Cannabis
Barcelona cannabis clubs face closure in new legal setback (The Guardian)
Black People in Colorado Are Still Arrested for Weed Twice as Much as Everyone Else (MERRY JANE)
Epilepsy Patients Who Use ‘Artisanal CBD’ Have Higher Quality Of Life, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Is medical cannabis really a magic bullet? (The Guardian)
New Study Finds California Cannabis Farms Irrigating with Groundwater May Affect Stream Flows (Sierra Sun Times)
Ohio Lawmakers Officially File Marijuana Legalization Bill In Historic First For The State (Marijuana Moment)
You Can Get a Free Eighth of Weed For Getting Vaccinated in SF (Broke Ass Stuart)
California Senator Seeks Federal Clarification On Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals (Marijuana Moment)
How Mexico Has Legalized But Still Not Regulated Cannabis (Filter)
Why cannabis is still a banned Olympics substance (BBC)
Pop Star Lorde Smokes Weed Out of DIY Fennel Bulb Bong in New Music Video (MERRY JANE)
Study: Marijuana Legalization Laws Don’t Undermine Tobacco Smoking Prevention Efforts (NORML)
LSD
New study sheds light on how LSD’s entropic effects on the brain impact language production (PsyPost)
Magic Mushrooms
Oregon State Board Says Psilocybin Is Effective At Treating Certain Mental Health Condition (Marijuana Moment)
Psilocybin appears to alter how the brain integrates tactile sensory inputs (PsyPost)
TheraPsil Launches New Campaign for Psilocybin Access (Truffle Report)
Why Don’t Magic Mushroom Spores Contain Psilocybin? (Psychedelic Science Review)
Psilocybe Cyanescens: A Mycologist’s Guide to Wavy Caps (DoubleBlind)
Health Canada dragging feet on approving magic mushrooms for therapeutic use, patients and advocates say (CBC)
More Details on the Psilocybin Mushroom Bluing Reaction (Psychedelic Science Review)
Florida researchers work to understand power of psychedelics to treat mental illness (ABC7 Southwest Florida)
MDMA
MDMA-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy may help couples overcome PTSD (PsyPost)
MDMA might be able to improve your already loving relationship, suggests Yale ethicist (KCRW)
'You Can Forgive Yourself:' Molly Helps Vets with PTSD, New Study Says (Military.com)
How to reduce your risk of harm when taking MDMA and ecstasy (Metro)
2 Music Playlists For Therapeutic MDMA Sessions (Maps of the Mind)
DMT
MindMed Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Intravenous DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)
Ayahuasca
Psychedelics, Religion, and the DEA’s Quest for Soul (Psychedelics Today)
Drinking Psychedelic Brew Ayahuasca May Help Drug And Alcohol Addicts Quit (IFLScience)
Joe Rogan And Comedian Ari Shaffir Discuss Tripping Balls On Ayahuasca (BroBible)
Iboga
Gabon’s government is tripping for a psychedelic plant (Financial Times)
Ibogaine: The Psychedelic Drug That Could Fight Addiction (Discover Magazine)
MINDCURE Launches Second Stage of Manufacturing Synthetic Ibogaine for Use in Psychedelic Clinical Research (Psilocybin Alpha)
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Synthetic cannabis warning: Second death from 'dangerous' batch in Taranaki (New Zealand Herald)
Nitrous Oxide
Mindful Use of Nitrous Oxide: How to be a Connoisseur of Getting High (Maps of the Mind)
Ketamine
Tucson wrongful death lawsuit questions ketamine usage (ABC15 Arizona)
Ketamine Therapy and Addiction Risk Management: Part III (Truffle Report)
Understanding Where Ketamine Comes From (Healing Maps)
Miscellaneous
House Rejects AOC Amendment To Promote Research Into Psychedelics’ Medical Benefits (Marijuana Moment)
$40m psychedelic medicine institute launches in Melbourne (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Psychedelic trips could soon be part of therapy — here’s what those sessions will look like (CNBC)
How TikTok's Viral Psychedelic Water Might Affect Your Mood (Mashed)
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Is About to Be Investigated for All the Drug Dealers He's Killed (MERRY JANE)
Controversies Around California’s Psychedelic Decriminalization Law Senate Bill 519 (Chacruna)
Judaism’s Psychedelic Renaissance (Tablet Magazine)
Grandparents of Psychedelics Ann and Sasha Shulgin Honored by Friends and Fellow Researchers (Lucid News)
Corrections to Misinformation Being Spread about MAPS and IPCI (Dr. Bronner's)
“Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm Reduction (Filter)
The Graeme Carl Scale: 5 Levels of a Psychedelic Experience (Maps of the Mind)
Mestizo Identity and Decolonial Psychedelic Futures (Chacruna)
Fireside Project for Psychedelic Peer Support: An Update (Truffle Report)
Veteran Psychedelics Advocate/Attorney Launches New Venture Capital Firm (Forbes)
Highlight on Life Clips, AI, and Speech Based Technology in Psychedelic Science (Dark Matters)
The Lilly Psychonautic Centre – A Vision from the Future (Maps of the Mind)
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