)

• Villain Or Victim? Understanding The Role of Women In The Latin American Drug Trade (TalkingDrugs)

• San Francisco’s New DA Vows to Ramp Up City’s Drug War (Filter)

• The Battle for Psychedelic Patents (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• How To Become a Psychedelic Therapist (DoubleBlind)

• 5 Countries Where Psychedelics are Legal (Psychedelic Spotlight)

7.22.22

Cannabis

• Senate Leadership Introduces Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition (NORML)

• District of Columbia: Mayor Signs Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

• Legal cannabis is producing more plastic waste than pot (Leafly)

• Colorado Company To Research Cannabis As A Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease (Forbes)

• Biden Says He’s ‘Working On’ Bill To Release Cannabis Inmates (High Times)

• Germany, Luxembourg, Malta And The Netherlands Discuss Marijuana Legalization At Historic Joint Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Springs Recreational Cannabis Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot (High Times)

• Minnesota Is Home To America's First Cannabis Disc Golf Course (MIX 108)

• House Passes Bill Permitting Weed Ads on TV and Radio (High Times)

• Colorado's New Lead Marijuana Monitor Treks Through Heavy Issues (Westword)

• Cannabis Telemedicine Launches in Montana (High Times)

• Montana Marijuana Businesses Face Seemingly Endless Cycle Of Local Votes On Allowing Them To Operate (Marijuana Moment)

• People Busted for Weed in the U.K. Could Lose Passports Under Proposed Rules (High Times)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Measure In Danger Of Not Qualifying For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Denver officials want to save struggling cannabis delivery businesses (The Denver Post)

• Study Finds Australians Support Cannabis Use Over Smoking Tobacco (High Times)

• House Will Not Vote On Marijuana Amendments For Veterans And Public Housing Residents After Committee Snag (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana use is higher among US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use (News-Medical)

LSD

• The Doors of Expression: LSD Alters Epigenetics and Protein Induction (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Science Feature: MindMed’s LSD Trial for ADHD (Microdose)

• Watch John Lennon explain that 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' was not about LSD (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Sloppy Science of Psilocybin Microdosing Surveys (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• A single dose of psilocybin has long-lasting antidepressant-like effects in fruit flies (PsyPost)

• Restrictions on Psilocybin ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Are Easing as Research Ramps Up (Scientific American)

MDMA

• Patient safety issues halt trial for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy during Health Canada review (CBC)

• 'Corrective' measures ordered, but Health Canada says 2nd MDMA trial can continue (CBC)

DMT

• Teenager Used LSD And DMT To Help Overcome Trauma, Case Report Says (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

• Churches sue to use hallucinogenic tea in religious practice (UPI)

• The Global Ayahuasca Boom: What About the Conservation of the Ayahuasca Vine? (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• The Story Behind a 1984 Hallucinogenic Pamphlet From Denton Is Just as Trippy as Its Subject (Dallas Observer)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mydecine Files Full Patent Application Covering MYCO-006 Family of Novel Short-Acting MDMA Analogs (Psychedelic Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Weed vapes probably sending a toxic gas to your lungs, study finds (Salon)

• Cannabis getting stronger with synthetic versions added leading to psychosis, report warns (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

• Largest-ever clinical study of ketamine therapy shows that at-home model can be a safe, effective treatment for anxiety and depression; 62% fewer patients report suicidal ideation after four sessions (PR Newswire)

• Ketamine Beneficial For Treating Neonatal, And Pediatric Epilepsy: Study (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

• The Long, Strange Relationship Between Psychedelics and Telepathy (VICE)

• DEA Sued Over ‘Unlawful’ Delays On Psychedelic And Marijuana Public Records Requests Through FOIA (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Measure Qualifies for November Ballot (DoubleBlind)

• Keeping the Hippie Dream Alive (The New York Times)

• Accessibility Is Key for the Psychedelic Revolution (Pharmacy Times)

• Podcast aims to raise awareness about future of psychedelic treatments (CBC)

• Skip the trip – does the world need non-hallucinogenic psychedelics? (leafie)

• New Regulations for Psychedelics? Here's What Investors Need to Know (The Motley Fool)

7.29.22

Cannabis

• Weedmaps again advertising illegal marijuana retailers and products, complaints allege (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Singapore Executes Man for Cannabis Trafficking (High Times)

• House Passes Bipartisan Marijuana Research Bill, With Senate Expected To Send It To President Soon (Marijuana Moment)

• Zimbabwe OKs First Medicinal Cannabis Sales (High Times)

