Cannabis
Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved By Congressional Committee In Historic Vote (Marijuana Moment)
Biden Says Marijuana Might Be A Gateway Drug (Forbes)
Britons who legally smoke cannabis in the US 'risk being deported' (The Guardian)
Pure CBD Does Not Trigger Positive Drug Tests for Weed, New Study Shows (MERRY JANE)
Thailand Will Soon Allow Its Citizens To Grow Cannabis At Home To Sell To The Government. (Forbes)
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Convicts Can Use Medical Weed While on Probation (MERRY JANE)
Hemp-Derived CBD Helps Chronic Pain Patients Reduce Opioid Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Why Medical Cannabis Isn't Working in the UK (VICE)
Access to Legal Cannabis Leads to a Decline in Sleep Aid Sales (MERRY JANE)
NJ Lawmakers Plan to Put Legalization on 2020 Ballot (NORML)
Virginia Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed For 2020 After Democrats Reclaim Legislature (Marijuana Moment)
Why Are Doctors Still So Reluctant To Prescribe Medical Cannabis? (HuffPost)
LSD
Silicon Valley's extreme new productivity hack: LSD (GQ)
Magic Mushrooms
Are Magic Mushrooms The Next Frontier For The Cannabis Industry? (The Fresh Toast)
MDMA
Dad pushes for drugs to be legalised after sons on MDMA die side-by-side (Mirror)
DMT
Scientists Discover Psychedelic DMT Creates Waking Dream State in Brain (Newsweek)
Ayahuasca
Can the psychedelic drug ayahuasca help fight suicide? (PsyPost)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Designer Drugs: My Addiction to Research Chemicals (The Fix)
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Under the Radar: Synthetic Cannabinoids and Vaping-Related Lung Injuries (Project CBD)
Ketamine
Ketamine’s potential to fight alcohol abuse has a major problem (Inverse)
Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine (ScienceDaily)
Opioids
Doctors Are Cutting Patients Off Opioid Medications Too Fast, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
Surgeon General To Purdue Students: Carry Naloxone, Get Screened For Addiction Risk (WJCT)
Methamphetamine
‘Meth. We’re on It’: South Dakota’s Anti-Meth Campaign Raises Eyebrows (The New York Times)
Tobacco
President Trump Backing Off Banning Vaping Flavors Popular With Teens (TIME)
Bill Passed by Massachusetts House Would Allow Police to Seize Cars from Vapers who Possess DIY or Black Market E-Liquids (Tobacco Analysis)
Juul Sued by Two States for Allegedly Marketing E-Cigs to Kids (MERRY JANE)
American Medical Association Calls for Immediate Ban on All E-Cigarettes and Vaping Products (TIME)
Philippines' Duterte Says He Will Ban E-Cigarettes, Threatens To Arrest Vapers (NPR)
Apple to remove vaping apps from store (Axios)
Influential U.S. doctors group calls for ban on vaping products (Reuters)
How Wily Teens Outwit Bathroom Vape Detectors (WIRED)
Smokers who switch to vaping rapidly boost heart health in trial (Yahoo! News)
Kratom
What Causes Kratom Wobbles & How To Treat It? (Kratom Guides)
Kratom and Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know (Diabetes Insider)
Khat
Miraa, muguka crawling with germs, study says (Standard Media)
Miscellaneous
Where US Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Stand Right Now (Filter)
Take Part in the World's Biggest Anonymous Drugs Survey (VICE)
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