This Week in Psychedelics - 7.24.20

Cannabis

• FDA Announces Recall Of Dozens Of Hemp Products For Humans And Pets (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients From Eviction (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana County Officials Say Marijuana Legalization Measures Will Qualify For State Ballot, Campaign Confirms (Marijuana Moment)

• NHS planning to manufacture cannabis oil (Yahoo! News)

• FDA Releases Guidelines On Cannabis Research Following White House Review (Marijuana Moment)

• California weighs steep new fines to combat illegal cannabis sellers (Los Angeles Times)

• Congress Approves Measure Allowing CBD Use By Military Service Members (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Legalization Excluded From Draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform (Marijuana Moment)

• Researchers Believe Cannabis Should Be Explored as COVID-19 Treatment Immediately (MERRY JANE)

• Third Party Presidential Candidates Push For Marijuana Legalization And Drug Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Shepard Fairey’s 76-acre cannabis crop art will blow your mind (Leafly)

• High Times Returns to Colorado with People’s Choice Cannabis Cup (High Times)

• Massachusetts Bill To Use Marijuana Tax Revenue For Police Training Draws Criticism (Marijuana Moment)

• Canada’s cannabis pardon program is failing. Here’s why (Leafly)

• Kanye West Says He Smoked Marijuana On Eve Of His First Presidential Campaign Rally (Marijuana Moment)

• Clint Eastwood sues over false cannabis endorsements (BBC)

• Poll Shows Arizona Voters Back Legal Marijuana Measure As Officials Verify Signatures (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD packets found attached to doors at four St. Lawrence County police departments (NNY360)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin & OCD: Can psychedelics treat obsessive compulsive disorder? (New Atlas)

• Red Light Holland Places First Order for Psychedelic Truffles Microdosing Packs (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Gwyneth Paltrow advocates ecstasy drug MDMA for use in couples' therapy (Daily Mirror)

DMT

• Meet Viridia, the ATAI unit exploring ayahuasca-based treatments for mental illness (Fierce Biotech)

Ayahuasca

• The Bitter Side of Ayahuasca (Lucid News)

Morning Glory Seeds

• What is LSA? The Trippy Story Behind the Morning Glory (DoubleBlind)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide: MP wants to see tightening of laughing gas laws (BBC)

• Parliamentary briefing on tackling the misuse of Nitrous Oxide (Drug Science)

• Why Is the UK Still Obsessed with Laughing Gas? (VICE)

Ketamine

• Medics In Colorado Dosed 902 People With Ketamine For 'Excited Delirium' In 2.5 Years (KUNC)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Activists Unveil Measure To Legalize Plant Medicine Healing Ceremonies In Oakland (Marijuana Moment)

• 60-Plus Psychedelic Clinical Trials Listed on Online Directory (Lucid News)

• The Second Pandemic: Is Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy the Answer to the Mental Health Crisis Caused by COVID-19? (Psychedelics Today)

• Profitdelic: A New Psychedelic Conference Trend (Chacruna)

• Medical Psychedelics Working Group to campaign for drug rescheduling (Health Europa)

• Minister Open To Examining Drug Decriminalization (CKDR)

• Selecting Music for Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

• The Drug War’s “Science-Based” Training on “Dopers and Parasites” (Filter)

• MagicMed Industries unveils C$1.5 million offering to expand its molecular psychedelic derivatives portfolio (Proactive Investors)

• Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and Experiential Efficacy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• An Entire Police Station Has Been Arrested for Dealing Drugs and Torturing Suspects (VICE)

• Empower Clinics Served a Cease Trade Order (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Psychedelic Explorer’s Mindset (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic journeys helped Holocaust survivor George Sarlo. Now he’s helping others on their own journeys. (The Forward)

• How the war on drugs killed Breonna Taylor (Leafly)

• What Does Science Say About Maryland Rep. Andy Harris’s Opposition to Natural Psychedelics? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Inside Toronto’s Newest Psychedelics Clinic (Investing News)

• Psychedelics are making a wild comeback – let’s not eff it up (NOW Magazine)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.18.18

