Cannabis
Virginia Becomes First Southern State To Legalize Cannabis (HuffPost)
How London Could Effectively Decriminalise Cannabis (VICE)
Mexico Marijuana Legalization Bill Advances In Senate For Second Day In A Row (Marijuana Moment)
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Governor’s Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)
Delaware: Cannabis Activists Take on Corporate Marijuana, Patients Stage Boycott (NORML)
Texas Lawmakers Tackle Marijuana Decriminalization, Medical Cannabis And Hemp In Committee Hearings (Marijuana Moment)
Alabama House Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Already Passed The Senate (Marijuana Moment)
Montana Governor’s Marijuana Bill Revived After Initial Committee Defeat (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
The History of LSD: From Hero to Villain & Back Again (The Third Wave)
Legendary LSD Blotter Art: A Hidden Craftsmanship (Reality Sandwich)
Magic Mushrooms
Denver dabbles with magic mushrooms, but using them to treat mental health disorders remains underground (Los Angeles Times)
Oregon Health Authority advisory board discusses plan for legal psilocybin (Daily Emerald)
MDMA
MindMed Announces the Publication of New Data on Personalized MDMA Dosing (Psilocybin Alpha)
5-MeO-DMT
Hunter Biden says psychedelic toad venom kept him sober for a year (Washington Examiner)
Iboga
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction (TIME)
Ketamine
Ketamine normalizes hyperactivity in key brain region of depressed patients (PsyPost)
Miscellaneous
Third Massachusetts City Approves Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)
California Senators Approve Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Like LSD, MDMA And Psilocybin (Marijuana Moment)
Maine Unveils Legislation to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs (Filter)
Is it Possible to Create an Ethical Psychedelics Company? (VICE)
Psychedelics As Therapeutic Treatments To Be Focus Of New UW-Madison Master's Program (WPR)
Washington Lawmakers Hear Drug Decrim Bill After Supreme Court Strikes Down Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)
Drugs Could Soon Be Decriminalised In The Australian Capital Territory. Here's Why That Would Be A Positive Step. (TalkingDrugs)
Microdosing psychedelic drugs associated with increases in conscientiousness and reductions in neuroticism (PsyPost)
Ancient cave painters may have been stoned, study says (Salon)
The Third Wave’s Paul Austin Has Been Accused of Stealing Information For His Psychedelic Provider Directory (Psymposia)
Can 12-Step Groups and Psychedelic Addiction Treatment Coexist? (VICE)
Working with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy and Psychedelics: Everything You Need to Know (Psychedelics Today)
Music is a ‘Hidden Therapist’ in Psilocybin Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)
UNDP Brazil Condones Forced Abstinence and Religious Pathologisation of People Who Use Drugs (TalkingDrugs)
More People Are Self-medicating with Psychedelics, Says New Study (Green Entrepreneur)
How Do People Even Find Drug Dealers? (VICE)
ICSS for Assessing the Abuse Potential of Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)
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