This Week in Psychedelics - 7.3.20

Cannabis

• Virginia’s Marijuana Decriminalization Law Officially Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• As Signature Deadlines Approach, Here’s Where Marijuana And Drug Policy Reform Campaigns Stand (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Marijuana Activists Turn In 420,000 Signatures To Qualify Legalization Measure For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign Submits 182,000 Signatures To Qualify For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Governor Signs Marijuana Social Equity Bill Letting Him Expedite Possession Pardons (Marijuana Moment)

• Researchers Are Looking At Cannabis As A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19 (Forbes)

• Pennsylvania and California Both Move to Expunge Thousands of Minor Pot Charges (MERRY JANE)

• Virginia Lawmakers Announce Plans To Legalize Marijuana, One Day After Decriminalization Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas: Austin Police to Cease Making Arrests, Issuing Citations for Minor Marijuana Offenses (NORML)

• Treasury Department Issues Updated Guidance On Hemp Banking Rules (Marijuana Moment)

• 56% of New Zealanders Say They'll Vote "Yes" on Weed Legalization This Fall (MERRY JANE)

• Ohio Senate Votes To Expand Marijuana Decriminalization To Cover 200 Grams (Marijuana Moment)

• 90% of College Students in New York Want Weed Legalization Now, New Poll Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis pandemic sales uptick not enough to save struggling sector (Medical Xpress)

• Congress Votes To Let Researchers Study Marijuana From Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• What’s the best minimum legal age for cannabis? (Leafly)

• Nashville DA to Stop Prosecuting Minor Pot Possession, Effective Immediately (MERRY JANE)

• California cities begin embracing cannabis in desperate search for cash (Politico)

• CBD Helps Treat Osteoarthritis and Increase Mobility in Dogs, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Military Members Who Used Marijuana Could Reenlist Under Measure Approved By Congressional Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Consuming Pharmaceutical THC May Help Treat Alzheimer's Symptoms, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis research stalled by federal inaction (Chemical and Engineering News)

LSD

• NCIS warns sailors to stop buying LSD on the dark web (Connecting Vets)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Psilocybin Measure Has Enough Signatures For November Ballot, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Invading Cicadas May Turn Into Sex-Crazed Zombies This Summer (VICE)

• There's A Case For Non-Medical Psilocybin (Green Market Report)

• What I Learned While Working to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California (Chacruna)

• New Psilocybin Company Enters The Market (Green Market Report)

MDMA

• Study finds impulsivity and psychological distress predict problematic ecstasy use (PsyPost)

Ayahuasca

• Bringing Indigenous Healing and Psychoactive Plants to Global Mental Health (Mad in America)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide may bring relief to veterans suffering from PTSD, new study suggests (EurekAlert!)

Ketamine

• Proposed Patent for Ketamine Treatment Challenged by Clinicians (Lucid News)

• Elijah McClain was injected with ketamine before he died. Is that legal? (USA Today)

• Trying Something New in Isolation (The Cut)

Miscellaneous

• Oregon Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Measure Qualifies For November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• DC Psychedelics Campaign Gets Boost From Denver Psilocybin Activists As Signature Deadline Looms (Marijuana Moment)

• Beckley Psytech raises £3m Series A (UK Tech News)

• How COVID-19 will Affect the Psychedelic Renaissance (Volteface)

• Using Zebrafish as an Experimental Model in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream? (Sifted)

• The Foster System Is a Battleground for the Racist War on Drugs (Truthout)

• The Technodelic Experience: Achieving a Psychedelic State Without Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Launches Therapeutic Program For Vets, First Responders (Benzinga)

• The DEA’s Most Recent Abuse of Power Should Renew Calls for Divestment (Common Dreams)

• Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Timothy Leary (DoubleBlind)

• From Hippies to Modern Psychotherapy, A Psychedelics Handbook for the Willful Skeptics (Interesting Engineering)

• South African Network of People Who Use Drugs Welcomes the Announcement of the National Drug Master Plan by the Department of Social Development on 2020 Global Day of Action (AllAfrica)

