This Week in Psychedelics - 4.24.20

Cannabis

• Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout (Newsweek)

• Mexican Supreme Court Again Extends Marijuana Legalization Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• Due to COVID-19, Connecticut’s Legislative Session Cut Short, Cannabis Legalization Stalled (Cannabis Wire)

• On 4/20, ACLU Highlights Racist Marijuana Enforcement In New Report (Forbes)

• Virginia Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Delay Of Marijuana Legalization Study (Marijuana Moment)

• Scotland is set to get its first legal cannabis farm to produce drug for use in medicine (The Scottish Sun)

• Majority Of Americans Think Marijuana Legalization Is A Successful Policy, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Americans Think Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol, But Social Stigmas Remain (MERRY JANE)

• Early exposure to cannabis boosts young brains' sensitivity to cocaine, rodent study finds (Science Daily)

• New Jersey Voters Set To Approve Marijuana Legalization Referendum, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Clinical Trials for Treating COVID-19 with Cannabis Begin in Israel (MERRY JANE)

• Everything to Know About Cannabis and Coronavirus (The Cut)

• Cannabis industry launches COVID-19 relief efforts in Colorado (KDVR)

• DEA Marijuana Scheduling Lawsuit Will Be Appealed To Supreme Court Following Dismissal (Marijuana Moment)

• 24 Million Americans Will Spend Stimulus Check on Weed or Booze, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Jerseyans back referendum to legalize weed by huge margin, new poll shows (New Jersey Globe)

• Lawmakers File Bill To Let Marijuana Businesses Access Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (Marijuana Moment)

• Feast or famine: The effect of marijuana on weight (The Spokesman-Review)

• Smoking Weed Causes Less DNA Damage Than Tobacco, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• There is no difference between the effects of indica and sativa marijuana strains, scientists say (Insider)

• Weed advocacy groups call for prison depopulation to slow COVID-19 spread (Mugglehead)

LSD

• Mick Jagger once bought a giant mansion while tripping on LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Until Next Time: California’s Mushroom Decriminalization Effort Ends (Filter)

• Empower Clinics launches psilocybin research and psychedelic treatment subsidiary (Proactive Investors)

• Champignon secures stable psilocybin supply for traumatic brain injury, PTSD studies at the University of Miami (Proactive Investors)

• Two New Crystalline Forms of Norpsilocin (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Defense Department Approves Ketamine-Based Antidepressant for Some Patients (Military.com)

• Utah Clinician Exemplifies Innovation in Ketamine Therapy (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• D.C. Would Vote To Decriminalize Psychedelics, Poll Shows (Forbes)

• Medical Researchers Worry Silicon Valley Could Screw Up Psychedelics (OneZero)

• Thiel Backs Psychedelic-Drug Startup in Latest Funding Round (Bloomberg)

• The Prohibited Medicine (Medium)

• Why Dark-Web Drug Marketplaces Can Be a Refuge (Filter)

• The Structure and Function of the Serotonin 5-HT2C Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• How the Illicit Drug Trade Is Adapting to the Coronavirus Pandemic (World Politics Review)

• UN Experts Agree – The Right to Health of People Who Use Drugs Must Be Prioritised in Global COVID-19 Response (TalkingDrugs)

• Welcome to Entheogen (Medium)

• Psychedelics Make a Comeback as Therapies for Brain Injury, PTSD, Anxiety and Even Addiction (BioSpace)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief? (The Nation)

• Russian NGO Accused of “Narco-Propaganda” Over COVID-19 Advocacy For People Who Use Drugs (TalkingDrugs)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.17.20

Cannabis

• Virginia: Governor Approves Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana and Legalize Medical Cannabis (NORML)

• DC Allows Medical Marijuana Delivery Under Coronavirus Emergency Order (Marijuana Moment)

• N.F.L. Bows to Marijuana’s New Status (The New York Times)

• Missouri Activists Officially End 2020 Marijuana Legalization Campaign Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• 420 Smoke-Out Is Officially Canceled in San Francisco Due to Coronavirus (MERRY JANE)

• UK’s First Virtual Cannabis Legalisation Rally to be Held on 4/20 (The Cannabis Exchange)

• How To Celebrate The 4/20 Marijuana Holiday Virtually This Year Amid COVID Social Distancing (Marijuana Moment)

• COVID-19 delays Maine’s recreational marijuana rollout (Leafly)

• House Democrats Working to Roll Cannabis Banking Into Coronavirus Relief Effort (MERRY JANE)

• No federal relief: Cannabis businesses cry for help as coronavirus batters industry (NBC News)

