CANNABIS
Surprise! Illinois Becomes the 11th Cannabis Legalization State! (Leafly)
Nevada: Governor Signs Measure Sealing Past Marijuana Convictions (NORML)
Nevada: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Measure (NORML)
Oregon Bans Landlords From Denying Housing to Renters for Prior Weed Offenses (MERRY JANE)
Oregon: Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Expungement Measure (NORML)
73% of Cancer Doctors See Cannabis as Medicine, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)
JAMA: Most Doctors Know Nothing About Cannabis (Leafly)
Congressional Report Raises Questions About Whether Marijuana Impairs Driving (Marijuana Moment)
Transport Canada bars crews from consuming cannabis for 28 days before flying (CBC)
Delaware Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Woman with stage 4 cancer sues LARA over lack of access to medical marijuana (ClickOnDetroit)
Cops Confiscate 10,000 Unlicensed Pot Plants in Massive Santa Cruz Sting (MERRY JANE)
West Virginia Voters Reject Marijuana Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)
Congressional Funding Bill Protects Cannabis Banking And Lets DC Legalize Marijuana Sales (Forbes)
Massachusetts inches cautiously toward ‘cannabis cafes’ (Boston.com)
Presidential Candidate Gillibrand Unveils Wide-Ranging Marijuana Legalization Plan (Marijuana Moment)
RIP: New York Marijuana Activist Doug Greene (CelebStoner)
Women Are Underrepresented In Clinical Research On Cannabis (Forbes)
Can Cannabinoids Help Treat OCD? (PsychCentral)
LSD
James Ketchum, Who Conducted LSD Experiments on Soldiers, Dies at 87 (The New York Times)
Guy Banned From Festival After Posting Video Eating 20 Tabs of LSD (YourEDM)
MAGIC MUSHROOMS
It is Time to Legalize Psilocybin Mushrooms (Psychedelic Times)
Will Canada follow Denver’s lead in decriminalizing magic mushrooms? (The GrowthOp)
Mayor indicates he'll stomp out Denver mushrooms, if re-elected (Rooster Magazine)
Michael Hancock Re-Elected To Third And Final Term (CBS Denver)
MDMA
Dutch officials launch perfume that smells like MDMA (Newshub)
MDMA Erases PTSD Symptoms After Two Guided Therapy Sessions, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)
DMT
Synthesized ‘Spirit Molecule’ Caters to Evolving Chile Drug Demand (InSight Crime)
AYAHUASCA
As Ayahuasca Tourism Booms, Peru’s Traditional Healers Try to Regain Control (World Politics Review)
Why LGBTQI+ Members are Creating Their Own Ayahuasca Circles (Chacruna)
Katy Perry Trips on Ayahuasca in “Never Really Over” Video (W Magazine)
NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
The Research Chemicals That You Can Purchase Legally (The Third Wave)
'Chinese Ecstasy' drug linked to 125 deaths has arrived in Britain, NCA warns festival goers (The Telegraph)
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS
What is Synthetic Weed and Why is it Hazardous? (WeedMaps)
KETAMINE
New Ketamine Clinic Opens In Beverly Hills (Patch)
Expert urges cautious approach to ketamine use (Medical Xpress)
OPIOIDS
The Mysterious Consequences of Repeatedly Overdosing on Opioids (VICE)
Congress Is Racing To Address a Fentanyl Problem That Fentanyl Experts Say Probably Doesn't Exist (Reason)
Police said a trooper collapsed from an incidental overdose. Now they’re saying nothing. (VTDigger)
Researchers pose as heroin users to find treatment gaps (AP News)
Two friends shared heroin in a KFC bathroom. One died, one went to prison. Their families are picking up the pieces. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
As US cities decriminalize psychedelics, the focus may turn to opioid addiction (Newstrail)
Sheriff who warned of fentanyl-laced weed says test erred (AP News)
COCAINE
'Cocaine call centres' set up across Europe, drugs agency says (BBC)
Mother-of-three teacher, 42, died after swallowing $75 bag of cocaine in first class lounge before flight to Dubai (Fox News)
METHAMPHETAMINE
Meth overdoses surpass heroin deaths in southern Colorado (The Denver Channel)
Effectiveness of methamphetamine abuse treatment: Predictors of treatment completion and comparison of two residential treatment programs (ScienceDirect)
CAFFEINE
Up to 25 cups of coffee a day safe for heart health, study finds (The Guardian)
Study Suggests It's OK To Drink 25 Cups Of Coffee A Day. It's Not. (HuffPost)
The secretive nonprofit that made millions suing companies over cancer warnings (Ars Technica)
Nicotine and caffeine withdrawal may lead to unnecessary suffering and testing in intensive care patients (EurekAlert!)
Caffeine and Exercise Performance, HITT and Type 2 Diabetes, Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and More from the Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Science® (Newswise)
The Side Effects Of Too Much Caffeine (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
California says those ominous warning signs about coffee being linked to cancer can be taken down (USA Today)
TOBACCO
Beverly Hills becomes the first U.S. city to end most tobacco sales (Los Angeles Times)
Tobacco 21 wins passage in Senate, heads to governor for signing (The CT Mirror)
Senate Majority Leader McConnell Pushes To Raise Tobacco Sales Age To 21 (NPR)
ALCOHOL
The media has a problem with alcoholism – and it's stopping people getting help (The Guardian)
Southern comfort: SEC lifts booze ban at games (ESPN)
Why Alcohol Companies Are Betting on Non-Alcoholic 'Booze' (TIME)
Family Dollar Plans to Sell Alcohol at 1,000 Stores (The New York Times)
Early farmers liked alcohol so much they invented two ways to brew it (New Scientist)
The Search for the World’s Oldest Alcohol (Discover Magazine)
NOOTROPICS
Combating Modern-Day Anxiety with Nootropic Supplements (Baltimore Post-Examiner)
KRATOM
Castle Rock bans underage sales of kratom, the controversial herbal extract (The Denver Post)
Council votes down ban on Kratom (KQ2)
Kratomic Bomb: The highs and lows of kratom for pain (Augusta Free Press)
Kratom Effects On Fitness, Pre-Workout & Bodybuilding (VENTS Magazine)
KAVA
Australia urged to 'step up' kava allowance for travellers (Radio New Zealand)
MISCELLANEOUS
Oakland Officials Decriminalize Psychedelics And Say They’ll Work To Legalize Sales Next (Marijuana Moment)
Overdose crisis death toll would be more than double without harm reduction, study says (CBC)
Psychedelics seem to alter social cognition by modifying facial emotion recognition (PsyPost)
Dark net drug sales on the rise in England (BBC)
Unsanctioned overdose-prevention site opens in Maple Ridge, renewing debate over drug use and homelessness (The Globe and Mail)
Overdose Prevention Site Acceptability among Residents and Businesses Surrounding a Proposed Site in Philadelphia, USA (Springer Link)
Psychedelic drugs: would you accept a prescription? It depends if you’ve tried them before (The Conversation)
The stimulant epidemic: Why our worries should go beyond opioids (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Mind’s Horizon II: The recreational world of psychedelics (Arizona Daily Sun)
Operator of 'Silk Road 2.0' Likely Avoided Prison by Cooperating with Feds (Reason)
The next battle in the War on Drugs will be fought over psychedelics (Quartz)
Edir Da Costa died after bag of drugs became stuck in his airway (The Guardian)
The Keeper of the Fire: Shamanic Initiation (Reality Sandwich)
A year after Anthony Bourdain’s death, his story of recovery can still inspire. (Grub Street)
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