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Weekly Psychedelic Links - December 2022

12.2.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Signs Marijuana Research Bill, A Historic First For Federal Cannabis Reform (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Plans for Medical Cannabis Legalization on the Ballot in 2024 (High Times)

  • Ohio Senate Votes To Remove Marijuana Paraphernalia Convictions From Criminal Records And Allow Broader Expungement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Police in India Say Rats Ate More Than 1,100 Pounds of Confiscated Weed (High Times)

  • Young Americans Are Twice As Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, New Gallup Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Federal Job Applications Won’t Ask About Most Marijuana Use Unless It Was Within The Past 90 Days (Marijuana Moment)

  • Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help (Scientific American)

  • University Researchers Exploring Cannabis As A Treatment For Covid-19 (Forbes)

  • New York’s illicit weed products are weak and full of toxins, study finds (Leafly)

  • Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Opioid Use By Cancer Patients, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Starts Program Providing Financial Assistance to Low-Income Cannabis Patients (High Times)

  • Wedding Guest Files Lawsuit Over Pot-Infused Reception Food (High Times)

  • These States Almost Legalized Marijuana In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Many Trips, Diminishing Returns: Cross-Tolerance Between LSD and DOI (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting (Futurism)

Magic Mushrooms

  • DEA Proposes Even Higher 2023 Production Quotas For Psychedelics Like MDMA And Psilocyn (Marijuana Moment)

  • Non-profit Organization Marches on Canadian Capital To Fight for Therapeutic Mushrooms (High Times)

MDMA

  • The man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills (The Face)

  • Climate Lessons from Cambodia’s Illegal MDMA Market (TalkingDrugs)

Ayahuasca

  • Why Ayahuasca Is Miley Cyrus' 'Favorite' Drug (And How It Supported Her Veganism) (Benzinga)

  • After closing its doors in Canterbury, a church serving hallucinogenic tea vows to reopen elsewhere (NHPR)

  • Ceremonial Ayahuasca in Amazonian Retreats: Mental Health and Epigenetic Outcomes From a Six-Month Naturalistic Study (Chacruna)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War (Filter)

Ketamine

  • Laid-off workers can now get a free month of ketamine-assisted therapy services to help with their mental health (Fortune)

  • Low-dose ketamine may reduce shivering following spinal anesthesia (Physicians Weekly)

  • Ketamine for Depression Poses “Significant Risk to the Public” (Mad in America)

  • Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

  • Berkeley, California Officials Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution Amid Pushback From Reform Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian And Mexican Presidents Announce International Effort To Reshape Drug Policy, Condemning ‘Failure’ Of Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Governor To Appoint Psychedelics Advisory Panel After Voters Approve Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Why the “Psychedelic Renaissance” is just Colonialism by Another Name (DoubleBlind)

  • Could the Latest Science on Psychedelics Revolutionise the Way We Understand Our Minds? (Men's Health)

12.9.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap (Leafly)

  • Legalization Amendment To Be Added to Missouri Constitution (High Times)

  • New Jersey Marijuana Regulators Approve Rules For Public Cannabis Consumption Areas (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colombian Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Bringing Country Closer To Ending Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Cannabis Has ‘Uniquely Beneficial Effects’ on People With Bipolar Disorder (High Times)

  • Pain relief from marijuana comes from a belief it helps, study finds (CNN)

  • Delivery is in the works for New York’s new legal weed stores (Leafly)

  • Children are ditching alcohol for marijuana, as 20-year national US study shows a 245% increase (EurekAlert!)

  • Oregon recalls thousands of cannabis products over pesticide concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Several Companies for Illicit Edible Sales (High Times)

  • As Congress Stalls On Marijuana Banking, New Report Details Public Safety Risk Of Cash-Intensive Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

  • NORML Report Highlights Citywide Policies Depenalizing Marijuana Law Enforcement (NORML)

  • Study: ‘Significant’ negative association between medical cannabis sales, alcohol (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Dispensaries’ Cashless ATM Transactions Get The Ax (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Governor Announces Intent to Expunge 40,000+ Marijuana-Related Convictions (NORML)

  • Biden’s Health Secretary Shares Marijuana Scheduling News At 4:20—Again (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana packaging rebrands can draw consumers, create cohesion, reflect values (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Trend Sees Brands Pairing Top-Shelf Weed, Fine Dining (High Times)

