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This Week in Psychoactives - 4.5.19

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CANNABIS

  • Guam Legalizes Marijuana Use By Adults (NORML)

  • New Mexico Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Forbes)

  • Los Angeles to Erase 50,000 Criminal Cannabis Convictions (Leafly)

  • States With Legal Marijuana Would Be Protected From Feds Under Newly Filed Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Legalization Bill Clears New Hampshire House, but Veto Expected (Leafly)

  • Federally Produced Marijuana Is Closer To Hemp Than Commercial Cannabis, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Street cannabis 'contains dangerous amount of faecal matter' (BBC)

  • Wisconsin Voters Approve Multiple Marijuana Ballot Questions (Marijuana Moment)

  • Science Says: Better Orgasms Through Cannabis! (The Stranger)

  • Texas removing hemp from controlled substance list (The State)

  • The EPA Is Funding Research On Using Hemp As A Sustainable Alternative To Concrete (Marijuana Moment)

  • Medicinal use of cannabis based products and cannabinoids (The BMJ)

  • Using Marijuana With Your Partner Increases The Likelihood Of Intimacy, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Georgia on cusp of legalizing medical marijuana (CNN)

  • Medical Marijuana for Autism Law Approved on World Autism Day (The Fix)

  • Will Germany become the world's largest market for medicinal cannabis? (Deutsche Welle)

  • ‘Weed Dip’ Could Help Curb A Smokeless Tobacco Addiction (NowThis News)

  • The Unique Challenges to Recycling Vapes in the Cannabis Industry (Civilized)

  • Legalizing pot is the new Democratic litmus test (Politico)

  • New York Governor Cuomo Leaves Marijuana Legalization Out of State Budget (NORML)

  • Why Is the Cannabis Industry Struggling to Build Social Equity in the City of Angels? An Interview with Kristen Lovell of the Social Impact Center, Los Angeles (Psychedelic Times)

  • PGA Issues Warning To Golfers Using CBD Products (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can marijuana help end the opioids crisis? (The Guardian)

  • The Feds Are Looking To Hire A Professional Marijuana Joint Roller (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Patients Can Hold Open-Carry Gun Permits (Leafly)

  • “Our lawmakers don’t talk to their constituents.” An Interview with New Mexico Activist Monique Chavez on Why Pot Legalization Failed In Her State (Psychedelic Times)

  • One county’s take on medical marijuana makes some users criminals (Arizona Capitol Times)

  • Hemp Is At The Center Of Fashion, Politics, And Sustainability (NYLON)

  • Florida Lawmakers Want to Limit Medical Marijuana Potency (Leafly)

  • Cannabis stocks mixed ahead of bill proposing protections for weed companies (MarketWatch)

LSD

  • Police suspect LSD contributed to death of Springfield teen (KEZI)

  • Explainer: Can you die from LSD? (The Register-Guard)

  • Man spiked his co-workers' water with LSD because they were ‘too uptight’ (Her)

  • Scary Combination: A Navy Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier and LSD (The National Interest)

  • Bizarre true story of the UK military testing LSD on Royal Marines revealed in incredible footage that shows high soldiers stumbling and climbing (The Sun)

  • The acid test: Here's what LSD does to your brain (The Sydney Morning Herald)

  • From Hollywood to Silicon Beach, L.A. Professionals Are Using LSD to Amp Up Their Careers (LAmag)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  • Why Stop at One Campaign to Legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms? Oregon Has Two—and They Don’t Get Along. (Willamette Week)

  • Denver Will See Whether Voters Favor Decriminalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms (Weedmaps)

MDMA

  • Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD (ScienceDaily)

  • Ecstasy use by Australian high school students doubles over three years (Stuff.co.nz)

  • GHB and MDMA are the best drugs for 'enhancing' sex, new study finds (Metro)

AYAHUASCA

  • Scientists studying psychedelic ayahuasca as a potential anti-depressant (CTV News)

  • Great Shamanic Deception: Using Ayahuasca as a Conduit for Sexual Fulfillment (Chacruna)

  • Am I a Sectarian Drug User? A Brief Legal Comment on the Religious Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil, Belgium and the Netherlands (Chacruna)