• Secret Australian marijuana facility exposes location after turning sky pink (The Washington Post)

• Biden Administration Proposes Prisoner Swap To Free Brittney Griner (High Times)

• Over 850 Doctors in Thailand Protest Pot Legalization (High Times)

• Senator Files Bill To Allow Marijuana Advertising On TV And Radio In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

• The 'World's Biggest Cannabis Scam' Is Totally Unravelling (VICE)

• Bronx Cannabis Hub Fosters Opportunity in Communities Hit Hard by Arrests (Filter)

• Cannabis Users Less Likely to Face Complications After Spinal Fusion Surgery (High Times)

• 15 State Attorneys General File Brief Opposing Lawsuit To Help Put Medical Marijuana On Nebraska Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Thai businesses cash in on cannabis, from milk tea to toothpaste (Reuters)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiative Short Of Signatures Needed For Ballot In County Reviews (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire stands alone in New England as only state without legal marijuana (WMUR)

LSD

• New Zealand Government Grants $650K For LSD Microdosing Trials (Benzinga)

• Operation Julie: Rural Wales LSD bust becomes a musical (BBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• DEA Sued Again Over Refusal To Allow Psilocybin Access For Patients Despite Federal Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Why some of Colorado’s foremost shrooms advocates won’t be voting to legalize psilocybin (The Denver Post)

• Legal psilocybin prescriptions in Canada (Drug Science)

• Project Solace: The World’s Largest Medical Psilocybin Access and Data Project (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• COMPASS Pathways launches phase II clinical trial of psilocybin therapy in anorexia nervosa (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

• U.S. Patent Grant to Strengthen Small Pharma’s DMT Patent Strategy With Injectable Formulation (Psychedelic Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• DEA Cancels Proposed Ban Of Five Psychedelics, Giving Scientists More Time To Research Therapeutic Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• Working with Indigenous allies is the ethical way to develop psychedelic-based pharmaceuticals (STAT News)

• Festival drugs: Warning over 'imposter' substances threat (BBC)

• Ecstasy for the 21st Century: Designer Drugs to Improve MDMA Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Easy On The Eyes — This Company Reports Using a Unique Synthetic Cannabinoid Derivative To Treat Glaucoma (Benzinga)

Nitrous Oxide

• Doctors warn ‘dangerous’ laughing gas is becoming an ‘epidemic’ amid rise in hospitalisations (The Independent)

• A Law will Prohibit the Sale of Nitrous Oxide or “Laughing Gas” to Minors in Bulgaria (Novinite.com)

Ketamine

• At Home Sublingual Ketamine Exhibits Rapid And Significant Antidepressant And Anxiolytic Effects (Medical Dialogues)

• Ketamine found to be unlikely to lead to addiction (Medical Xpress)

• Silo Pharma Announces Positive Results from its Topically Administered Formulation of Ketamine (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Biden Administration Plans For Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years (The Intercept)

• San Francisco Launches Bid to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Filter)

• Your Genes May Determine How You React To Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

• The Psychoactive Substances Act on Trial (Volteface)

• The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs (WIRED)

• Trump Urges ‘Very Quick Trial’ and Death Penalty for Drug Dealers (High Times)

• The Psychedelics Industry’s Next Hurdle Is How to Go Mainstream (Bloomberg)

• One in four Americans say they’ve tried at least one psychedelic drug (YouGov)

• Microdosing: Scientists tackle psychedelic trend becoming ‘creative enhancer of choice’ (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.3.21

Cannabis

• Home of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Ends Jail Time for Travelers with THC (High Times)

• Mexico has a new marijuana legalization bill. Here’s what’s in it (Leafly)

• Reps. Dave Joyce and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Legislation To Expunge Marijuana Records (NORML)

• South Dakota's Governor Succeeds in Blocking Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization (Reason)

• Fentanyl-laced vape pens among teens concern after Tennessee high school incident (WKYT)

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2021 (NORML)

• Death sentences upheld for two men convicted of cannabis trafficking (Singapore Law Watch)

• California rolls out plans to standardize cannabis testing statewide (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Jamaican Government Launches ‘Good Ganja Sense’ Campaign To Debunk Marijuana Myths (Marijuana Moment)

• Great News, Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Cannabis Smells 'Skunky' (ScienceAlert)

• Texas Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Austin’s 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Kentucky Lawmaker Pre-Files Marijuana Legalization Bills For 2022 Session (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado University Announces Groundbreaking Study on Cannabis and Exercise (High Times)

