This Week in Psychoactives - 9.6.19

CANNABIS

• Vitamin E Suspected In Serious Lung Problems Among People Who Vaped Cannabis (NPR)

• The Mysterious Vaping-Induced Lung Illness Has Officially Killed Two People (MERRY JANE)

• Mexican Senator Files Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• Vape Pen Lung Disease Has Insiders Eyeing Misuse of New Additives (Leafly)

• Thailand Includes Low Level Cannabis And Hemp Extracts On Its Approved Medical Marijuana list (Forbes)

• Three million Americans tried weed for the first time last year (Rooster Magazine)

• Hemp Farming Quadrupled In The U.S. This Year, New Report Shows (Forbes)

• Medical marijuana laws impact use among sexual minorities differently than heterosexuals (Science Daily)

• Body Cameras for Cannabis Delivery Raise Concerns About Privacy in Mass. (Leafly)

• Oakland says big pot grow in homeless encampment is illegal — but leaves it alone (San Francisco Chronicle)

• Cannabis may hold promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind use (Science Daily)

LSD

• Meet the doctor behind historic New Zealand LSD microdosing experiment (Newshub)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• A multi-million dollar donation just created a bonanza of magic mushroom research (Quartz)

• Oregon Psychedelics Activists Clash Over Changes To Psilocybin Mushroom Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Do Magic Mushrooms Cause Nausea? (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• MDMA for Racial Trauma (DoubleBlind)

• Several Polk County high school students hospitalized after being exposed to MDMA (ABC Action News)

• Man who took MDMA had 300 mini-seizures and parents twice told to say goodbye (Mirror)

AYAHUASCA

• The 21 Best Scientific Papers About Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca and the Problems of the World (Kahpi)

• Woman, 34, dies after taking psychedelic drug during ‘spiritual cleansing’ ceremony in Cyprus (ItzaGoal365)

5-MEO-DMT

• Inhaling Powdered Toad Secretions Just Once Is Linked to Feeling Happier For a Month (ScienceAlert)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine Use in New York Skyrockets (Leader Bulletin)

• Mum's heartbreaking plea to families after son, 25, found dead in bath (Birmingham Live)

PCP

• Casper PD: Man on PCP Left Teeth Marks in Patrol Car Door (K2 Radio)

OPIOIDS

• OxyContin maker prepares 'free-fall' bankruptcy as settlement talks stall (Reuters)

• Man Charged By Federal Prosecutors In Connection With Mac Miller's Death (NPR)

• DC is offering the overdose reversing drug Naloxone for free at these select pharmacies (WJLA)

• Researchers find alarming risk for people coming off opioids (UW Medicine)

• Treat the fentanyl crisis like a poisoning outbreak (Los Angeles Times)

• Liverpool's 40-year battle with heroin is reaching terrifying new levels (Liverpool Echo)

• Hidden History: Humans Have Been Using Opium For Millennia (WGBH)

• How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians (BBC)

• Ben Westhoff's 'Fentanyl, Inc.' confronts horrible truths about America's opioid epidemic (USA Today)

• Law enforcement seizes enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people (WCVB)

COCAINE

• Chronic cocaine use modifies gene expression (Medical Xpress)

• Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction: Study (Times Now)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• NYC Meth Deaths Up Sharply in Recent Years (GayCityNews.com)

CAFFEINE

• Drinking This Much Coffee Could Protect Against Gallstones (Newsweek)

• Caffeine Headaches: Telltale Signs And Symptoms (Medical Daily)

TOBACCO

• Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes (The Washington Post)

• Walgreens raises minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 (WILX)

ALCOHOL

• A Rat Study Finds that Acupuncture Can Treat Alcohol Addiction... in Rats (Gizmodo)

• In Europe, people continue to consume more alcohol than in any other place in the world (World Health Organization)

• Daybreak app more than halves alcohol use in three months (Medical Xpress)

KRATOM

• Franklin becomes first municipality in state to ban sale of kratom (WMUR)

• Legislation filed that would regulate sale of kratom and CBD products in Pa. (The Indiana Gazette)

