Cannabis
- Trump To Support Major Marijuana Legislation (Marijuana Moment)
- Cannabis Component Found in Breast Milk, but Does It Harm Baby? (Medscape)
- Greens propose full legalisation of cannabis (The Guardian)
- Senator Sanders Co-Sponsors The Marijuana Justice Act (NORML)
- 'Cannabis strengthened our bond': can pot make you a better parent? (The Guardian)
- Cannabis harm to teenagers' brains 'overstated', finds study (The Independent)
- How Smoking Pot May Hurt the Teenage Brain (TIME)
- Marijuana-based seizure treatment gets positive review from FDA (Chicago Tribune)
- The Plan to Save California's Legendary Weed From 'Big Cannabis' (WIRED)
- Trump is backing off the marijuana fight. Jeff Sessions has not. (The Cannabist)
- Republicans eye getting in front of marijuana legalization (Michigan Radio)
- House GOP Blocks Another Marijuana Amendment (Marijuana Moment)
- Meta-analysis: Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Residual Adverse Impact On Cognitive Performance (NORML)
- MassRoots reports net loss of $44 million in 2017 (The Cannabist)
- Here's Where Your Colorado Marijuana Tax Dollars Go (Westword)
- Meghan Markle's nephew developing special cannabis strain for royal wedding (The Independent)
- Oregon Grew More Cannabis Than Customers Can Smoke. Now Shops and Farmers Are Left With Mountains of Unwanted Bud. (Willamette Week)
- High Times Cannabis Cup 4/20 event rejected in Southern California (NBC)
- Australia's Medicinal Cannabis Patients Will Get 48-Hour Access...In A Few Months (BuzzFeed News)
- Legal highs: arguments for and against legalising cannabis in Australia (The Conversation)
- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Facilitate Medical Cannabis Trials For Veterans (NORML)
- Spliff, a film festival for stoners, by stoners (Boing Boing)
- Black and Indigenous people are overrepresented in Canada’s weed arrests (VICE)
- Exclusive analysis: Only one in seven California cities allow recreational marijuana stores (The Mercury-News)
- The Philosopher's Stoned: An Interview with Liber 420 Author Chris Bennett (Reality Sandwich)
- The new 4/20: Beyond legalizing it (CNN)
- Metric Coffee Unveils Cannabis Cold Brew on 4/20 (Eater)
- Why it can be okay to call it ‘marijuana’ instead of ‘cannabis’ (The Verge)
- What John Boehner's Pivot On Cannabis Tells Us About The Legal Weed Boom (NPR)
- Drug Made From Cannabis Plant Gets Backing From FDA Staff (Bloomberg)
- Medical cannabis treatment: Mother starts a petition for her child (Sunday Express)
- Pennsylvania to Make Whole-Plant Cannabis Flower Available to Patients (Leafly)
- Medical cannabis access simplified under unified state agreement (Small Caps)
LSD
- 75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a Comeback (Seeker)
- What Do Blind People 'See' When They Take LSD? (Live Science)
- The Strange History of Bicycle Day (Slate)
- What was Project MKUltra? Inside the CIA's mind-control program (Big Think)
Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms
- We talked with a researcher using psilocybin to treat cocaine addiction in Alabama (Psymposia)
- Would You Take Mushrooms With Your Mom? Meet One Woman Who Did and Made a Movie About It (PAPER)
MDMA/Ecstasy
- Alcoholics in Bristol are trialing MDMA therapy (The Bristol Cable)
Ayahuasca/DMT
- Can Drinking Ayahuasca Really Change Your Life? (Chacruna)
- Controversies Around the Toad Medicine (Chacruna)
Iboga/Ibogaine
- Treatment utilizing psychedelic drug ibogaine significantly reduces opioid withdrawal and cravings (PsyPost)
- Matthew Mellon was trying controversial addiction treatment before death (Page Six)
Dissociatives
- Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression (BBC News)
- Ketamine Nasal Spray for Suicide Prevention Raises Serious Concerns (Inverse)
Opiates/Opioids
- It's legal to manufacture cocaine and heroin for medical use — and Britain is the world's biggest exporter (Business Insider)
- How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years (The Atlantic)
- Drug users to soon have all-hours access to syringes in Ballarat (The Courier)
- A Drug to End Addiction? Scientists Are Working on It. (The New York Times)
- The War on Opioids Probably Helped Kill Prince (Reason)
- U.S. has been quietly helping Mexico with new, high-tech ways to fight opium (Albuquerque Journal)
- Medicaid Is Helping to Combat the Opioid Crisis, Despite Trump's Attacks (Truthout)
- Did ancient Mesopotamians get high? Near Eastern rituals may have included opium, cannabis (Science Magazine)
- As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Opioid Deaths Rise (Reason)
- Maine Lawmakers Clash With Governor Over Naloxone Access (The Wall Street Journal)
- Naloxone-access programs miss many opioid users (Reuters)
- The Surgeon General Wants More Naloxone, Now What (ModernMedicine)
- Public Defender Foils Prosecutor’s Murder Charge in Drug Overdose (Injustice Today)
Kratom
- Leading Fibromyalgia Doctor Says Wait on Kratom (National Pain Report)
- Kratom: Did I Lose My Sobriety and Not Even Know It? (The Fix)
Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy
- Canada's Liberal party considers decriminalization of all illicit drugs (The Guardian)
- Drug trafficking by Kiwis using dark web is booming - report (Newshub)
- These Teens Are Taking A Class On Drugs That Is Definitely Not What Trump Had In Mind (BuzzFeed News)
- Will psychedelics go corporate like cannabis? (Herb)
- Beyond Psychedelics 2018: Interview with Eva Césarová (Psychedelic Times)
- The case for decriminalizing drugs (The Star)
- Will El Chapo’s Arrest Make the Drug Trade More Deadly? (Reason)
- Tripping on drugs like ayahuasca and shrooms ‘might be cultural appropriation’ (Metro)
- An Audio Harm Reduction Guide For Psychedelic Psychotherapy (Chacruna)
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