• Massachusetts: Majority of Adults Say Marijuana Legalization Has Been “Positive” for the State (NORML)

LSD

• Blotter paper should be included while measuring weight of LSD, rules Bombay HC (India Today)

• How LSD changed The Beatles forever (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Study Suggests SSRI Drugs Can Be Used Safely with Psilocybin to Treat Depression (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Cybin Announces FDA Investigational New Drug and Institutional Review Board Approvals for a Co-Funded Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Treat Frontline Clinicians Experiencing COVID-Related Distress (Psilocybin Alpha)

• U of M Medical School launches new mechanistic study of psilocybin (University of Minnesota)

Ayahuasca

• Sexual Assault in the Amazon (The Cut)

Iboga

• Ibogaine and Cardiac Arrhythmia: The Heart of the Matter (Psychedelic Science Review)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MYND Life Sciences announces funding for Psilocybin research on Neuroinflammation (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Bright Minds Biosciences Provides Scientific Update on its Novel 5-HT2A Psychedelic Program for the Treatment of Mental Diseases (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• ‘Everyone’s gagging for it’ – how Britain got high on nitrous oxide (The Guardian)

• Dozens of traffic accident deaths linked to laughing gas use (NL Times)

Ketamine

• Ketamine review: Chemical restraints may have been ‘disproportionately’ used on ‘communities of color’ (KDVR)

• As ketamine clinics emerge in Seattle to treat mental illness, so does debate about safety and regulations (The Seattle Times)

• PharmaTher Granted New Japanese Patent for KETABET™ (Ketamine Combination Formulation), Strengthening Global Patent Portfolio (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• New York City Opens First Safe Consumption Sites For Illegal Drugs In The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize All Currently Illicit Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Toronto May Be the Next City to Decriminalize Psychedelics and Other Drugs (Truffle Report)

• Study Shows People Who Use Psychedelics Were Under Less Stress During Covid-19 Lockdowns (Forbes)

• DEA Again Boosts 2022 Production Goals For Psychedelics Like Psilocybin, MDMA and DMT (Marijuana Moment)

• People ‘microdosing’ psychedelics to improve wellbeing during pandemic, drug survey finds (The Independent)

• Psychedelics may have long-term impact treating depression, mental illness - study (The Jerusalem Post)

• Psychedelic Telemedicine Has Arrived. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (VICE)

• The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Ushering In a New Genre Of Electronic Music — And With It, New Revenue Streams (Billboard)

• Holiday Gift Guide 2021: Gifts For The Psychedelic Explorer (Forbes)

• Can ethics and sexual abuse allegations create backlash and impact the current psychedelic renaissance? (Chacruna)

• Will the psychedelic revolution bypass people of color? (The Lens)

• Celebrities: Are They Helping or Harming the Psychedelic Movement? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Origin Therapeutics Portfolio Company Tripsitter has Commenced Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (GlobeNewswire)

• Peter Thiel-backed psychedelic start-up increases stake in Compass Pathways (CNBC)

• Microdosing Protocols: Microdosing Every Day vs. Every Other Day (DoubleBlind)

• Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Neurochemistry (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Novel Psychedelic Treatment Approach Bypasses Hallucinogenic Effects to Allow Widespread Adoption (Pharmacy Times)

• Israeli start up makes pharmaceuticals out of psychedelic flora (i24 News)

• Getting Ahead of the Psychedelics Supply Crunch (Truffle Report)

• Numinus Develops Proprietary Psychedelic Tests with New Toxicity and Potency Scans (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.12.21

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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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.29.21

Cannabis

• Arizona: Adult Use Marijuana Sales Begin (NORML)

• 2 Years After Legalizing Cannabis, Has Canada Kept Its Promises? (The New York Times)

• Alabama Could Legalize Medical Marijuana Under Bill Filed By Republican Senator (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD Destroys Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Such as Gonorrhea, Study Finds (VICE)

• Chuck Schumer Lists Marijuana As A Priority In First Post-Election Cannabis Comments (Marijuana Moment)

• Anti-Marijuana Lawmaker Files Legalization Bill In North Dakota To Avoid Activist Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Areas With More Marijuana Dispensaries Have Fewer Opioid Deaths, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Opioid Prescriptions Decline in Canada Following Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization (NORML)

• Transition From Trump To Biden Impacts Federal Hemp And CBD Rules (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan testing labs sound warning about contaminated cannabis (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use At Hotels And Airbnbs Filed In Missouri (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD breakthrough could enable treatment for autism and social anxiety, research finds (Sky News)