• MindMed Building Diverse Pipeline and Leadership Position in Psychedelic Inspired Medicines Industry (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.26.20

Cannabis

• New Jersey: Assembly Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation (NORML)

• Montana Activists Submit 130,000 Signatures For Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Despite Coronavirus Setbacks (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Cannabis Associated with Reduced Opioid Use, Prolonged Benefits in Pain Patients (NORML)

• Police Would Have To Prove ‘Actual Impairment’ In Medical Marijuana DUIs Under New Pennsylvania Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Iowa Lost Over a Third of Its Medical Marijuana Patients During COVID-19 Crisis (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Legalization Legend Dr. Lester Grinspoon Passes Away (CelebStoner)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Could Get New Chance At Ballot After Federal Court Ruling (Marijuana Moment)

• MedMen’s Failure Is Everything Wrong With Legal Cannabis (And Is Only The First Company To Implode) (Forbes)

• Gallup: Seven in Ten Americans Say That “Smoking Marijuana” Is Morally Acceptable (NORML)

• Georgia Lawmakers Include Marijuana Decriminalization In Policing Reform Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Police boss says UK should regulate cannabis and allow home grows (Health Europa)

• 7-Eleven Is Waging War on Medical Cannabis Businesses in Oklahoma (MERRY JANE)

• New Jersey Announces Waiver Allowing Medical Marijuana Deliveries Ahead Of Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• In Wake of Protests, Cannabis Reforms Gain Momentum (WeedWeek)

• Why 2021 Willl Be The Year For Marijuana Legalization (Benzinga)

• Little-Noticed Hemp Memo Clarifies Military’s Ban On Service Members Using CBD (Marijuana Moment)

• The Beneficial Effects of Cannabis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Short Lived (Gilmore Health News)

LSD

• Navy Warns of Increase in Personnel Taking LSD (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Paul McCartney defends his right to take LSD, 1967 (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Iowa GOP Lawmaker’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Amendment Defeated In Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• People are paying $10,000 to trip on magic mushrooms at a retreat in Jamaica. But past struggles with safety and staffing show the difficulty of taking psychedelics mainstream. (Insider)

• Psilocybin Doses Used in Clinical Research & Conversions to Magic Truffle Dosages (Maps of the Mind)

• Further Conversations With The Mushrooms On The Origin Of Everything (DMT Times)

MDMA

• Psychiatrist Explores Possible Benefits Of Treating PTSD With Ecstasy Or Cannabis (NPR)

DMT

• The Biosynthesis of DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• New trailer drops for documentary ‘The Medicine’ (HeyUGuys)

Iboga

• The Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Crisis Has a Plant Medicine Solution (Stockhouse)

Ketamine

• Cannabis And Ketamine: Is There A Risk Of Interaction? (The Fresh Toast)

Miscellaneous

• Survey: “Having Fun” Still the Biggest Reason for Drug Use During COVID Crisis (Filter)

• GOP Memo Rips Into Joe Biden’s Drug War Record (Marijuana Moment)

• What motivates people to use psychedelics: New criteria may help provide the answer (Medical Xpress)

• Federal Commission Pushes Expansion Of Marijuana And Psychedelics Research For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• Champignon Brands Issued Cease Trade Order By B.C. Securities Commission (The Dales Report)

• 'The Happy Chef' To Release New Psychedelics Cookbook (Yahoo! Finance)

• Guidelines for Inclusion of Indigenous People into Psychedelic Science Conferences (Chacruna)

• How Culture Can Influence a Psychedelic Experience (Sam Woolfe)

• New Bay Area Resilience Fund Provides Safety Net for Local Medicine Healers (Lucid News)

• Washington State Drug Decriminalization Activists Shift Focus From Ballot To Legislature (Marijuana Moment)

• Launch of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group (Drug Science)

• Champignon Announces Regulatory Review (Globe Newswire)

• Revive Therapeutics betting on psychedelics and potential COVID-19 treatment Bucillamine (Proactive Investors)