• Can Kratom be beneficial for MMA fighters and athletes? (Pro MMA Now)

• Organic Kratom can Improve Mental and Physical Health for an Active Lifestyle (Big Time Daily)

KAVA

• World's first kava tissue lab opens in Fiji (Radio New Zealand)

• Is kava legal in Australia? (Better Homes and Gardens)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research (The New York Times)

• Psychedelic Drugs Draw Some Investor Attention—and Much Skepticism (The Wall Street Journal)

• 'Treatment Facilities' Aren't What You Think They Are (The New York Times)

• And a million of us tried psychedelics last year, too (Rooster Magazine)

• Vaping May Hamper the Lungs' Ability to Fend off Infections (WIRED)

• Mexico’s new drug war may be worse than old one (Associated Press)

• How I Infiltrated a Chinese Drug Lab (VICE)

• U of M Medical School to host first Psychedelic Symposium (Detroit Metro Times)

• She spent more than $110,000 on drug rehab. Her son still died. (Vox)

• Tim Ferriss, the Man Who Put His Money Behind Psychedelic Medicine (The New York Times)

• The Science and Healing Benefits of Psychedelics (Chronogram)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.30.19

CANNABIS

• DEA Says It Will Finally Let Others Grow Research-Grade Cannabis (Leafly)

• Mexican Marijuana Cartels Are Spraying a Lethal Pesticide Throughout California (MERRY JANE)

• Crime Rates Drop After Marijuana Dispensaries Open Nearby, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed May Put Women at Risk of Miscarriage, But Enhances Male Fertility (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Enhances Sex And Masturbation, Survey Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Chicago to Clear Thousands of Cannabis Arrests During Legalization (Leafly)

• Washington State Bans CBD in Food and Beverages (Leafly)

• Americans View Marijuana As Far Less Harmful Than Alcohol And Tobacco, Survey Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Global cannabis use grows 60% in a decade (Cannabis Ground)

• Green light: ten towns named for legalised cannabis-growing experiment (DutchNews.nl)

• Chocolate Complicates Marijuana Edibles Potency Testing, Scientists Find (Marijuana Moment)

• Researchers Unlock What Gives Cannabis Its Anti-Inflammatory Qualities (Yahoo! Finance)

• Medical cannabis at school? California Assembly OKs bill that would let students take prescription weed (Palm Springs Desert Sun)

• CBD Companies Positioning Themselves For Cannabis Legalization (Forbes)

• Weed-Infused Beer Is Coming to California BevMo! Stores This Fall (MERRY JANE)

• Company creates breath detector for pot and alcohol (WPVI-TV)

• Disneyland Busted Robert Downey Jr. For Smoking Marijuana, He Reveals While Accepting Disney Award (Marijuana Moment)

• NJ Governor Vetoes Cannabis Expungement, Calls for Stronger Bill (Leafly)

• Where Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• The Detail: Modern-day LSD users inspiring a new wave of science (Stuff.co.nz)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• World-first trial investigating psilocybin psychotherapy for anorexia commencing in US (New Atlas)

• Harry Styles once got so high on magic mushrooms he bit part of his tongue off (Mirror)

• Do Canadians have a constitutional right to magic mushrooms? (Quartz)

• The Fight to Make Shroom Therapy Legal in Oregon (VICE)

MDMA

• MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy May Help Patients With Severe PTSD, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Socially Anxious People Are Taking MDMA and Other Psychedelics to Cope (VICE)

• Here are Some of the Toxic Chemicals Being Found in Australian Ecstasy (VICE)

• Four Deaths At Music Events In The UK This Weekend Spark Warning Over Super Strength Ecstasy (Your EDM)

• Teenager dies after suspected ecstasy overdose at nightclub (Metro)

DMT

• DMT’s Mind-Bending Science—An Interview with Dr Jimo Borjigin (Kahpi)

• DMT: Dead Man's Treasure (DMT Times)

AYAHUASCA

• Despite rising popularity, ayahuasca supplies not imperiled as yet, expert finds (NutraIngredients-usa.com)