LSD

  • Study on LSD microdosing uncovers neuropsychological mechanisms that could underlie anti-depressant effects (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Portlanders Explain Why They’re Waiting in Line for Psychedelic Mushrooms (Willamette Week)

  • Study suggests psilocybin increases mindfulness, especially when accompanied by mystical experiences (PsyPost)

  • Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge (DoubleBlind)

  • Diamond Therapeutics completes Phase I clinical study of low-dose psilocybin in healthy human subjects (PR Newswire)

  • Oregon store allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms raided (The Seattle Times)

MDMA

  • MDMA may be available for medical treatment "as soon as 2024" in US hospitals (Mixmag)

  • Wastewater data shows 286% increase in ecstasy use during pandemic (Healio)

  • Abuse Potential: Considerations for Rescheduling MDMA and Psychedelics (Psychedelic Science Review)

DMT

Ayahuasca

  • A Canadian psychedelic drug company has created medical grade ayahuasca (Toronto Star)

  • Modulatory Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality Structure in a Traditional Framework (Chacruna)

  • Declaration of The 4th Brazilian Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference (Chacruna)

Ketamine

  • Now Companies Can Buy Insurance To Cover Ketamine Therapy for Employees (Lucid News)

  • Using Ketamine to Treat Anorexia (Psychology Today)

  • Meta-Analysis of Intravenous vs Intranasal Ketamine (Psychiatric Times)

  • Low-dose Ketamine Effective In Reducing The Incidence Of Shivering Following Spinal Anesthesia (Medical Dialogues)

Miscellaneous

  • MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

  • Most States Will Legalize Psychedelics By 2037, Analysis Published By American Medical Association Predicts (Marijuana Moment)

  • When virtual reality meets psychedelic therapy (Mashable)

  • How Will Our Value Systems Affect The Psychedelic Movement? (Maps of the Mind)

  • We’re rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say (New Scientist)

  • Awakn Makes Its Case To Investors (Lucid News)

  • Punk Ethos & Psychedelic Practice (Maps of the Mind)

12.16.22

Cannabis

  • Recreational Weed Now Legal in Missouri (High Times)

  • Connecticut: Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Begin Next Month (NORML)

  • New Hampshire GOP And Democratic House Leaders Team Up On Marijuana Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Here’s how New York’s legal weed delivery will work (Leafly)

  • Teen Marijuana Use Remained Stable In 2022, Despite More States Legalizing And Lifting Of Pandemic Restrictions (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas City: Officials Dismiss Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Following Statewide Legalization Vote (NORML)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust cannabis scandal (CBC)

  • Texas Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Back In Voters’ Hands After City Council Repeal (Marijuana Moment)

  • Massachusetts To Add Lessons on Weed Impairment to Driver’s Ed (High Times)

  • Nearly 2 Million Marijuana Convictions Have Been Pardoned Or Expunged In The U.S. In The Past Five Years, New Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Australian Residents Could Save $850 Million Annually if Cannabis is Decriminalized (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Reduces Arrests Even In States That Already Decriminalized, American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Up to 9% of LSD and psilocybin users report reoccurring effects after drug has worn off (PsyPost)

  • Gut Feeling: Links Between LSD, Endocannabinoids, and the Microbiome (Psychedelic Science Review)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Florida halts amanita muscaria sales at nation’s only brick-and-mortar retailer (Leafly)

  • COMP360 psilocybin therapy shows potential in open-label study in type II bipolar disorder presented at ACNP (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Here’s why police are raiding psychedelic mushroom stores in major cities (Leafly)

  • Rat Study Examines Psilocybin as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Times)

MDMA

  • The History and Benefits of MDMA, the New Tool in Mental Health Again (Daily Kos)

DMT

  • Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Aaron Rodgers says doing psychedelic drug ayahuasca helped him overcome his ‘fear of death’ (The Independent)

5-MeO-DMT

  • UCL To Lead First-Ever Brain Imaging Study Among Psychedelic Retreat Participants (High Times)

  • PsyBio Therapeutics Takes Initial Step to Help Protect the Sonoran Desert Toad as it Files Three New Provisional Patent Applications, Including Intellectual Property Protection for the Biosynthetic Production of 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Alpha)