  • Catharsis through vomiting: My experiences with an ancient Amazonian drug at a Haryana farmhouse (Scroll.in)

  • Inside Chelsea Handler’s Shocking Psychedelic Drug Confession (Radar Online)

5-MEO-DMT

  • Could Bufo toad toxins be beneficial to humans? (NBC2 News)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

  • UAB research study finds that the majority of novel psychedelic drug users are white, college-educated men (Alabama Political Reporter)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

NITROUS OXIDE

  • How Medical Researchers Used to Party (JSTOR Daily)

  • Red Bluff hospital first in Northstate to offer laughing gas for child birth (KRCRTV)

KETAMINE

  • Immunosuppressant May Extend Ketamine's Antidepressant Effects (Medscape)

  • When Nothing Seems to Help Your CRPS, Ketamine Pain Treatments May Bring Relief (Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic)

  • Effect of Ketamine With Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depressive Symptoms (Psychiatry Advisor)

  • FDA Approves Ketamine-Derived Treatment for Depression, But How Are People Really Using It? A Conversation with Kellye Greene of New York DanceSafe (Psychedelic Times)

  • Esketamine and psychedelics will require restructuring mental health care visits (STAT)

  • Study: Alligators on ketamine and headphones to mimic dinosaurs (Digital Journal)

  • Boys rescued from Thai cave were sedated with ketamine (CNN)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

  • China to Regulate All Fentanyl-Related Drugs as Controlled Substances (TIME)

  • “Nation’s Most Comprehensive Lawsuit”—Now NY Takes On Purdue and the Sacklers (Filter)

  • Fear, Loathing and Fentanyl Exposure (The New York Times)

  • “Tranq Dope”—The Heroin Combo That’s Been Putting Philly to Sleep (Filter)

  • Naloxone remains stable for at least 28 days after enduring extreme conditions: study (The Record)

  • As overdoses rise, New Jersey removes a barrier to treatment for opioid addiction (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • A single-dose antidote may help prevent fentanyl overdoses (Science News)

  • Philadelphia Department of Prisons will begin offering buprenorphine to male inmates again (WHYY)

  • How to stop the opioid crisis (The Washington Post)

  • Philly sees concerning increase in new HIV cases driven by opioid epidemic (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Study Finds Vast Differences In Ease-Of-Use For Naloxone Delivery Methods (PR Newswire)

  • Is Xi Jinping the New El Chapo? (The Trumpet)

  • Opium farming goes unchecked, difficult to locate plantation sites (The Kathmandu Post)

  • Narcan-resistant drug linked to suspected fatal OD, Montgomery County coroner warns (WHIO)

  • How Atlantic City is rethinking addiction amid opioid epidemic (The Press of Atlantic City)

  • Baby Born Prematurely, Addicted to Heroin Gets Second Chance at Life Thanks to Rare Adoption (Clay Center Dispatch)

  • Heroin Is Not Your Friend (Psychology Today)

COCAINE

  • Why Cocaine Turns People into Jerks, a Simple Explanation (VICE)

  • War on drugs has helped cocaine traffickers conquer swathes of Central America, study suggests (The Independent)

  • Man faces multiple felonies after alleged cocaine-fueled melee during concert (Aspen Daily News)

METHAMPHETAMINE

  • Messier Than Opioids, Meth Is Asia's Worst Narcotics Threat (Bloomberg)

  • Do you live near a meth lab? This interactive map will show you (KGUN)

  • Cheap, Nasty, Near You. How Crystal Meth Is Spreading (Bloomberg)

  • 'Completely preventable': 50 young people killed by stroke after using meth, MDMA (The Sydney Morning Herald)

CAFFEINE

TOBACCO

  • Maryland approves raising age to 21 to buy tobacco (The Washington Post)

  • State lawmakers raise age to buy tobacco products, e-cigarettes to 21 (The Buffalo News)

  • Olmsted County raises tobacco age to 21 (Med City Beat)

  • With vaping under fire for potential links to seizures, tobacco-free snuff latest alternative to help smokers quit (USA Today)

  • Alabama Congressman aims to raise the age someone can buy tobacco (ABC 33/40)