Magic Mushrooms

• Hawaii Could Legalize Psychedelic Mushroom Therapy Under New Senate Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Kevin Matthews Wants to Decriminalize Mushrooms Across Colorado (Westword)

• Port Townsend woman seeks decriminalization of ‘magic’ mushrooms (Peninsula Daily News)

• UK Regulators Approve Beckley Psytech Study of Psilocybin for Debilitating Headache Condition (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psyence Group Completes First Cultivation Cycle of Medical Psilocybin Mushrooms at Its Commercially Licensed Facility (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mydecine Innovations Group Sponsors Study on Neuron Level Response to Psilocybin at University of Maryland (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MagicMed Files For Psilocybin Derived Patents (Green Market Report)

• Is America Ready For Psilocybin Mushroom Retreats? (Benzinga)

MDMA

• Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness? Here’s why it’s still too soon (The Conversation)

DMT

• Having Sex on DMT: What You Need to Know (Reality Sandwich)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca, Severe Illnesses, and the Mystery of Death (Chacruna)

• Woman, 29, killed herself after ‘suffering psychosis from taking hallucinogenic yoga drugs on spiritual retreat’ (The Sun)

• Ayahuasca’s Role in the Entourage Effect and Depression (Psychedelic Science Review)

• An Ayahuasca Retreat Brings Powerful Changes (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Let’s Talk About Hikuri: A Peyote Conservation Project by the Wixárika (Chacruna)

Iboga

• How the psychedelic Ibogaine helped a retired Vancouver firefighter treat his depression (The GrowthOp)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• BetterLife Engages Eurofins Discovery for its Next Generation Psychedelics 2-bromo-LSD FDA IND-enabling Pharmacology Studies (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Champignon Brands’ Canadian Rapid Treatment Center of Excellence Opens First Community-Based Centre in Ottawa to Provide Ketamine Treatment for Adults With Depression (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Ketamine to treat depression and addiction at UK’s first medical psychedelic psychotherapy clinic (iNews)

• Users of ketamine at significantly higher risk of suicide: study (Focus Taiwan)

• A Wall Street banker who made millions in the dot com boom dropped it all to become a 'psychedelics concierge' to the stars. Now he wants everyone to have access to ketamine. (Insider)

• How to Know if Ketamine Therapy Is Right for You (Santa Clarita Magazine)

DXM

• Low-dose dextromethorphan for the treatment of fibromyalgia pain: results from a longitudinal, single-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial (MD Linx)

Miscellaneous

• New Psychedelics Reform Group Sets Sights On Congress As Movement Builds (Marijuana Moment)

• Atlanta: Mayor Takes Executive Action Abolishing Pre-Employment Drug Screens for Many Public Employees (NORML)

• The Latest on Psychedelics for Treating Dementia (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The world's first psychedelic ETF debuts (Yahoo! Finance)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Announces Opening of Field Trip Health Center in Atlanta, GA, as it Continues Expansion in the US (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Cop Who Busted the Beatles Now Wants to Legalise All Drugs (VICE)

• When The Giants Of Indian Classical Music Collided With Psychedelic San Francisco (NPR)

• Mydecine Innovations Group Files Application to list to the NASDAQ (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Biden Ending Federal Contracts With Private Prisons; Private ICE Detention Continues (Filter)

• 5 Athletes Who Healed With Psychedelic Therapy (Benzinga)

• “A ‘Dose’ of Radical Christianity”: Psychedelic Therapy with Dr. Florence Nichols (Chacruna)

• atai Life Sciences to Collaborate with Massachusetts General Hospital to Accelerate Discovery of Mechanisms Underlying Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelic Agents (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Ohio Students Launch Harm Reduction and “Bad Batch” Alerts App (Filter)

• Taking Psychedelics When You’re Not Feeling Good (Maps of the Mind)

• In Brazil, Bolsonaro Continues to Pump Blood to the War on Drugs (TalkingDrugs)

• Inside The Underground World Of Online Psychedelic Support Groups (Benzinga)

• MINDCURE Announces Pre- and Post-Psychedelic Therapy Adaptogen Supplements, Defining New Product Category (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How to Start a Career in the Field of Psychedelic Integration (The Third Wave)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Common Shares to Trade on the OTCQX Best Market (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mental Health Issues That Don't Mix Well With Psychedelics (Healing Maps)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.26.20

Cannabis

• New Jersey: Assembly Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation (NORML)

