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

• The Gestures of DMT Jesters (Sam Woolfe)

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 - 12.18.20

Cannabis

• Adult caution list: Those caught in possession of cannabis for personal use may not face criminal charges (TheJournal.ie)

• Senate Passes Marijuana Research Bill One Week After House Approves Similar Legislation (Marijuana Moment)

• Monitoring the Future Study: No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use Following Statewide Legalization (NORML)

• Washington State Could Legalize Marijuana Home Cultivation Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Life-changing’ impact of medical cannabis in epilepsy patients revealed (Cannabis Health News)

• Feds Announce $350K Grant To Develop Method To Distinguish Hemp And Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published in 2020 About Cannabis (NORML)

• Tainted vapes recalled as Oregon regulators plan wider ban (Leafly)

• Study provides clues about how minor cannabinoids work in the body (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era (VICE)

• The Struggle for Medical Marijuana Access in Brazil (Filter)

LSD

• MindMed plans to commence LSD-assisted therapy for anxiety disorder next year (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Jersey Lawmakers Send Marijuana And Psilocybin Bills To Governor (Marijuana Moment)

• Former cancer patient finds deep healing in psilocybin trip (Times Colonist)

MDMA

• Bill to decriminalise small amounts of MDMA, heroin, ice and other drugs to be introduced in ACT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

DMT

• DMT Research Affords New Hope for Stroke Victims (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Joe Wicks wants to head to the Amazon and try hallucinogenic plant after backing out first time round (Metro)

Salvia Divinorum

• Miley Cyrus celebrates 10-year anniversary of infamous bong video (The GrowthOp)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Experimental vaccine can counter dangerous effects of synthetic cannabinoids (Science Daily)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to Consider Allowing Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy under Special Access Program Amendment (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Revive Therapeutics: The Psychedelics Company Working On A Covid-19 Treatment (Forbes)

• Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder (The Daily Beast)

• A “Humane” Global Drug War Is Possible, House Commission Tells Biden (Filter)

• Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA (Filter)

• Why We All Need to Be Spanked and Trip Right Now (DoubleBlind)

• Can Psychedelics Bring on Your Menstrual Period? (High Times)

• Insights Into the Neurophysiology of Tryptamine-Derived Hallucinogens (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Why Psychedelic Reform Will Surpass Cannabis: 6 Reasons (Psychedelic Passage)

• A Historian’s Reflection on Music and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Indigenous Healers Fundraise To Combat Cultural Destruction (Lucid News)

• Can Psychedelics Help Us Face Our Fear of Death? (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.11.20

Cannabis

• Mexican Supreme Court Extends Deadline To Legalize Marijuana As Lawmakers Continue To Advance Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• House Approves Marijuana Research Bill Days After Voting To Federally Legalize Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

• What To Expect From The House Of Representatives’ Passing Of Federal Cannabis Reform (Forbes)

• Feds’ Post-Election Warning: Marijuana Still Banned For Federal Workers Despite State Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• NBA Will Reportedly Not Test Players for Marijuana Next Season (Complex)

• New Jersey lawmakers agree on recreational marijuana legalization bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Nebraska Senators Will Work To Put Recreational Marijuana On The Ballot In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• 70% in U.S. Support Expunging Marijuana Convictions After Vote to Decriminalize Weed: Poll (Newsweek)

• Embracing Marijuana Legalization Could Have Offset Democratic Election Losses, Poll Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

• Dumping CBD Oil On Strawberries Extends Their Shelf Life And Stops Mold Growth, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Europe's big cannabis route is so hard to shut (BBC)

• Majority Of Republican Voters Support House-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Jay-Z’s Cannabis Brand, Monogram, Launches With $50 Hand-Rolled Joints (Forbes)

LSD

• Mumbai: ‘Paper weight can’t be counted while quantifying LSD’ (Times of India)

Magic Mushrooms

• N.J. bill to lessen jail time for ‘magic’ mushrooms moves forward (NJ.com)

• Canada Will Let Health Care Professionals Legally Use Psychedelic Mushrooms, Health Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Mydecine Innovations Group to Make First Commercial Export of Legal Psilocybin Mushrooms (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science (Discover Magazine)

• Can the active ingredient in magic mushrooms help treat anxiety? Researchers want to know (The Age)

MDMA

• MDMA-assisted couples therapy investigated in landmark pilot trial (New Atlas)

DMT

• Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled in UK to treat depression (The Guardian)

• Why Does the Brain Make Its Own DMT? (DoubleBlind)

• How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

Ayahuasca

• Miley Cyrus Says Ayahuasca Changed Her Life (Lucid News)

• Preserving Entangled Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Usona Institute Publishes Synthesis and Characterization of cGMP 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Peyote

• Directing to the Divine Among Native American Peyotists (Spirit Pharmacist)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• New Compound Related to Psychedelic Ibogaine Could Treat Addiction, Depression (UC Davis)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Files FDA Pre-IND Meeting Request for Ketamine in Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mind Cure Moves into Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with British Columbia Location Offering Ketamine and Psilocybin Therapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Weren't As Common in Ancient Cultures As We Think (VICE)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of 2020 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• This Is How Psychedelics Hack the Brain, According to Scientists (VICE)