• Is Ayahuasca a “Drug”? (Chacruna)

5-MEO-DMT

• Just One Puff Of Psychedelic Toad Slime Could Have Sustained Benefits For Well-Being (IFLScience)

• Watch Tony Robbins and Mike Tyson Share 5-MeO-DMT and Ayahuasca Stories (Psychedelic Times)

IBOGA

• Ibogaine Treatment And Its Effectiveness In Fighting Opiate Addiction (Longevity)

KETAMINE

• Trump Orders ‘a Lot’ of Ketamine for Depressed Veterans (The Atlantic)

PCP

• Uber driver, passenger killed by man high on PCP in Prince George's County, police say (WUSA9.com)

DXM

• Cough Medicine A Cheap, Easy Drug Teens can use Instead of LSD (Patch)

OPIOIDS

• Johnson & Johnson must pay over $572 million for its role in Oklahoma opioid crisis, judge rules (NBC News)

• Naloxone to be available at Washington state pharmacies (KIRO)

• You can now get naloxone online in Virginia — but it’ll cost you (The Virginian-Pilot)

• Middle school students in North Korea mobilized to harvest opium resin (Daily NK)

COCAINE

• Lupe Fiasco Wants You to Know the Medical Benefits of Cocaine (XXL Mag)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• US Customs mistakes honey for meth, man spends 82 days in jail (KCRG)

CAFFEINE

• Now You Can Get The Same Health Benefits From Coffee You Used To Get From Red Wine (Forbes)

• Caffeine does not influence stingless bees (Phys.org)

TOBACCO

• Vermonters must be 21 to buy tobacco, starting September 1 (Burlington Free Press)

• Arkansas increases legal age to buy tobacco products (WREG)

• Juul Commits $100 Million to New System to Help Retailers Block Sales to Minors (TIME)

• Wisconsin bill would set age at 21 to buy tobacco, nicotine (Wisconsin State Journal)

ALCOHOL

• Changing treatment practices for alcohol use disorder could save lives (Medical Xpress)

• Alcohol really is no excuse for bad behaviour – research reveals you’re still the same person after a drink (The Conversation)

KRATOM

• Kratom is linked with numerous deaths. But it won’t be easy for Pennsylvania to ban it. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Why Kratom Is Becoming Performance Tool For Athletes (Kratom Guides)

KHAT

• In Ethiopia, a rehab centre takes on khat addiction (Medical Xpress)

DATURA

• Hyderabad: Family searched on Internet, found datura to kill dad (Deccan Chronicle)

MISCELLANEOUS

• CDC identifies a death potentially linked to vaping (Engadget)

• Why Psychedelics Look like the Next Billion-Dollar Business (Stockhouse)

• Psychedelic Treatments Are Ready to Tackle Alcoholism and Alzheimer's Disease (Folha de S.Paulo)

• Buttigieg Pledges To Decriminalize Possession Of All Drugs In First Term As President (Marijuana Moment)

• The Normalizing of Burning Man Culture (Forbes)

• Do Plants Have Something to Say? (The New York Times)

• Houston Narcotics Cop Who Instigated a Deadly Drug Raid Is Charged With Murder (Reason)

• Magic mushrooms for better health? Psychedelic drugs are having a moment across US (Medical Xpress)

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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, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks:

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.23.19

CANNABIS

• Federal Data Shows Youth Marijuana Use Isn’t Increasing Under Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Illicit Cannabis Vape Carts Hospitalized 7 in California, Doctors Say (Leafly)

• Maryland Court Rules Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search A Person (NPR)

• Step Aside, Cannabinoids: Weed’s Flavonoids Fight Cancer, Too (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Flower Offers More Pain Relief Than Other Cannabis Products, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Might Have Accidentally Decriminalized Marijuana (GQ)

• Bernie Sanders Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

• Canadian Men Are Twice as Likely to Use Cannabis as Women, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Industry-Backed Marijuana Legalization Measure Filed In Florida (Marijuana Moment)

