Cannabis
Mexico’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Marijuana Prohibition After Lawmakers Fail To Act (Marijuana Moment)
New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Law Officially Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)
Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary (NBC News)
The UN Is Trying Really Hard to Pass a Global Ban on Weed Advertisements (MERRY JANE)
NC Senate panel approves medical marijuana bill (WRAL)
Sha'Carri Richardson, U.S. sprinter, out of 100m event at Tokyo Olympics after failing drug test (CBS Sports)
Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Medical Cannabis Access for Qualified Patients (NORML)
Apple Now Allows Marijuana Businesses On Its App Store, While Google Maintains Ban (Marijuana Moment)
Flint’s old police academy sold for marijuana grow facility despite objections (MLive.com)
Delaware Marijuana Legalization Effort Dead For This Session, Bill Sponsor Says Following Equity Disagreements (Marijuana Moment)
The Biden Administration Is Trying to Block Medical Cannabis Research for Veterans (MERRY JANE)
State lawmakers weigh options as hemp-derived delta-8 THC disrupts marijuana market (Marijuana Business Daily)
House Approves Bill To Let Researchers Access Marijuana From State-Legal Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)
Weed Smokers Are Exposed to Fewer Toxic Chemicals Than Cigarette Smokers, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)
Massachusetts Cannabis Workers Unionize, Part of a National Movement (Filter)
Short-Term Cannabis Use Helps Chronic Insomniacs Get Solid Sleep, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
LSD
Can LSD Treat Food Allergies? We Don’t Know, But It’s Already Been Patented (VICE)
Mouse Study Uncovers LSD Mechanism That Promotes Positive Social Behavior (StreetInsider.com)
Magic Mushrooms
Oregon Psilocybin Board On Track To Meet Timeline Goals (Truffle Report)
Comparing Psilocybin Mushroom Bruising with Trichoderma Infection (Psychedelic Science Review)
COMPASS Pathways completes COMP360 psilocybin therapy administration for 216 patients in large-scale phase IIb psilocybin therapy trial for treatment-resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)
DEA Asks Appeals Court to Drop Psilocybin Lawsuit (Truffle Report)
Psilocybin Dispensaries Could Soon Be Coming: What’s That Mean For Psychedelic Therapy? (Healing Maps)
Why Has Growing Magic Mushrooms At Home Suddenly Started To Boom? (Healing Maps)
Ayahuasca
First-Ever Study Looks At Ayahuasca’s Impact On DNA Expression (Forbes)
Ayahuasca FOIA Requests Reveal Increased Ayahuasca Seizures, Lack of Due Process and Government Secrecy (Chacruna)
Ayahuasca relieves depression and anxiety, finds study on nearly 12,000 users (ZME Science)
Ayahuasca Research: Where Science Meets Spirituality (The Third Wave)
Mescaline
Use of mescaline may facilitate unintended improvements in several psychiatric conditions, study suggests (PsyPost)
Iboga
Traditional Missoko Bwiti Iboga Pre-Initiations offered outside of Gabon (EIN News)
Ketamine
Ketamine And Seizures: Can One Lead To The Other? (Healing Maps)
IV Ketamine Shown to Be Effective and Safe for Cancer-Related Neuropathic Pain (Clinical Pain Advisor)
Miscellaneous
California Lawmakers Approve Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession In Committee (Marijuana Moment)
Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support (The New York Times)
Harvard University Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Psychedelics Policy Center (Marijuana Moment)
UN Highlights Role of Drug War in Racist Policing (TalkingDrugs)
Maine Senate Defeats Drug Decriminalization Bill That Cleared The House (Marijuana Moment)
Why a UNC professor is on a quest to remove the ‘trip’ from psychedelic drugs (The News & Observer)
The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor’s Office (Truthout)
Early warning system for dangerous drugs reaches online audience of more than a million in a year (Stuff.co.nz)
How to Survive the Psychedelic Renaissance (Maps of the Mind)
Lobe Sciences Appoints Charles Grob, MD to Scientific Advisory Board (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s (Reality Sandwich)
Can Psychedelics Open Us to Pleasure? (Chacruna)
What Is Transpersonal Psychology and How Does It Relate to Psychedelics? (Psychedelics Today)
The Medicine Path (Maps of the Mind)
Research Adds to Weight of Evidence on People Checking Drugs They Sell (Filter)
Psychedelic Treatment for Eating Disorder Recovery (Psychedelic Science Review)
Exploring Research on Psychedelics and Autism (Reality Sandwich)
Microdosing, And The Gentrification Of Psychedelic Culture (Forbes)
Militarism, Prohibitionism, Drug War: A Formula for Massacre (TalkingDrugs)
An Insight Into Psychedelic Stocks (Reality Sandwich)
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