Cannabis

• Historic House Appropriations Committee Vote On Marijuana (NORML)
• YouTube's cannabis content purge "a huge loss of cultural history" (Straight Cannabis)
• U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Says Cannabis May Be De-Regulated Nationwide Within Four Years (Willamette Week)
• Legalising cannabis ‘would save £900m’ (The Times)
• State Democrats plan to endorse marijuana legalization (New York Post)
• State Marijuana Laws Dodge Supreme Court Bullet (Marijuana Moment)
• Doctors Want More Information on Medical Cannabis, Study Finds (Leafly)
• Texas Health Department Considers Cracking Down on CBD (Reason)
• Many U.S. Oncologists Recommending Medical Marijuana (Hemp Gazette)
• 4 Must-Read Quotes on Marijuana From DEA Head Robert Patterson (The Motley Fool)
• California Cannabis Regulations May Make Weed Shippers Report Themselves to the Feds (WIRED)
• Drugs Minister banned from talking about pot — as hubby runs giant cannabis farm (The Sun)
• Canadian pot growers say marijuana byproduct a wasted opportunity for industry (ChatNewsToday)
• These Experts Say Weed Could Help Ease Your Endometriosis Pain (POPSUGAR)
• On marijuana and opioids — the DEA has no clue what it’s talking about (The Hill)
• Marijuana Users Don't Mind Being Labeled Stoners And Potheads (Forbes)
• The Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk in New York's Marijuana Arrests (The New York Times)
• Chittenden, Windsor set plans to erase marijuana convictions (VTDigger)
• Cannabis use up among parents with children in the home (Science Daily)
• Oregon Cannabis Growers Turning to Hemp as CBD Extract Booms (Leafly)
• Cannabis Advocates Defend Cynthia Nixon's 'Reparations' Comments (Forbes)
• Marijuana Could Be A $3.1B Business In New York, Report Finds (Patch)
• Cannabis Cup At Cal Expo Will Have Marijuana After City Council Vote (CBS Sacramento)
• We Can’t Avoid Menopause But Cannabis Makes It Easier (Leafly)
• Chart: Putting the $55 billion US retail cannabis market in perspective (Marijuana Business Daily)
• Cannabidiol significantly reduces seizures in patients with severe form of epilepsy (PsyPost)
• Weed legal states often have fewest drug problems (Rooster Magazine)
• Cannabis bills get mixed reception from Legislature (Colorado Springs Independent)
• Can Massachusetts become a leader in marijuana research? (MassLive)
• Arizona veterans hope federal bill clears path for cannabis research in the VA (Arizona's Family)
• Part 3, How to Start a Cannabis ‘Mother Plant’ (Leafly)
• Marijuana-Growing Nuns Documentary ‘Breaking Habits’ Sells to Cranked Up (Variety)
• California Today: A Start-Up Steps Up to Help Sweep Away Old Pot Convictions (The New York Times)
• Medlab kicks off cannabis spray trial for cancer patients at Royal North Shore hospital (Stockhead)
• Two District Attorneys May Stop Prosecuting Most Marijuana Offenses (The New York Times)
• Most Georgians want legal recreational cannabis, poll shows (Marijuana Business Daily)
• New Study Highlights The Social Impacts Of Cannabis Legalization In California (Forbes)
• Medical Cannabis Is So Expensive, This Mum Might 'End Up On The Street' (Ten Daily)
• What Do Cannabis Entrepreneurs Owe Victims of the Drug War? (Reason)
• Should Florida let patients smoke medical marijuana? A judge will now decide (Miami Herald)
• He lost his daughter, his future, all because of something that's now legal (Rooster Magazine)
• Big Opportunities In Europe's Cannabis Market Come With Big Risks (Forbes)
• Medical cannabis should be legalised, says Royal College of Nursing (The Telegraph)
• California cannot afford to wait on banking for cannabis businesses (The Sacramento Bee)
• Meet the New Faces of Cannabis—10 People Now Shaping Legal Weed in Oregon (Willamette Week)
• Bill Shorten Says Conservative Politicians Need To "Get Out Of The Way" Of Medical Cannabis Patients (BuzzFeed News)
• BDS Analytics, a Boulder-based cannabis data leader, lands $3.5 million investment (The Denver Post)
• RAND Study Says Cannabis Ads May Increase Underage Use (Leafly)
• How One Chocolatier Wants to Bring Luxury Cannabis to a Mall Near You (Eater)
• Nina Fern: "The Highly" Intellectual Cannabis Periodical (Forbes)

