Cannabis
Amid Coronavirus, San Francisco, New York, Deem Marijuana Businesses 'Essential' (NPR)
Dutch queue for cannabis as coronavirus closes cafes (FRANCE 24)
Cannabis cafes can offer takeaways to head off the return of street dealers (DutchNews.nl)
'The legal stuff is garbage': why Canada's cannabis black market keeps thriving (The Guardian)
Colorado Just Issued The First Marijuana Delivery License In The State (Marijuana Moment)
Medical Marijuana Doctors Can't Use Telemedicine During Virus Outbreak (Westword)
Legalizing Marijuana Increases Housing Prices, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
CBD Alone Can Treat Depression and Break Drug Addictions, Case Study Shows (MERRY JANE)
Connecticut Residents Strongly Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)
Magic Mushrooms
California Psilocybin Legalization Activists Request Online Signature Gathering Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)
Study Indicates the Magic Mushroom Compound Baeocystin is Not Psychedelic (Psychedelic Science Review)
Hawaii Lawmakers Introduce Plan To Study Psychedelic Mushrooms With Goal Of Legalizing Access (Marijuana Moment)
Scientists Solve Another Crystal Structure of the Psilocybin Analog Miprocin, 4-HO-MiPT (Psychedelic Science Review)
Study Shows Norpsilocin is More Potent Than Psilocin at 5-HT2A (Psychedelic Science Review)
A Hockey Player Blamed Shrooms for His Brutal Attack on a Woman. It Worked (VICE)
Ayahuasca
What Are the Coronavirus Risks with Ayahuasca Ceremonies? (EntheoNation)
Peyote
Native American Churches Request that Peyote Not Be Included in Decriminalization Initiatives (Psymposia)
Opioids
Coronavirus Is Leading to Shortages of Fentanyl And Meth (VICE)
Cocaine
Fiona Apple quit cocaine after ‘excruciating’ night with Quentin Tarantino (Page Six)
Nicotine
JUUL Tricks Its Customers Into Advocating for the Florida Flavor Ban (Vaping360)
A Scientist Persuaded Italy to Exempt Vape Shops From COVID-19 Lockdown (Filter)
Ireland bans menthol cigarettes and rolling tobacco starting May 20 (Euronews)
Young adults don't know what's in nicotine products they vape, study finds (Medical Xpress)
Minimum price for tobacco could boost health of poorer people, study suggests (BT)
British American Tobacco circumventing ad ban, experts say (The Guardian)
Alcohol
States Boost Hospitality Industry With Booze Delivery and Takeout Sales (U.S. News and World Report)
So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast (Filter)
Kratom
Kentucky Poison Control Center Officials Call Kratom A Drug of Concern (Kratom Guides)
Kava
Kava consumption banned in all police premises (The Fiji Times)
Khat
Governor Bans Sale of Miraa Over Coronavirus Fears (Kenyans.co.ke)
Miscellaneous
Harm Reduction in the Time of Coronavirus (Medium)
Baltimore To End Most Drug Prosecutions Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (Marijuana Moment)
‘Business Is Booming’ for Drug Dealers Who Deliver (The Daily Beast)
'Dosed' Review: The Case for Plant-Based Recovery (The New York Times)
Myths and Realities About the Decriminalization of Psychedelics in the US (Chacruna)
Safe injection sites: Coronavirus underlines why they make sense (New York Daily News)
Microdosing or Using Psychedelics? How to Support Academic Research (Medium)
Prohibition Partners Releases PSYCH: The Psychedelics as Medicine Report (Prohibition Partners)
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