CANNABIS
Oglala Sioux Tribe approves medical, recreational marijuana (Leafly)
Virginia Lawmakers Send Marijuana Decriminalization Bill To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)
Capitol Confidential: COVID-19 could derail New York cannabis legalization (Leafly)
DEA Admits State-Level Marijuana Legalization Reduces Illegal Market Demand (Marijuana Moment)
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Medical Cannabis Improves Effectiveness of Fibromyalgia Treatments, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)
FDA Invites The Public To Submit More Comments On CBD (Marijuana Moment)
Joe Biden Is Frustrated People Think He Still Believes Marijuana Is A Gateway Drug (Forbes)
House Veterans Affairs Committee Passes Multiple Marijuana Bills (NORML)
NHS urged to listen to new guidance on prescribing medical cannabis (Health Europa)
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, 'Vice Of Choice When Alone Is Cannabis': Analyst (Investor's Business Daily)
Tennessee Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Use Disorder May Reduce Risk of Digestive Disorders in Schizophrenia (Psychiatry Advisor)
Hotels benefit from marijuana legalization, study finds (Phys.org)
Maryland: Lawmakers Advance Decriminalization Expansion Measure (NORML)
Decriminalization of marijuana in Virginia forces deputies to part with marijuana-imprinted K-9s (WAVY.com)
Cannabis Legalization May Be Moving Too Fast (Scientific American)
Joe Biden Mistakenly Says He Would ‘Legalize’ Marijuana Before Correcting Himself (Marijuana Moment)
Boston's First Cannabis Dispensary Opens With A Request: Avoid Driving (WGBH)
Bristol explosion: Man 'blew up flats while making cannabis oil' (BBC)
In San Francisco, cannabis business hasn’t hit the highs expected when it went legal (San Francisco Chronicle)
Even in California, Nearly All Patients With Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Used Black-Market THC Products (Reason)
Florida, man: Why 2020 legalization failed in the Sunshine State (Leafly)
County lines: Hampshire schools pay private firms for sniffer dogs (BBC)
Here’s How Scientists Think Cannabis Can Repair Brain Cells and Improve Memory (MERRY JANE)
Mississippi Medical Marijuana Measure At Risk After House Approves Alternate Ballot Question (Marijuana Moment)
2 Out of 3 US Latinos Support Marijuana Legalization, Survey Finds (MERRY JANE)
LSD
The Dutch Psychiatrist Who Treated Traumatized Holocaust Survivors With LSD (Haaretz)
Talking Golf and LSD With GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons (InsideHook)
MAGIC MUSHROOMS
Oregon Psychedelic Mushroom Campaign Collects More Than 100,000 Signatures For Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)
Magic Mushroom Effects: Single Take Improves Long-Term Mindfulness (Medical Daily)
Potentiating Psilocybin: MAOIs and the Entourage Effect (Psychedelic Times)
MDMA
New study uncovers the distinct acute subjective effects of MDMA and LSD (PsyPost)
Revealed: Europe's drugs of choice are cocaine and MDMA (Euronews)
Psychedelic Support? Parents Turn to MDMA to Make Family Stronger (NBC New York)
AYAHUASCA
After 6 Months, 83% of Ayahuasca Users Report Improved Mental Health, Study Says (MERRY JANE)
IBOGA
Is Ibogaine a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)
KETAMINE
The Safety of Ketamine on the Cellular Level (News-Medical.net)
OPIOIDS
40 Americans Are Dying Every Month From Taking this New, Legal Opioid (VICE)
Closely watched opioid trial in New York postponed due to coronavirus (Reuters)
Utah Spent $250k on a Surveillance Startup Instead of Life-Saving Drugs (VICE)
Hell and Back Again: Life, Death and Heroin in Russia (TalkingDrugs)
COCAINE
Coronavirus cannot be cured by drinking bleach or snorting cocaine, despite social media rumors (CBS News)
Trump Tells Colombia: Spray Coca Fields With Alleged Carcinogen—or Else (The Daily Beast)
Wastewater tests suggest drop in cocaine use in London (The Guardian)
CAFFEINE
Caffeine sensitivity: Dosage and treatment (Medical News Today)
NICOTINE
Juul patents an A.I. vape to help people quit nicotine (Brinkwire)
COVID-19 and Tobacco Harm Reduction: What’s the Relationship? (Filter)
Nicotine by far the most commonly used vaping product in Canada: survey (Victoria News)
ALCOHOL
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In (The New York Times)
Why young people are drinking less – and what older drinkers can learn from them (The Conversation)
KRATOM
Mississippi won't ban or regulate herbal drug kratom (Jackson Clarion Ledger)
MISCELLANEOUS
Drug Possession Is No Longer a Felony in Colorado, Regardless of the Drug Type (MERRY JANE)
These Are the Dumbest Drug Moments of the Last 100 Years (VICE)
First Psychedelics Therapy Center In The US Opens On New York’s 5th Av. (Forbes)
Study Participants Experience Psychedelic Effects after Receiving Placebo (Psychedelic Science Review)
How do depressed rats respond to psychedelics? New data offer insight into the human experience (Endpoints News)
DC Campaign To Decriminalize Psychedelics Delays Signatures Gathering Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (Marijuana Moment)
Calm Down. What's the Worst Thing That the Wellness Industry Could Do to Psychedelics? (Psymposia)
2020 State of the Art of Psychedelic Technology – Where Is It Heading? (Psychedelic Science Review)
The Real Harms of Abusive, Stigmatizing Language in Addiction Treatment (Filter)
Know Overdose: Inside San Francisco’s Overdose Prevention Campaign (Medium)
Can Psychedelics Make You Polyamorous? (DoubleBlind)
Psychedelics Firm MindMed Forms Board To Oversee Clinical Trial Pipeline (Benzinga)
Couple says psychedelic drugs made them better parents (TODAY)
New NFL Policy Would End Suspensions For Testing Positive For Any Drug—Not Just Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
The Birth Control Conditions Attached to Treatment for Women Who Use Drugs (TalkingDrugs)
Why Kevin O’Leary is betting on psychedelics (Wealth Professional)
Glasgow activist risks arrest to set up drug consumption room in a van (The Guardian)
Reflections for a New EU Drugs Strategy (TalkingDrugs)
Specialized Bicycles CEO Mike Sinyard on his psychedelic-drugs therapy project (The Mercury News)
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