Peyote

  • Inside the battle to save the sacred peyote ceremony: ‘We’re in dire straits’ (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Israeli Based Biotech Company Clearmind Completes IND-Enabling Studies for CMND-100 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine plus therapy could help treat alcoholism, say researchers (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • Verdict in Lawsuit Assigns MAPS 25% Liability and $1M in Damages (Lucid News)

  • New center takes multidisciplinary approach to the study of psychedelics (University of Michigan)

  • It’s Not Just About Pot. Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. (The New York Times)

  • The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

  • Would You Be Friends With Your Friends if You Didn’t Do Drugs Together? (VICE)

  • Why is Gender-Affirming Care Needed in the Psychedelic Space? (Chacruna)

  • How Many Likes Does it Take to be a Psychedelic Thought Leader? (Lucid News)

12.23.22

Cannabis

  • First words from Brittney Griner: Thanks Biden, vows to help free others (Leafly)

  • Federally Funded Study Finds Teen Use Rates Largely Unchanged by Legalization (NORML)

  • Canada Destroys a Record Amount of Cannabis (High Times)

  • District of Columbia: Council Members Advance Legislation to Expunge Tens of Thousands of Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

  • Afroman Announces 2024 Run for President (High Times)

  • Twitter Stops Suggesting People Who Search For ‘Marijuana’ May Need Drug Treatment (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canada’s Cannabis Legalization Is Working Effectively, Annual Survey Suggests (Forbes)

  • New Washington Bill Would Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Report Analyzes Medical Pot Patients’ Consumption Habits (High Times)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Back Marijuana Legalization, And Three In Four Support Decriminalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • How LSD evolved from CIA mind-control drug to counterculture emblem (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Quebec covers psilocybin therapy under medical insurance in historic first (Leafly)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Entrepreneurs Navigate Business Requirements (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

  • Canadian Company Announces Ayahuasca Pills (Chacruna)

  • Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men (UC Riverside)

Datura

  • Weed responsible for hallucinogenic spinach recall identified as thornapple (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

  • New Bill Tries to Decriminalize Psychedelics in California—Again (DoubleBlind)

  • The Myth of the Psychedelic Santa (Lucid News)

  • U.K. Police Chiefs Call for Decriminalization of First-Time Drug Offenses (High Times)

  • Israel-Based Clearmind Medicine Granted U.S. Patent for Psychedelic-Based Alcohol Substitute (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Placebo Problems: Boundary Works in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance (Chacruna)

12.30.22

Cannabis

  • Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2022 (NORML)

  • Washington, D.C. Passes Bill To Expand Medical Weed Sales (High Times)

  • Google Ends Ban On Advertising Certain Hemp And CBD Products In Parts Of U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

  • Clinical Trial Finds Cannabis Oil is Well-Tolerated, Effective Insomnia Treatment (High Times)

  • Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records To Launch Its Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)

  • California Gov. Gavin Newsom Pardons 10, Some Cannabis Convictions (High Times)

  • A dying US cancer patient used cannabis to ease pain. His hospital called the police (The Guardian)

  • South Dakota Activists File Measure That Could Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot For Third Election In A Row (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? (Vox)

  • Texas Marijuana Activists Submit Enough Signatures To Challenge Local Decriminalization Repeal, While Another City’s Reform Faces Lawsuit (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • A single dose of psilocybin improves depression in treatment-resistant patients, but with adverse effects (PsyPost)

  • Psilocybin Therapy For Autism-Like Disorder Receives Approval For Phase 2a Clinical Trial (The Dales Report)

  • Do Shrooms Go Bad? (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA Is Getting Super Popular Among Rich, Young Indians (VICE)

  • VA Report Says Psilocybin And MDMA Show Therapeutic ‘Promise’ For Veterans’ Mental Health Conditions (Marijuana Moment)

DMT

  • Phase 2a study initiated to examine synthetic DMT for treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

Ayahuasca

  • “Nobody Wants A Synthetic-Only Future”: Filament Health Is Formulating Natural Psilocybin And Standardizing Ayahuasca (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Tripping Without The Trip: Non-Hallucinogenic Psychedelics (Benzinga)

Ketamine

  • Much remains unknown about using ketamine to treat depression—and Colorado doesn't regulate it (The Denver Post)

Miscellaneous

  • New York Lawmakers File Psychedelics Legalization Bill For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics Like Psilocybin Are Now Legal In Colorado With Governor’s Proclamation On Voter-Approved Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Multidimensional Worlds of Mariela de la Paz (DoubleBlind)

