Cannabis
America's longest-serving marijuana prisoner freed after 31 years (The Guardian)
Study: Long-Term Cannabis Use Associated with Reduced Symptoms in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress (NORML)
Australia weighs wide-ranging medical cannabis reforms (Marijuana Business Daily)
Congressional Funding Bill Restores Financial Aid For Students With Drug Convictions, And Has Other Marijuana Provisions (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis may help reduce exposure to fentanyl among people taking opioid replacements, study finds (CBC)
Maryland Lawmaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of 2021 Session (Marijuana Moment)
Survey: Majority in Germany still opposes adult-use cannabis legalization (Marijuana Business Daily)
As Rhode Island Moves To Legalize Marijuana In 2021, Senate Leaders Back Private Sales Model (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis users ‘fail to grasp health risks of smoking,’ study says (The Guardian)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls For Marijuana Legalization In First Six Months Of 2021 (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis: the problem with defining products around THC content (The Conversation)
Magic Mushrooms
NH Supreme Court rules in favor of religious freedom to use psychedelic mushrooms (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Psyched Wellness Commences Pre-Clinical Trials of Amanita Muscaria (Psilocybin Alpha)
MDMA
Equity and Accessibility of MDMA-Assisted Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Methoxetamine: Cousin of Ketamine (Psychedelic Science Review)
Ketamine
Ketamine May Be More Effective Than Opioids for Prehospital Acute Pain (Clinical Pain Advisor)
FDA Guidance Sought for Planned Trial of Ketamine to Treat Dyskinesia (Parkinson's News Today)
Does Ketamine Have a Dark Side? (DoubleBlind)
Miscellaneous
Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA (Filter)
Remembering Psychedelic Activist and Drug Policy Pioneer Sheri Eckert, 1961-2020 (Lucid News)
2020’s Most Groundbreaking Developments in Psychedelics (Lucid News)
Santa May Have Actually Been a Psychedelic Shaman (Playboy)
New Congressional Bill Pressures States To Expunge Drug Convictions (Marijuana Moment)
Lithium and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)
Biden Promises Reform of His Punitive Drug Laws (Lucid News)
How Anti-Racism is a Form of Psychedelic Harm Reduction (DoubleBlind)
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