Cannabis
New Zealand: Voters to Decide Saturday on Nationwide Marijuana Legalization Referendum (NORML)
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to marijuana’s Schedule I status (Leafly)
France to distribute free medical cannabis, launch experiment in 2021 (Marijuana Business Daily)
Spain becomes cannabis hub as criminals fill tourism void (The Guardian)
Virginia Governor Signs Marijuana Reform Bill As State’s First Medical Dispensary Prepares To Open (Marijuana Moment)
Judge overrules state over New Mexico medical marijuana reciprocity (Marijuana Business Daily)
Michigan Governor Signs Marijuana Expungements Bill As Part Of Criminal Justice Package (Marijuana Moment)
German patient wins court case to have cannabis covered by insurance (Marijuana Business Daily)
Montana Voters Poised To Legalize Marijuana, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)
Study: Subjects Report Reduced Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following Cannabis Inhalation (NORML)
Prenatal cannabis exposure linked to cognitive deficits, altered behavior (ScienceDaily)
Montreal biotech company announces first sale of biosynthetic CBD (Marijuana Business Daily)
New Jersey and Arizona legalization measures leading in latest polls (Leafly)
Colorado marijuana rules will require testing of vapor, not just oil (Marijuana Business Daily)
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Allowing FDA-Approved Cannabis Medications As Legalization Vote Looms (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
The 'Acid King' Convicted of Running the Biggest LSD Ring in History (VICE)
Magic Mushrooms
What if a Pill Can Change Your Politics or Religious Beliefs? (Scientific American)
Psychedelic treatment for depression is on sale for the first time (Quartz)
ACT and Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression Part I: A Natural Synergy (Psychedelic Science Review)
Havn Life Applies for Licence to Produce and Sell Psilocybin (Yahoo! Finance)
What Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Teaching Us About Human Consciousness (Discover)
How to Make a Spore Print (DoubleBlind)
Cultivating Psilocybe cubensis: Suitable Substrates (Psychedelic Science Review)
MDMA
MDMA Treatments May Be Cheaper Than Other PTSD Treatments (Green Market Report)
NYC Psychotherapist Charley Wininger Says MDMA Is The ‘Glue’ Of His Marriage (Forbes)
Salvia Divinorum
This Is My Brain on Salvia (WIRED)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
What Is Sassafras? Everything You Need To Know About The Drug MDA (DoubleBlind)
Ketamine
Rise of the Ketamine Clinic: A New Era for Mental Wholeness (The Third Wave)
Scientists Unlock Neurological Code of Dissociation (Lucid News)
Miscellaneous
The case for funding psychedelics to treat mental health (Vox)
New Association Brings Psychedelics to the Medical Mainstream (Lucid News)
Psychedelic drugs may have played a role in the founding of Christianity (Raw Story)
MindMed Announces $25 Million Bought Deal Public Offering (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psychedelic Media Should Stop Parroting Corporate Press Releases (Psymposia)
Psychedelics Improve Depression and Wellbeing Scores in Individuals With Eating Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)
Awe-inspiring psychedelic trips reduce narcissism by boosting connectedness and empathy, study suggests (PsyPost)
Israel’s Psychedelic Community and Jerusalem’s Protesters Join Forces (Chacruna)
Food for Thought: Can Psychedelics Boost Brain Growth Factor Levels? (Psychedelic Science Review)
A Spiritual Experience (Johns Hopkins Magazine)
Heroic Hearts Project and Field Trip Health Ltd. enter into a strategic relationship to increase legal psychedelic therapy access for military veterans in North America (Psilocybin Alpha)
The Role of Psychedelics in the Midst of a Pandemic and the Fight for Black Lives (Chacruna)
Are Canadians ready to accept psychedelics in palliative care? (The Globe and Mail)
The World of Claudio Naranjo (Psychedelics Today)
DEA and the Religious Exemption: A Fox Guarding the Henhouse (Chacruna)
A Trip Through the Universe: How Psychedelic Art Overlaps with Space Art (DoubleBlind)
Overcoming Anxiety with Psychedelic Integration (The Third Wave)
Of Mediums and Mind-Manifestors: Eileen Garrett and Psychedelic Experience (Chacruna)
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