Cannabis
New Jersey: Assembly Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation (NORML)
Montana Activists Submit 130,000 Signatures For Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Despite Coronavirus Setbacks (Marijuana Moment)
Study: Cannabis Associated with Reduced Opioid Use, Prolonged Benefits in Pain Patients (NORML)
Police Would Have To Prove ‘Actual Impairment’ In Medical Marijuana DUIs Under New Pennsylvania Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Iowa Lost Over a Third of Its Medical Marijuana Patients During COVID-19 Crisis (MERRY JANE)
Marijuana Legalization Legend Dr. Lester Grinspoon Passes Away (CelebStoner)
Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Could Get New Chance At Ballot After Federal Court Ruling (Marijuana Moment)
MedMen’s Failure Is Everything Wrong With Legal Cannabis (And Is Only The First Company To Implode) (Forbes)
Gallup: Seven in Ten Americans Say That “Smoking Marijuana” Is Morally Acceptable (NORML)
Georgia Lawmakers Include Marijuana Decriminalization In Policing Reform Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Police boss says UK should regulate cannabis and allow home grows (Health Europa)
7-Eleven Is Waging War on Medical Cannabis Businesses in Oklahoma (MERRY JANE)
New Jersey Announces Waiver Allowing Medical Marijuana Deliveries Ahead Of Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)
In Wake of Protests, Cannabis Reforms Gain Momentum (WeedWeek)
Why 2021 Willl Be The Year For Marijuana Legalization (Benzinga)
Little-Noticed Hemp Memo Clarifies Military’s Ban On Service Members Using CBD (Marijuana Moment)
The Beneficial Effects of Cannabis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Short Lived (Gilmore Health News)
LSD
Navy Warns of Increase in Personnel Taking LSD (The Washington Free Beacon)
Paul McCartney defends his right to take LSD, 1967 (Far Out Magazine)
Magic Mushrooms
Iowa GOP Lawmaker’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Amendment Defeated In Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)
People are paying $10,000 to trip on magic mushrooms at a retreat in Jamaica. But past struggles with safety and staffing show the difficulty of taking psychedelics mainstream. (Insider)
Psilocybin Doses Used in Clinical Research & Conversions to Magic Truffle Dosages (Maps of the Mind)
Further Conversations With The Mushrooms On The Origin Of Everything (DMT Times)
MDMA
Psychiatrist Explores Possible Benefits Of Treating PTSD With Ecstasy Or Cannabis (NPR)
DMT
The Biosynthesis of DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)
Ayahuasca
New trailer drops for documentary ‘The Medicine’ (HeyUGuys)
Iboga
The Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Crisis Has a Plant Medicine Solution (Stockhouse)
Ketamine
Cannabis And Ketamine: Is There A Risk Of Interaction? (The Fresh Toast)
Miscellaneous
Survey: “Having Fun” Still the Biggest Reason for Drug Use During COVID Crisis (Filter)
GOP Memo Rips Into Joe Biden’s Drug War Record (Marijuana Moment)
What motivates people to use psychedelics: New criteria may help provide the answer (Medical Xpress)
Federal Commission Pushes Expansion Of Marijuana And Psychedelics Research For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)
Champignon Brands Issued Cease Trade Order By B.C. Securities Commission (The Dales Report)
'The Happy Chef' To Release New Psychedelics Cookbook (Yahoo! Finance)
Guidelines for Inclusion of Indigenous People into Psychedelic Science Conferences (Chacruna)
How Culture Can Influence a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)
New Bay Area Resilience Fund Provides Safety Net for Local Medicine Healers (Lucid News)
Washington State Drug Decriminalization Activists Shift Focus From Ballot To Legislature (Marijuana Moment)
Launch of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group (Drug Science)
Champignon Announces Regulatory Review (Globe Newswire)
Revive Therapeutics betting on psychedelics and potential COVID-19 treatment Bucillamine (Proactive Investors)
'People Should Have the Fundamental Right To Change Their Consciousness' (Reason)
MindMed Developing IP For Personalized Psychedelic Assisted Therapies (PR Newswire)
Seattle repeals drug loitering law that led to racist harassment and arrests (Leafly)
Newton Energy Corporation Announces Letter of Intent with Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. (Globe Newswire)
How Psychedelics Help with Gender Identity and Transition (DoubleBlind)
Are NDEs caused by carbon dioxide overload? And what about psychedelics? (Patheos)
ATAI launches IntroSpect Digital Therapeutics, appoints veteran software engineer David Keene as CEO (PR Newswire)
iCan Founder Saul Kaye Joins Aurelius Data Advisory Board (Globe Newswire)
Field Trip Psychedelics Announces New Podcast, Field Tripping: Epic Trips in Psychedelics (PR Newswire)
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