Cannabis
- Israel Moving to Decriminalize Marijuana Use This Week (High Times)
- Marijuana Is Not a Holy Sacrament, Rules Indiana Judge Following First Church of Cannabis Lawsuit (Newsweek)
- Maine: Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Expand Medical Marijuana Access (NORML)
- Rhode Island: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Legislation Into Law (NORML)
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Restrictive Amendments To State’s Voter-Initiated Marijuana Law (NORML)
- Caribbean Nations Agree To Consider Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)
- Brazil Lawmaker Puts Marijuana Legalization On the Table (Marijuana Moment)
- Coming soon to a lab near you? Genetically modified cannabis (Nature)
- New York Enacts Emergency Rules Allowing Medical Marijuana As Opioid Replacement (Marijuana Moment)
- Congress Could Vote On These Marijuana Amendments Next Week (Unless GOP Blocks Them Again) (Marijuana Moment)
- Democrats still haven't figured out that legal weed is a winning issue (Los Angeles Times)
- Voters Across Wisconsin Will Weigh In On Marijuana Legalization This November (Marijuana Moment)
- Medical Marijuana Reduces Opioid Prescriptions, Another Study Finds (Forbes)
- Utah’s state-funded study of pot’s effects on pain delayed (Associated Press)
- Here Are The Most And Least Marijuana-Friendly Newspapers, According To Science (Marijuana Moment)
- North Dakota: Advocates Turn In Signatures For 2018 Adult Use Initiative (NORML)
- Legal Marijuana Is Coming to Canada. Investors Catch the Buzz. (The New York Times)
- The love drug: can marijuana improve our sex lives? (The Guardian)
- Where Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Stands On Marijuana And Drug Policy (Marijuana Moment)
- NORML Blasts Police for Chasing Cannabis Suspect With Bulldozer (Leafly)
- Sophia Gibson: Cannabis oil wait girl admitted to hospital (BBC)
- Here Are The DEA’s Newest Slang Terms for Marijuana: ‘Shoes,’ ‘My Brother’ And More (Marijuana Moment)
- Study Finds Cannabis May Not Be Effective at Treating Chronic Pain (High Times)
- A Florida Man Arrested for Pot Is in Jail Until He Lets Deputies Search His Phones (Reason)
- Prop. 64 didn’t legalize every cannabis crime, but arrests are falling fast (The Orange County Register)
- Congress Debates Marijuana Legalization And Impaired Driving (Marijuana Moment)
- Can Cannabis Be Considered a Psychedelic? (East Bay Express)
- Why I Take Cannabis Terpenes Instead of Smoking Weed (Bon Appetit)
- Ian Hamilton: Decisions about medicinal cannabis should be made by the health department (The BMJ)
- This Band Photographer Smoked Weed Once and Says He Wrote the Next Bible (VICE)
- ‘Legalise cannabis and tap into market’ (The Times)
- Five Dream Destinations For Cannabis Weddings And Honeymoons (Forbes)
- Digging Deeper into Cannabis Product Strategy (Market Realist)
- Myths and misconceptions about cannabis (Jamaica Observer)
- Lebanon minister plans to cash in on cannabis (Dhaka Tribune)
- Attitudes to cannabis a mass of contradictions (Cyprus Mail)
LSD
- Coroner: Oregon teen killed by semi had LSD in his system (SaukValley.com)
- Two teenagers hospitalized after buying LSD from dealer on Snapchat, police say (MassLive)
MDMA/Ecstasy
- Donald Trump shaped ecstasy pills flood Britain as US President ready to meet The Queen (The Sun)
Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT
- 19-year-old Spaniard rescued from drug-fuelled doomsday sect in Peru jungle (The Local)
- Ayahuasca: Ritual psychedelic turns modern-day anti-depressant (PLoS Blogs)
- Remembering Wholeness: Ayahuasca and the Structural Violence of Modern Life (Kahpi)
- Can Ayahuasca Help Those With Severe Depression? (The Fix)
- He called it a hair tonic, feds called it illegal, but the name is ‘ayahuasca’ (Tampa Bay Times)
