Cannabis
Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalize recreational cannabis (Leafly)
Hawaii Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill And Separate Decriminalization Expansion Proposal (Marijuana Moment)
Virginia Governor Considers Speeding Up Legal Marijuana Timeline (Marijuana Moment)
South Dakota: Legislative Effort to Delay Implementation of Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana Law Fails (NORML)
Mississippi House kills medical marijuana bill. Senate tries a hail Mary (Mississippi Today)
Legislation Introduced To No Longer Deny Citizenship Based on Cannabis Consumption (NORML)
Thai households now allowed to grow six cannabis plants a year (BusinessLIVE)
New cannabis coalition wants to influence how — not if — weed is legalized (Politico)
Rhode Island Senate Leaders Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill As Governor Prepares Competing Plan (Marijuana Moment)
Lawmakers In Several States Consider Enacting or Expanding Medical Cannabis Access (NORML)
Nearly 30,000 Californians Just Had Felony Weed Offenses Reduced to Misdemeanors (MERRY JANE)
Review: Cannabinoids Effective and Well-Tolerated in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress (NORML)
Plymouth Massachusetts Introduces a New Medical Research Website for Cannabis (PR Newswire)
Indoor Weed Farms Are Hotboxing the Planet (Gizmodo)
Vaping Weed May Actually Be Worse for Your Lungs Than Smoking Cigarettes, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
LSD
Psychedelics research: Scientists zero in on the ideal dose of LSD to use in psychiatric treatment (PsyPost)
LSD Brings Your Brain to the Edge of Chaos (VICE)
When Acid Makes You Feel Like Jesus (DoubleBlind)
Magic Mushrooms
New York Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms (Marijuana Moment)
DEA Sued By Doctor Who Wants Permission To Give Psilocybin Mushrooms To Patients (Marijuana Moment)
Mind Medicine Australia urges TGA to reverse its Interim Decision on scientific and humanitarian grounds (Mind Medicine Australia)
Psilocybin Therapy Could Help With Obesity (Baystreet)
How Red Light Holland Is Bringing Psilocybin Truffles Mainstream (Benzinga)
MDMA
The impact COVID-19 had on MDMA this festival season (Newshub)
DMT
DMT and Stroke Research (Truffle Report)
Ayahuasca
Best Ayahuasca Retreats: How to Choose the Right Ayahuasca Retreat For You (DoubleBlind)
5-MeO-DMT
Three Friends Explore The Obscure And Potent Substance 5-MeO-DMT In This Existentially Intense Film Doc (Forbes)
Iboga
Ibogaine Treatment for Trauma (PR Newswire)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Is 18-MC a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)
Ketamine
Yes, Ketamine Addiction Is a Thing. Here’s What You Need to Know. (DoubleBlind)
Intravenous ketamine appears safe, efficacious for adolescents with depression (Healio)
Lower dose of ketamine is as effective as the standard dose to treat pain in adults (News-Medical.net)
Best Ketamine Clinics and Therapists: What to Look for if You’re Seeking Ketamine Therapy, and How to Find Ketamine Clinics Near You (DoubleBlind)
Miscellaneous
Investors Are Debating Who Should Own the Future of Psychedelics (VICE)
The Race to Patent Psychedelics Is Just Getting Started (VICE)
Vermont Lawmakers Propose Decriminalizing Drugs (Truffle Report)
Michigan Activists Launch Statewide Campaign to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants, Fungi (Truffle Report)
Why mental health researchers are studying psychedelics all wrong (Salon)
Report finds people use psychedelic drugs to self-medicate for depression, anxiety and trauma (TheJournal.ie)
Some Thoughts on For-Profit Psychedelic Startups and Companies (Tim Ferriss)
An open letter to Tim Ferriss about the value of patents in the psychedelic world (LinkedIn)
How to Penetrate Clubhouse’s Psychedelic Underground (Lucid News)
California May Ban Most Employers From Drug Testing People Upon Employment (MERRY JANE)
Lifetime psychedelic use may reduce likelihood of hypertension (Healio)
Psychedelic Speech: How Drugs Disorganize Normal Communication Patterns (Psychedelic Science Review)
New Coalition Seeks Federal Psychedelic Research Funds (Truffle Report)
The Outlaw Chemists Who Deserve a Cut of the Psychedelic Gold Rush (The New Republic)
Gurus Behaving Badly: Anaïs Nin’s Diary & the Value of Gossip (Chacruna)
The Pitfalls and Challenges of Psychedelic Medicine (Psychedelic Science Review)
Psychedelics and Ancient Art: A History of Confirmation Bias (Truffle Report)
The Shamanic Persona (Maps of the Mind)
Psychedelic Science Holds Promise for Mainstream Medicine (UNLV)
Seeking a True Shaman in the Sierra Mazateca (Chacruna)
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