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12.2.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Signs Marijuana Research Bill, A Historic First For Federal Cannabis Reform (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Plans for Medical Cannabis Legalization on the Ballot in 2024 (High Times)

  • Ohio Senate Votes To Remove Marijuana Paraphernalia Convictions From Criminal Records And Allow Broader Expungement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Police in India Say Rats Ate More Than 1,100 Pounds of Confiscated Weed (High Times)

  • Young Americans Are Twice As Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, New Gallup Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Federal Job Applications Won’t Ask About Most Marijuana Use Unless It Was Within The Past 90 Days (Marijuana Moment)

  • Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help (Scientific American)

  • University Researchers Exploring Cannabis As A Treatment For Covid-19 (Forbes)

  • New York’s illicit weed products are weak and full of toxins, study finds (Leafly)

  • Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Opioid Use By Cancer Patients, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Starts Program Providing Financial Assistance to Low-Income Cannabis Patients (High Times)

  • Wedding Guest Files Lawsuit Over Pot-Infused Reception Food (High Times)

  • These States Almost Legalized Marijuana In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Many Trips, Diminishing Returns: Cross-Tolerance Between LSD and DOI (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting (Futurism)

Magic Mushrooms

  • DEA Proposes Even Higher 2023 Production Quotas For Psychedelics Like MDMA And Psilocyn (Marijuana Moment)

  • Non-profit Organization Marches on Canadian Capital To Fight for Therapeutic Mushrooms (High Times)

MDMA

  • The man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills (The Face)

  • Climate Lessons from Cambodia’s Illegal MDMA Market (TalkingDrugs)

Ayahuasca

  • Why Ayahuasca Is Miley Cyrus' 'Favorite' Drug (And How It Supported Her Veganism) (Benzinga)

  • After closing its doors in Canterbury, a church serving hallucinogenic tea vows to reopen elsewhere (NHPR)

  • Ceremonial Ayahuasca in Amazonian Retreats: Mental Health and Epigenetic Outcomes From a Six-Month Naturalistic Study (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War (Filter)

Ketamine

  • Laid-off workers can now get a free month of ketamine-assisted therapy services to help with their mental health (Fortune)

  • Low-dose ketamine may reduce shivering following spinal anesthesia (Physicians Weekly)

  • Ketamine for Depression Poses “Significant Risk to the Public” (Mad in America)

  • Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

  • Berkeley, California Officials Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution Amid Pushback From Reform Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian And Mexican Presidents Announce International Effort To Reshape Drug Policy, Condemning ‘Failure’ Of Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Governor To Appoint Psychedelics Advisory Panel After Voters Approve Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Why the “Psychedelic Renaissance” is just Colonialism by Another Name (DoubleBlind)

  • Could the Latest Science on Psychedelics Revolutionise the Way We Understand Our Minds? (Men's Health)

12.9.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap (Leafly)

  • Legalization Amendment To Be Added to Missouri Constitution (High Times)

  • New Jersey Marijuana Regulators Approve Rules For Public Cannabis Consumption Areas (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Bringing Country Closer To Ending Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Cannabis Has ‘Uniquely Beneficial Effects’ on People With Bipolar Disorder (High Times)

  • Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds (CNN)

  • Delivery is in the works for New York’s new legal weed stores (Leafly)

  • Children are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase (EurekAlert!)

  • Oregon recalls thousands of cannabis products over pesticide concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Several Companies for Illicit Edible Sales (High Times)

  • As Congress Stalls On Marijuana Banking, New Report Details Public Safety Risk Of Cash-Intensive Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

  • NORML Report Highlights Citywide Policies Depenalizing Marijuana Law Enforcement (NORML)

  • Study: ‘Significant’ negative association between medical cannabis sales, alcohol (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Dispensaries’ Cashless ATM Transactions Get The Ax (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Governor Announces Intent to Expunge 40,000+ Marijuana-Related Convictions (NORML)

  • Biden’s Health Secretary Shares Marijuana Scheduling News At 4:20—Again (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana packaging rebrands can draw consumers, create cohesion, reflect values (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Trend Sees Brands Pairing Top-Shelf Weed, Fine Dining (High Times)

LSD

  • Study on LSD microdosing uncovers neuropsychological mechanisms that could underlie anti-depressant effects (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Portlanders Explain Why They’re Waiting in Line for Psychedelic Mushrooms (Willamette Week)