• Virginia Governor Urges Medical Marijuana Expansion As Amendment To Recently Approved Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• A.I. Suggests US Vaping Illness Case From Last Summer Was Actually COVID-19 (MERRY JANE)

• Montana Marijuana Activists File Lawsuit For Electronic Ballot Signature Gathering During COVID (Marijuana Moment)

• Rare cannabinoid shows early promise for diabetes (Leafly)

• Marijuana Use Reaches All-Time High Under Coronavirus Pandemic (The Fresh Toast)

• Hemp Farmers Make Double the Salary of Average Agricultural Workers, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis May Ease Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms, Johns Hopkins Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests frequency and severity of negative reactions to cannabis (Medical News Today)

• DEA Seized More Marijuana Plants In 2019, But Arrests Fell (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Cooked With Cannabis’ takes pot-infused cuisine to new highs (Chicago Sun Times)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Florida, Kansas And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Cannabis and Arthritis – Could it Help? (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Does cannabis make you poo? (Leafly)

LSD

• Indie Film ‘Debbie and Doug Drop Acid in the Desert’ is a Visual and Emotional Trip (Psymposia)

• Bicycle Day: Demons, Milk, and “Medicine for the Soul” (DoubleBlind)

Magic Mushrooms

• Neuroscientists uncover how magic mushrooms "rebalance" the brain (Inverse)

• Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast (Phys.org)

• Science breakthrough: How ancient humans used magic mushrooms to grow brains exposed (Express)

• Orthogonal Thinker Files For Patent For Its Psilocybin Product, Psilly (Benzinga)

• Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Making A Comeback (Longevity Live)

• How to Make Mushroom Chocolates (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Scientists say MDMA could help treat mental health in a post-lockdown world (Dazed)

DMT

• What Is DMT "Changa" and How Do You Make This Form of the Psychedelic? (MERRY JANE)

Ayahuasca

• Coloradan Gets Stuck at Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru (Westword)

• How Ayahuasca, an Ancient Amazonian Hallucinogen, Became Hollywood's New Favorite Escape (Town & Country)

• The Virus, Ayahuasca, Grief, and Hope (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Habitat Influences Psychoactive Toad Secretions (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Hamilton Morris on 5-MeO-DMT, the Entourage Effect, and Protecting Toads (Psychedelic Science Review)

Iboga

• What Is Ibogaine and Can the Psychedelic Plant Help Break Drug Addictions? (MERRY JANE)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Initiates Dosing in Human Safety Study of Novel Treatment for Opioid Addiction, 18-MC (The Salamanca Press)

Nitrous Oxide

• The Rise of Laughing Gas in the Delivery Room (The New York Times)

Ketamine

• Champignon Brands Acquires Ketamine Clinic Operator AltMed Capital (Benzinga)

• Can Ketamine-Induced Near-Death Experiences Expedite Healing? (Chacruna)

Miscellaneous

• Announcing the Launch of the World’s First Psychedelic Video Museum (The Daily Psychedelic Video)

• Coronavirus triggers UK shortage of illicit drugs (The Guardian)

• Mindset Pharma Begins Work with Leading R&D Contractor for Next-Generation Psychedelic Drugs (PR Newswire)

• Coronavirus pandemic could trigger a spike in mental illness — this organisation thinks psychedelic drugs will help (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Therapists See Benefits and Risks in Psychedelic Therapy During Covid-19 Crisis (Lucid News)

• How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Us Overcome Crisis (Kahpi)

• Why 2020 is the Year of Psychedelics and Threesomes (DoubleBlind)

• Teens once again discover that nutmeg can get you high with the #NutmegChallenge (The Daily Dot)

• 5 Tips For Psychedelic Integration Providers (Maps of the Mind)

• Social Isolation Turns the World Inside Out. That’s Why Shamans Do It. (Kahpi)

• Ensuring Psychedelic Liberty in Black and Brown Communities: Questions to Ponder (Chacruna)

• The COVID 19 Journey is a Psychedelic Experience (Medium)

• UCSB Psychedelics Club Explores Psychedelic Usage and Research (The Bottom Line)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.10.20

Cannabis

• Delaware Approves Medical Cannabis Delivery Option (NORML)

• New York Legal Marijuana Push ‘Effectively Over’ For 2020, Governor Says (Forbes)

• North Dakota Activists Say Marijuana Legalization Initiative Unlikely In 2020 Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Workers Claim Unsafe Conditions After Testing Positive for Coronavirus (MERRY JANE)

• Participate in a Confidential Survey Assessing Cannabis Use Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NORML)

• More People Are Seeking Medical Marijuana Cards Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (WBUR)

• Coronavirus gave cannabis companies a big bump in sales and it wasn’t just for the wake-and-bake set (Fortune)