• The FBI Just Launched a Corruption Probe Into the Weed Industry (MERRY JANE)

• No eating, no drinking, and now, no marijuana before surgery, doctors say (The Boston Globe)

• Oklahoma Bans Employment Discrimination Against Marijuana Patients (MERRY JANE)

• Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What's Up With That? (NPR)

• Elizabeth Warren’s Criminal Justice Plan Involves Legalizing Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

• State shuts down Walled Lake marijuana testing lab for fudging test results (Detroit Free Press)

• Canadian woman faces lifetime ban after getting caught with CBD oil at U.S. border (CBC)

• Credit Unions Can Bank Hemp Businesses, Federal Agency Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Jacksonville lawyer who claimed marijuana was legal must pay arrested clients $370k (The Florida Times-Union)

• Fatty meal might affect how you absorb CBD (UPI)

• North Carolina House OKs Ban on Smokable Hemp (Leafly)

• Oregon Has Way Too Much Legal Weed. This Is Where It's Going (VICE)

• Colorado man who says he was delivering hemp charged in SD with selling marijuana (Rapid City Journal)

• Nearly every single person arrested for weed in NYC this year was black or Latinx (Queens Daily Eagle)

• CBD Infused Food Products Ruled Illegal in Washington State (Sapling)

• ‘The system is swamped.’ Canada can’t keep up with requests to study cannabis (Science Magazine)

• Marijuana Can Boost Risks of Drinking Alcohol (Psych Central)

• Canadians continue to buy cannabis illegally (Quartz)

• Contrary to widespread belief, cannabis addiction is possible. Here’s what it’s like (Global News)

LSD

• Tripping on Broadway: A New Musical Explores LSD Use by Cary Grant and More (The New York Times)

• How Peter Fonda’s LSD trip with the Beatles produced a classic John Lennon lyric (Los Angeles Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Psilocybin-assisted mindfulness meditation linked to brain connectivity changes and persisting positive effects (PsyPost)

• Canada Now Has Psilocybin Dispensaries (DoubleBlind)

• Why Do Magic Mushrooms Cause “The Yawns”? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The trippier side of fungus (Telluride Daily Planet)

MDMA

• MDMA treatment for alcoholism reduces relapse, study suggests (The Guardian)

• Man dies from 'severe reaction' to MDMA days after the authorities warned of a strong batch of the drug circulating in Jersey (Jersey Evening Post)

• Woman fell off Cornwall cliff and died after quitting social media and taking MDMA pills (Cornwall Live)

• Girl, one, found CHEWING on MDMA capsule she found in dumped in a playground (The Sun)

DMT

• How to Breakthrough on DMT (Greencamp)

AYAHUASCA

• The Ayahuasca Privilege (DoubleBlind)

SALVIA DIVINORUM

• Salvia and “The Wheel” (The Psychedelic Scientist)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Dangerous Synthetic Cannabinoids Found in Liquid Claiming to be CBD (Cannabis Now)

• Spice crisis deepens as 9 kids collapse after taking zombie drug and deaths surge (Mirror)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Mum died after self-medicating with 100 canisters of laughing gas (Metro)

KETAMINE

• A single ketamine infusion combined with mindfulness-based therapy shows promise in treatment of cocaine addiction (PsyPost)

• Ketamine may not be an actual antidepressant, but may decrease the burden of symptoms (Medical Xpress)

• Boise organization researches ketamine use to treat depression (The Arbiter)

• Donald Trump Thinks He Can Stop Veteran Suicides With Ketamine (Spin)

OPIOIDS

• Wide distribution of Naloxone effective in preventing opioid-related deaths (Medical Xpress)

• ‘Saved from a horrible fate’: Legal heroin prescribed to hundreds of UK drug users, figures reveal (The Independent)

• 76% of opium produced in the world is discovered in Iran (Tehran Times)

• Access to naloxone reduces opioid overdose deaths, saves money, study says (UPI)

• Naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses, can save lives. Here's why you should learn how to use it. (The Washington Post)

• How often is fentanyl in your drugs? Some hard data (Rooster Magazine)