  • Study suggests psilocybin increases mindfulness, especially when accompanied by mystical experiences (PsyPost)

  • Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge (DoubleBlind)

  • Diamond Therapeutics completes Phase I clinical study of low-dose psilocybin in healthy human subjects (PR Newswire)

  • Oregon store allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms raided (The Seattle Times)

MDMA

  • MDMA may be available for medical treatment "as soon as 2024" in US hospitals (Mixmag)

  • Wastewater data shows 286% increase in ecstasy use during pandemic (Healio)

  • Abuse Potential: Considerations for Rescheduling MDMA and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

Ayahuasca

  • A Canadian psychedelic drug company has created medical grade ayahuasca (Toronto Star)

  • Modulatory Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality Structure in a Traditional Framework (Chacruna)

  • Declaration of The 4th Brazilian Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference (Chacruna)

Ketamine

  • Now Companies Can Buy Insurance To Cover Ketamine Therapy for Employees (Lucid News)

  • Using Ketamine to Treat Anorexia (Psychology Today)

  • Meta-Analysis of Intravenous vs Intranasal Ketamine (Psychiatric Times)

  • Low-dose Ketamine Effective In Reducing The Incidence Of Shivering Following Spinal Anesthesia (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

  • MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

  • Most States Will Legalize Psychedelics By 2037, Analysis Published By American Medical Association Predicts (Marijuana Moment)

  • When virtual reality meets psychedelic therapy (Mashable)

  • How Will Our Value Systems Affect The Psychedelic Movement? (Maps of the Mind)

  • We’re rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say (New Scientist)

  • Awakn Makes Its Case To Investors (Lucid News)

  • Punk Ethos & Psychedelic Practice (Maps of the Mind)

12.16.22

Cannabis

  • Recreational Weed Now Legal in Missouri (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Begin Next Month (NORML)

  • New Hampshire GOP And Democratic House Leaders Team Up On Marijuana Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Here’s how New York’s legal weed delivery will work (Leafly)

  • Teen Marijuana Use Remained Stable In 2022, Despite More States Legalizing And Lifting Of Pandemic Restrictions (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas City: Officials Dismiss Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Following Statewide Legalization Vote (NORML)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust cannabis scandal (CBC)

  • Texas Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Back In Voters’ Hands After City Council Repeal (Marijuana Moment)

  • Massachusetts To Add Lessons on Weed Impairment to Driver’s Ed (High Times)

  • Nearly 2 Million Marijuana Convictions Have Been Pardoned Or Expunged In The U.S. In The Past Five Years, New Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Australian Residents Could Save $850 Million Annually if Cannabis is Decriminalized (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Reduces Arrests Even In States That Already Decriminalized, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off (PsyPost)

  • Gut Feeling: Links Between LSD, Endocannabinoids, and the Microbiome (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Florida halts amanita muscaria sales at nation’s only brick-and-mortar retailer (Leafly)

  • COMP360 psilocybin therapy shows potential in open-label study in type II bipolar disorder presented at ACNP (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Here’s why police are raiding psychedelic mushroom stores in major cities (Leafly)

  • Rat Study Examines Psilocybin as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Times)

MDMA

  • The History and Benefits of MDMA, the New Tool in Mental Health Again (Daily Kos)

DMT

  • Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Aaron Rodgers says doing psychedelic drug ayahuasca helped him overcome his ‘fear of death’ (The Independent)

5-MeO-DMT

  • UCL To Lead First-Ever Brain Imaging Study Among Psychedelic Retreat Participants (High Times)

  • PsyBio Therapeutics Takes Initial Step to Help Protect the Sonoran Desert Toad as it Files Three New Provisional Patent Applications, Including Intellectual Property Protection for the Biosynthetic Production of 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Alpha)

Peyote

  • Inside the battle to save the sacred peyote ceremony: ‘We’re in dire straits’ (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Israeli Based Biotech Company Clearmind Completes IND-Enabling Studies for CMND-100 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine plus therapy could help treat alcoholism, say researchers (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • Verdict in Lawsuit Assigns MAPS 25% Liability and $1M in Damages (Lucid News)

  • New center takes multidisciplinary approach to the study of psychedelics (University of Michigan)

