CANNABIS
Israeli Parliament Passes Bill Allowing Export Of Medical Marijuana (Forbes)
The New Congress Just Started And There’s Already A Bipartisan Marijuana Bill (Marijuana Moment)
New Analysis Explores Relationship Between Medical Marijuana And Opioid Overdoses (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis 'twice as strong as a decade ago' (Sky News)
Study: Festival Attendees Use Different Drugs Based On Music Genre, But They All Love Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Companies Expect Big Growth After Trump Legalizes Hemp (Forbes)
The Government Shutdown Is Preventing Farmers From Growing Hemp (Marijuana Moment)
New laws ban ‘fake weed,’ create certification requirement for pot workers (Chicago Sun-Times)
Federal Marijuana Prosecutions Are Dropping In Era Of Legalization, Chief Justice Reports (Marijuana Moment)
Public banking plan for California’s marijuana industry takes big hit (San Francisco Chronicle)
Terpenoids In Marijuana Also Help Reduce Inflammation, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
First study to track EU cannabis products finds increased price and potency (The GrowthOp)
New York Gov. Cuomo Pledges Marijuana Legalization In Inaugural Address (Marijuana Moment)
Protecting Your IP Is (No Surprise) Even Harder in the Cannabis Business (San Antonio Express-News)
What Makes a Hotel 420-Friendly? Portland's Jupiter Hotel Might Have the Answer (Civilized)
Where Presidential Contender Elizabeth Warren Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
2018: The Year Politicians Realized People Love Cannabis Reform (Forbes)
Will a New Democratic Congress Help Make Marijuana Dreams a Reality? (Civilized)
Top New Hampshire Lawmaker Says Marijuana Could Be Legalized Despite Governor's Opposition (Forbes)
A Portland Inventor Has Come Up with a Crazy New Cannabis Device That Turns Any Pipe into a Vaporizer (Willamette Week)
Medical Marijuana Protected Under Democrats' Spending Bill, But DC Blocked From Legalizing Sales (Forbes)
Oregon Marijuana Could Be Exported Across State Lines Under Proposed Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than You Think (The Wall Street Journal)
DEA Says It’ll Get Around To Approving Marijuana Cultivator Applications… Eventually (Marijuana Moment)
Ex-top cop Bratton says legalizing weed would be 'opening up Pandora's box' (New York Daily News)
15 Of The Best Marijuana-Related Tweets From Politicians In 2018 (Marijuana Moment)
Magic Mushrooms
Psychedelic Mushroom Supporters Push For Oregon Legalization — With Caveats (OPB)
AYAHUASCA
They See Me Pourin’, They Hatin’: Interview with Kentucky Ayahuasca Shaman Steve Hupp (Psychedelic Times)
A practical guide to starting a spiritual journey, like reiki and ayahuasca (Quartz)
NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
ESR offers testing in fight against synthetic drugs (Scoop)
'Monkey dust' users are turning to drug as 'cheap alternative' to heroin and cocaine (Staffordshire Live)
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS
New law bans synthetic cannabinoids in Illinois (WICS)
Parc Prison inmate who became delirious because of the drug spice hanged himself in shower room (WalesOnline)
What you must do if you see someone who has taken zombie drug spice (Hull Daily Mail)
KETAMINE
I Battled Depression for 20 Years and This Is the Treatment that Finally Worked (Reader's Digest)
5 Things to Know About Ketamine for Depression (MedShadow)
OPIATES/OPIOIDS
US National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 1999-2016 (JAMA Network)
In Rehab, 'Two Warring Factions': Abstinence vs. Medication (The New York Times)
Adamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) Submits NDA for Naloxone Pre-Filled Syringe (StreetInsider)
Her husband invented naloxone, her son died from overdose, now she advocates for harm reduction (CBC)
The opioid epidemic is a disease of the spirit (The Laconia Daily Sun)
COCAINE
Deaths from opioid-cocaine cocktails have surged since 2010 (Washington Examiner)
Colombia coca production: US 'deeply concerned' by rise (BBC)
Brit who snorted cocaine off Pablo Escobar's grave receives death threats (Mirror)
KRATOM
Can Herbal Drug Kratom Kill? (HealthDay)
5 Greatest Facts About Kratom You Need To Know Right Now! (NB Post Gazette)
KHAT
Embu miraa farmers fight tag of khat variety as bhang (The Standard)
MISCELLANEOUS
Saudi Arabia Begins 2019 with Three Executions for Drug Offences (TalkingDrugs)
The Big Trip: How psychedelic drugs are changing lives and transforming psychiatry (CBC)
A Journey of the Mind and Soul | Alan Badiner on Buddhism and Psychedelics (VICE)
Overdoses, Riots, and Escapes Roil a Rural Kentucky Jail (The Appeal)
New ‘Church’ Wants To Save Lives — By Offering A Safe Place To Shoot Up (HuffPost)
Psychedelic Stories (The Third Wave)
From Facebook: Harahan police would like to test the public’s crystal meth (WAFB)
'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning (BBC)
What's really inside illegal New Year's party drugs - horrific cocktail revealed (Mirror)
Editorial: Testing drugs for safety can send the wrong message (New Zealand Herald)
I-Team: As 'Microdosing' Explodes in Popularity, New Look at Benefits, Side Effects of Daily Psychedelics Use (NBC New York)
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