• The Case for Macrodosing (Rolling Stone)

• Psychedelic Guide Abuse: High-Control Group Dynamics and Complicity in the Perpetuation of Harm (Psychedelics Today)

• UK government set for psychedelics investment windfall (Financial Times)

• It Takes Guts: Psychedelic Treatment Approaches to Autoimmune Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Humans Have Used Drugs With Sex For Millennia – The Reasons Are Much Broader Than You Think (TalkingDrugs)

• How To Provide Psychedelic Support (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics, Therapy, and the Law (Psychedelic Frontier)

• Christopher Valore (AKA The Architect) talks “Conductor,” His Virtual-Reality, Psychedelic-Visual Sandbox Platform (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics, Shadows, and Spiritual Bypassing (The Third Wave)

• How Music Therapists Helped Build Psychedelic Therapy (Chacruna)

• How to Change Your Ability to Change (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Combining Movement and Microdosing: Athletics, Exercise, and Flow (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.4.20

Cannabis

• Drone Drops Hundreds Of Free Bags Of Marijuana In Israel (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Senate Approves Two Marijuana Bills As Lawmakers Pursue Broader Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Sheriff Files Lawsuit To Keep Medical Marijuana Off Nebraska’s Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Malta is officially out of weed (The GrowthOp)

• Vermont Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Inches Closer To Final Form After Conference Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

• Are rosin vape carts going to take over the market? You better hope so. (Leafly)

• Mississippi Medical Marijuana Initiative Has ‘Strong Chance Of Passage,’ Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• USC researchers think THC in marijuana could treat deadly COVID complication (Bakersfield.com)

• How Legal Weed Destroyed a Counterculture Icon (Politico)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Maine, Missouri And Another Indian Tribe (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Over Three in Four Cannabis Consumers Prefer Flower Over Concentrates (NORML)

• California Must Turn Over Marijuana Documents To DEA, Federal Court Rules (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis extract may protect honey bees from pesticides (StratCann)

• State Of California Officially Promotes Marijuana Industry With New Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Use Growing in Popularity Among Seniors (NORML)

• Marijuana Legalization Group Helps Craft New Impaired Driving Prevention Bill In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical cannabis failing Delaware patients (Cape Gazette)

Magic Mushrooms

• Revive Therapeutics Enters into Clinical Trial Agreement to Evaluate Psilocybin for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Announces Promising Test Results of its Novel and Proprietary Psilocybin-Inspired Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Red Light Holland Announces Arrangement to Launch Sale of Psychedelic Truffle Microdosing Packs in the Netherlands (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Cancer patients say psilocybin can be both therapy and “a beautiful experience” (Inverse)

MDMA

• Regulator weighs push to legalise MDMA for mental health treatment (Brisbane Times)

DMT

• How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

• Machine Elves and a Journey Into The DMT Spirit World (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• 'A Hail Mary': Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats (The New York Times)

• Miley Cyrus went vegan after ‘puking up seals’ while on hallucinogenic drug (Metro)

Peyote

• Peyote Decriminalization Opposed by Groups Seeking to Protect the Plant from Poaching (Lucid News)

Iboga

• Healing the Soul with Spray Paint and Iboga with Chor Boogie (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Colorado on Ketamine (Reality Sandwich)

PCP

• What to Know About Daniel Prude’s Death (The New York Times)

DXM

• Dextromethorphan (DXM) Guide: Effects, Uses, Legality, and Safety (Reality Sandwich)

Miscellaneous

• Compass Pathways Files for U.S. IPO, to list on Nasdaq (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Scientists induce psychedelic-like experiences from a placebo alone (PsyPost)

• Three-In-Five DC Voters Support Psychedelics Decriminalization Initiative, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Numinus Announces Filing of Final Short Form Prospectus for Offering of up to $4,000,000 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Why one in five young people have microdosed through lockdown (Dazed)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Appoints Dr. Wade Davis to Psychedelic Research Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

• Dr. Matthew Johnson Joins AWAKN Life Sciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Oregon Could become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November (The Appeal)

• Focus on the family: How the War on Drugs destroyed America’s foster care system (Leafly)

• Lamotrigine and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)

• The Mechanisms of Change in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The Neuroscience of Psychedelic Visuals (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.7.16