  • It’s Not Just About Pot. Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. (The New York Times)

  • The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

  • Would You Be Friends With Your Friends if You Didn’t Do Drugs Together? (VICE)

  • Why is Gender-Affirming Care Needed in the Psychedelic Space? (Chacruna)

  • How Many Likes Does it Take to be a Psychedelic Thought Leader? (Lucid News)

12.23.22

Cannabis

  • First words from Brittney Griner: Thanks Biden, vows to help free others (Leafly)

  • Federally Funded Study Finds Teen Use Rates Largely Unchanged by Legalization (NORML)

  • Canada Destroys a Record Amount of Cannabis (High Times)

  • District of Columbia: Council Members Advance Legislation to Expunge Tens of Thousands of Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

  • Afroman Announces 2024 Run for President (High Times)

  • Twitter Stops Suggesting People Who Search For ‘Marijuana’ May Need Drug Treatment (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canada’s Cannabis Legalization Is Working Effectively, Annual Survey Suggests (Forbes)

  • New Washington Bill Would Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Report Analyzes Medical Pot Patients’ Consumption Habits (High Times)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Back Marijuana Legalization, And Three In Four Support Decriminalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • How LSD evolved from CIA mind-control drug to counterculture emblem (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Quebec covers psilocybin therapy under medical insurance in historic first (Leafly)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Canadian Company Announces Ayahuasca Pills (Chacruna)

  • Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men (UC Riverside)

Datura

  • Weed responsible for hallucinogenic spinach recall identified as thornapple (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • New Bill Tries to Decriminalize Psychedelics in California—Again (DoubleBlind)

  • The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa (Lucid News)

  • U.K. Police Chiefs Call for Decriminalization of First-Time Drug Offenses (High Times)

  • Israel-Based Clearmind Medicine Granted U.S. Patent for Psychedelic-Based Alcohol Substitute (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Placebo Problems: Boundary Works in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance (Chacruna)

12.30.22

Cannabis

  • Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2022 (NORML)

  • Washington, D.C. Passes Bill To Expand Medical Weed Sales (High Times)

  • Google Ends Ban On Advertising Certain Hemp And CBD Products In Parts Of U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

  • Clinical Trial Finds Cannabis Oil is Well-Tolerated, Effective Insomnia Treatment (High Times)

  • Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records To Launch Its Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom Pardons 10, Some Cannabis Convictions (High Times)

  • A dying US cancer patient used cannabis to ease pain. His hospital called the police (The Guardian)

  • South Dakota Activists File Measure That Could Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot For Third Election In A Row (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? (Vox)

  • Texas Marijuana Activists Submit Enough Signatures To Challenge Local Decriminalization Repeal, While Another City’s Reform Faces Lawsuit (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • A single dose of psilocybin improves depression in treatment-resistant patients, but with adverse effects (PsyPost)

  • Psilocybin Therapy For Autism-Like Disorder Receives Approval For Phase 2a Clinical Trial (The Dales Report)

  • Do Shrooms Go Bad? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA Is Getting Super Popular Among Rich, Young Indians (VICE)

  • VA Report Says Psilocybin And MDMA Show Therapeutic ‘Promise’ For Veterans’ Mental Health Conditions (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

  • Phase 2a study initiated to examine synthetic DMT for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

Ayahuasca

  • “Nobody Wants A Synthetic-Only Future”: Filament Health Is Formulating Natural Psilocybin And Standardizing Ayahuasca (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Tripping Without The Trip: Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelics (Benzinga)

Ketamine

  • Much remains unknown about using ketamine to treat depression—and Colorado doesn't regulate it (The Denver Post)

Miscellaneous

  • New York Lawmakers File Psychedelics Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics Like Psilocybin Are Now Legal In Colorado With Governor’s Proclamation On Voter-Approved Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Multidimensional Worlds of Mariela de la Paz (DoubleBlind)

  • Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon, but who will administer the drugs? (NBC News)

  • Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say (NPR)

  • Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities (The Daily Beast)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.24.21

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Cannabis

  • Switzerland’s Zurich to Begin Recreational Cannabis Trial in 2022 (High Times)

  • U.S. House Approves SAFE Banking Act as Part of Military Spending Bill in Historic Vote (High Times)

  • Green Party in Finland Calls for End of Prohibition (High Times)