  • Minnesota Medical Association Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon, but who will administer the drugs? (NBC News)

  • Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say (NPR)

  • Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities (The Daily Beast)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.10.20

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Cannabis

  • The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use (The Atlantic)

  • Is the Netherlands Finally Heading for Legalisation? (Volteface)

  • Kansas City Lawmakers Vote To Remove All Local Penalties For Marijuana Possession (Marijuana Moment)

  • Arkansas’ 2020 Cannabis Legalization Push Is Over (Cannabis Wire)

  • Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Law Decreases Crime In Neighboring States, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Does the cannabis industry have a monopoly problem? (Quartz)

  • ‘Lazy Stoner’ Stereotype Smashed By Study Finding Marijuana Consumers Exercise More (Marijuana Moment)

  • Black market cannabis seizures plummet as legalisation progresses in North America (Prohibition Partners)

  • CBD and CBG Mouthwashes Are More Effective Than Traditional Oral Hygiene Products (MERRY JANE)

  • The Endocannabinoid System: How Cannabis Interacts With The Body (Benzinga)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Oregon Voters Will Decide On Legalizing Psilocybin Therapy In November, State Announces (Marijuana Moment)

  • Congressman Hopes To Block D.C. Psilocybin Decriminalization Bid (High Times)

  • Magic mushrooms could help ex-soldiers to overcome trauma (The Guardian)

  • Study Finds Aeruginascin Metabolite 4-HO-TMT is Active at the Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Magic mushrooms and microdosing: The psychedelic trend helping women cope with lockdown anxiety (Metro)

  • IntelGenx and Cybin Corp. Enter Into Feasibility Agreement for Fast-Acting, Orally-Dissolving Psilocybin Film (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • The ‘Godfather Of Canadian Cannabis’ Is Launching A Psilocybin Startup (Forbes)

DMT

Ayahuasca

  • Owner of east Orange County church seeks federal exemption to legally dispense controlled substance (WFTV)

  • Ayahuasca is Helping the Global North to Discover the Sacredness of Tobacco (Chacruna)

  • Ayahuasca Benefits: The Health and Healing Powers of This Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Benefit Enhancement Strategies Correlated With Positive 5-MeO-DMT Experiences (Psychedelic Times)

  • Toad Rage: Is 5-MeO-DMT Taken from Toad Venom Better than a Synthetic Version? (DoubleBlind)

Peyote

  • Can Indigenous and Decrim Perspectives Align on Peyote? (Lucid News)

Iboga

Nitrous Oxide

Ketamine

  • SoCal Brain Health Clinic Introduces Mindfulness-Based Ketamine Program (PRUnderground)

  • Ketamine And Nitrous Oxide Are Being Used To Treat Depression In Australian Clinical Trial (LADbible)

  • Why are people turning to cocaine and ketamine to self-medicate their mental illness? (Metro)

Miscellaneous

  • DC Activists Submit Signatures To Put Psychedelics Decriminalization On November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canadian doctors are applying for psychedelic drug exemptions to dose themselves (The GrowthOp)

  • MindMed Announces New Technology that Optimizes Psychedelic Dosing (Lucid News)

  • The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized: Psychedelics’ Potential for Systemic Change (Chacruna)

  • Top Integration Tips for Psychedelic First Timers (Maps of the Mind)

  • Eleusis Draws on Research Into Psychedelics To Develop New Medicines for Inflammation (Lucid News)

  • CannaGlobal, Sansero Life Sciences and Rise Wellness Merge to Create a New International Psychedelics Company (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Considerations for Psychedelic Therapists when Working with Native American People and Communities (Chacruna)

  • MagicMed Industries Files First Psychedelic Derivative Patent (PR Newswire)

  • Researcher Charles Nichols Studies the Impact of Psychedelic Substances on Inflammation (Lucid News)

  • Professor David Nutt Joins AWAKN Life Sciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Synthesis Raises US$2.75M to Develop End-to-End Professional Platform for Psychedelic Wellness & Therapy (WebWire)

  • Numinus Enters into Debt Settlement Agreement (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.27.20

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Cannabis

  • Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream (Forbes)

  • Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes (GhanaWeb)

  • Coronavirus Is Killing Weed Legalization Bills Across the US (MERRY JANE)

  • Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign Suspended Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mass. Gov. Closes Adult-Use Pot Shops During Virus Crisis (Law360)

  • South Dakota Marijuana Legalization Campaign Urges Absentee Voting Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Industry Workers May Be at Risk of Respiratory Issues, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

  • Marijuana Businesses Are Ineligible For Coronavirus Disaster Relief, Federal Agency Confirms (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mapping the cannabis genome to improve crops and health (Phys.org)

  • Federal Agency Wants Help Developing A Standard THC Dose For Marijuana Products (Marijuana Moment)

  • NORML Launches “Smoke the Vote” To Prepare For 2020 Election (NORML)

  • Feds Prosecuted Even Fewer Marijuana Cases In 2019 As More States Legalize, New Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Raleigh mayor lit up for posting a picture with a weed pen in it (The Daily Dot)

  • Curbside cannabis pickup: Why it’s booming and how it works (Leafly)

  • Youth Marijuana Treatment Admissions Fell After Legalization, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis sales hit new highs in US and Canada (New York Post)

  • DEA Unveils New Rule To Finally Allow More Marijuana Growers For Research (Marijuana Moment)

  • Coronavirus: Massachusetts marijuana dispensaries to make, donate hand sanitizer to hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic (MassLive)

  • Study indicates vaporized cannabis creates drug-seeking behavior (WSU Insider)

  • Arizona Marijuana Activists Have More Than Enough Signatures To Put Legalization On Ballot, They Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Exploring the 3 Different Types of Cannabinoids: Endo, Phyto, and Synthetic (CBD Testers)

  • Fired NFL Players Want Their Jobs Back After the League Changed Its Drug Policy (MERRY JANE)

  • Can Medical Cannabis Be Used to Treat Acute Pain? (Pain News Network)

LSD

  • George Harrison discusses LSD and The Beatles on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971 (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Redesigning Psychedelic Mushrooms to Never Cause a “Bad Trip” (DoubleBlind)

  • Oregon Campaign To Legalize Psilocybin Mushrooms For Therapeutic Use Hits Snag Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

  • Denver Government Psilocybin Panel Sets Criteria To Track Decriminalization’s Impact (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

  • Veterans and first responders report lasting personal benefits after MDMA-assisted psychotherapy (PsyPost)

  • Healing PTSD with MDMA Therapy (Veterans News Report)

Ayahuasca

  • Actress Dayle McLeod releases Memoir about An Ayahuasca Trip that sent her to the Psyche Ward and Unleashed her Creativity (PR Urgent)

Salvia Divinorum

  • What Is Salvia, and Is the Psychoactive Drug Still Legal? (MERRY JANE)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • MindMed Advances 18-MC, Potential Treatment for Opioid Addiction, Into Further Clinical Testing (PR Newswire)

Ketamine

  • COVID-19 And Mental Health: How To Get Ketamine-Based Psychedelic Therapy From Home Using An App (Forbes)

  • Champignon Brands Expands Alternative Medicine Ip Portfolio With Ketamine, Adaptogenic Delivery Systems/Formulations (GlobeNewswire)

Miscellaneous

  • You're Socially Isolating. Is Now a Good Time to Trip on Psychedelics? (VICE)

  • Psychedelics in Palliative Care (Scientific American)

  • Drug Dealers Say Coronavirus Is Already Affecting Supply and Demand (VICE)

  • Oregon Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Campaign Impacted By Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cellular Receptors and Their Role in the Psychedelic Effect (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • How coronavirus is changing the market for illegal drugs (The Conversation)

  • What Psychedelics Told Me About The Coronavirus (Medium)

  • Ayahuasca Healings’ Trinity de Guzman calls coronavirus “a necessary purge” (Psymposia)

  • Urine survey reveals Europe’s favorite drugs (Big Think)

  • Why Black People Should Embrace Psychedelic Healing: Reclaiming Our Cultural Birthright (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 10.18.19

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CANNABIS

  • Study finds endocannabinoid system regulates sperm development (Leafly)

  • Canada Sold $1.1 Billion of Legal Weed in the First Year of Adult-Use Sales (MERRY JANE)

  • Mexican Senate Committees Will Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

  • Heavy Metal Poisoning May Be Causing the Vaping Illness Epidemic, Lab Suggests (MERRY JANE)