• 'People Should Have the Fundamental Right To Change Their Consciousness' (Reason)

• MindMed Developing IP For Personalized Psychedelic Assisted Therapies (PR Newswire)

• Seattle repeals drug loitering law that led to racist harassment and arrests (Leafly)

• Newton Energy Corporation Announces Letter of Intent with Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. (Globe Newswire)

• How Psychedelics Help with Gender Identity and Transition (DoubleBlind)

• Are NDEs caused by carbon dioxide overload? And what about psychedelics? (Patheos)

• ATAI launches IntroSpect Digital Therapeutics, appoints veteran software engineer David Keene as CEO (PR Newswire)

• iCan Founder Saul Kaye Joins Aurelius Data Advisory Board (Globe Newswire)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Announces New Podcast, Field Tripping: Epic Trips in Psychedelics (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.19.20

Cannabis

• Louisiana Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania: Supreme Court Rules That Medical Cannabis Use Is Permissible While on Probation (NORML)

• New Jersey Assembly Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ahead Of Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• Switzerland releases details on recreational marijuana experiment, but full legalization likely years away (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Nevada Pardons More Than 15,000 People With Marijuana Convictions Under Governor’s Resolution (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraskans hustle to get medical legalization on ballot, with July 3 deadline (Leafly)

• Science Reveals The Cannabis Industry’s Greatest Lie: You’re Buying Weed Wrong (And So Is Everyone Else) (Forbes)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Plan Supreme Court Appeal After Federal Judges Deny Electronic Signature Case (Marijuana Moment)

• Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research (The Conversation)

• Library Of Congress Highlights Racist News Coverage Used To Justify Criminalizing Marijuana A Century Ago (Marijuana Moment)

• Patients Who Use Medical Cannabis Report Being Happier and Healthier Than Those Who Don’t (Grit Daily News)

• Fed report urges doctors to treat cannabis users as drug addicts (Leafly)

• Colorado Governor Could Issue Marijuana Pardons Under Social Equity Bill Lawmakers Sent To His Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Can Increase Intimacy and Reduce Anxiety During Sex, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• CDC Flooded With Comments On Marijuana And Kratom As Alternative Painkillers Ahead Of Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• These 3 Marijuana Nonprofits Are Offering Real Responses To The Pandemic And Racial Injustice (Green Entrepreneur)

• A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization (NORML)

• Lawmakers Push USDA To Let Hemp Farmers Access Coronavirus Relief Funds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why the Cannabis Sector May be Turning a New Leaf (Investopedia)

Magic Mushrooms

• Combining therapy with the psychedelic drug psilocybin results in large reductions in anxiety and depression (PsyPost)

• Colorado Activists Likely To Pursue 2022 Psilocybin Ballot Measure After Poll Shows Support (Marijuana Moment)

• Numinus receives Health Canada OK for mushrooms research (PressReader)

• Palliative Canadians endure punishing waits while Health Minister delays approval of Psilocybin mushrooms; TheraPsil expands effort to Ontario (Globe Newswire)

• A Deep Dive Inside Oregon’s Path to Legalizing Psilocybin Therapy (DoubleBlind)

• Life Sciences Firm Expands Collaboration Efforts with Major US University to Develop Psilocybin-Based Medicines (StreetWise Reports)

• New Wave Holdings Corp- Launching the first publicly-traded Psilocybin-growing operation (Value the Markets)

• Cannabis Company Eyes Medicinal Magic of Mushrooms (Real Money)

• Psilocybin to Treat Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Cute as Children, but Not Handsome as Adults: María Sabina, Life Magazine, and Cold War Propaganda (Chacruna)

DMT

• MindMed To Evaluate Ayahuasca's Active Ingredient DMT In Phase 1 Clinical Trial Collaboration (BioSpace)

• NeonMind Files Patent Application for Therapeutic Use of DMT (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Is Ayahuasca Possibly Less than Five Hundred Years Old? (Chacruna)