  • This company is smuggling tons of legal cannabis into streets, whistleblower alleges (Leafly)

  • California State Fair Will Host Marijuana Competition For The First Time At 2022 Event, Officials Announce (Marijuana Moment)

  • Connecticut: Qualified Patients Can Begin Home Cultivating Cannabis Next Week (NORML)

  • Rhode Island Lawmakers Are ‘Very Close’ On Marijuana Legalization Deal Ahead Of Possible Special Session, Top Senator Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • Lessons the Psychedelics Industry Can Learn From the Cannabis Market Bubble (Lucid News)

  • Pennsylvania Senators Discuss Bill To Provide DUI Protections For Medical Marijuana Patients (Marijuana Moment)

  • VA sending mixed messages for vets about cannabis use to treat PTSD (Arizona Mirror)

  • Delaware: Governor Signs Measure Amending Cannabis Penalties for Minors (NORML)

  • FBI Clarifies That Using Marijuana More Than 24 Times Disqualifies Would-Be Agents (Marijuana Moment)

  • Former Massachusetts Mayor Sentenced for Extortion (High Times)

  • Controlling cannabis and the classification of Delta-8 THC (Reuters)

  • Eaze launches California program to bring free medical cannabis to low-income patients (Greenway Magazine)

  • Mississippi Lawmakers Reach Deal On Medical Marijuana Legalization, Plan To Request Special Session (Marijuana Moment)

  • For Chronic Pain Sufferers, Cannabis "May Be a Source of Hope" (Green Entrepreneur)

  • Full-Page Washington Post Ad Calls For Marijuana Prisoner’s Freedom While Celebs Make Money In Industry (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can Cannabis Help Your Gut? (TIME)

  • Florida Marijuana Activists File New Legalization Initiative For 2022 Ballot Following Supreme Court Defeats (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma Activists Finalize Language For Two 2022 Marijuana Ballot Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nebraska Cannabis Association launches as state's first lobbying group for marijuana-based businesses (York News-Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Study for Tobacco Gets Federal Funding (Truffle Report)

  • Thousands attend first-ever psychedelic shroom festival in Ann Arbor (MLive.com)

  • Canadian Coalition Submits Draft for Legal Psilocybin Therapy (Truffle Report)

  • Happy Global Magic Mushroom Day (9/20) for Psilocybin Fans (CelebStoner)

  • Nine Perfect Strangers's Portrayal of Psilocybin Could Derail Progress in Researching Psychedelic Use for Mental Health (Teen Vogue)

  • Shroom Delivery is Now a Thing (DoubleBlind)

  • Magic Mushrooms May Be the Biggest Advance in Treating Depression Since Prozac (Newsweek)

  • Former GOP Congresswoman Touts Psilocybin As Treatment For Alcoholism (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psyched Wellness Initiates a Clinical Sleep Study on Humans for a Structure/Function Claim For AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Amanita muscaria – A Fresh Look at An Iconic Mushroom (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • The 25 Best U.S. Counties for Mushroom Foragers (moveBuddha)

  • MindMed and Liechti Lab Provide Results from their Psilocybin R&D Collaboration (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Eversio Wellness Harvests Its First Legally Grown Psychoactive Mushrooms (Yahoo! Finance)

MDMA

  • Awakn Life Sciences Acquires Exclusive Rights to MDMA Research from Imperial College London (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

  • Small Pharma Successfully Completes Phase I Clinical Trial of DMT in Combination with Supportive Psychotherapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

5-MeO-DMT

  • I Wanted Ego Death. This Powerful Psychedelic Gave It To Me. (BuzzFeed News)

  • Lexston Initiates Research and Development Project Using Psychedelic Compound 5-Me0-DMT (TheNewswire)

Mescaline

  • Mescaline, Veganism, and Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (Sam Woolfe)

Iboga

  • DemeRx Doses First Subject in Phase 1/2a Study of DMX-1002 (Ibogaine) in Opioid Use Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

Salvia Divinorum

  • Salvia Divinorum and Kratom Combination – What You Must Know About It (IRN Post)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Are Prodrugs the Next Wave of Psychedelic Drug Development? (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Mindset Pharma Announces Further Preclinical Results Demonstrating Strong Efficacy and Improved Safety Profile for its 5-MeO-DMT-Inspired Drug Candidate, MSP-4018 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Tryp Therapeutics Submits IND Application for Phase 2a Clinical Trial in Eating Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Clearmind Medicine Partners with The Hebrew University to Develop Novel Psychedelic Drug (Yahoo! Finance)