• DEA loosens rules on prescription CBD drug Epidiolex (Leafly)

• Adult-Use Pot Shops Are Supplying Medical Dispensaries with Weed During Pandemic (MERRY JANE)

• Colorado Girl Who Inspired 'Charlotte's Web' Medical Marijuana Oil Dies at 13 (TIME)

• Legal Marijuana States Had Fewer Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Hires Anti-Marijuana White House Press Secretary (Forbes)

• Legalisation of cannabis in America has led to surge of drug imports to UK, reveals National Crime Agency (The Telegraph)

• DEA continues to make empty promises on clinical cannabis research (The Hill)

• Two Marijuana Magazines Owned By High Times Suspend Publication Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Septic shock: Did tainted CBD contribute to this woman’s death? (Leafly)

• FBI Policy On CBD Use By Agents Is ‘Under Review’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Ireland's Drug Users Switching From Cocaine to Cannabis Amid COVID-19 Crisis (MERRY JANE)

• Arizona Legal Marijuana Campaign Asks Supreme Court To Allow Electronic Signatures Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Florida researchers studying COVID-19 impact on marijuana users (KNOE)

• Businesses That ‘Indirectly’ Work With Marijuana Industry Ineligible For Federal Coronavirus Loans (Marijuana Moment)

• Rats develop cannabis-seeking behavior (Medical News Today)

• Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome Prevalent Among Regular Users (MD Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• A single high dose of psilocybin alters brain function up to one month later (PsyPost)

• Psilocybin Is Better at Treating Depression Than Ketamine, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• New Biosynthesis of Psilocybin and Related Tryptamines (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Challenges to a Company’s Psilocybin Patent Highlight Contrasting Business Strategies for Developers of Psychedelic Therapies (Lucid News)

• Psilocybin Superior to Ketamine for Prolonged Antidepressant-Like Effects (Rodent Model) (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Beyond Psilocybe Cubensis: 10 Magic Mushroom Strains You Should Know About (DoubleBlind)

• Treating Trauma with Psilocybin (Oregon Daily Herald)

• How Microdosing Magic Mushrooms Can Change Your Life (VENTS Magazine)

DMT

• This Startup is Developing a DMT-Based Addiction Treatment (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• The Ultimate Guide to Iowaska (Ayahuasca) (Kahpi)

• Ayahuasca and the Amazon (LIMINAL)

Peyote

• Southern Comfort: Why People in Rural Alabama Are Turning to Peyote Instead of Therapy (MERRY JANE)

Iboga

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

Ketamine

• A Disgraced Ex-Doctor Says He's Behind the Use of Ketamine to 'Cure' a Child with Autism (VICE)

• IV Esketamine, Ketamine Equally Effective for Resistant Depression (Medscape)

Datura

• Twelve taken ill after consuming ‘coronavirus shaped’ datura seeds (The Hindu)

Miscellaneous

• We Could Be Taking Psychedelics to Help Treat Mental Illness in Just Five Years (Newsweek)

• Why coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs (Citizen TV)

• Amidst Pandemic, Psychedelic Investor Christan Angermayer Can't Imagine Life Beyond Capitalism (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms could help treat mental health issues, study claims (Metro)

• How Israel has become an unexpected leader in medicinal psychedelics (ISRAEL21c)

• How psychedelic clinical trials are being affected by coronavirus (Psymposia)

• National Psychedelics Advocacy Group Takes Next Step In Movement (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Discover Intricacies of Serotonin Receptor Crucial for Better Therapeutics (UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom)

• If You Can’t Go Out, Go In: How Psychedelics Make Quarantine a Time of Self Renewal (DoubleBlind)

• Why Some People Have Weird Drug Reactions (VICE)

• Life During Lockdown: Psychedelics, Prison and COVID-19 (Scales)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Announces Creation of Field Trip Discovery, the Company's Drug Development Division (PR Newswire)

• Psychedelics in Addiction Recovery: Taking a Deep Look at “Sober” Communities that Use Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

• Integration: The Upside of Coming Down – Debriefing, Disrupting & Dark Journeys (Chacruna)

• Should FDA Fast-Track Psychedelic Treatment Under Coronavirus Pandemic? (The Fresh Toast)

• Magic mushrooms, ayahuasca and LSD can all act as catalysts of connection to the natural world (Ecohustler)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 4.3.20

Cannabis

• New York drops legalization from budget, likely ending 2020 push (Leafly)

• Lack of protective gear at cannabis labs could threaten weed supply (The London Free Press)

• Scientists Sue DEA Over Alleged ‘Secret’ Document That Delayed Marijuana Research Expansion (Marijuana Moment)