LSD

• Might LSD be good for you? (The Spectator)
• Silicon Valley's long obsession with LSD (Big Think)
• Take a hit of acid and call me in the morning (The Boston Globe)
• Webb: Indiana lawmakers to 'study' medical marijuana. They should look at LSD, too. (Evansville Courier and Press)
• LSD to make a comeback? (Swissinfo)
• Will LSD cure my Brexit obsession? (The Spectator)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Denver And Oregon Now Want To Legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms (The Fresh Toast)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• Brieing is the new cheese and MDMA drug craze middle class women are trying (Metro)
• The College Student’s Guide To MDMA, Aka Molly (Study Breaks)
• Dutch researchers find ecstasy and cocaine are getting stronger (Mixmag)
• MDMA Opens Door for PTSD Patients to Work Through Trauma (UConn Today)
• DanceSafe Warns Against Super-Strong UPS Shaped Ecstasy Pills (Your EDM)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• What It's Like to Take Ayahuasca at a Psychedelic Healing Retreat (VICE)

Salvia Divinorum

• Salvia and Sage: Nature’s Elixir of Health (The Sun-Gazette)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• 'Spice epidemic in jails risk to nurses' (BBC)

Dissociatives

• Intranasal Ketamine Succeeds for Resistant Depression in Phase 3 Trial (Medscape)
• Specific Features in Mood Disorders May Affect Outcome of Ketamine Treatment (MD Magazine)
• Lily Allen kicked out of awards after accidental ketamine trip (Daily Star)

Opiates/Opioids

• This ‘cure’ only makes the opioid crisis worse (New York Post)
• The Challenge of Ensuring Accessibility to Naloxone for Those Who Need It Most (The American Journal of Managed Care)
• Opioid Death Rates Are Not Correlated With Prescription Rates Across States (Reason)
• Would Naloxone Training Save Lives? (TechnoStalls)
• The County’s Sitting on Thousands of Doses of Naloxone (Voice of San Diego)
• FDA Head Acknowledges Suffering Caused by Opioid Crackdown (Reason)
• Naloxone Reverses Deadly Overdoses, But Then What? (North Carolina Health News)
• Nevada Records Show 'Opioid-Related' Deaths Usually Involve Illicit Drugs or Mixtures (Reason)

Kratom

• Kratom Legalization! Explore What New Research States About It (Kratom Guides)
• Why Is Kratom So Much Controversial? (Kratom Guides)
• Lawmakers urge Louisiana Department of Health to study kratom: why? (Best of New Orleans)
• Kratom: A dangerous opioid or natural panacea? (WTVD)
• Drug expert says ‘kratom’ substance seized from two Edmonton stores helped wean him off opioids (The Star)

Kava

• Kava Is the Alternative High You Need to Know About (The Manual)
• Vanuatu confident of meeting kava target (Radio New Zealand)

Khat

• Why Ethiopian farmers choose Khat over coffee (Reuters)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• Michael Pollan: ‘I was a very reluctant psychonaut’ (The Guardian)
• Global Study Finds Tobacco, Alcohol More Harmful Than Illicit Drugs (High Times)
• The struggle to turn psychedelics into life-changing treatments (WIRED)
• Can Psychedelic Drugs Be Medically Useful? (The Wall Street Journal)
• The case for legalising drugs is overwhelming – so why won't governments listen? (The Telegraph)
• Britain's first ever city centre recreational drug testing facility opens in Bristol (ITV News)
• Michael Pollan Opens Up About His Powerful Psilocybin Trip on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show (Psychedelic Frontier)
• Drug Use by State: 2018’s Problem Areas (WalletHub)
• Introduction to Cognitive Enhancement, Microdosing, and Nootropics (Psychedelic Times)
• Carl Jung on Why You Should Be Wary of Psychedelics (Psychedelic Frontier)
• How Often Should Psychedelics Be Done? (Psychedelic Heaven)
• Completed suicide among methamphetamine users: A national study (Drug and Alcohol Research Connections)
• My Adventures With the Trip Doctors (The New York Times)
• How to meditate on psychedelics with Vincent Horn of Meditate.io (Psymposia)
• Northern Ireland drug offences rise by 20% (BBC)
• After the Ceremony Ends: An Interview with Dr. Katherine Coder Pt. 1 (Psychedelic Times)
• Review shows lack of evidence supporting use of antidepressants for insomnia (Medical Xpress)
• Breaking Free From Prohibition: A Human Rights Approach to Successful Drug Reform (Julian Buchanan)
• Movement to Legalize Drug Use Gains in a Former Soviet Republic (The New York Times)
• Oliver North Worked With Cocaine Traffickers to Arm Terrorists. Now He'll Be President of the NRA. (The Intercept)
• Is the ‘war on drugs’ preventing a second revolution in mental health treatment? (WikiTribune)
• After decades of dormancy, psychedelic research makes a comeback (The Globe and Mail)
• With governments asleep, a music festival is leading the world on drug policy (The Canary)
• Thanks to Psychedelic Drugs, "Treatment-resistant" Depression is No Longer a Thing (Andrew Joseph)
• Take it from someone who spent years taking heroin and crack: addiction isn't a physiological problem. It's a mental health one (The Independent)
• When will politicians quit the war on drugs? (UnHerd)
• Walking Backwards, or, The Magical Art of Psychedelic Psychogeography by Greg Humphries & Julian Vayne (Psychedelic Press UK)