  • Mydecine Files MYCO-003 Final Patent Application and Reports Positive Preclinical Data (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Nitrous Oxide

  • TikTok Is Hosting Ads for ‘Whipped Cream’. But It’s Actually Nitrous Oxide (VICE)

Ketamine

  • Delic signs US$10 million merger deal to become top psychedelic wellness chain in the U.S. (Canadian Lawyer)

  • Turning Everyday Therapist Offices into Ketamine Clinics (Lucid News)

  • Statistical model defines ketamine anesthesia’s effects on the brain (MIT News)

  • Is A Ketamine Infusion Covered By Insurance? (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

  • Companies are Getting Rid of Drug Tests Because They Can’t Find Enough Workers (VICE)

  • Class A drug possession ‘effectively decriminalised’ in Scotland (The Times)

  • Hamilton Morris Hired by Psilocybin Startup COMPASS Pathways, Ends "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia" On Vice (Psymposia)

  • Italian Advocates Collect 500,000 Signatures for Decriminalization of Cannabis and Psychoactive Substances (High Times)

  • Psychedelics Are a Billion-Dollar Business, and No One Can Agree Who Should Control It (VICE)

  • Meet Microdosing TikTok—And Why the Community Matters (Psychedelics Today)

  • More Michigan Cities Look to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

  • The Michigan Poison and Drug Information Center issues notification about effects and risks of using psychedelic substances (Today@Wayne)

  • Criticism of Awakn Treatment Model as Second Clinic Opens for Treating Addiction (TalkingDrugs)

  • Psychedelic Patents: Nature, IP Law, & Exclusion (Truffle Report)

  • How To Come Down From A High: Navigating the Downslope of a Trip (DoubleBlind)

  • Armed With Two Patents, Psycheceutical Plans To Transform Psychedelic Drug Delivery (Forbes)

  • Psychedelic Water founder looks to new legal era for powerful drugs (The Washington Times)

  • Mycrodose Therapeutics Successfully Completes Oversubscribed Private Placement to Expand Existing Patent Portfolio of Breakthrough Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Why Bristol Uni is taking a more progressive stance on drugs (The Bristol Cable)

  • Numinus Completes Acquisition of Neurology Centre of Toronto (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • The Removal of the Ecuadorian Drug Possession Table: A Major Government Mistake (TalkingDrugs)

  • ATMA Journey Centers Offer Regulated Health Care Professionals a Means to Incorporate Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Into Their Practice (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.7.21

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Cannabis

  • Mexican Lawmakers Fail To Legalize Marijuana Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk Following Legislature’s Approval (Marijuana Moment)

  • Louisiana House Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower And Advances Bill To Prepare For Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Texas House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, Sending It To Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Philadelphia: Mayor Signs Law Prohibiting Pre-Employment Drug Screening for Cannabis (NORML)

  • Frequent Marijuana Consumers Are Actually More Physically Active Than Non-Users, Study Finds, Smashing Stereotypes (Marijuana Moment)

  • Neat idea, Canna Bumps: Thanks for keeping marijuana illegal (Leafly)

  • Switzerland Just Got One Step Closer to Federally Legalizing Weed (MERRY JANE)

  • Cannabis Offers Immediate Nausea Relief, Study Shows (Forbes)

  • French Lawmaker Displays Marijuana Joint In Parliament As New Report Calls For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • 58% of Americans Don't Know the Difference Between THC and CBD, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

  • Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Students In Schools (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas: House Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Bill (NORML)

  • Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears 11th House Committee On Path To The Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado: Legislature Approves Measure Eliminating Civil Penalties for Possessing Between One and Two Ounces of Cannabis (NORML)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wilmington, Delaware City Council Votes to Support Cannabis Legalization (NORML)

  • Cannabis 'gravest threat' to mental health of young people (The Irish Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • MycoMeditations' Psilocybin-Assisted Wellness Retreat Urgently Addresses COVID-19's Impact on Mental Health (PR Newswire)