  • Could smokers under 21 be barred from buying tobacco products? Texas takes a step closer to raising the age (Dallas News)

ALCOHOL

  • Alcohol, caffeine are common triggers of irregular heart rhythm (Reuters)

  • More adults seeking support for alcoholic parents (BBC)

  • To Combat Binge Drinking, a Search for Chemical Solutions (Undark)

  • Don’t Call Jessica Lareau an Alcoholic. To Her, Words Matter (Boston University)

  • Even low alcohol consumption is bad news for strokes – study (The Guardian)

  • Brain damage from alcohol lasts up to six weeks after quitting (New York Post)

  • Millennials Are Sick of Drinking (The Atlantic)

  • Hangover free alcohol? Scientist claims he’s created magic recipe (FOX 8)

ABSINTHE

NOOTROPICS

KRATOM

  • FDA Confirms 'Dangerous' Levels of Heavy Metals in Some Kratom Products (Medscape)

  • Drug task force lobbies county to ban sale of opioid-like Kratom (The St. Augustine Record)

  • Commissioners postpone move to ban kratom in St. Johns County (WJXT)

KAVA

KHAT

MISCELLANEOUS

  • D.E.A. Secretly Collected Bulk Records of Money-Counter Purchases (The New York Times)

  • People who ‘microdose’ psychedelic drugs for a month say it increases positive emotions and productivity (PsyPost)

  • Drugs before sex more common in UK than in Europe or US – study (The Guardian)

  • Ralph Metzner, LSD and Consciousness Researcher, Dies at 82 (The New York Times)

  • Philly Councilman Mark Squilla moves to block supervised injection site (WHYY)

  • What Could a Conscious, Psychedelic #MeToo Look Like? (Chacruna)

  • Acetaminophen's Surprising Psychoactive Effects (RealClearScience)

  • On the Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate (Quillette)

  • Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War (Filter)

  • But The Drugs Keep Me Sober (The Small Bow)

  • Philippine Supreme Court Orders Release of Evidence From Duterte’s Drug War (TIME)

  • Supervised injection site supporters countersue feds, saying their Philly mission comes from religious and medical imperatives (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Pledges To Pardon All Non-Violent Drug Offenders On 4/20 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Let’s Address Four Common Myths About Harm Reduction (Filter)

  • Drug trips, not broken hips: let later life be the age of irresponsibility (The Guardian)

  • In the Space of One Minute, Joe Biden Defends the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers, Asset Forfeiture, and Mandatory Minimums (Reason)

  • The New Science of Psychedelics: A Tool for Changing Our Minds (SingularityHub)

  • Two SOM students explore psychedelic investment opportunities (Yale Daily News)

  • Psychedelic therapy for depression (The Naked Scientists)

  • What's the deal with microdosing? (Stuff.co.nz)

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Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychoactives" 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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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap:

This Week in Psychedelics - 9.28.18

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Cannabis

  • Canadians Involved In Marijuana Industry Not Welcome In US, Feds Confirm (Marijuana Moment)

  • DEA Reclassifies Plant-Derived Marijuana Medicine To Schedule V (NORML)

  • FBI: Marijuana Arrests Spike For Second Straight Year, Far Outpace Arrests For All Violent Crimes (NORML)

  • Youth Marijuana Use Isn’t Increasing After States Legalize, Meta-Analysis Of 55 Studies Concludes (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana Looks Like An Alien World Under An Electron Microscope (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maine Officials Investigating Restaurant That Calmed Lobsters With Marijuana (TIME)

  • Lawmaker Pushes For Marijuana Legalization In Kenya (Marijuana Moment)

  • Coca-Cola Is Eyeing a Possible Entry Into the Cannabis Market (TIME)

  • Brooklyn DA erases 56 marijuana convictions, vacates over 3,000 pot warrants (New York Daily News)

  • Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions (BBC)

  • Amsterdam’s Marijuana Strategy Means Cops Don’t Have Much To Do, Comedy Central Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Molson Coors Plans To Sell Marijuana-Infused Teas, Seltzers And Beer (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wall Street’s Marijuana Madness: ‘It’s Like the Internet in 1997’ (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Republicans in a US territory just legalized marijuana (Vox)

  • Cannabis Stocks Had A Roller Coaster Of A Week (NPR)

  • Are Police Breaking The Law To Campaign Against Marijuana Legalization? (Marijuana Moment)

  • How EMTs and Doctors Treat Cannabis Overconsumption (Leafly)

  • House GOP Blocks Marijuana Tax Fairness Vote (Marijuana Moment)

  • TSA Will Report Weed at LAX to Cops, Who Can't Do Anything About It (Reason)

  • Researchers Injected People With THC To Test Their Motor Skills (Marijuana Moment)

  • It's Not Just Cannabis Stocks -- Salaries And Jobs In Legal Weed Are Climbing Too (Forbes)

  • Why millennials prefer cannabis to booze: ‘Zero enjoyment out of drinking’ (and it’s cheaper) (MarketWatch)

  • Willie Nelson Wants To Smoke Marijuana With Trump And Putin (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kindergartner can take cannabis drug to school, judge says (Los Angeles Times)

  • O’Rourke And Cruz Clash On Marijuana And Drugs At Senate Debate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pot Faux Pas: A Cannabis Club Owner Weighs In On Marijuana Etiquette (WBUR)

  • Here’s Where Maine’s US Senate Candidates Stand On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

  • Legal marijuana: Vote for it, even if you aren't going to smoke it (Detroit Free Press)

  • Leading Congressional Marijuana Opponent In Danger Of Losing Seat, Polls Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Gubernatorial Candidates Disagree On Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • What Happens When You Give L.S.D. to an Elephant? (The New York Times)

  • Silicon Valley figures remember Steve Jobs's death — and debate the rumor that he was 'tripping' when he died (Business Insider)

  • Could LSD Microdosing Be Beneficial? (Labmate Online)

  • Sofia Boutella on Playing a Character Spiked with LSD in Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ (Collider)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

  • Reclassification recommendations for drug in 'magic mushrooms' (ScienceDaily)

  • Could "Magic Mushrooms" Help You Stop Smoking? (The Fix)

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Pilot Study Finds MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Significantly Reduces Social Anxiety in Autistic Adults (Psychedelic Times)

  • Scientists Dosed an Octopus With MDMA and It Engaged In Some Serious Heavy Petting (The Inertia)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

  • 'Psychedelic Indiana Jones' claims he can 'predict FUTURE' with shamanic drug (Daily Star)

Morning Glory Seeds

Dissociatives

  • Ketamine gives hope to patients with severe depression. But some clinics stray from the science and hype its benefits (STAT)

  • Party drug used for depression at UW Health amid research on psychedelics (Wisconsin State Journal)

Opiates/Opioids

  • A major study questioned the evidence for safe injection sites. It’s now been retracted. (Vox)

  • Fentanyl crisis: Is China a major source of illegal drugs? (BBC)

  • The Health 202: Congress reaches deal on major opioids' package (The Washington Post)

  • Solving America’s painkiller paradox (Vox)

  • DEA launches '360 Strategy' to combat heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic in Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

  • Pulitzer Prize winner Terry DeMio on life as a heroin beat reporter (Psymposia)

Kratom

  • FDA Death Data On Kratom Linked To Adulterated Products, Not The Kratom Plant Itself (Benzinga)

  • Kratom Dosage In Powder And Capsules (Kratom Guides)

  • Kratom In Missouri: Legality And Where To Find Locally (Kratom Guides)

Kava

Khat

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

  • Capitalism on Psychedelics: The Mainstreaming of an Underground (Chacruna)

  • For $1000, These ‘Sitters’ Will Save You from a Bad Acid Trip (VICE)

  • The Risks of Long-Term Microdosing (The Third Wave)

  • Why I regret my war on drugs (UnHerd)

  • When supplies of drugs run low, drug prices mysteriously rise, data shows (Ars Technica)

  • Psychedelic Film and Music Festival to feature trippy entertainment ‘for healing’ (AM New York)

  • Get Ready for Your Psychedelic Voyage by Reading Experience Reports (Psychedelic Times)

  • ‘Without drug traffickers, we’d have peace’: Colombian villagers flee new killings (The Guardian)

  • Some 129 countries sign up to Trump's pledge at U.N. to fight drugs (Reuters)

  • Making amyl nitrite an illegal drug would be ineffective, warns former AFP chief (The Guardian)

  • The Invisible Majority: People Whose Drug Use Is Not Problematic (Filter)

  • It's time we walked the talk on treating drugs as a health issue (Stuff.co.nz)

  • $18 Million Worth of Cocaine Found in Bananas Donated to Texas Prison, Authorities Say (TIME)

  • Does Donald Trump Want To Ban Chocolate, Or Is He Just Confused? (Marijuana Moment)

  • Integrating Huichol and Mazatec Wisdom Without Doing Harm: Interview with Mario Gómez Mayorga (Psychedelic Times)

  • Sheffield University criticised over 'never inject alone' drug advice (The Telegraph)

  • Why doctors should support regulated markets in illicit drugs (The BMJ)

  • Drug Tolerance Explained (Psychedelic Heaven)

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.

Image by Dahtamnay, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

This Week in Psychedelics - 10.28.16

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Cannabis

  • Marijuana Legalization Looks Likely in Three States (Reason)
  • Fascinating Ways That Virtual Reality and Cannabis Are Intersecting (Merry Jane)
  • Denver Initiative Would Finally Allow Marijuana Use Outside the Home (Reason)
  • California to Vote On Wiping Old Weed Arrests (Motherboard)
  • Drug Busts Still Lead Arrest Statistics, Even as Marijuana Prohibition Fades (Reason)
  • 2,500-Year-Old Burial Hints at Ancient Cannabis Use (Live Science)
  • Values Survey: 63 Percent of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal (NORML)
  • In Switzerland, High-CBD Cannabis Being Sold Legally as 'Tobacco Substitute' (Leafly)
  • The next big billion-dollar cannabis markets investors are rushing to (CNBC)
  • 'This is Your Brain on Drugs' Guy Supports Marijuana Legalization (Reason)
  • Weed Delivery App 'Eaze' Bags $13M As Highest-Funded Cannabis Startup Yet (Forbes)
  • Careers in Cannabis | Public Relations (The Huffington Post)
  • NORML vs Big Alcohol and Big Pharma (NORML)
  • Colorado's Marijuana Industry Had a $2.39 Billion Impact Last Year: Report (TIME)
  • If You're Pro-Cannabis, Why Would You Not Vote for Prop. 64? (Leafly)
  • British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals (The Telegraph)
  • Illicit cannabis farming thrives in Lebanon (BBC News)
  • Arkansas Won't Hold a Vote to Let People Grow Medical Marijuana (TIME)
  • Want to Try Cannabis with Your Partner? 6 Tips for First-Time Cannabis Couples (Leafly)
  • NORML Releases Gubernatorial Report Card: Learn Where Your Governor Stands On Marijuana Policy (NORML)
  • CBS2 Exclusive: At Underground Dinner, Guests Eat Meals Cooked In Cannabis (CBS New York)
  • Florida Prohibitionists Fight Medical Marijuana With Halloween Legend (Reason)
  • Who Is This Anti-Marijuana Zealot Sheldon Adelson? (NORML)
  • Supplier Negotiations in a Non-Vertically Integrated and Emerging Cannabis Market (Small Business Trends)
  • Heavy Cannabis Use Reduces Bone-Mineral Density (Medscape)

LSD

  • Anthony Bourdain: Taking LSD was a 'very, very, very positive experience for me' (MSN)
  • Studies Link LSD Trips to Long-term Bliss (Interesting Engineering)
  • This is what it looks like when you're on LSD (Metro)

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Can Ecstasy Help Relieve Social Anxiety Epidemic Among Autistic People? (KQED)
  • Is It Safe To Use MDMA, AKA Molly, Every Now And Then? (UPROXX)
  • Sex on Hold, and Sex on MDMA (OZY)
  • Dangerously Strong 'Superman' Pills Are in Circulation (Stoney Roads)
  • Party lad asked couple home to 'watch them have sex' – and dropped dead from MDMA overdose (Daily Star)

Ayahuasca/DMT

  • Women Are Leading Amazon Ayahuasca Ceremonies for the First Time (Motherboard)
  • Millennials on Spirit Quests Are Ruining Everything About Ayahuasca (Motherboard)
  • Ayahuasca—The Fashionable Path of Awakening? (High Existence)
  • The Most Powerful Psychedelic Drug: What Is DMT And What Are The Effects? (The Recovery Village)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

  • 4 Things Native American Doctors Got Right Long Before Modern Medicine (Medical Daily)

Iboga/Ibogaine

  • What Is Iboga: A Plant With Unparalleled Power Over Addiction (Reset.me)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

Dissociatives

  • The Effects of Low-Dose Ketamine on Acute Pain in an Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PLOS ONE)
  • Father charged after police say PCP, Xanax found in 20-month-old daughter's system (WEAR TV)

Opiates/Opioids

  • John Oliver Takes on America's Opioid Crisis on Last Week Tonight (TIME)
  • Michigan Senate approves allowing naloxone in schools (Bedford Now)
  • Report Shows Increase in Afghanistan Opium Poppy Cultivation (ABC News)
  • Naloxone Training Lauded As Key To Preventing Heroin Deaths (WCCO)
  • The overdose crisis is bringing back one of the worst policies of the 'war on drugs' (Business Insider)
  • Opium fuels the stalemate in America's longest war (CNN)
  • How Opium Fuels the Taliban's War Machine in Afghanistan (The Diplomat)
  • As Naloxone Availability Increases, Pharmacist's Role Expands (Pharmacy Times)

Kratom

Kava

Khat

  • Royal Oman Police arrests three for smuggling Khat into Oman (Times of Oman)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

  • Should We Legalize Psychedelics For Science? (Seeker)
  • Philippine Senator Calls for International Probe of Rodrigo Duterte's Savage Drug War (TIME)
  • Achieving the "Set" in Set and Setting: 4 Principles to Make the Most of Your Experience (Psychedelic Times)
  • Netflix CEO jokes that the future of entertainment could be drugs (Engadget)
  • Street Drug Names: Molly, Ice, Roxy, And Other Names For Weed, Heroin, and Opioids (International Business Times)
  • Wife of Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Guzman Fears He is 'Losing His Mind' in Mexican Jail (TIME)
  • 10 ways humans have gotten high for centuries (Business Insider)

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.

Weekend Thoughts - 8.27.16

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Happy Saturday y'all! Below, I have rounded up some things for you to think about this weekend:

1. Libraries are currently places where we can access information—books, magazines, the Internet, audiobooks, etc. This article describes how libraries in the future may change to allow us to create the future, rather than learn about the present. Some libraries already offer 3D printers and laser cutters, but future libraries may have other types of technologies. Imagine experiencing virtual or augmented reality with library equipment and software, "checking out" a trip to another planet or a day in the life as another animal, for example. As someone who currently enjoys libraries, I would definitely welcome a shift away from housing print books to an Epcot-like place where new technologies could be experienced without needing to purchase them for oneself.

2. Millennials have been featured in headlines recently for "killing" paper napkins, wine, golf, and other products. However, the real reasons for this trend are not generational snark and apathy toward capitalism. Instead, it's a combination of multiple factors that contribute to the fact that millennials do not have the spending power of earlier generations. They earn $2,000 less than their parents did in 1980 after adjusting for inflation, drastically more student loan debt, and they work longer hours leaving them with less time to shop. I would like to think that in addition to those facts, millennials are plausibly more environmentally conscious and understand that using paper napkins can be replaced with using alternatives (such as cotton towels and reusable "paper" towels)—although you can compost paper napkins, so there is that option as well.

3. A magickian has written an article taking a critical look at Robert Anton Wilson, focusing on some of the downsides in his reality tunnels. Although I am a RAW fan, I did find some of the points made to be valid, even if those in the comment section did not agree. At any rate, if you're into the late author, I would advise giving it a read and some thought.

That's all for this week's edition of Weekend Thoughts. Until next week, keep thinking wilder.

This Week in Psychedelics - 3.4.16

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Cannabis

  • Weediquette Takes Viewers Inside the World of Marijuana (Reason)
  • Colorado Hospital Allows First CBD Treatment For Epileptic Infant (Reset.me)
  • What stock photos say about marijuana users (420 Intel)
  • Here's What We Know About Cannabis And Cancer (Reset.me)
  • Cannabis has given my son a gift (Des Moines Register)
  • Vermont Senate Approves Legal Pot as Governor Cheers (Reason)
  • Controlled Medical Marijuana Cultivation Legalized In Australia (Reset.me)
  • Can cannabis gelato change Italy's attitude to weed? (CNN)
  • Denver NORML Files Marijuana Social Use Initiative For 2016 City Ballot (NORML)
  • Banned by Facebook, Cannabis Companies Turn to Pot-Friendly Social Media (Fortune)
  • New Zealand urged to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes (Stuff.co.nz)
  • Has DARE Gone Soft on Marijuana? (Reason)
  • Setting Up a Mindful Marijuana Meditation Practice at Home with Joe Mattia (Psychedelic Times)
  • 'Just Add Weed': How Brand Licensing Allows Cannabis Companies to Expand Across State Lines (Leafly)
  • How One Millennial Started The 'Facebook Of Cannabis' And Got Invited To Richard Branson's Island (Forbes)
  • Cannabis Entrepreneur Turns Dixie Cups And Duct Tape Into Successful Pot Plant-Shipping Business (Forbes)
  • Medical Cannabis measure for Pennsylvania may be on cusp (Reading Eagle)
  • NSW Government claim cannabis stays in system for up to 12 hours questioned by magistrate (ABC)
  • Cannabis use affects processing of emotions (Medical News Today)
  • Smoking marijuana makes me a better mum' Woman reads cannabis book to toddler (Express)
  • Cannabis use linked to worse treatment outcomes for psychosis patients (Medical News Today)
  • Takaka woman's use of cannabis to treat MS 'topical' (Stuff.co.nz)
  • Meet Your Mate in This Stoner Party Bus (Reason)
  • Poll: Florida Voters Back Constitutional Amendment To Permit Medical Cannabis (NORML)
  • Cannabis Use Can Elicit 'Autistic-Like' Behavior (Broadly)
  • Former Gresham bank is nowheadquarters [sic] of Cannabis Nation (Portland Tribune)
  • The Cannabis Taxonomy Debate: Where Do Indica and Sativa Classifications Come From? (Leafly)
  • Editorial: Cannabis issue demands comprehensive approach (Des Moines Register)

LSD

  • Can very small doses of LSD make you a better worker? I decided to try it. (Vox)
  • That time Trey Parker and Matt Stone took acid and went to the Oscars in drag (Death and Taxes)
  • The price of MK-Ultra (Beaufort Observer)
  • Man who stabbed another at Nimbin hostel 'was on LSD' (Echo NetDaily)
  • New charges filed in woman's death on I-39 (Pentagraph)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

  • Can Drug Trips Be Religious? Rabbis Take 'Shrooms for Science (Live Science)

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Ecstasy used to treat PTSD: MDMA could be legal before you think (7NEWS Denver)
  • A Nonprofit Is Raising $400,000 for a Kilo of MDMA by Hosting "Psychedelic Dinner" Parties (Thump)
  • Patients Legally Take Ecstasy While Receiving Therapy In Marin County (CBS)
  • Fake electrician attempted to stash pills in electrical box ahead of music festival (The Daily Telegraph)
  • California police find puzzle box filled with ecstasy pills (KTTN)
  • Police officer caught taking MDMA at nightclub is dismissed (ITV)
  • Spring Break Safety: Activities can Bring Danger, Increased Risk (Vinton Today)
  • Alleged Athens ecstasy trafficker fighting forfeiture of $180K seized from home and bank (Athens Banner-Herald)
  • 'Totem OneLove' dance party organisers endorse pill testing at their 'Stereosonic' events - where two people have died after taking lethal doses of ecstasy (Daily Mail)
  • Dumbarton teenager found dead after reportedly taking ecstasy (Daily Record and Sunday Mail)
  • Thousands of Ecstasy pills seized near UCR campus (Inland News Today)
  • Ecstasy overdose caused death of UCLA student who went to rave at county fairgrounds (Los Angeles Times)
  • Hume drug lab: Man caught making MDMA in custody after guilty plea (ABC)
  • 2 charged after police seize 800 ecstasy pills during stop (Boston Herald)
  • Worthing death crash driver had taken MDMA (Shoreham Herald)
  • Naperville-area man accused of dealing ecstasy (Chicago Tribune)
  • Man arrested on drug charges after picking up package from post office (Chicago Tribune)

