Cannabis
Virginia: Governor Approves Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana and Legalize Medical Cannabis (NORML)
DC Allows Medical Marijuana Delivery Under Coronavirus Emergency Order (Marijuana Moment)
N.F.L. Bows to Marijuana’s New Status (The New York Times)
Missouri Activists Officially End 2020 Marijuana Legalization Campaign Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)
420 Smoke-Out Is Officially Canceled in San Francisco Due to Coronavirus (MERRY JANE)
UK’s First Virtual Cannabis Legalisation Rally to be Held on 4/20 (The Cannabis Exchange)
How To Celebrate The 4/20 Marijuana Holiday Virtually This Year Amid COVID Social Distancing (Marijuana Moment)
COVID-19 delays Maine’s recreational marijuana rollout (Leafly)
House Democrats Working to Roll Cannabis Banking Into Coronavirus Relief Effort (MERRY JANE)
No federal relief: Cannabis businesses cry for help as coronavirus batters industry (NBC News)
Virginia Governor Urges Medical Marijuana Expansion As Amendment To Recently Approved Bill (Marijuana Moment)
A.I. Suggests US Vaping Illness Case From Last Summer Was Actually COVID-19 (MERRY JANE)
Montana Marijuana Activists File Lawsuit For Electronic Ballot Signature Gathering During COVID (Marijuana Moment)
Rare cannabinoid shows early promise for diabetes (Leafly)
Marijuana Use Reaches All-Time High Under Coronavirus Pandemic (The Fresh Toast)
Hemp Farmers Make Double the Salary of Average Agricultural Workers, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Cannabis May Ease Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms, Johns Hopkins Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Study suggests frequency and severity of negative reactions to cannabis (Medical News Today)
DEA Seized More Marijuana Plants In 2019, But Arrests Fell (Marijuana Moment)
‘Cooked With Cannabis’ takes pot-infused cuisine to new highs (Chicago Sun Times)
USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Florida, Kansas And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)
Medical Cannabis and Arthritis – Could it Help? (The Cannabis Exchange)
Does cannabis make you poo? (Leafly)
LSD
Indie Film ‘Debbie and Doug Drop Acid in the Desert’ is a Visual and Emotional Trip (Psymposia)
Bicycle Day: Demons, Milk, and “Medicine for the Soul” (DoubleBlind)
Magic Mushrooms
Neuroscientists uncover how magic mushrooms "rebalance" the brain (Inverse)
Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast (Phys.org)
Science breakthrough: How ancient humans used magic mushrooms to grow brains exposed (Express)
Orthogonal Thinker Files For Patent For Its Psilocybin Product, Psilly (Benzinga)
Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Making A Comeback (Longevity Live)
How to Make Mushroom Chocolates (DoubleBlind)
MDMA
Scientists say MDMA could help treat mental health in a post-lockdown world (Dazed)
DMT
What Is DMT "Changa" and How Do You Make This Form of the Psychedelic? (MERRY JANE)
Ayahuasca
Coloradan Gets Stuck at Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru (Westword)
How Ayahuasca, an Ancient Amazonian Hallucinogen, Became Hollywood's New Favorite Escape (Town & Country)
The Virus, Ayahuasca, Grief, and Hope (Chacruna)
5-MeO-DMT
Habitat Influences Psychoactive Toad Secretions (Psychedelic Science Review)
Hamilton Morris on 5-MeO-DMT, the Entourage Effect, and Protecting Toads (Psychedelic Science Review)
Iboga
What Is Ibogaine and Can the Psychedelic Plant Help Break Drug Addictions? (MERRY JANE)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
MindMed Initiates Dosing in Human Safety Study of Novel Treatment for Opioid Addiction, 18-MC (The Salamanca Press)
Nitrous Oxide
The Rise of Laughing Gas in the Delivery Room (The New York Times)
Ketamine
Champignon Brands Acquires Ketamine Clinic Operator AltMed Capital (Benzinga)
Can Ketamine-Induced Near-Death Experiences Expedite Healing? (Chacruna)
Miscellaneous
Announcing the Launch of the World’s First Psychedelic Video Museum (The Daily Psychedelic Video)
Coronavirus triggers UK shortage of illicit drugs (The Guardian)
Mindset Pharma Begins Work with Leading R&D Contractor for Next-Generation Psychedelic Drugs (PR Newswire)
Coronavirus pandemic could trigger a spike in mental illness — this organisation thinks psychedelic drugs will help (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Therapists See Benefits and Risks in Psychedelic Therapy During Covid-19 Crisis (Lucid News)
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Us Overcome Crisis (Kahpi)
Why 2020 is the Year of Psychedelics and Threesomes (DoubleBlind)
Teens once again discover that nutmeg can get you high with the #NutmegChallenge (The Daily Dot)
5 Tips For Psychedelic Integration Providers (Maps of the Mind)
Social Isolation Turns the World Inside Out. That’s Why Shamans Do It. (Kahpi)
Ensuring Psychedelic Liberty in Black and Brown Communities: Questions to Ponder (Chacruna)
The COVID 19 Journey is a Psychedelic Experience (Medium)
UCSB Psychedelics Club Explores Psychedelic Usage and Research (The Bottom Line)
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