  • Psychedelics and Veganism: Personal Change Catalysed by Psilocybin (Sam Woolfe)

  • Psyched Wellness Signs Supply Agreement for Amanita Muscaria (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psilocybin and the Will to Live (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Optimi Health Partnership with Numinus Wellness Provides Update on First All-Natural Psilocybin Protocol (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

Mescaline

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Champignon Brands Changes Name to Braxia Scientific to Reflect the Integration of Ketamine and Psychedelic Clinics and its Research and Development Priorities (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Ketamine, esketamine effective for depression but have limitations (Healio)

  • What’s in the ketamine bill that just passed the House Judiciary Committee in Colorado? (KDVR)

Miscellaneous

  • 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics (Psychedelic Invest)

  • Texas House Approves Psychedelics Research Bill As Marijuana Reform Measures Also Advance (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can a genetic test predict your response to psychedelic drugs? (New Atlas)

  • What Happens When Big Pharma Starts Selling Mass-Market Hallucinogens (The Federalist)

  • Now that New York Legalized Cannabis, Could Psychedelics Be Next? (DoubleBlind)

  • The push to legalize psychedelics has ignored Indigenous communities (Mic)

  • Psychedelics at a Crossroads: We Need Constructive Not Extractive Capital (Dr. Bronner's)

  • Red Light Holland Receives Patent Pending Status For ‘Find Your Dose’ Customization of Microdosing Kits Based on Biometric and Movement Data (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psychedelics are transforming the way we understand depression and its treatment (The Irish Times)

  • Portland Advocates Push for Psychedelic Decriminalization (Truffle Report)

  • Can Psychedelics Provide Relief for Autistic Individuals? (Psychedelics Today)

  • Nova Mentis Launches Autism Clinical Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Why drugs should be not only decriminalised, but fully legalised (New Statesman)

  • Ketanserin’s Contributions to Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • MindMed Announces Project Angie, Targeting the Treatment of Pain with Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Navigating the Legal Landscape of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

  • Culture, entrepreneurial spirit makes Okanagan viable for psychedelic research (iNFOnews)

  • Psychedelics and Ecological Consciousness (Reality Sandwich)

  • DoubleBlind Editor-in-Chief Shelby Hartman on Covering the World of Psychedelics (Muse by Clio)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.4.20

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Cannabis

  • Drone Drops Hundreds Of Free Bags Of Marijuana In Israel (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia Senate Approves Two Marijuana Bills As Lawmakers Pursue Broader Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Sheriff Files Lawsuit To Keep Medical Marijuana Off Nebraska’s Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Malta is officially out of weed (The GrowthOp)

  • Vermont Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Inches Closer To Final Form After Conference Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

  • Are rosin vape carts going to take over the market? You better hope so. (Leafly)

  • Mississippi Medical Marijuana Initiative Has ‘Strong Chance Of Passage,’ Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • USC researchers think THC in marijuana could treat deadly COVID complication (Bakersfield.com)

  • How Legal Weed Destroyed a Counterculture Icon (Politico)

  • USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Maine, Missouri And Another Indian Tribe (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Over Three in Four Cannabis Consumers Prefer Flower Over Concentrates (NORML)

  • California Must Turn Over Marijuana Documents To DEA, Federal Court Rules (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis extract may protect honey bees from pesticides (StratCann)

  • State Of California Officially Promotes Marijuana Industry With New Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana Use Growing in Popularity Among Seniors (NORML)

  • Marijuana Legalization Group Helps Craft New Impaired Driving Prevention Bill In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

  • Medical cannabis failing Delaware patients (Cape Gazette)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Revive Therapeutics Enters into Clinical Trial Agreement to Evaluate Psilocybin for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Mindset Pharma Announces Promising Test Results of its Novel and Proprietary Psilocybin-Inspired Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Red Light Holland Announces Arrangement to Launch Sale of Psychedelic Truffle Microdosing Packs in the Netherlands (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Cancer patients say psilocybin can be both therapy and “a beautiful experience” (Inverse)

MDMA

  • Regulator weighs push to legalise MDMA for mental health treatment (Brisbane Times)

DMT

  • How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

  • Machine Elves and a Journey Into The DMT Spirit World (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

  • 'A Hail Mary': Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats (The New York Times)

  • Miley Cyrus went vegan after ‘puking up seals’ while on hallucinogenic drug (Metro)