• Canada Might Have Found a Back Door to End the War on Drugs (VICE)

• How the Shakers Became America’s Best Opium Producers (The Daily Beast)

• Op-Ed: A drug called buprenorphine saved me from heroin addiction. It could save millions more — if we let it (Los Angeles Times)

• People Have Used, Abused Opioids For Thousands of Years (The Fix)

• Opium addiction in Korea's past (Korea Times)

• Babies born after opioid exposure deserve legal recognition, lawyers argue (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

• Wisdom teeth removal is contributing to the opioid crisis, experts warn (CBS News)

• 'What Would You Do?' focuses on the opioid crisis (ABC News)

COCAINE

• Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two users (BBC)

• Crack Cocaine Makes a Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’ for Users and Residents (The New York Times)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Meth and heart disease correlation not fully understood (Medical Xpress)

• The ‘fourth wave’ of the opioid crisis: Feds warn of a rise in meth use (TribLIVE)

CAFFEINE

• Mormons warn that coffee, vaping are no-nos despite fancy names, alluring flavors (Fox News)

• Is It Better to Drink Coffee Before or After You Exercise? The Answer Might Surprise You (Yahoo! Lifestyle)

TOBACCO

• Tobacco industry anti-smoking ads reached less than half of U.S. adults (Reuters)

• Why US lags behind on graphic cigarette warnings (BBC)

• NYC Is Coming For Your Flavored Juul Pods (Gothamist)

ALCOHOL

• Costa Rica Confirms 2 More Suspected Alcohol Poisoning Deaths, Raising Death Toll to 25 (TIME)

• Why Warning Pregnant Women Not to Drink Can Backfire (The New York Times)

KRATOM

• Kratom would require prescription in Michigan under Senate bill (WJRT)

• Kratom Legality In Texas: Is It Legal To Buy, Carry, and Consume In The State? (Kratom Guides)

• Is It Legal To Carry Kratom Products In Ohio? (Kratom Guides)

• Does Kratom Really Help Athletes in Sports? (The Sports Daily)

• What is kratom and why is its safety being questioned? (Health24)

KAVA

• Kava Consumption Still An Issue Says Methodist Church President (Fiji Sun)

SANANGA

• Sananga: Amazonian Eye Drops That Improves Vision! (The Costa Rica News)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Dozens of People in Multiple States Have Lung Disease Linked to Vaping, and No One Knows Why (Gizmodo)

• Vaping May Harm Your Blood Flow—Even Without Nicotine (WIRED)

• The World’s First Clinical Trials on Microdosing LSD and Psilocybin Are Coming (MERRY JANE)

• Berkeley, CA May Be Next the City to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics (Filter)

• Synthetic Drugs Will Change the Global Drug Trade Forever (VICE)

• Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience (New Scientist)

• Pupils who take drugs, drink and smoke more likely to be unhappy (The Guardian)

• Americans spend $150B on cocaine, meth, marijuana, heroin (UPI)

• Use of Marijuana, Meth, Hallucinogens Up in New SAMHSA Survey (Medscape)

• What Science Says About Using Sleep Medications (Discover Magazine)

• Psychedelics and Women’s Health (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Argentina Tries To Stop Synthetic Drug Traffickers Sidestepping Prosecution (InSight Crime)

• Should Psychedelic Therapists Have First-hand Experience with Psychedelics? (Chacruna)

• Safe injection rooms are key to halting rise in drug deaths – expert (The Guardian)

• Psychedelic Yoga (Psychology Today)

• Man Who Died of OD Was Allegedly “Kicked Out of Treatment for Smoking” (Filter)

• Why are stimulant-related deaths spiking in the U.S.? (Salon)

• Turf war between rival drug gangs sparks surge in shootings (Liverpool Echo)

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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, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks:

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.16.19

CANNABIS

• Scent of unburnt marijuana exclusively is not grounds to search warehouse, SJC rules (The Boston Globe)

• Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says (CNN)

• Here Are The Top 20 Most And Least Marijuana-Friendly U.S. Colleges (Marijuana Moment)