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Cannabis

• FDA's Advice to the DEA on Marijuana (ATTN:)
• Why Public Health Experts Say Cannabis Should Be Treated Like Tobacco (Broadly)
• How States Are Spending Their Marijuana Revenue (ATTN:)
• Keith Stroup: Marijuana Smoking Up, Marijuana Arrests Down (ATTN:)
• How cannabis could help the fight against Alzheimer's (Mirror)
• Ancient Cannabis 'Burial Shroud' Discovered in Desert Oasis (National Geographic)
• California's Marijuana Legalization Faces an Unlikely Foe: Growers (TIME)
• Adult Use Ballot Initiatives Leading In Latest Polls (NORML)
• Study: Cannabis production uses as much energy as data centers (Albuquerque Business First)
• Meeting the Scientist Who Discovered THC (Reality Sandwich)
• 'Cannabis' drug could help thousands of epilepsy sufferers following trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Mirror)
• Like Barcelona, Bilbao is Taking Steps to Regulate Cannabis Social Clubs (Leafly)
• A Big Shift Is Necessary to Successfully Market Cannabis to Minorities (The Huffington Post)
• Calif. Newspapers Warm to Pot Legalization, Thanks to Taxes and Regulations (Reason)
• Americans Are Still Getting Arrested for Marijuana Possession at Staggering Rates (Disinfo)
• Cannabis Industry Technology Is Becoming That Prime Kush (Forbes)
• Is Cannabis Safe to Use During Pregnancy? New Study Clarifies Risks (Leafly)
• Where Voters Are Likeliest to Legalize Marijuana in a Month (Reason)
• Colorado Gives Cannabis Candy a New Look to Avoid Confusion (Leafly)
• Cannabis businesses dip their toes into world of franchising (The Denver Post)
• Tennessee: Cities Move To Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties (NORML)
• Cannabis reduces creativity, but user generally not aware (Daily Science)

LSD

• LSD Now: How the Psychedelic Renaissance Changed Acid (Rolling Stone)
• Would LSD Make Bar Mitzvahs Great Again? (VICE)
• The Law Trips on LSD (Los Angeles Free Press)
• VA hospital's LSD experiments sped brother's fall into schizophrenia, Lee's Summit man fears (The Kansas City Star)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Much ado about mushrooms (Varsity)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• Using MDMA to Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (VolteFace)
• High Society: Ecstasy (VICE)
• Miley Cyrus' Suggestion Sick Ellen Take MDMA Wasn't Insane (Inverse)
• How taking ecstasy helped me mourn my mother (iNews)
• Southend man collapsed outside Chameleon nightclub and died after taking MDMA (Essex Live)
• Teenager, 18, froze to death after taking ecstasy and runing from a golf glub hotel into a LAKE wearing just his boxer shorts because he thought demons were in his hotel room (Daily Mail)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• Ancient Medicine in a Modern World: How Ayahuasca Can Heal the Plague of Depression and Anxiety (Psychedelic Times)
• Aya Quest Native Americas church holding Ayahuasca healing ceremonies in the USA (Digital Journal)

Dissociatives

• Ketamine As Medicine? Anesthetic And Club Drug Could Treat Migraines, Chronic Pain (Medical Daily)
• New Study Compares Ketamine to Electro Shock Therapy in Treating Severe Depression (WKSU)
• The Tulsa Effect: Chicago Officer Beaten Unconscious By Man On PCP (Law Officer)

Opiates/Opioids

• How America Is Battling Its Horrific Opioid Epidemic (Wired)
• Heroin is now legal in Canada – if you have a prescription (Idaho Statesman)
• Health Canada approves non-prescription naloxone nasal spray (The Globe and Mail)
• The Great Binge: Heroin, Cocaine and Opium Over the Counter (New Historian)
• Not just for medics: Drugs that reverse opioid overdoses are being pushed to the masses (STAT)

Absinthe

• 6 Things You Didn't Know about Absinthe (San Diego Magazine)
• The 9 Best Absinthes Available In The US (VinePair)

Kratom

• Congressman: DEA May Extend Comment Period on Kratom Ban Amid Public Pressure (Reason)
• The Benefits Of Kratom, And Risks Of Kratom Extracts, From The People Who Use The Botanical Medicine (Forbes)
• Does Kratom Show Up on Drug Testing? (Kratom Guides)
• Why Does the Government Want to Ban Kratom, an Herbal Supplement? (New York Magazine)
• DEA Delays Kratom Ban (Medscape)
• Yes, Kratom Is a Drug: Here's Why (American Council on Science and Health)

Kava

• Why Experts are Now Saying Kava is Not Only Safe, but Needed Now More Than Ever (PR Newswire)
• Wait for endorsement of kava standards (The Fiji Times)

Khat

• Somalia: Using Khat As Trade And Political Leverage (Somaliland Press)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history (The Guardian)
• DEA Paid Millions to Confidential Informants Who Could No Longer Be Trusted (Reason)
• President Obama Shortens the Sentences of 102 Drug Offenders (TIME)
• Addiction & Recovery: The Definitive Expert Resource Guide For You, Your Family, or Your Patients (Lumiere Healing Centers)
• 12 legal drugs that will give you a psychedelic trip (The Daily Dot)
• Choosing the Right Therapy: The Differences Between Psychedelic Integration and Recovery Coaching (Psychedelic Times)
• LSU studies effects of psychedelic drugs, and other news of higher education (The New Orleans Advocate)
• The Problem With Denying Organ Transplants to Drug Users (ATTN:)
• Below the Mainstreaming: A Review of Beyond Psychedelics (Psychedelic Press UK)
• Risky research could herald mindful revolution (Imperial College London)

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.