This Week in Psychedelics - 4.2.21

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Cannabis

  • New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, Tying Move to Racial Equity (The New York Times)

  • New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk Following House And Senate Votes (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia: Governor Approves Expedited July 1 Enactment Date for Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization (NORML)

  • France launches 2-year experiment with medical marijuana (Associated Press)

  • Virginia: Governor Approves Employment Protection Bill (NORML)

  • Schumer Says Bill To Legalize Marijuana Federally Will Be Filed ‘Shortly’ (Marijuana Moment)

  • Three In Four U.S. Voters Support Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill, Clearing It For Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nebraska Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Carolina Senators Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Will Get House Floor Vote Next Month, Majority Leader Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • New North Dakota Effort To Put Marijuana On 2022 Ballot Killed By Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oregon Regulators Just Started Cracking Down on Delta-8 THC Products (MERRY JANE)

  • New Senate Bill Would Triple THC Limit For Hemp And Address Other Industry Concerns (Marijuana Moment)

  • Father of cannabis research plans a new revolution nearly 60 years later (The Jerusalem Post)

  • It's Underage Drinking That Impairs Brain Development, Not Cannabis Use (MERRY JANE)

Magic Mushrooms

DMT

Ayahuasca

Ketamine

  • Colo. bill would require patients be weighed before administration of ketamine (EMS1.com)

  • Ketamine Treatment for Eating Disorders (Reality Sandwich)

Miscellaneous

  • Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution and other low-level offenses (CNN)

  • Northampton City Council wants to decriminalize psychedelic plants (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

  • Decriminalize Nature Launches Crowdfunding Campaign, Shares Goals (Truffle Report)

  • I Tried the App That ‘Makes You Trip’ – and It Was Surprisingly Good (VICE)

  • More People Are Self-Medicating with Psychedelics, Says New Study (Lucid News)

  • Australian Government to Give $15M Grant for Psychedelics Research Focusing on Mental Health (MarketWatch)

  • Is psychedelic-assisted group therapy the wave of the future? (Genetic Literacy Project)

  • New $6.4M research program to advance psychedelics research and treatments (EurekAlert!)

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