Iboga

• Could ibogaine offer a revolutionary long-term solution to addiction? (Health Europa)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• New K2 Compound in Canadian Heroin Supply Amid Surging Fatal ODs (Filter)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide use among young people is increasing in lockdown because it’s cheap and accessible (iNews)

Ketamine

• Why People are Using Ketamine Nasal Spray to Party (DoubleBlind)

• High Doses of Ketamine Can Temporarily Shut Down the Brain, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Champignon’s Dr. Mcintyre / Canadian Rapid Treatment Centre of Excellence (CRTCE) Published in Two Peer Reviewed Study Journals (Globe Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• UNC to Receive $26.9M from DARPA to Develop Psychiatric Medicines (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Microsoft reportedly tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEA (Engadget)

• Mira X Acquisition Corp. Announces Proposed Qualifying Transaction with Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. (Yahoo! Finance)

• Fixing American policing also requires an end to the war on drugs (Baker Institute Blog)

• Champignon Provides Corporate Update; Announces Name Change, Rebranding and Planned Spin Out (Globe Newswire)

• CFN Enterprises Launches Premier Psychedelics Stock Index Site: PsyIndex.com (Stockhouse)

• Beyond Stigma: How Researchers May Trigger Drug Users (Filter)

• Psychedelics Quickly Creating a Potential $100 Billion Market Opportunity (Baystreet)

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

• Seed crystal: on the contributions of Alexander Shulgin to the science of consciousness (Medium)

• Psychedelic Medical Start-Up AWAKN Life Sciences Enters the UK Market with Dr. Ben Sessa (Yahoo! Finance)

• Mota Ventures Appoints Roger C. Clinton as Member of Advisory Board to Verrian GmbH (MarketWatch)

• L’Chaim Psilocybin: How Psychedelics are Reigniting Judaism (DoubleBlind)

• Greenstar Biosciences Signs Agreement to Acquire 100% of Eleusian Biosciences Corp. (Yahoo! Finance)

• 2nd Gen Psychedelic Drugs For Depression Can Be Safer For Older Adults (Forbes)

• ‘Canada’s first psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy centre’ changing how we treat depression (GlobalNews)

• Don’t Get Caught in a Trip Trap; Psychedelic Lessons for this Collective Moment (Lucid News)

• How psychedelic drugs could help our veterans (9News)

• Pure Extracts: The Second Wave of Psychedelic Operators (The Deep Dive)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.12.20

Cannabis

• Government announces plan to advance cannabis legalization reforms (The Times of Israel)

• Bermuda Has Officially Proposed a Framework to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis (MERRY JANE)

• New lawsuit aims to force DEA to reschedule marijuana (Leafly)

• Effects of cannabis edibles can vary greatly based on small differences in THC dose (PsyPost)

• Kansas Medical Marijuana Bill Dies In Committee After Special Session Ends (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon Cannabis Association Demands Portland Cannabis Tax Not Be Used on Law Enforcement (Cannabis Business Times)

• NBA Players Union Head Joins Marijuana Company As League Reportedly Suspends Drug Testing (Marijuana Moment)

• NORML Letter to NIDA: Prohibition Must Be Recognized as More Damaging than Marijuana Itself (NORML)

• Here’s how to start fixing racism in cannabis dispensaries (Leafly)

• Nevada Governor Introduces Measure To Pardon Tens Of Thousands With Marijuana Convictions (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Voters Could Make Cannabis History in November (Cannabis Wire)

• Providing the Legitimacy of Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Cancer (Onco'Zine)

• Cannabis temporarily reduces severity of PTSD symptoms (News-Medical.net)

• Do Highly Potent Marijuana Concentrates Get Users More High? Not Exactly, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Ultra-low cannabis dosing: When microdosing is still too much (Leafly)

• 5 Signs of Using Cannabis Too Frequently (Psychology Today)

LSD

• Phase 2 Clinical Trial of LSD for "Suicide Headaches" Begins Treating Patients (PR Newswire)

Magic Mushrooms

• Champignon Identifies Synthetic Ketamine and Psilocybin/Psilicin Metabolite Targets; Selects Dalriada to Advance NCE IP Portfolio (Globe Newswire)