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.20.18

Cannabis

• Trump To Support Major Marijuana Legislation (Marijuana Moment)
• Cannabis Component Found in Breast Milk, but Does It Harm Baby? (Medscape)
• Greens propose full legalisation of cannabis (The Guardian)
• Senator Sanders Co-Sponsors The Marijuana Justice Act (NORML)
• 'Cannabis strengthened our bond': can pot make you a better parent? (The Guardian)
• Cannabis harm to teenagers' brains 'overstated', finds study (The Independent)
• How Smoking Pot May Hurt the Teenage Brain (TIME)
• Marijuana-based seizure treatment gets positive review from FDA (Chicago Tribune)
• The Plan to Save California's Legendary Weed From 'Big Cannabis' (WIRED)
• Trump is backing off the marijuana fight. Jeff Sessions has not. (The Cannabist)
• Republicans eye getting in front of marijuana legalization (Michigan Radio)
• House GOP Blocks Another Marijuana Amendment (Marijuana Moment)
• Meta-analysis: Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Residual Adverse Impact On Cognitive Performance (NORML)
• MassRoots reports net loss of $44 million in 2017 (The Cannabist)
• Here's Where Your Colorado Marijuana Tax Dollars Go (Westword)
• Meghan Markle's nephew developing special cannabis strain for royal wedding (The Independent)
• Oregon Grew More Cannabis Than Customers Can Smoke. Now Shops and Farmers Are Left With Mountains of Unwanted Bud. (Willamette Week)
• High Times Cannabis Cup 4/20 event rejected in Southern California (NBC)
• Australia's Medicinal Cannabis Patients Will Get 48-Hour Access...In A Few Months (BuzzFeed News)
• Legal highs: arguments for and against legalising cannabis in Australia (The Conversation)
• Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Facilitate Medical Cannabis Trials For Veterans (NORML)
• Spliff, a film festival for stoners, by stoners (Boing Boing)
• Black and Indigenous people are overrepresented in Canada’s weed arrests (VICE)
• Exclusive analysis: Only one in seven California cities allow recreational marijuana stores (The Mercury-News)
• The Philosopher's Stoned: An Interview with Liber 420 Author Chris Bennett (Reality Sandwich)
• The new 4/20: Beyond legalizing it (CNN)
• Metric Coffee Unveils Cannabis Cold Brew on 4/20 (Eater)
• Why it can be okay to call it ‘marijuana’ instead of ‘cannabis’ (The Verge)
• What John Boehner's Pivot On Cannabis Tells Us About The Legal Weed Boom (NPR)
• Drug Made From Cannabis Plant Gets Backing From FDA Staff (Bloomberg)
• Medical cannabis treatment: Mother starts a petition for her child (Sunday Express)
• Pennsylvania to Make Whole-Plant Cannabis Flower Available to Patients (Leafly)
• Medical cannabis access simplified under unified state agreement (Small Caps)

LSD

• 75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a Comeback (Seeker)
• What Do Blind People 'See' When They Take LSD? (Live Science)
• The Strange History of Bicycle Day (Slate)
• What was Project MKUltra? Inside the CIA's mind-control program (Big Think)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• We talked with a researcher using psilocybin to treat cocaine addiction in Alabama (Psymposia)
• Would You Take Mushrooms With Your Mom? Meet One Woman Who Did and Made a Movie About It (PAPER)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• Alcoholics in Bristol are trialing MDMA therapy (The Bristol Cable)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• Can Drinking Ayahuasca Really Change Your Life? (Chacruna)
• Controversies Around the Toad Medicine (Chacruna)