Peyote

  • Peyote Decriminalization Opposed by Groups Seeking to Protect the Plant from Poaching (Lucid News)

Iboga

  • Healing the Soul with Spray Paint and Iboga with Chor Boogie (Chacruna)

Ketamine

PCP

DXM

  • Dextromethorphan (DXM) Guide: Effects, Uses, Legality, and Safety (Reality Sandwich)

Miscellaneous

  • Compass Pathways Files for U.S. IPO, to list on Nasdaq (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Scientists induce psychedelic-like experiences from a placebo alone (PsyPost)

  • Three-In-Five DC Voters Support Psychedelics Decriminalization Initiative, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Numinus Announces Filing of Final Short Form Prospectus for Offering of up to $4,000,000 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Why one in five young people have microdosed through lockdown (Dazed)

  • New Wave Holdings Corp Appoints Dr. Wade Davis to Psychedelic Research Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

  • Dr. Matthew Johnson Joins AWAKN Life Sciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Oregon Could become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November (The Appeal)

  • Focus on the family: How the War on Drugs destroyed America’s foster care system (Leafly)

  • Lamotrigine and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)

  • The Mechanisms of Change in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • The Neuroscience of Psychedelic Visuals (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.16.19

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CANNABIS

  • Scent of unburnt marijuana exclusively is not grounds to search warehouse, SJC rules (The Boston Globe)

  • Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says (CNN)

  • Here Are The Top 20 Most And Least Marijuana-Friendly U.S. Colleges (Marijuana Moment)

  • UC Davis Partners With DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research (UC Davis)

  • Cannabis restaurants are coming to California, with 'budtenders' and 'flower' service (The Washington Post)

  • Where Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

  • Outside Lands Music Festival Raked in $1 Million in Legal Weed Sales (MERRY JANE)

  • Adults who mix cannabis with opioids for pain report higher anxiety, depression (Science Daily)

  • Medicinal cannabis: the hype is strong, but the evidence is weak (The Guardian)

  • Lack of Patient Protection Gets Colorado a "B" Grade in Medical Marijuana (Westword)

  • Is Your Weed Vegan? How Vegan Weed and Veganic Farming Avoids Fertilizers that Impact the Purity and Safety of Cannabis (Psychedelic Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  • There’s Already a Company Developing Magic Mushroom Tea and Coffee in Denver (MERRY JANE)

  • Oregon Activists Take Next Step To Legalize Psilocybin For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

  • Swingers Love Combining Ecstasy with Sex, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

  • Ecstasy 'too child-friendly' as deaths rise to record levels (BBC)

  • Devastated mum of girl, 13, who died after taking ecstasy blames herself and wishes she’d told her ‘I love you’ (The Sun)

IBOGA

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

  • Synthetic MDMA-Like Drug Banned, Reportedly Linked to 125 Deaths (Your EDM)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

NITROUS OXIDE

OPIOIDS

  • Overdose survival rates high with naloxone, Stockton study finds (The Press of Atlantic City)

  • How to get naloxone, the antidote for an opioid overdose, in Maryland (The Baltimore Sun)

  • ETSU installs overdose drug Naloxone in every residence hall (WCYB)

CAFFEINE

  • Drinking coffee before bed does not affect sleep quality, study finds (Fox17)

  • Comparing different caffeine doses, as opposed to comparing to placebo alone, leads to robust sports nutrition conclusions, paper argues (NutraIngrediants-usa.com)

TOBACCO

  • The World Health Organization Blithely Denies Vaping Science (Filter)

  • FDA Rolls Out New Graphic Warnings For Cigarette Packages And Tobacco Ads (NPR)

  • WHO statement urging governments to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at international expositions (World Health Organization)

ALCOHOL

  • Religion and Drinking Alcohol in the U.S. (Gallup)

  • Bud and Booze Make Bad Bedfellows, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

KRATOM

MISCELLANEOUS

  • All U.S. Adults Should Be Screened for Illicit Drug Use, National Panel Urges (U.S. News & World Report)

  • Stay Off Your Phone While You're High, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

  • Benefits and challenges of psychedelic microdosing – as reported by microdosers (BMC Blogs Network)

  • The 40 Best Books About Shamanism and Plant Medicines (Chacruna)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks: