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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.1.19

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Cannabis

  • Mexican Senate Committees Agree To Comprehensive Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Some States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Warn Of Black Market Risks (NPR)

  • There's 'Scarce Evidence' to Suggest Cannabis Improves Mental Health Symptoms, a New Research Review Says (TIME)

  • Quebec passes cannabis law that will raise legal age to 21 (CBC)

  • An Israeli Company Is Combining Mushrooms with Marijuana to Treat Illnesses (MERRY JANE)

  • USDA Issues Hemp Regulations (NORML)

  • Medical Marijuana Laws Improve Health And Reduce Alcohol Use For Certain Groups, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Microscopic Images Reveal the Most Potent Cannabis Flowers in Incredible Detail (Newsweek)

  • Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana States From Federal Intervention (Marijuana Moment)

  • A Man Had a Bag of Weed Removed From His Nose After 18 Years (VICE)

  • 20 Out of 25 Denver Pot Shops Were Selling Moldy Weed, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

  • Is Cannabis a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Number of illegal cultivation sites plummet in Nevada after marijuana legalization (The Hill)

  • Head Of Nation’s Only Federally Legal Marijuana Farm Develops THC Eye Drops (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mass. hemp farmers say they face ruin thanks to state ban on most CBD products (The Boston Globe)

  • Edinburgh mother vows to go on 'hunger strike' over cannabis oil (BBC)

  • University of Guelph to study cannabis as treatment for bladder cancer in dogs (Global News)

  • Wisconsin Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Open Houses Are Putting the High in High-End Real Estate (The Wall Street Journal)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • People Are Deliberately 'Horror-Tripping' on Mushrooms (VICE)

  • 6 Music Playlists For Psilocybin Journeys (Maps of the Mind)

  • Psilocybin Trial Patients Describe Their "Trips" To Anderson Cooper (The Fix)

  • Are Magic Mushrooms Beneficial For Mental Health Therapy? (Worldhealth.net)

MDMA

  • Family of teenager who died from lethal ecstasy dose support drug legalisation (The Guardian)

  • Warning over super-strength Rolls Royce ecstasy pills circulating at Warehouse Project (Manchester Evening News)

Ayahuasca

  • Ayahuasca tourism an overlooked driver of trade in jaguar body parts, researchers say (Mongabay)

  • Hallucinogenic Amazonian brew shows promise as an anti-depressant - study (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Spice saliva drug test 'could save lives' among users (BBC)

  • Spice is more than a deadly drug – it's a window on our society (The Guardian)

Ketamine

  • The Complete Guide to Ketamine Therapy for Depression, From Someone Who’s Tried It (Allure)

PCP

  • Man allegedly high on PCP injured three Stamford police officers (Stamford Advocate)

  • Kansas City man accused of sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl while high on PCP (FOX4)

Opioids

  • Opioid misuse highest among construction workers, new NYU study finds (New York Daily News)

  • 'It’s an overdose crisis': Mac Miller's death investigation highlights a dangerous trend in the opioid epidemic (Good Morning America)

  • Should law enforcement be securing patients before naloxone is administered? (EMS1.com)

Cocaine

Methamphetamine

CAFFEINE

TOBACCO

  • Trump Considers Retreat From Ban of Mint, Menthol Vaping Flavors (The Washington Post)

  • Former Juul Finance Executive Alleges Company Shipped 1 Million Tainted Products (TIME)

  • A Fight Over Vaping “Bots” Is Blazing While E-Cigarette Bans Loom (BuzzFeed News)

Alcohol

  • Illegal Alcohol Vaping Device Confiscated From Minnesota Bar (CBS Pittsburgh)

  • Alcohol intake and reduced brain volume: What explains the link? (Medical News Today)

Kratom

  • Arkansas Kratom Laws: Reasons For The Ban & Updated Info (Kratom Guides)

  • Could a kratom ban be coming to Clearwater? (WFTS)

Miscellaneous

  • Four More Major Cities Take Steps To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

  • Tripping in Groups Is Better for Meditation and Self-Dissolution, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

  • Australia's rural drug use tops city consumption: crime commission analysis (The Guardian)

  • Women And Children Are The Emerging Face Of Drug Addiction In Afghanistan (NPR)

  • Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful (Filter)

  • Pills in the post: inside the dark web drug market (The Sydney Morning Herald)

  • The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors (Filter)

  • Molecule Catalyst and UTM to crowdfund psychedelics research with blockchain (Yahoo! Finance)

  • Goodbye DARE — more schools are embracing realistic drug education (Salon)

  • Intersecting Movements: Drug Policy Reform and Climate Action (Psymposia)

  • Psychedelics for Healthy People (Elemental)

  • Congress, Grappling With Tainted Chinese Drugs, Is Baffled by Lack of FDA Oversight in U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (Newsweek)

  • She lost her son to addiction, then lost her house to save her daughter (Vox)

  • Public Drug Testing Sites Are Helping Dealers Prevent Overdoses (VICE)

  • 13 Steps for Promoting Access and Inclusion in Psychedelic Science (Chacruna)

  • David Nutt slams UK drugs policy as Scottish deaths soar (The National)

  • The Two Black Women Helping To Reclaim & Encourage Natural Psychedelics Use In Oakland (Okayplayer)

  • Safe injection rooms save lives – yet the UK government continues to oppose them (Talking Drugs)

  • Could Psychedelics Help to Heal the Crisis of Disconnection? (What is Emerging)

  • So Mushroom for Growth: New Psychedelic Club at UCSB Aims To Shift Conversation and Culture (Daily Nexus)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 10.25.19

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Cannabis

  • Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana for Personal Use (NORML)

  • Finland’s Government Will Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana In Response To Citizen Petition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Here’s What Researchers Know So Far About How Marijuana Legalization Affects Public Health (Marijuana Moment)

  • CBD Is Googled More Than Acupuncture or Meditation, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

  • China Has Officially Kicked Off Its Own Reefer Madness Campaign (MERRY JANE)

  • CBD Linked to Sleep Disturbances in Adolescent Rats (The Scientist)

  • FDA Warns Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers to Avoid THC and CBD (MERRY JANE)

  • Matt Every Reveals Cannabis Use Was the Reason for 3-Month PGA Tour Suspension (Bleacher Report)

  • Presidential Candidate Julián Castro Calls For Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In New Plan (Marijuana Moment)

  • Sleep Deprivation Triggers the Munchies the Same Way Pot Does, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

  • Questions Raised Over Whether The Cannabis Industry Is Contributing To Air Pollution (NPR)

LSD

  • The Man Who Turned On The World: The Life Of Michael Hollingshead (The Quietus)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Mindfulness meditation enhances positive effects of psilocybin (EurekAlert!)

Ayahuasca

  • A Homosexual Marriage Experience in Santo Daime (Chacruna)

  • Can Ayahuasca Save The World? What I Learned at the 2019 Ayahuasca Conference (The Link)

Iboga

  • Interview about Bwiti initiation and iboga with Nima Grégory Puente (LIMINAL)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • We need to talk about the deadly dangers of designer drugs (MedCity News)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing gas helpful for labor pain, but epidural still top choice (EurekAlert!)

  • Edmond emergency room using nitrous oxide to alleviate fear, pain in pediatric patients (KFOR)

Ketamine

  • One in three pain patients suffer side effects after ketamine infusion therapy (EurekAlert!)

PCP

  • Police: Man high on PCP breaks into Germantown Walmart, uses hair clippers on $2 pumpkin (WJLA)

  • Driver admits he was high on PCP when he killed expecting mother in crash (KFGO)

Opioids

  • Massachusetts Study Confirms That People Rarely Die After Using Opioids Prescribed for Them (Reason)

  • People who smoke or snort drugs half as likely to carry naloxone: BCCDC (The Tri-City News)

  • Drug users urged to get naloxone kits after research shows many in B.C. don’t have one (Coast Mountain News)

Cocaine

  • You Can (Illegally) Order a "Cocaine Taxi" in Germany (MERRY JANE)

  • The Public Needs to Know Today's Cocaine Contains Fentanyl (The Cleveland Scene)

Methamphetamine

  • Meth is most common drug in overdose deaths in chunk of US (San Francisco Chronicle)

  • Iowa Cops Denied Medical Care to Arrested Man Who Died of Meth Intoxication (Filter)