Ayahuasca/DMT

  • Can DMT Prolong Your Life After Clinical Death? (Collective Evolution)
  • What Is the Difference between 5-MeO DMT and DMT? Choosing a DMT Therapy (Psychedelic Times)
  • The Therapeutic Potentials of Ayahuasca: Possible Effects against Various Diseases of Civilization (Frontiers)
  • What's an Ayahuasca Experience Like? 12 Days of Healing at the Temple of the Way of Light (Psychedelic Times)
  • Open a Portal into Consciousness with Psychedelic Sculptures (The Creators Project)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

Iboga/Ibogaine

  • Iboga And Kratom Help Fight Overdose And Addiction – So Shouldn't They Be Legal? (Reset.me)
  • Why is the U.S. Disregarding Plants Like Iboga and Kratom in the Fight Against Overdose and Addiction? (AlterNet)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

  • New Jersey police captain killed in car crash had 'double the legal level of alcohol, bath salts and prescription drugs in his system' (Daily Mail)
  • Minnesota man gets 9 years for selling synthetic LSD (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Dissociatives

  • Ketamine could be used to sedate aggressive hospital patients (Metro)
  • Is The High Cost Of Legal Ketamine Treatment Driving People To Black Markets? (Vocativ)
  • Potential Risks of Poorly Managed Ketamine Use in Depression Treatment (The American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Controversial drug offers hope to patients with chronic pain, PTSD (KSAT)
  • PCP-addled woman bites off beau's tongue during make out session, briefly eludes police when victim can't spit out her name (New York Daily News)
  • Depressed? Your doctor might soon prescribe ketamine (The Guardian)
  • Not just a party drug: no ketamine means no surgery in some developing countries (The Guardian)
  • 'Major' Hartford Supplier Found With Liter Of Liquid PCP, Police Say (Hartford Courant)
  • CRPS Physician Says Take Control of Your Treatment (National Pain Report)
  • Man sentenced to prison in drug case (The News-Gazette)

Opiates/Opioids

  • Virtual Reality 'Heroin Cave' Could Help Smack Addicts Kick Habit (NBC)
  • Boston's Heroin Users Will Soon Get A Safer Place To Be High (NPR)
  • Can Naloxone work for potent W-18? (Hanna Herald)
  • More than 30 pounds of opium found in luggage at O'Hare (WLS-TV)
  • Police destroy opium, but only during the harvest (The Kathmandu Post)
  • The surprising path from student athlete to heroin addict (CBS News)
  • Two US employees killed in Pakistan drug-busting operation (The Guardian)
  • Grassroots activists in Myanmar on march to destroy poppies (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
  • Schemer's Office Speaks on Naloxone Bill (WICZ)
  • From painkillers to heroin, progression of opioid abuse follows deadly track (Omaha World-Herald)

Kratom

Kava

  • Kava and the Rise of Healthy New York (The New Yorker)
  • Driving following Kava Use and Road Traffic Injuries: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Fiji (TRIP 14) (PLOS ONE)
  • Tea and Sympathy: SquareRüt spreads the gospel of kava (The Austin Chronicle)

Khat

  • Woman bust at airport with 17kg of Khat (IOL)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

  • Drug Warriors Will Pay $3.6 Million for Maiming a Toddler (Reason)
  • Parents hire K9 teams to search teens' rooms (Courier-Journal)
  • Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Wants to Be Extradited to the U.S., Says Lawyer (TIME)
  • Why the war on drugs is unwinnable (Boing Boing)
  • Latest from the V&A: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll to recreate the Swinging Sixties - complete with psychedelic hallucinations (Daily Mail)
  • Meet The Erotic Artist Bringing Psychedelic Sex To Instagram (The Huffington Post)
  • How to Run a Drug Cartel (Reason)

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.