Iboga/Ibogaine

• Treatment utilizing psychedelic drug ibogaine significantly reduces opioid withdrawal and cravings (PsyPost)
• Matthew Mellon was trying controversial addiction treatment before death (Page Six)

Dissociatives

• Ketamine has 'fast-acting benefits' for depression (BBC News)
• Ketamine Nasal Spray for Suicide Prevention Raises Serious Concerns (Inverse)

Opiates/Opioids

• It's legal to manufacture cocaine and heroin for medical use — and Britain is the world's biggest exporter (Business Insider)
• How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years (The Atlantic)
• Drug users to soon have all-hours access to syringes in Ballarat (The Courier)
• A Drug to End Addiction? Scientists Are Working on It. (The New York Times)
• The War on Opioids Probably Helped Kill Prince (Reason)
• U.S. has been quietly helping Mexico with new, high-tech ways to fight opium (Albuquerque Journal)
• Medicaid Is Helping to Combat the Opioid Crisis, Despite Trump's Attacks (Truthout)
• Did ancient Mesopotamians get high? Near Eastern rituals may have included opium, cannabis (Science Magazine)
• As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Opioid Deaths Rise (Reason)
• Maine Lawmakers Clash With Governor Over Naloxone Access (The Wall Street Journal)
• Naloxone-access programs miss many opioid users (Reuters)
• The Surgeon General Wants More Naloxone, Now What (ModernMedicine)
• Public Defender Foils Prosecutor’s Murder Charge in Drug Overdose (Injustice Today)

Kratom

• Leading Fibromyalgia Doctor Says Wait on Kratom (National Pain Report)
• Kratom: Did I Lose My Sobriety and Not Even Know It? (The Fix)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• Canada's Liberal party considers decriminalization of all illicit drugs (The Guardian)
• Drug trafficking by Kiwis using dark web is booming - report (Newshub)
• These Teens Are Taking A Class On Drugs That Is Definitely Not What Trump Had In Mind (BuzzFeed News)
• Will psychedelics go corporate like cannabis? (Herb)
• Beyond Psychedelics 2018: Interview with Eva Césarová (Psychedelic Times)
• The case for decriminalizing drugs (The Star)
• Will El Chapo’s Arrest Make the Drug Trade More Deadly? (Reason)
• Tripping on drugs like ayahuasca and shrooms ‘might be cultural appropriation’ (Metro)
• An Audio Harm Reduction Guide For Psychedelic Psychotherapy (Chacruna)

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.15.17

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Cannabis

• California bans using drones, self-driving cars from delivering weed (The Daily Dot)
• Congress Passes Three Month Budget Continuation – Marijuana Protections Included (NORML)
• Ontario Shocker: Province to Restrict Legal Cannabis Sales to 150 Government-Run Stores and One Website (Leafly)
• International drug treaties need an urgent revamp as more countries legalize cannabis (ZME Science)
• Patients to get easier access to medicinal cannabis under Greens bill (The Guardian)
• Blockchain Company Aims to Transform Australia's Medical Cannabis Sector (Leafly)
• Senator Orrin Hatch introduces medical marijuana research bill (Boing Boing)
• Hawaii Says It's 1st State to Go Cashless for Cannabis Sales (Leafly)
• Canadian Cops Claim They Won't Be Ready for Marijuana Legalization by 2018 (Reason)
• Cannabis Consumption Has Increased, but Not Because of Legalization (Leafly)
• Cannabis Lounges Looking More Likely in Las Vegas (Leafly)
• Charities Just Say No To Cannabis Contributions (Forbes)
• Annual High Times' Cannabis Cup attracts thousands to Clio (Michigan Live)
• California County Calls for State Aid to Combat Cannabis Farms (Leafly)
• Want to Get Into California's Legal Pot Market? Expect a Regulatory Morass (Reason)
• Cannabis advertising takes to the skies (Los Angeles Times)
• Meet Dr. Dina: Pot Doc to the Stars and 'Cannabis Consultant' on 'Disjointed' (Variety)
• Last Week in Cannabis — IRS Abuse, Weed Banks, And Putting Pot Up Your Butt (Psychedelic Times)
• 'Get the Criminal Elements Out of the Sale of Marijuana': The Week in Cannabis Quotes (Leafly)
• Woman, 49, given just months to live claims cannabis oil CURED her brain tumour after chemotherapy failed (Daily Mail)
• City told to say no to cannabis (Taft Midway Driller)

