Cannabis
Mexican Senate Committees Agree To Comprehensive Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Some States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Warn Of Black Market Risks (NPR)
There's 'Scarce Evidence' to Suggest Cannabis Improves Mental Health Symptoms, a New Research Review Says (TIME)
Quebec passes cannabis law that will raise legal age to 21 (CBC)
An Israeli Company Is Combining Mushrooms with Marijuana to Treat Illnesses (MERRY JANE)
USDA Issues Hemp Regulations (NORML)
Medical Marijuana Laws Improve Health And Reduce Alcohol Use For Certain Groups, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Microscopic Images Reveal the Most Potent Cannabis Flowers in Incredible Detail (Newsweek)
Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana States From Federal Intervention (Marijuana Moment)
A Man Had a Bag of Weed Removed From His Nose After 18 Years (VICE)
20 Out of 25 Denver Pot Shops Were Selling Moldy Weed, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)
Is Cannabis a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)
Number of illegal cultivation sites plummet in Nevada after marijuana legalization (The Hill)
Head Of Nation’s Only Federally Legal Marijuana Farm Develops THC Eye Drops (Marijuana Moment)
Mass. hemp farmers say they face ruin thanks to state ban on most CBD products (The Boston Globe)
Edinburgh mother vows to go on 'hunger strike' over cannabis oil (BBC)
University of Guelph to study cannabis as treatment for bladder cancer in dogs (Global News)
Wisconsin Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Open Houses Are Putting the High in High-End Real Estate (The Wall Street Journal)
LSD
LSD tests that heralded Denmark’s second age of enlightenment (The Copenhagen Post)
Magic Mushrooms
People Are Deliberately 'Horror-Tripping' on Mushrooms (VICE)
6 Music Playlists For Psilocybin Journeys (Maps of the Mind)
Psilocybin Trial Patients Describe Their "Trips" To Anderson Cooper (The Fix)
Are Magic Mushrooms Beneficial For Mental Health Therapy? (Worldhealth.net)
MDMA
Family of teenager who died from lethal ecstasy dose support drug legalisation (The Guardian)
Warning over super-strength Rolls Royce ecstasy pills circulating at Warehouse Project (Manchester Evening News)
Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca tourism an overlooked driver of trade in jaguar body parts, researchers say (Mongabay)
Hallucinogenic Amazonian brew shows promise as an anti-depressant - study (Stuff.co.nz)
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Spice saliva drug test 'could save lives' among users (BBC)
Spice is more than a deadly drug – it's a window on our society (The Guardian)
Ketamine
The Complete Guide to Ketamine Therapy for Depression, From Someone Who’s Tried It (Allure)
PCP
Man allegedly high on PCP injured three Stamford police officers (Stamford Advocate)
Kansas City man accused of sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl while high on PCP (FOX4)
Opioids
Opioid misuse highest among construction workers, new NYU study finds (New York Daily News)
'It’s an overdose crisis': Mac Miller's death investigation highlights a dangerous trend in the opioid epidemic (Good Morning America)
Should law enforcement be securing patients before naloxone is administered? (EMS1.com)
Cocaine
Like weed before it, is cocaine becoming normalized? (Rooster Magazine)
Methamphetamine
Meth devilishly hard to kick for addicts: ‘No effective treatment’ (San Francisco Chronicle)
CAFFEINE
What to know about caffeine pills (Medical News Today)
TOBACCO
Trump Considers Retreat From Ban of Mint, Menthol Vaping Flavors (The Washington Post)
Former Juul Finance Executive Alleges Company Shipped 1 Million Tainted Products (TIME)
A Fight Over Vaping “Bots” Is Blazing While E-Cigarette Bans Loom (BuzzFeed News)
Alcohol
Illegal Alcohol Vaping Device Confiscated From Minnesota Bar (CBS Pittsburgh)
Alcohol intake and reduced brain volume: What explains the link? (Medical News Today)
Kratom
Arkansas Kratom Laws: Reasons For The Ban & Updated Info (Kratom Guides)
Could a kratom ban be coming to Clearwater? (WFTS)
Miscellaneous
Four More Major Cities Take Steps To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)
Tripping in Groups Is Better for Meditation and Self-Dissolution, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Australia's rural drug use tops city consumption: crime commission analysis (The Guardian)
Women And Children Are The Emerging Face Of Drug Addiction In Afghanistan (NPR)
Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful (Filter)
Pills in the post: inside the dark web drug market (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors (Filter)
Molecule Catalyst and UTM to crowdfund psychedelics research with blockchain (Yahoo! Finance)
Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education (Salon)
Intersecting Movements: Drug Policy Reform and Climate Action (Psymposia)
Psychedelics for Healthy People (Elemental)
Congress, Grappling With Tainted Chinese Drugs, Is Baffled by Lack of FDA Oversight in U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (Newsweek)
She lost her son to addiction, then lost her house to save her daughter (Vox)
Public Drug Testing Sites Are Helping Dealers Prevent Overdoses (VICE)
13 Steps for Promoting Access and Inclusion in Psychedelic Science (Chacruna)
David Nutt slams UK drugs policy as Scottish deaths soar (The National)
The Two Black Women Helping To Reclaim & Encourage Natural Psychedelics Use In Oakland (Okayplayer)
Safe injection rooms save lives – yet the UK government continues to oppose them (Talking Drugs)
Could Psychedelics Help to Heal the Crisis of Disconnection? (What is Emerging)
So Mushroom for Growth: New Psychedelic Club at UCSB Aims To Shift Conversation and Culture (Daily Nexus)
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