• Montana Activists Submit 130,000 Signatures For Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Despite Coronavirus Setbacks (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis Associated with Reduced Opioid Use, Prolonged Benefits in Pain Patients (NORML)

• Police Would Have To Prove ‘Actual Impairment’ In Medical Marijuana DUIs Under New Pennsylvania Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Iowa Lost Over a Third of Its Medical Marijuana Patients During COVID-19 Crisis (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Legalization Legend Dr. Lester Grinspoon Passes Away (CelebStoner)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Could Get New Chance At Ballot After Federal Court Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

• MedMen’s Failure Is Everything Wrong With Legal Cannabis (And Is Only The First Company To Implode) (Forbes)

• Gallup: Seven in Ten Americans Say That “Smoking Marijuana” Is Morally Acceptable (NORML)

• Georgia Lawmakers Include Marijuana Decriminalization In Policing Reform Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Police boss says UK should regulate cannabis and allow home grows (Health Europa)

• 7-Eleven Is Waging War on Medical Cannabis Businesses in Oklahoma (MERRY JANE)

• New Jersey Announces Waiver Allowing Medical Marijuana Deliveries Ahead Of Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• In Wake of Protests, Cannabis Reforms Gain Momentum (WeedWeek)

• Why 2021 Willl Be The Year For Marijuana Legalization (Benzinga)

• Little-Noticed Hemp Memo Clarifies Military’s Ban On Service Members Using CBD (Marijuana Moment)

• The Beneficial Effects of Cannabis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Short Lived (Gilmore Health News)

LSD

• Navy Warns of Increase in Personnel Taking LSD (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Paul McCartney defends his right to take LSD, 1967 (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Iowa GOP Lawmaker’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Amendment Defeated In Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• People are paying $10,000 to trip on magic mushrooms at a retreat in Jamaica. But past struggles with safety and staffing show the difficulty of taking psychedelics mainstream. (Insider)

• Psilocybin Doses Used in Clinical Research & Conversions to Magic Truffle Dosages (Maps of the Mind)

• Further Conversations With The Mushrooms On The Origin Of Everything (DMT Times)

MDMA

• Psychiatrist Explores Possible Benefits Of Treating PTSD With Ecstasy Or Cannabis (NPR)

DMT

• The Biosynthesis of DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• New trailer drops for documentary ‘The Medicine’ (HeyUGuys)

Iboga

• The Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Crisis Has a Plant Medicine Solution (Stockhouse)

Ketamine

• Cannabis And Ketamine: Is There A Risk Of Interaction? (The Fresh Toast)

Miscellaneous

• Survey: “Having Fun” Still the Biggest Reason for Drug Use During COVID Crisis (Filter)

• GOP Memo Rips Into Joe Biden’s Drug War Record (Marijuana Moment)

• What motivates people to use psychedelics: New criteria may help provide the answer (Medical Xpress)

• Federal Commission Pushes Expansion Of Marijuana And Psychedelics Research For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• Champignon Brands Issued Cease Trade Order By B.C. Securities Commission (The Dales Report)

• 'The Happy Chef' To Release New Psychedelics Cookbook (Yahoo! Finance)

• Guidelines for Inclusion of Indigenous People into Psychedelic Science Conferences (Chacruna)

• How Culture Can Influence a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

• New Bay Area Resilience Fund Provides Safety Net for Local Medicine Healers (Lucid News)

• Washington State Drug Decriminalization Activists Shift Focus From Ballot To Legislature (Marijuana Moment)

• Launch of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group (Drug Science)

• Champignon Announces Regulatory Review (Globe Newswire)

• Revive Therapeutics betting on psychedelics and potential COVID-19 treatment Bucillamine (Proactive Investors)

• 'People Should Have the Fundamental Right To Change Their Consciousness' (Reason)

• MindMed Developing IP For Personalized Psychedelic Assisted Therapies (PR Newswire)

• Seattle repeals drug loitering law that led to racist harassment and arrests (Leafly)

• Newton Energy Corporation Announces Letter of Intent with Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. (Globe Newswire)

• How Psychedelics Help with Gender Identity and Transition (DoubleBlind)

• Are NDEs caused by carbon dioxide overload? And what about psychedelics? (Patheos)

• ATAI launches IntroSpect Digital Therapeutics, appoints veteran software engineer David Keene as CEO (PR Newswire)

• iCan Founder Saul Kaye Joins Aurelius Data Advisory Board (Globe Newswire)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Announces New Podcast, Field Tripping: Epic Trips in Psychedelics (PR Newswire)

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