Cannabis
FDA And CDC Issue Warnings On Delta-8 THC Products Derived From Hemp (Marijuana Moment)
World Anti-Doping Agency Reviews Marijuana Ban For Athletes Following Pushback On Richardson Suspension (Marijuana Moment)
California: Lawmakers Advance Legislation Providing for Medical Cannabis Use in Hospitals (NORML)
Runner’s High Gets New Meaning (The Wall Street Journal)
Cannabis-Related Arrests in Virginia Decrease By 90 Percent After Legalization (High Times)
Cannabis use linked to subtle abnormalities in speech production (PsyPost)
Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Virginia Judge Jails Woman For Using Marijuana Before Testifying Against Alleged Domestic Violence Abuser (Marijuana Moment)
New Jersey Has Expunged A Third Of A Million Marijuana Convictions Since July (Marijuana Moment)
New Hampshire Lawmakers Take First Step To Put Marijuana Legalization On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
Michigan Medical Marijuana Activists Push Back Against Alleged Corporate Effort To Restrict Home Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
LSD-triggered altered behaviors linked to abnormal brain communication (Medical Xpress)
Miami student seriously injured after he jumped off roof while on LSD (Oxford Observer)
Magic Mushrooms
First subject dosed in psilocybin trial for rare headache disorder (Pharmaphorum)
California Activists Cleared To Collect Signatures For Psilocybin Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
Psychedelic shroom fest gets green light from University of Michigan (MLive)
What Happens When Dogs Eat Shrooms (DoubleBlind)
Nova Mentis Applies to US FDA for Psilocybin Orphan Drug Designation Fragile X Syndrome Treatment (Psilocybin Alpha)
MDMA
Turns Out Your DNA Sticks to MDMA Caps. That Could Help Police Track Down Drug Dealers. (VICE)
Wesana Health Commits Funding of $1.5 Million To Support MAPS’ Research Pipeline (Psilocybin Alpha)
Letter With MDMA Sent From the UK House of Commons to Prisoner (EDMTunes)
DMT
How to Integrate Those Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experiences (Sam Woolfe)
DMT vs. Mushrooms: Are We All Tripping On The Same Thing? (DoubleBlind)
5-MeO-DMT
Tourists Are Now Smoking Toad Venom in Mexico’s Hipster Town Tulum (VICE)
Peyote
Santa Cruz City Council Removes Peyote from List of Decriminalized Psychedelics (Good Times Santa Cruz)
Iboga
Post-9/11 war vets go to Mexico to treat trauma with a psychedelic that's illegal in the US (Stars and Stripes)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
COMPASS Pathways acquires IP portfolio of novel psychedelic compounds and prodrugs (Psilocybin Alpha)
Mindset Pharma Further Validates Lead Candidate, MSP-1014, as a Next Generation Psilocybin Analog through Drug Discrimination Assay (Psilocybin Alpha)
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous-oxide: Laughing gas hits a new high in Ireland (The Irish Times)
Ketamine
Colorado attorney general report found Aurora police racially biased and fire department administered ketamine illegally (CNN)
Ketamine monotherapy reduces suicidal ideation in adults with depression (Healio)
Psychable is the First Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Company to Offer a Buy One, Give One Program (GlobeNewswire)
Sharon Osbourne Says She Underwent Ketamine Therapy After Leaving The Talk amid Controversy (People)
Perception Neuroscience initiates Phase 2a study of PCN-101 (R-ketamine) for treatment resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)
Miscellaneous
Detroit Voters Will Decide On Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Measure In November (Marijuana Moment)
Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Psychedelics Decriminalization Bill (Forbes)
Addiction specialists accused of 'massive conflict of interest' for ties to drug-testing industry (CBC)
Tim Ferriss Gift Creates Journalism Fellowships at Berkeley’s new Center for Science of Psychedelics (UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)
Seattle bid to decriminalize psychedelics could have ‘profound’ effect on treating addiction (MyNorthwest.com)
Psychedelic medicine comes to the VA (The Psychedelic Renaissance)
House Could Vote On Psychedelics Research For Military And Marijuana Banking As Part Of Defense Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Survey: U.S. College Students Drank Less, Used More Marijuana And Psychedelics During Covid-19 (Forbes)
Congressional Panel Votes To Repeal Drug Conviction Penalty Blocking Education Tax Credit (Marijuana Moment)
Psychedelic Use on the Rise As Gen Z Seeks To ‘Enhance Connectedness’ (VICE)
Seattle Councilmember Says He’ll Introduce Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure By Year’s End (Marijuana Moment)
A Renaissance for Psychedelics Could Fill a Long-Standing Treatment Gap for Psychiatric Disorders (Scientific American)
Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms: are these drugs the future of therapy? (The Guardian)
Fear of Death Impacts Quality of Life-How Psychedelics Can Help (Psychedelic Science Review)
Washington State Activists Announce 2022 Drug Decriminalization Ballot Campaign (Marijuana Moment)
Digital Psychedelia: Hidden Experience and the Challenge of Paranoia (Somatosphere)
A Workbook for Psychedelic Integration Focuses on Life’s Big Questions (Lucid News)
The impact and importance of psychedelic medicine (Open Access Government)
'Nine Perfect Strangers' is a deranged portrait of psychedelic wellness retreats (Mic)
Understanding ‘Spiritual Emergency’ in the Context of Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)
What Substances Are More Likely To Be Contaminated With Fentanyl? (Lucid News)
Discovering New Psychedelic Drugs (Reality Sandwich)
Studying Psychedelics Pt I: North American Research (Truffle Report)
The Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics: 2A or Not 2A? – Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)
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