  • How mainstream media botched the vape lung story (Leafly)

  • New California Law Legalizes Medical Marijuana Use at K-12 Public Schools (MERRY JANE)

  • Two More Studies Show Patients Are Replacing Prescription Painkillers With Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Issues a Massive Statewide Recall for Moldy Weed (MERRY JANE)

  • Grading cannabis strength ‘will improve mental health of users’ (The Guardian)

  • Parkinson's patients to receive cannabis oil in 'pioneering' trial to test drug's effectiveness (iNews)

  • Weed Edibles Are Finally Legal in Canada, But They’re Still Not for Sale (MERRY JANE)

  • Cannabis extract may work as a treatment for cannabis addiction (New Scientist)

  • Thailand Plans Inaugural “World Ganja Festival” for 2020 (MERRY JANE)

  • CBD or THC? Common Drug Test Can't Tell the Difference (The New York Times)

  • Recreational Marijuana Would Create More Than 100,000 Jobs in Florida, Study Says (Miami New Times)

  • UK Government Approves the Country's First Legit Weed Grow for Medical Research (MERRY JANE)

  • Presidential Candidate Wants To Let Americans Legalize Marijuana Through National Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Kacey Musgraves reveals she penned two songs while tripping and praises LSD for 'opening your mind' (Daily Mail)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  • Scientists Want to Try Using Shrooms to Revive People in Vegetative States (VICE)

  • DEA Tracks Down Alleged Denver Mushroom Dealer Using News Articles (Westword)

  • Magic mushrooms are a powerful way to treat depression, addiction, and anxiety (GOOD Magazine)

  • How Magic Mushrooms Can Help Smokers Kick The Habit (NPR)

  • Psilocybin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (Heavy.com)

MDMA

DMT

AYAHUASCA

  • Taking Ayahuasca When You’re a Senior Citizen (The New York Times)

  • Is Ayahuasca Made in the Laboratory or with Foreign Plants Just as Good? Enter Pharmahuasca. (Kahpi)

  • The Commodification of Ayahuasca: How Can we do Better? (Chacruna)

  • What's all the buzz about? Montreal woman seeks to demystify ayahuasca (Montreal Gazette)

5-MEO-DMT

MESCALINE

PEYOTE

KETAMINE

OPIOIDS

  • Combat troops at higher risk for opioid, heroin addiction, study says (Military Times)

  • The Opioid Crisis Cost the US Over $600 Billion in Just 4 Years (MERRY JANE)

  • Mindfulness May Benefit People on Methadone (Futurity)

  • The Democratic candidates are calling for locking up opioid executives (Vox)

  • Narcan, a life-saving anti-overdose drug, is now sold online in Tennessee (The Tennessean)

  • The US could learn from how Italy tackled its own opioid problem (Quartz)

  • Philadelphia high school students receive training on how to administer Naloxone (6ABC)

COCAINE

  • Revealed: How much cocaine Londoners are taking every day (Sky News)

  • The treatment of cocaine use disorder (Science Advances)

  • Man Who Was Sentenced to 15 Years for Cocaine Released After it Turned Out to Be Powdered Milk (People)

METHAMPHETAMINE

  • While millions are spent to fight the opioid epidemic, a meth crisis quietly grows in Wisconsin (MinnPost)

CAFFEINE

  • Study: Caffeine use may increase risk of miscarriage (KWWL)

  • Is mixing caffeine and alcohol bad? (Mic)

  • Could coffee byproducts fight inflammation? (Medical News Today)

TOBACCO

  • Judge puts Michigan’s ban on flavored nicotine vaping on hold (Detroit Metro Times)

  • Ohio “Tobacco 21” law goes into effect today (WHIO)

BENZODIAZEPINES

  • Lil Peep’s Mom Alleges His Manager Pressured Him to Abuse Xanax; They Deny It (Vulture)

ALCOHOL

  • National focus on overdose prevention should include alcohol too, study suggests (Medical Xpress)

  • Alcohol industry 'puts pregnant women at risk', researchers say (The Guardian)

KRATOM

  • What is kratom? The popular herbal supplement has caught flak from the FDA (NBC News)

  • Kratom In Indiana – The Legality, Effort, & Recent Update (Kratom Guides)

KAVA

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Scotland’s Ruling Party Unanimously Backs Drug Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • '60 Minutes' segment explores psychedelics research at Johns Hopkins (The Hub)

