Cannabis
Virginia’s Marijuana Decriminalization Law Officially Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)
As Signature Deadlines Approach, Here’s Where Marijuana And Drug Policy Reform Campaigns Stand (Marijuana Moment)
Arizona Marijuana Activists Turn In 420,000 Signatures To Qualify Legalization Measure For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign Submits 182,000 Signatures To Qualify For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
Colorado Governor Signs Marijuana Social Equity Bill Letting Him Expedite Possession Pardons (Marijuana Moment)
Researchers Are Looking At Cannabis As A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19 (Forbes)
Pennsylvania and California Both Move to Expunge Thousands of Minor Pot Charges (MERRY JANE)
Virginia Lawmakers Announce Plans To Legalize Marijuana, One Day After Decriminalization Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)
Texas: Austin Police to Cease Making Arrests, Issuing Citations for Minor Marijuana Offenses (NORML)
Treasury Department Issues Updated Guidance On Hemp Banking Rules (Marijuana Moment)
56% of New Zealanders Say They'll Vote "Yes" on Weed Legalization This Fall (MERRY JANE)
Ohio Senate Votes To Expand Marijuana Decriminalization To Cover 200 Grams (Marijuana Moment)
90% of College Students in New York Want Weed Legalization Now, New Poll Shows (MERRY JANE)
Cannabis pandemic sales uptick not enough to save struggling sector (Medical Xpress)
Congress Votes To Let Researchers Study Marijuana From Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)
What’s the best minimum legal age for cannabis? (Leafly)
Nashville DA to Stop Prosecuting Minor Pot Possession, Effective Immediately (MERRY JANE)
California cities begin embracing cannabis in desperate search for cash (Politico)
CBD Helps Treat Osteoarthritis and Increase Mobility in Dogs, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)
Military Members Who Used Marijuana Could Reenlist Under Measure Approved By Congressional Committee (Marijuana Moment)
Consuming Pharmaceutical THC May Help Treat Alzheimer's Symptoms, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Cannabis research stalled by federal inaction (Chemical and Engineering News)
LSD
NCIS warns sailors to stop buying LSD on the dark web (Connecting Vets)
Magic Mushrooms
Oregon Psilocybin Measure Has Enough Signatures For November Ballot, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)
Invading Cicadas May Turn Into Sex-Crazed Zombies This Summer (VICE)
There's A Case For Non-Medical Psilocybin (Green Market Report)
What I Learned While Working to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California (Chacruna)
New Psilocybin Company Enters The Market (Green Market Report)
MDMA
Study finds impulsivity and psychological distress predict problematic ecstasy use (PsyPost)
Ayahuasca
Bringing Indigenous Healing and Psychoactive Plants to Global Mental Health (Mad in America)
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous oxide may bring relief to veterans suffering from PTSD, new study suggests (EurekAlert!)
Ketamine
Proposed Patent for Ketamine Treatment Challenged by Clinicians (Lucid News)
Elijah McClain was injected with ketamine before he died. Is that legal? (USA Today)
Trying Something New in Isolation (The Cut)
Miscellaneous
Oregon Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Measure Qualifies For November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
DC Psychedelics Campaign Gets Boost From Denver Psilocybin Activists As Signature Deadline Looms (Marijuana Moment)
Beckley Psytech raises £3m Series A (UK Tech News)
How COVID-19 will Affect the Psychedelic Renaissance (Volteface)
Using Zebrafish as an Experimental Model in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)
Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream? (Sifted)
The Foster System Is a Battleground for the Racist War on Drugs (Truthout)
The Technodelic Experience: Achieving a Psychedelic State Without Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)
Field Trip Psychedelics Launches Therapeutic Program For Vets, First Responders (Benzinga)
The DEA’s Most Recent Abuse of Power Should Renew Calls for Divestment (Common Dreams)
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Timothy Leary (DoubleBlind)
From Hippies to Modern Psychotherapy, A Psychedelics Handbook for the Willful Skeptics (Interesting Engineering)
South African Network of People Who Use Drugs Welcomes the Announcement of the National Drug Master Plan by the Department of Social Development on 2020 Global Day of Action (AllAfrica)
MindMed Building Diverse Pipeline and Leadership Position in Psychedelic Inspired Medicines Industry (PR Newswire)
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