LSD

• Peter Sarsgaard Tackles LSD, CIA Mind-Control and Political Dissent in 'Wormwood' (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Want to, Like, Really Connect With Nature? Try Some LSD (Lifehacker)
• Incredible rare footage shows US soldiers being dosed with LSD in government-sponsored experiments that sparked "chaos" (Mirror)
• Before LSD, I was a militant anti-theist (Psymposia)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Magic mushrooms take a trip into clinical trials (Financial Times)
• Two parents' fight to set up the largest ever magic mushroom trial for depression is nearly over (International Business Times)
• The first time I ate mushrooms a Papua New Guinea shaman showed up (Psymposia)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• FDA Gives Okay For PTSD Sufferers To Start Ecstasy Trials (Inquisitr)
• MDMA and ecstasy deaths on rise in the south east (Get Surrey)
• Teen hospitalised after taking 'Blue Transformer' ecstasy pill - which he swapped for two cigarettes (Liverpool Echo)
• Person from Epsom among nine in South East to die from taking MDMA last year (Surrey Mirror)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• DMT is the Most Unbelievable Psychedelic Drug Known to Man (High Existence)

Salvia Divinorum

• Scientists Want to Synthesize Salvia's Hallucinogenic Molecule for a Surprising Reason (Gizmodo)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• Unintentional drug use continues among molly users in EDM party scene (EurekAlert!)

Dissociatives

• Is Cough Syrup Hallucinogenic? Medicine Influenced Man to Kill Wife, Toxicologist Says (International Business Times)
• Intravenous Ketamine Quells Pain in Lyme Disease When Opiates and Other Drugs Fail (ProHealth)
• Mood Effects of Ketamine Linked to Circadian Timekeeping (MD Magazine)
• A notorious party drug from the '60s is quietly becoming a treatment for depression in India (Scroll.in)
• 'A lot of questions about ketamine' - keeping people drug-safe at Electric Picnic's welfare tent (The Journal)
• D.C. Man Gets 7-Year Prison Sentence For Conspiracy To Distribute PCP (Morningside Maryland)
• Report: Man Who Died in Struggle With Deputies Had Taken PCP (U.S. News & World Report)
• Driver Had PCP, Weed & Booze In Her System At Time Of Fatal Crash: Charges (DNAInfo)

Opiates/Opioids

• Synthetic salvia may be an opiate alternative without the addiction (SlashGear)
• 2 scientists are locked in a race to develop a groundbreaking vaccine for heroin, but it might not be a 'magic bullet' (Business Insider)
• U.S. Heroin Deaths Have Increased 533% Since 2002 (Forbes)
• Virginia Department of Health handing out Naloxone for free (WDBJ)
• Is U.S. in Afghanistan because of opium poppies?: Letter to the Editor (Cleveland.com)
• 7 things to know about heroin (Cincinnati.com)

Kratom

• How Long Does it Take to Get Addicted to Kratom? (Kratom Guides)
• Just like heroin and it's legal: DEA taking closer look at kratom (SILive.com)
• Kratom debate reaches new level (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
• Upstate NY police sergeant died of overdose on legal, controversial drug kratom (NewYorkUpstate.com)

Kava

• Police witness drop in kava thefts (The Fiji Times)

Khat

• The surprising place where cash is going extinct (BBC)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• The First Graduating Class of the CIIS Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research (Psychedelic Times)
• The therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs (The Washington Post)
• Experts Are Hoping to Bring Medical Psychedelics in the Mainstream (ATTN:)
• 10 Reasons to End the War on Drugs and the War on Sex Workers (Psymposia)
• I Spent a Month Testing Comedown Cures (VICE)
• Psychedelic cluster busting headache medication saves me. And it's completely illegal (Psymposia)
• Dutch YouTubers Get High In The Name Of Science – And Clicks (Worldcrunch)
• Can Illegal Drugs Save Lives? Stunning Studies Point Toward Endless Possibilities (The Cheat Sheet)
• Looking back on Silicon Valley in 2016: Unicorns, Psychedelic Drugs, and Disruption (Disinfo)

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.