  • Two Presidential Candidates Voice Support For Drug Decriminalization At Democratic Debate (Marijuana Moment)

  • How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users (Filter)

  • Building the Infrastructure for Legal Psychedelic Therapy: Interview with Ronan Levy of Field Trip Psychedelics (Psychedelic Times)

  • People of Color Making a Difference in Psychedelic Healing (Chacruna)

  • Investors hope psychedelics are the new cannabis. Are they high? (The Economist)

  • Portugal Mayor Supports Recriminalizing Public Drug Use (Filter)

  • Stop teaching drug abstinence: Just say no to the era of ‘just say no’ (New York Daily News)

  • How psychedelic drugs treat mental illness differently than traditional medicine (Mic)

  • 10 Calls to Action: Toward an LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychedelic Therapy (Chacruna)

  • My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction (The New Yorker)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.16.15

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Cannabis

  • Studies by Oregon researchers hint that mild pot-induced paranoia may have a public health benefit (The Register-Guard)
  • Ohio man gets 'too high', calls police (USA Today)
  • Here's What Marijuana Does to Pain (ATTN:)
  • How safe is stoned driving really? (Aeon)
  • Federal Cancer Institute Acknowledges Cancer-Fighting Properties of Cannabis (Reset.me)
  • Marijuana Could Change the 2016 Election (ATTN:)
  • Sanders Suddenly Becomes Pot-Friendliest Major-Party Candidate (Reason)
  • Marijuana Separated Sanders and Clinton in a Big Way (ATTN:)
  • Legalising cannabis would raise millions in tax, says government study (The Guardian)
  • Cannabis should be as legal as cigarettes because war on drugs is a 'disaster' claims Labour MP (Mirror)
  • Why are stoners always portrayed the same in film? (Dazed Digital)
  • Growing Pains: Regulating the Use of Pesticides on Marijuana (NORML)
  • An Introduction To The Endocannabinoid System (Reset.me)
  • Tribal Nations May Want to Stash Your Marijuana Cash (TIME)
  • Marijuana Could Literally Replace These 5 Prescription Drugs (ATTN:)
  • Oregon Pot Stores Sell More Than $11 Million in First 5 Days (The New York Times)
  • This is what legalising cannabis would raise in taxes (Mirror)
  • How LEDs Are Making Weed Better (Wired)
  • Finding a Place for Cannabis Cash (Bloomberg)
  • Medical cannabis CEO says Maine could be leader in legal marijuana industry (Portland Press Herald)
  • CTU's Helen Kelly wants legal cannabis for cancer pain (Stuff.co.nz)
  • 4 Riders in Senate Appropriations Bills Support Cannabis Federalism (Reason)
  • Rep. Regan: Medical cannabis task force report being reviewed by House (York Daily Record)
  • Free-thinking Brighton wants to legalise cannabis the most - with just one Tory seat in the top 10 (Mirror)
  • Legalise cannabis debate: Only 14 out of 650 MPs take part in parliamentary discussion on drug (International Business Times)
  • SA's cannabis oil 'Robin Hood' (Independent Online)
  • Marlborough man orders cannabis online (Marlborough Express)
  • Banning cannabis has failed - now it is time for our MPs to show true courage (Mirror)
  • Marijuana recipes: How to make Cannabis Ceviche (SF Gate)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Carrying 5 or Less Ecstasy Pills Will Be Legal at ADE (Vice's Thump)
  • Amsterdam under fire over liberal ecstasy policy (NL Times)
  • Why European MDMA Looks So Much Better Than American Molly (Inverse)
  • When Are You Going To Get Your Prescription MDMA? (Gizmodo)
  • Drug smuggler tried to sneak 25,000 ecstasy tablets into Britain inside neck PILLOW (Mirror)
  • Ecstasy lab, precursor chemicals, cash discovered in Macleay Island joint police bust (ABC News)
  • Annie Lennox girl's lover drowned on drugs - EXCLUSIVE: Traces of MDMA found in his body (The Sun)
  • Hair samples shows ecstasy users more stressed (Australian Journal of Pharmacy)
  • Study Confirms That Taking MDMA or Ecstasy Directly Increases Your Stress Levels (Vice's Thump)