CAFFEINE

  • WVU researcher studies link between caffeine, sleep and alcohol use in middle-schoolers (The Herald-Dispatch)

  • More electronic device use tied to more sugar and caffeine in teens (Medical Xpress)

TOBACCO

  • In a First, FDA Endorses Brand of Tobacco Pouches as a 'Reduced Risk' Alternative to Cigarettes (TIME)

  • Young people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says (CNN)

  • Which Countries Do Best — And Worst — At Keeping Big Tobacco Out Of Politics (NPR)

  • Tobacco firms accused of using gimmicks to subvert plain packaging (The Guardian)

Alcohol

  • FBI Rules Out Poisoned Alcohol In Deaths Of American Tourists (HuffPost)

  • Antibiotics caused man’s gut to turn carbs into alcohol (New York Post)

  • New Study Says People Who Frequently Drink Alcohol Had Lower Rates Of Obesity, But Doctors Disagree (CBS Philly)

  • World first clinical trial commenced in alcohol use disorder (PR Newswire)

Nootropics

  • The ‘smart drugs’ revolution: how pharmaceuticals will leave us ‘accelerating into a 24/7 society’ (Metro)

Kratom

  • A new kratom report maps one possible future for the drug (Inverse)

Kava

  • Government aims to establish a Kava research institute (FBC News)

  • Behind the kava craze: Fiji's world-famous plant putting people to sleep (New Zealand Herald)

Miscellaneous

  • Chicago Follows Oakland, Introduces Resolution to Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • There’s Now a Federal Psychedelic Lobby (DoubleBlind)

  • What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich? (Psymposia)

  • UK Parliament Committee Endorses Decriminalizing Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

  • What Drugs Are Most Popular Globally? Scientists Screened Sewage for Years to Find Out (VICE)

  • B.C. festival-goers' drugs contain only expected substance 2 out of 3 times: study (CTV News)

  • Vaping Companies Brace for Wave of Lawsuits Over Lung Illness (Courthouse News Service)

  • Drug laws not fit-for-purpose, world-leading drug experts warn (The Sydney Morning Herald)

  • Beto O’Rourke Calls For Drug Decriminalization And Safe Injection Sites In New Plan (Marijuana Moment)

  • Drugs and Me sets up the First Harm Reduction Information Booth in Malta (Talking Drugs)

  • What’s the Psychedelic Community Talking About? Three Main Takeaways from the 2019 Horizon’s Conference (Psychedelics Today)

  • For-Profit Psychedelics and Access for All: A Conversation with Ronan Levy of Field Trip Psychedelics (Psychedelic Times)

  • Should I try microdosing at work? The science behind the Silicon Valley brain hack (Mic)

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This Week in Psychoactives 10.25.19 Will Also Be Delayed

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If you’ve been paying attention during the last couple weeks you probably already know that all of my free time has been dedicated to preparing for my wedding, which took place last weekend. In case your wondering, it was an amazing time! Since I was putting my energy into my personal life instead of this blog, last week’s psychoactive drug news roundup post was delayed until further notice.

Well, the wedding is behind us now and I finally got around to publishing last week’s psychoactive drug news roundup post just a few moments ago, but I still haven’t gotten started on this week’s roundup post yet. It will take me a while to create it, but it should come out sometime this weekend or next week. You’ll have to wait until it’s ready—thanks for your patience!

This Week in Psychoactives - 10.18.19

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CANNABIS

  • Study finds endocannabinoid system regulates sperm development (Leafly)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

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

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

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

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

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

MDMA

DMT

AYAHUASCA

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

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

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

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

5-MEO-DMT

MESCALINE

PEYOTE

KETAMINE

OPIOIDS

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

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

  • Mindfulness May Benefit People on Methadone (Futurity)

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

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

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

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

COCAINE

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

  • The treatment of cocaine use disorder (Science Advances)

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

METHAMPHETAMINE

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

CAFFEINE

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

  • Is mixing caffeine and alcohol bad? (Mic)

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

TOBACCO

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

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

BENZODIAZEPINES

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

ALCOHOL

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

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

KRATOM

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

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

KAVA

MISCELLANEOUS

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

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

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

  • How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users (Filter)

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

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

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

  • Portugal Mayor Supports Recriminalizing Public Drug Use (Filter)

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

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

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

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

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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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