Cannabis
Virginia: Medical Cannabis Dispensing Begins (NORML)
Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open to long lines, happy patients (Leafly)
Montana Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Marijuana Legalization Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Six Additional States And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)
Virginia Bill To Ban Police Searches Based On Marijuana Smell Gets Governor-Suggested Changes (Marijuana Moment)
Pennsylvania House Votes To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients From DUI Charges (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
LSD: new scientific study shows microdosing elevates mood and cognition (Boing Boing)
‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: Errol Morris’ Touching LSD Romance Adds New Dimension to Timothy Leary (IndieWire)
Could Giving Acid to Dolphins Help Us Talk to Aliens? (DoubleBlind)
Bill Wilson, LSD and the Secret Psychedelic History of Alcoholics Anonymous (Lucid News)
Magic Mushrooms
First Psilocybin for Depression Clinical Trial Launched in Sweden (Psilocybin Alpha)
Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Psilocybin in Cancer Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psilocybin and Mindfulness for Depression: Complementary Actions Starting to Emerge (Psychedelic Science Review)
Pharmaceutical Startup Developing Sublingual Psilocybin Raises $34 Million To Fund Clinical Trials (Forbes)
Numinus First Canadian Public Company to Complete Legal Harvest of Psilocybe Mushrooms (Psilocybin Alpha)
Allied Expands Pharmaceutical Pipeline By Filing US Provisional Patent for Psilocybin Based Therapeutics (GlobeNewswire)
MDMA
Government urged to sell cocaine and ecstasy in pharmacies (The Guardian)
Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca, Capitalism and the New Age (Chacruna)
Peyote
What Groups Are Doing to Protect Against Peyote Poaching (Green Entrepreneur)
Ketamine
Ketamine-Induced Brain Rhythm Causes Dissociation: From Mice to Man (Psychedelic Science Review)
Pharmather to Advance Ketamine as Potential Dyskinesia Treatment (Parkinson's News Today)
Miscellaneous
Early Christians Might Have Been High on Hallucinogenic Communion Wine (VICE)
People who microdose psychedelic drugs report that the benefits greatly outweigh the drawbacks (PsyPost)
DEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism (Associated Press)
Scientists identify a powerful anti-inflammatory compound in psychedelic drugs (Massive Science)
Watch The Oregon Drug Decriminalization Campaign’s New TV Ads For Historic Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)
2020’s psychedelic drug ballot measures, explained (Vox)
An Open Letter and Call to Action for MAPS Canada (Psymposia)
Media Company Delic Corp. Announces RTO, Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company Planning to Go Public (Psilocybin Alpha)
Jedi Flipping: What It’s Like to Mix Shrooms, Acid, and Molly (DoubleBlind)
How to Talk to Your Therapist About Psychedelics (Psychology Today)
“Psychedelics are Not Cotton Candy and Rainbows” with Sensei Kevon Simpson (Chacruna)
Psyched Wellness Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company to Go Public (CSE: PSYC) (Psilocybin Alpha)
Examining the Effects of Psychedelics on Experiential Avoidance (Psychedelic Science Review)
Nina Graboi, A Forgotten Woman in Psychedelic Lore (Chacruna)
Revive Therapeutics Signs Supply Agreement With Havn Life Sciences for Psychedelic Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)
6 Herbs to Enhance Your Next Psychedelic Trip (DoubleBlind)
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