Cannabis
- Study: Medical Cannabis Access Laws Associated With Fewer Workplace Fatalities (NORML)
- Massachusetts Cannabis Activists Warn Against Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Worker Behavior in Industry (Psychedelic Times)
- 5 Reasons Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Are Essential in the Cannabis Industry Business (Entrepreneur)
- Seed-To-Sale Tracking And Compliance: If Coffee Was Regulated Like Cannabis (Forbes)
- New UMass Medical School study on mice helps explain why cannabis reduces symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (MassLive)
- UN Launches First-Ever Full Review Of Marijuana’s Status Under International Law (Marijuana Moment)
- Multiple sclerosis patient calls medical cannabis trial 'a miracle' (Montreal Gazette)
- Can Article V Federally Legalize Cannabis? (Forbes)
- Employers In Medical Marijuana States Can Still Drug Test Employees, Federal Judge Rule (Marijuana Moment)
- Trump Tariffs Set To Hit Cannabis Industry (Forbes)
- Marijuana Emerges As Key Issue In Nevada U.S. Senate Race (Marijuana Moment)
- Legalization Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot in North Dakota (NORML)
- More Americans want legal medical marijuana than legal alcohol or cigarettes, polls say (Rooster)
- Marijuana Policy Project Welcomes New Executive Director (Marijuana Moment)
- Texas Medical Marijuana Ad Launched (NORML)
- New Congressional Bill Would Automatically Seal Marijuana Records (Marijuana Moment)
- 'I don't think I look like a stoner': the women changing the face of the cannabis industry (The Guardian)
- Scientists Discover You Can Use Espresso Machines To Make Marijuana Extracts (Marijuana Moment)
- Working With Pot: Marijuana Job Searches Spike in Canada Ahead of National Legalization (Newsweek)
- Marijuana-Friendly Gubernatorial Candidates Win Big In Tuesday’s Primaries (Marijuana Moment)
- Cannabis Now Magazine CEO Eugenio Garcia Talks Marijuana, Publishing And The Future Of It All (Forbes)
- Anti-Marijuana Group Wants Campaign Finance Transparency, Kind Of (Marijuana Moment)
- Canadian Cannabis Debut Delayed In Ontario (Forbes)
- Marijuana Ballot Measures Could Affect Key U.S. Senate Election (Marijuana Moment)
- Utah’s medical marijuana ballot measure would violate Mormons’ religious beliefs, opponents say in new court filing, which initiative supporters call a ‘Hail Mary’ (The Salt Lake Tribune)
- One In Four Young Americans Consume Marijuana, Survey Finds (Marijuana Moment)
- A New Way of Getting High Is as Easy as Applying Deodorant (Tonic)
- Dogs With Arthritis Benefit From Cannabis Oil, Study Says (Marijuana Moment)
- Legal Weed: How Republicans Learned to Love Marijuana (Newsweek)
- DEA Wants More Marijuana Grown And Fewer Opioids Produced In 2019. Really. (Marijuana Moment)
- Policing of cannabis possession is largely accidental – and many officers don’t think it makes a difference (Policing Insight)
- Cypress Hill Rapper Who Opposed California Legalization Opens A Marijuana Store (Marijuana Moment)
- At Weed for Warriors, Military Veterans Harness the Healing Powers of Marijuana (MERRY JANE)
- South By Southwest Fans Choose From Dozens Of Marijuana-Themed Panels For 2019 (Marijuana Moment)
- Cannabis Mega Deal Sets Stage for Global Weed Empire (Bloomberg)
- The Company Behind Corona Beer Is Investing Nearly $4 Billion in Legal Pot (TIME)
- I’m Mandela not Al Capone — my cannabis speakeasy helps the sick (The Times)
LSD
- Pro jiu-jitsu fighter says LSD helps him whoop ass (Rooster)
- 9 Facts About LSD Everyone Should Know (Psychedelics Daily)
- Microdose Acid in 7 Easy Steps (Psychedelics Daily)
- Naked man high on LSD pees on security vehicle, fights officers in east Lincoln, police say (Beatrice Daily Sun)
- Student who took LSD, cocaine and alcohol before being found nude outside shopping centre 'mortified' at video, court hears (Independent.ie)
Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms
- Microdose Mushrooms in 7 Easy Steps (Psychedelics Daily)
MDMA/Ecstasy
- Ecstasy dealer faces jail after selling deadly dose to schoolgirl, 14, who fell ill after taking two tablets (Mirror)
Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT
- DMT Models the Near-Death Experience (Frontiers)
- The Connection Between Ayahuasca, Your Stomach, and Your Mind (Tonic)
- Ayahuasca Healed My Autoimmune Disorder and Depression (Reset.me)
- The fatal thirst for Peru’s Ayahuasca drug (Channel 4 News)
Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline
- Huachuma– The Healing Visionary Cactus From Peru (Reset.me)
- Carlos Castaneda Was Right: High Dose Peyote Initiation (Medium)
Salvia Divinorum
- 5 Important Tips For New Salvia Users (Psychedelics Daily)
Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals
- The Truth About 'Monkey Dust', UK Media's Latest Drug Obsession (VICE)
- In hours, about 20 people overdosed in same park. Police say they found the culprit (Miami Herald)
- New batch of MDMA and ecstasy pills being made with potentially lethal chemical (Metro)
- Federal Drug Cops Conflate Synthetic Cannabinoids With Marijuana (Deliberately?) (Marijuana Moment)
- Microdose 4-AcO-DMT in 7 Easy Steps (Psychedelics Daily)
Dissociatives
- Ketamine shows potential in teens with treatment-resistant depression (Healio)
- Lufkin police: Man possibly high on PCP said white wolves chased him, his family (KTRE)
Opiates/Opioids
- Fentanyl Used to Execute Nebraska Inmate, in a First for U.S. (The New York Times)
- Does Smoking Heroin Really Cause Brain Damage? (Tonic)
- Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts (Channel NewsAsia)
- Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 (The New York Times)
- Facebook cracks down on opioid dealers after years of neglect (TechCrunch)
- Sending Your Kid to College? Send Them With Fentanyl Testing Strips and Naloxone. (Slate)
- New report shows increasing trend of EMS-administered naloxone for overdoses (Medical Xpress)
- Nevada’s Opioid Task Force Continues to Explore Options (NORML)
- The Western War on Afghan Farmers (Beckley Foundation)
- Could a Name Change Increase Support for Safe Injection Sites? (Pacific Standard)
- Ignoring the benefits of supervised injection facilities isn’t just callous. It’s deadly (The Boston Globe)
- What the media gets wrong about opioids (Columbia Journalism Review)
- How law enforcement is taking action on the opioid crisis (The Boston Globe)
- Man dies after swallowing heroin following raid targeting gang with Chicago connections (Chicago Tribune)
- 81-year-old Woman Tried to Smuggle 92 Lbs. of Heroin Across US-Mexico Border: Police (People)
Kratom
- Kratom Association Calls FDA Review of Drug ‘Junk Science’ in Scathing Report (Rolling Stone)
- New Kratom Death Reports Still Leave More Questions Than Answers (HuffPost)
- How Often Can You Take Kratom (Kratom Guides)
- Salmonella scare prompts Kratom recall (Washington Examiner)
- Herbal supplement sold at gas stations and smoke shops kills Arvada man (9News)
- What Is Kratom? (Civilized)
- List of 5 Best Kratom Capsules: Benefits, Dosage & Legality (Kratom Guides)
- Who Sells The Best Kratom Capsules – 20 Top Kratom Vendors Online (Kratom Guides)
Kava
- Kava Business Launched In Canada (Fiji Sun)
- Kava Demand Creates Trade Opportunity Between Fiji, Madang (Fiji Sun)
Khat
- Farmers protest proposal to outlaw Khat (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
- Somali women divorce violent husbands addicted to chewing narcotic leaf Khat (Radio Ergo)
Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy
- How America Convinced the World to Demonize Drugs (VICE)
- These Psychedelic Drugs Show Promise for Treating Mental Health Disorders (Live Science)
- People With Depression and Anxiety Could Benefit From Hallucinogens (Teen Vogue)
- The Long Burn: A 30-Day Sananga Challenge (Psychedelic Times)
- The New Wave of Psychedelics in Buddhist Practice (Lion's Roar)
- Beyond Psychedelics 2018: Listening, Talking, Filming – Review Of A Psychedelic Forum in Prague (Maps Of The Mind)
- The War on Drugs Is Inseparable from US Imperialism (VICE)
- Psychedelic Drugs Shown To Promote Neural Plasticity (Psychedelics Daily)
- Psychedelics Reduce Violence Against Intimate Partners (Psychedelics Daily)
- Top 5 Myths About Psychedelics You Need To Know (Psychedelics Daily)
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