• UC Davis Partners With DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research (UC Davis)

• Cannabis restaurants are coming to California, with 'budtenders' and 'flower' service (The Washington Post)

• Where Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Outside Lands Music Festival Raked in $1 Million in Legal Weed Sales (MERRY JANE)

• Adults who mix cannabis with opioids for pain report higher anxiety, depression (Science Daily)

• Medicinal cannabis: the hype is strong, but the evidence is weak (The Guardian)

• Lack of Patient Protection Gets Colorado a "B" Grade in Medical Marijuana (Westword)

• Is Your Weed Vegan? How Vegan Weed and Veganic Farming Avoids Fertilizers that Impact the Purity and Safety of Cannabis (Psychedelic Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• There’s Already a Company Developing Magic Mushroom Tea and Coffee in Denver (MERRY JANE)

• Oregon Activists Take Next Step To Legalize Psilocybin For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Swingers Love Combining Ecstasy with Sex, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Ecstasy 'too child-friendly' as deaths rise to record levels (BBC)

• Devastated mum of girl, 13, who died after taking ecstasy blames herself and wishes she’d told her ‘I love you’ (The Sun)

IBOGA

• What To Expect on an Ibogaine Trip (The Third Wave)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Synthetic MDMA-Like Drug Banned, Reportedly Linked to 125 Deaths (Your EDM)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Developing Fetus (Advanced Science News)

NITROUS OXIDE

• No laughing matter: Netherlands considers ban of nitrous oxide (The Straits Times)

OPIOIDS

• Overdose survival rates high with naloxone, Stockton study finds (The Press of Atlantic City)

• How to get naloxone, the antidote for an opioid overdose, in Maryland (The Baltimore Sun)

• ETSU installs overdose drug Naloxone in every residence hall (WCYB)

CAFFEINE

• Drinking coffee before bed does not affect sleep quality, study finds (Fox17)

• Comparing different caffeine doses, as opposed to comparing to placebo alone, leads to robust sports nutrition conclusions, paper argues (NutraIngrediants-usa.com)

TOBACCO

• The World Health Organization Blithely Denies Vaping Science (Filter)

• FDA Rolls Out New Graphic Warnings For Cigarette Packages And Tobacco Ads (NPR)

• WHO statement urging governments to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at international expositions (World Health Organization)

ALCOHOL

• Religion and Drinking Alcohol in the U.S. (Gallup)

• Bud and Booze Make Bad Bedfellows, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

KRATOM

• Oxford becomes latest Mississippi government to ban kratom (Mississippi Business Journal)

MISCELLANEOUS

• All U.S. Adults Should Be Screened for Illicit Drug Use, National Panel Urges (U.S. News & World Report)

• Stay Off Your Phone While You're High, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Benefits and challenges of psychedelic microdosing – as reported by microdosers (BMC Blogs Network)

• The 40 Best Books About Shamanism and Plant Medicines (Chacruna)

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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, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks:

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.9.19

CANNABIS

• Study Reviews How Marijuana Compounds Inhibit Tumor Growth And Kill Cancer Cells (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Finds Cannabis Dispensaries Reduce Opioid Deaths by 21% (Leafly)

• 14% of Americans Say They Use CBD Products (Gallup)

• The Mexican Government Is Taking Public Input On How Best To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Patients Finally Get Their Medical Marijuana (Leafly)

• California OKs cannabis sales and use at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival (Los Angeles Times)

• Federal Court Says Ohio Officials Can Block Local Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Groups File 2020 Cannabis Legalization Initiative (Leafly)

• Navy Bans Sailors From Using CBD Despite Federal Hemp Legalization, New Memo Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: Law Signed Reducing Marijuana Penalties for Juvenile Offenders (NORML)

• Study: Colorado Teens Reduce Cannabis Smoking, Increase Edibles (Leafly)

• Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• With little funding or political will, Michigan police let black market weed slide (MLive)

• Top Senate Democrat Announces Construction Of Only Hemp Seed Bank In The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• Bernie Says He’d Legalize Cannabis Through Executive Order (Leafly)