• Idaho Activists Suspend Campaign To Legalize Medical Marijuana Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Boise startup reworks CBD and THC testing technology to test for COVID-19 in minutes (KTVB)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Campaign In Jeopardy Due To Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis users, shops suffer high anxiety after Massachusetts shuts down recreational sales (NBC News)

• FDA Warns Former NFL Player To Stop Claiming CBD Can Cure Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• More Than 90% of Legal Marijuana Products Too Strong for Chronic Pain Relief (SciTechDaily)

• Virginia Groups Push Governor To Amend Marijuana Decriminalization Bill On His Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Scientists Are Chasing the Perfect High (The New York Times)

• Senate Housing Bill Would Prevent Evictions For State-Legal Marijuana Extraction (Marijuana Moment)

• Review Paper: Clinical Evidence Lacking in Support of CBD as an Anti-Viral Agent (NORML)

• Large international study finds cannabis use is linked to lower physical activity levels in adolescents (PsyPost)

• Cannabis license application deadline extended due to COVID-19 pandemic (WLS-TV)

• Study sheds light on common adverse reactions to cannabis (News Medical)

• How cannabis and humans evolved together (Leafly)

• Teen Weed Smokers May Have Trouble Falling Asleep as Adults, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Medicinal Cannabis Rules Launch in New Zealand (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Washington Governor Signs Bill To Diversify State’s Marijuana Industry (Marijuana Moment)

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

• Feds Funding Research On How Marijuana Consumers Are Impacted By Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Arbitrary & excessive: Marijuana trafficking sentences in Alabama (Southern Poverty Law Center)

LSD

• This New York City Pharma Startup Wants To Turn LSD Into An FDA-Approved Medicine For Anxiety Disorder (Forbes)

• MindMed Acquires Exclusive License to Eight Clinical Trials of LSD, Partners with World-Leading Psychedelic Research Laboratory at University Hospital Basel (Yahoo! Finance)

• From Aldous Huxley to the Beatles: how LSD has inspired art (The Guardian)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Mindfulness Negatively Correlated with 5-HT2A Binding, Study Finds (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Champignon Brands To Acquire Psilocybin Research Firm Tassili Life Sciences (The Deep Dive)

• As Health-Conscious Consumers Seek Fresh Nutritional Avenues, Artisanal Mushrooms Step Into the Light (PR Newswire)

• Psilocybin Kitchen: The Basics of Cooking with Mushrooms (DoubleBlind)

• Understanding the Buzz About Magic Mushrooms (Psychology Today)

MDMA

• Does Sex on MDMA Ruin Sober Sex? (DoubleBlind)

• Europe becoming the new source of ecstasy pills (Bangkok Post)

Ayahuasca

• Drinking Ayahuasca Without DMT is Powerful and Traditional (Kahpi)

Peyote

• Why are some Native Americans fighting efforts to decriminalize peyote? (Los Angeles Times)

Iboga

• Clear Sky Recovery Featured in the Documentary Ibogaine: Cure for a Crisis (PRWeb)

• How psychedelic medicine is being used in the fight to end opioid addiction (EPM Magazine)

Ketamine

• How Safe Is Ketamine for Anxiety and Depression? (Women Fitness)

Miscellaneous

• Coronavirus Upends Marijuana, Psychedelics And Drug Reform Ballot Measures (Forbes)

• A New Breed of Drug Dealer Has Turned Buying Drugs into a Treasure Hunt (VICE)

• DC Activists Have A New Plan To Get Psychedelics Decriminalization On The Ballot Despite Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• People with low psychological well-being more likely to report positive outcomes after psychedelic use (PsyPost)

• Coronavirus, Drugs, and the Future of Festivals (DanceSafe)

• Understanding Drug Potency and Its Importance in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ehave, Inc. Appoints Dr. Mark Braunstein as Chief Psychedelic Officer (Yahoo! Finance)

• Comparing Aeruginascin and Bufotenidine (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ease rules on research into psychedelic drugs, urges David Nutt (The Guardian)

• An Insight into Drug Testing Facilities in the Netherlands (Volteface)

• The Structure and Function of the Serotonin 5-HT2B Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Ex-Cheerleader Jackee Stang Just Launched the ‘Goop of Psychedelics’ (The Daily Beast)

• Can psychedelic therapy reduce the mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic? (The Sacramento Bee)

• Revisiting the potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry (Medical Xpress)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.27.20

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

MDMA

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

• Healing PTSD with MDMA Therapy (Veterans News Report)

Ayahuasca

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

Salvia Divinorum

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

Ketamine

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

• Psychedelics in Palliative Care (Scientific American)

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

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

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

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

• What Psychedelics Told Me About The Coronavirus (Medium)

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

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

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

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