CANNABIS
Study Reviews How Marijuana Compounds Inhibit Tumor Growth And Kill Cancer Cells (Marijuana Moment)
Study Finds Cannabis Dispensaries Reduce Opioid Deaths by 21% (Leafly)
14% of Americans Say They Use CBD Products (Gallup)
The Mexican Government Is Taking Public Input On How Best To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
Louisiana Patients Finally Get Their Medical Marijuana (Leafly)
California OKs cannabis sales and use at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival (Los Angeles Times)
Federal Court Says Ohio Officials Can Block Local Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)
Arizona Groups File 2020 Cannabis Legalization Initiative (Leafly)
Navy Bans Sailors From Using CBD Despite Federal Hemp Legalization, New Memo Says (Marijuana Moment)
Delaware: Law Signed Reducing Marijuana Penalties for Juvenile Offenders (NORML)
Study: Colorado Teens Reduce Cannabis Smoking, Increase Edibles (Leafly)
Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
With little funding or political will, Michigan police let black market weed slide (MLive)
Top Senate Democrat Announces Construction Of Only Hemp Seed Bank In The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)
Bernie Says He’d Legalize Cannabis Through Executive Order (Leafly)
Colorado Sold Twice As Much Recreational Marijuana As Medical Cannabis Last Year (Marijuana Moment)
Wisconsin man — who arrived in U.S. in ’81 as Cambodian refugee — is deported for marijuana offenses, leaving behind his wife and new baby (Chicago Tribune)
Is Cannabis Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics (Leafly)
NASA Warns Employees That Using CBD Products Could Get Them Fired (Forbes)
Could a cannabis substance replace opioid pain relievers? (Medical News Today)
Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Clears Early Hurdle On Way To 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)
MDMA
Warning Issued for Dangerously Strong Ecstacy Pills in Europe (EDMTunes)
Number of people hospitalised with 'severe illness' from ecstasy at Indiependence Festival in Cork (Irish Mirror)
Alert after MDMA pill that is three time the adult dose is identified at Boomtown (Daily Echo)
AYAHUASCA
Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop (Chacruna)
MESCALINE
Here are 7 notorious Peyote and Mescaline aficionados who used these drugs to open new doors in human perception and understanding (AlterNet)
PEYOTE
The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science (Chacruna)
NITROUS OXIDE
Sea of laughing gas canisters left on beach after Brighton Pride (Metro)
KETAMINE
Ketamine Changes Course of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)
Royal Navy pleads with sailors to stop taking ketamine amid fears that the Class B drug is rife among junior naval personnel on ships and submarines (Daily Mail)
OPIOIDS
Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use of overdose-reversing drug, CDC says (Los Angeles Times)
Study Finds Increase in Pharmacy Dispensing of Naloxone, More Efforts Needed to Improve Access (Pharmacy Times)
“Go Slow”—Baltimore’s Peer-Led Fentanyl Harm Reduction Campaign (Filter)
Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl (The Daily Signal)
Autopsy: Bonnaroo attendee died from drug overdose involving fentanyl and ecstasy (The Tennessean)
COCAINE
Colombia’s Drug Strategy Paradox – Less Coca Crops, More Cocaine (InSight Crime)
CAFFEINE
Here's How Much Caffeine May Trigger a Migraine, According to a New Study (TIME)
Why Alcohol, Nicotine Disrupt Your Sleep More Than Coffee (Healthline)
Teenager commits suicide by overdosing on caffeine (Independent Online)
Science Says Drinking Coffee Helps People Slow Aging, Lose Weight, and Cheat Death. These Fascinating Studies Explain Why It's a Miracle Drink (Inc.)
Caffeine and how it affect’s the central nervous system. (Thrive Global)
TOBACCO
Dayton, Ohio, will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco, nicotine (New York Daily News)
Tobacco plant buffet: Sticky surface traps insects and another feasts, study says (WRAL)
ALCOHOL
Low-level alcohol use increases miscarriage risk (Medical Xpress)
Alcohol Producers Tout Wellness Benefits. Health Experts Say Don't Swallow Claims (NPR)
NOOTROPICS
Say no to nootropics (Deccan Herald)
KRATOM
Ohio delays kratom ban; bill proposed to regulate the herbal supplement (Cincinnati.com)
What is kratom? Users praise its pain-relieving ability, but Louisiana officials look to ban it (The Advocate)
PM says kratom can be legalised ‘if proved useful’ (ThaiVisa News)
Kratom: The Real Problem With This Botanical Drug (Medical Daily)
Kratom In Your Skin Care Products (Kratom Guides)
MISCELLANEOUS
Ireland Partially Decriminalizes All Drugs (Cannabis Now)
Another Study Confirms Psychedelics Can Help Treat Depression and Anxiety (MERRY JANE)
CDC: Fatal Overdoses Are More Common in Cities Than Rural Areas (Filter)
The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of the Last 10 Years (Psychedelic Science Review)
2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites (Filter)
Bernie Sanders Wouldn’t Legalize Drugs Other Than Marijuana, He Tells Joe Rogan (Marijuana Moment)
The Most Psychedelic Technology in Human History is Here, and it’s Called Neuralink (Psychedelic Times)
Remembering Psychedelic Therapy Research Elder, Dr Claudio Naranjo (Kahpi)
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