Ayahuasca/DMT

  • When it comes to worldwide religious tolerance, DMT could be the answer (Binghamton University Pipe Dream)
  • Demystifying Ayahuasca: An Expert Guide Through the Ritual (Men's Journal)
  • Art, Ayahuasca, And Climate Change: Can We Heal Our Way Back To A Healthy Planet (Reset.me)
  • Find out what is behind Ayahuasca that natives call sacred (CCTV-America)
  • Reassessing life in deepest Peru (Cyprus Mail)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

  • Personal Story: Ayahuasca And San Pedro Taught Me To Love Myself Again And Let Go Of The Past (Reset.me)

Iboga/Ibogaine

Salvia Divinorum

  • Tripping down memory lane with Leaves of the Virgin Mary (The Coast)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

  • Man in critical condition after taking 'unpredictable' N-bomb (Stuff.co.nz)
  • 'Hallucinations, confusion and agitation': Police sound warning over LSD-type synthetic drug (TVNZ)
  • 'Hell of a shock': Father of drug user - The family of 20-year-old university student on life support after taking synthetic LSD had no idea the man wasn't going to his classes. (NZCity)
  • Hospital staff attacked by man who snorted dangerous synthetic drug 'blue scissors' (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Thought ice was bad? Introducing 'Flakka' - Australia's most terrifying new drug, which turns users into 'zombies' and causes them to strip naked as their bodies overheat (Daily Mail)

Dissociatives

  • Ketamine Could Soon Be Used To Treat Depression (Inverse)
  • Ketamine Causes Long-Lasting Changes in Brain Function in Young Mice (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation)
  • Hong Kong Customs seizes about 12 kilograms of suspected ketamine at Man Kam To Control Point (7th Space Interactive)
  • High on PCP and bleeding, Jersey City man tries escaping ambulance after fight: police (NJ.com)
  • Burglary suspects caught in Southbridge with $10,000 worth of ketamine (Worcester Telegram)

Opiates/Opioids

  • How Mexican drug cartels are feeding America's deadly heroin epidemic (The Week)
  • Poppy cultivation up 50% in Mexico: DEA (Mexico News Daily)
  • Heroin crisis: presidential candidates forced to confront issue on campaign trail (The Guardian)
  • Charge heroin dealers as killers? Not so fast, law says (SI Live)
  • Heroin's Death Toll Reaches Another Gruesome Landmark (Mother Jones)
  • Government to consider giving more opium poppy cultivation licenses (The Economic Times)
  • No, you can't send a block of opium via courier. Two arrested in Richmond Hill, Ont., and 1.8kg package seized (National Post)
  • Heroin mailed in sandals brings prison for Mich. dealer (Detroit Free Press)
  • University of Kentucky training pharmacists to distribute naloxone (American Pharmacists Association)
  • $100,000 federal grant to help prevent opioid overdose deaths in WMass (Mass Live)
  • UN: Afghan Opium Production Down 48% (Voice of America)
  • Lehigh Valley police have yet to get heroin overdose antidote (The Morning Call)
  • Heroin worth over 500 million rupees seized from Jalandhar (ANI News)
  • Australia, ACT once again on an upward epidemic curve of opioid, heroin overdose (The Canberra Times)
  • Heroin Proves a Formidable Foe in Suburban Ohio County (ABC News)
  • Demand Iowa overdose legislation (Quad-City Times)
  • Grant to help Northern Berkshire group fight opioid overdoses (The Berkshire Eagle)
  • Howard awarded $50,000 to combat heroin addiction (The Baltimore Sun)
  • Heroin, pain-pill addicts face lifelong struggle (The Journal News)
  • SA to allow farmers to grow opium (Nine MSN)
  • Government mulling more licenses for opium cultivation (Business Today)
  • Heroin deaths exceed traffic fatalities in Virginia, Fredericksburg area (The Free Lance-Star)
  • Kentucky Lets Pharmacists Distribute Drug That Reverses Overdoses (Governing)

Absinthe

  • Library Goers Sample Craft Liquor at St. George Spirits Talk (Santa Clara Weekly)
  • 'The Green Hour', a Late Night Absinthe Bar, Is Coming to Germantown's Tempered European Indulgence (Eater Nashville)

Kambô

Kava

Khat

  • Bonds set for men arrested for foreign drug (WHLT22)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

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 (and other psychoactives) are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.