• Colorado Sold Twice As Much Recreational Marijuana As Medical Cannabis Last Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin man — who arrived in U.S. in ’81 as Cambodian refugee — is deported for marijuana offenses, leaving behind his wife and new baby (Chicago Tribune)

• Is Cannabis Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics (Leafly)

• NASA Warns Employees That Using CBD Products Could Get Them Fired (Forbes)

• Could a cannabis substance replace opioid pain relievers? (Medical News Today)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Clears Early Hurdle On Way To 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Warning Issued for Dangerously Strong Ecstacy Pills in Europe (EDMTunes)

• Number of people hospitalised with 'severe illness' from ecstasy at Indiependence Festival in Cork (Irish Mirror)

• Alert after MDMA pill that is three time the adult dose is identified at Boomtown (Daily Echo)

AYAHUASCA

• Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop (Chacruna)

MESCALINE

• Here are 7 notorious Peyote and Mescaline aficionados who used these drugs to open new doors in human perception and understanding (AlterNet)

PEYOTE

• The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science (Chacruna)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Sea of laughing gas canisters left on beach after Brighton Pride (Metro)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine Changes Course of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Royal Navy pleads with sailors to stop taking ketamine amid fears that the Class B drug is rife among junior naval personnel on ships and submarines (Daily Mail)

OPIOIDS

• Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use of overdose-reversing drug, CDC says (Los Angeles Times)

• Study Finds Increase in Pharmacy Dispensing of Naloxone, More Efforts Needed to Improve Access (Pharmacy Times)

• “Go Slow”—Baltimore’s Peer-Led Fentanyl Harm Reduction Campaign (Filter)

• Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl (The Daily Signal)

• Autopsy: Bonnaroo attendee died from drug overdose involving fentanyl and ecstasy (The Tennessean)

COCAINE

• Colombia’s Drug Strategy Paradox – Less Coca Crops, More Cocaine (InSight Crime)

CAFFEINE

• Here's How Much Caffeine May Trigger a Migraine, According to a New Study (TIME)

• Why Alcohol, Nicotine Disrupt Your Sleep More Than Coffee (Healthline)

• Teenager commits suicide by overdosing on caffeine (Independent Online)

• Science Says Drinking Coffee Helps People Slow Aging, Lose Weight, and Cheat Death. These Fascinating Studies Explain Why It's a Miracle Drink (Inc.)

• Caffeine and how it affect’s the central nervous system. (Thrive Global)

TOBACCO

• Dayton, Ohio, will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco, nicotine (New York Daily News)

• Tobacco plant buffet: Sticky surface traps insects and another feasts, study says (WRAL)

ALCOHOL

• Low-level alcohol use increases miscarriage risk (Medical Xpress)

• Alcohol Producers Tout Wellness Benefits. Health Experts Say Don't Swallow Claims (NPR)

NOOTROPICS

• Say no to nootropics (Deccan Herald)

KRATOM

• Ohio delays kratom ban; bill proposed to regulate the herbal supplement (Cincinnati.com)

• What is kratom? Users praise its pain-relieving ability, but Louisiana officials look to ban it (The Advocate)

• PM says kratom can be legalised ‘if proved useful’ (ThaiVisa News)

• Kratom: The Real Problem With This Botanical Drug (Medical Daily)

• Kratom In Your Skin Care Products (Kratom Guides)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Ireland Partially Decriminalizes All Drugs (Cannabis Now)

• Another Study Confirms Psychedelics Can Help Treat Depression and Anxiety (MERRY JANE)

• CDC: Fatal Overdoses Are More Common in Cities Than Rural Areas (Filter)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of the Last 10 Years (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites (Filter)

• Bernie Sanders Wouldn’t Legalize Drugs Other Than Marijuana, He Tells Joe Rogan (Marijuana Moment)

• The Most Psychedelic Technology in Human History is Here, and it’s Called Neuralink (Psychedelic Times)

• Remembering Psychedelic Therapy Research Elder, Dr Claudio Naranjo (Kahpi)

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