Dissociatives
- Thai cave boys given ketamine during miraculous rescue to keep them calm as new footage shows the team waving and smiling in hospital (The Sun)
- Business of using ketamine to treat depression, PTSD, other ailments is growing (Northern Nevada Business View)
- Hennepin Healthcare Suspends Trial Of Paramedics Administering Ketamine (WCCO)
- Man accused of killing his own mother: "If it wasn't for PCP, she'd be here" (KTRK-TV)
Opiates/Opioids
- More People Are Inhaling Heroin, and It's Destroying Brain Tissue (Gizmodo)
- Nevada to become first state to execute inmate with fentanyl (The Guardian)
- Addicted people often end up in jail. That can be deadly for them (The Boston Globe)
- US Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Naloxone (Clinical Advisor)
- Demonized in absentia: What The Nation got wrong about child welfare and opioids (NCCPR Child Welfare Blog)
- Patients can get—and pharmacists can provide—naloxone at the pharmacy. Why don’t they? (American Pharmacists Association)
Kratom
- Case Report Details Use of Buprenorphine for Treatment of Kratom Dependence (Monthly Prescribing Reference)
- HPU study: Herb could help treat opiate addiction (The High Point Enterprise)
- Kratom Draws Support And Controversy As Opioid Addiction Treatment (The Fix)
- Here's why we must continue to study Kratom and other opioid-like drugs (The Hill)
- Are There Any Physical Shops That Sell Kratom? (Kratom Guides)
- How Much Does Kratom Cost at a Head Shop? (Kratom Guides)
- White Vein Vs Green Vein Kratom: Differences And Similarities (Kratom Guides)
Kava
- Kavasutra Kava Bar serves its libations with a side of sexism and transphobia, followers have complained (Sun Sentinel)
- Taking Pacific kava quality to new heights (Scoop.co.nz)
Khat
- Village in Mandera County bans miraa chewing men from marrying their girls (Daily Nation)
- Health Ministry bans the use of khat (Khmer Times)
- Tarime ambulance seized for allegedly transporting khat (The Citizen)
- Djibouti's khat, an expensive habit (France 24)
Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy
- Japan Just Executed the Leaders of an LSD-Fueled Doomsday Science Cult (Motherboard)
- Why psychedelics could be the new class of antidepressant (The Independent)
- Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks (Scientific American)
- Government will not 'stand in the way' of drug testing at festivals, says Home Office (The Independent)
- Become one with art at Tokyo's psychedelic digital museum (Engadget)
- Sri Lanka Will Start Hanging Its Drug Dealers to 'Replicate the Success of Philippines' (TIME)
- Toronto’s chief medical officer calls for decriminalization of all drugs for personal use (The Globe and Mail)
- People are using Fitbits and Apple Watches to monitor their heart rate when binging on drugs — and doctors say it's a bad idea (CNBC)
- Automating molecule design to speed up drug development (MIT News)
- UK Drug Policy is Fuelling an HIV Outbreak in Scotland (Talking Drugs)
- So, You Want To Find a Psychedelic Guide? (Psychedelics Today)
- Cities Planning Supervised Drug Injection Sites Fear Justice Department Reaction (NPR)
- Can Psychedelics Make You More Creative? (Kahpi)
- Do Psychedelics Have the Power to Change Minds? (Chacruna)
- Can Psychedelics Help Save the Planet? Interview with James Oroc (Psychedelic Times)
- Children are one of the 'War on Drugs' casualties (The Hill)
- Psychedelic Feminism Grants Hand Talking Stick to Women (Zoe Helene)
- Why Is There Such A Stigma Surrounding Psychedelics? (Psychedelic Heaven)
- Does Akuamma Give You The Euphoria Feeling? (Kratom Guides)
Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.
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