Cannabis
Mexico’s Senate-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill Moves To Chamber Of Deputies (Marijuana Moment)
House Leadership Announces Vote On MORE Act To End Marijuana Prohibition Will Take Place Next Week (NORML)
Marijuana Legalization Opponents Ask Courts To Overturn Voters’ Will In Several States (Marijuana Moment)
Which States Are Poised to Advance Marijuana Legalization Reforms in 2021? (NORML)
North Macedonia May Legalize Marijuana To Boost Tourism, Prime Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)
New Jersey: Attorney General Issues Directive Halting Low-Level Marijuana Prosecutions (NORML)
Republican Lawmakers And Celebrities Push Trump To Free Marijuana Prisoners Before Leaving Office (Marijuana Moment)
Upcoming UN vote may be watershed moment for global medical cannabis – if only symbolic (Marijuana Business Daily)
North Dakota: Gov. Burgum Issues Additional Pardons for Low-Level Marijuana Offenses (NORML)
Connecticut Lawmakers Will Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot If Legislature Rejects Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Federal Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Among Youth Decline Sharply in Legalization States (NORML)
Number Of Banks Working With Marijuana Industry Continues To Drop Amid COVID, Federal Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
First Modern Dose-Response Study of LSD Confirms the Critical Role of the Serotonin 2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)
New doc 'My Psychedelic Love Story' remembers Timothy Leary (Fast Company)
Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin & migraine: First of its kind trial reports promising results (New Atlas)
Two-Track Effort To Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms In Washington State Launches Amid Broader Drug Decrim Push (Marijuana Moment)
MDMA
Research Suggests Past Antidepressant Usage Reduces Efficacy of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)
MDMA and Life Threatening Illnesses – A Commentary to Our Study (Psychedelic Support)
Facilitating MDMA Therapy as a Treatment for PTSD with Marcela Ot’alora G (Chacruna)
Ayahuasca
Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca (Lucid News)
How Did Ayahuasca, Indigenous Diversity and Conservation Become Commodities in the Amazon? (Chacruna)
Ketamine
Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent (BBC)
Datura
Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens, find reveals (Science Magazine)
Miscellaneous
Vancouver Just Voted to Decriminalize All Drugs (VICE)
Peter Thiel backs Berlin start-up making psychedelics in $125 million round (CNBC)
What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy (DoubleBlind)
The world's first psychedelics hotline could help you work through a trip (Inverse)
These Four Former Pro Athletes Are Using Psychedelics To Heal Their Brain Injuries (Forbes)
Oregon County Prosecutor Stops Drug Possession Cases Early Following Decriminalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)
BBC Two Programme to Follow Psychedelics vs. Antidepressants Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)
University of Bristol hands free drug testing kits to students (BBC)
Another Aspect of Reality: Maria Nys Huxley’s Influence on Psychedelic History (Chacruna)
Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends (Psychedelics Today)
Catching Up With the Psychedelic Entourage Effect-Part 1: How We Got Here (Psychedelic Science Review)
Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality (Psyche)
Yu Maeda: A Psychedelic Artist Blending Japanese and American Influences (Sam Woolfe)
Why California’s Future Psychedelics Legislation Should Start with Decriminalization of All Drugs (Chacruna)
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