• Rapid Therapeutic Explores Treatment of Anxiety Utilizing Proprietary Delivery System for Psilocybin and CBD (Globe Newswire)

• Dog rushed to vet after it eats human poo filled with magic mushrooms at beach (Daily Star)

MDMA

• Impressive long-term benefits of MDMA for treating PTSD, study reports (New Atlas)

• Is MDMA Neurotoxic? (Spirit Pharmacist)

DMT

• I Sell DMT Vape Pens So People Can 'Break Through' at Their Own Speed (VICE)

• Beyond Ayahuasca: Therapeutic Effects of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Former UFC Champion Henry Cejudo Details DMT Experience With Mike Tyson (MMA News)

Ayahuasca

• Not All Ayahuasca is Made Equal (Psychedelics Today)

• What if a Shaman Could Solve All Your Problems, in Three Days? (The New York Times)

Iboga

• Powerful psychedelic drug ibogaine could help people kick opioid addictions (Genetic Literacy Project)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Drug trial planned for synthetic cannabinoid coronavirus treatment (Chicago Tribune)

Nitrous Oxide

• No laughing matter: new legislation will ban the sale of nitrous oxide (DutchNews.nl)

Ketamine

• US customs officers find ketamine smuggled inside paintings of Jesus Christ (Mixmag)

• High doses of ketamine can temporarily switch off the brain (ScienceDaily)

Miscellaneous

• How the Psychedelic Movement Can Support Black Lives Matter (DoubleBlind)

• Protests Drive DC Psychedelics Decriminalization Signatures As Activists Launch Major Mailer Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

• We can no longer ignore the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat depression (The Guardian)

• Children and Psychedelics: Using Indigenous Wisdom to Examine Western Paradigms (Chacruna)

• How the War on Drugs Enables Police Brutality Against Black People (VICE)

• Colonial Shadows in the Psychedelic Renaissance (Chacruna)

• Help Decriminalize Nature Canada Petition the Canadian Government to Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants (Psychedelic Times)

• Are deep psychedelic experiences trustable? An exchange between Ken Ring and Chris Bache (Medium)

• The Power of Psychedelic Communities, Through the Lens of an Activist POTC (Lucid News)

• What Do Psychedelic Medicine Companies Owe to the Community? (Chacruna)

• Legal Highs: The Top Legal Psychoactive Plants in the US and Canada (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelic Leadership Community Build at Psychedelic Liberty Summit (Chacruna)

• The Psychedelic Designs of Adam Nathaniel Furman (Sam Woolfe)

• Psychedelics Seek to Emulate Cannabis' Rise to Social Acceptance (New Kerala)

• PSYC Expanding Their Global Reach To Showcase Psychedelic Industry Leaders and Pioneers (Globe Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.5.20

Cannabis

• Marijuana Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice (NORML)

• Joe Biden’s New Disability Plan Includes Boosting Medical Marijuana Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Dangers of Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Be Overblown, Two Studies Suggest (MERRY JANE)

• West Coast cannabis dispensaries report looting in weekend rioting (Leafly)

• Trump Reelection Campaign Attacks Biden As ‘Architect’ Of The War On Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Bills Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access Sent to Governor’s Desk (NORML)

• Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic (WIRED)

• State-regulated marijuana vape cartridges aren’t safe, doctor and whistleblower say (Hawaii News Now)

• Australia's biggest medicinal cannabis plant to be built in secret Melbourne location (The Age)

• In Case You Needed Clarification: Weed Doesn't Cause Strokes, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Vermont Senate Votes To Double Amount Of Marijuana That Can Be Possessed And Grown Without Jail Time (Marijuana Moment)

• Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage (Leafly)

• People who use high-potency cannabis could have a higher risk of anxiety, study finds (Insider)

• Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Decline Year-Over-Year (NORML)

• New Jersey Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ahead Of Broader Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• After Apple Bans Vape Apps From App Store, PAX Creates Website for Vape Management (MacRumors)

• Aphria, Aurora And Other Big Ag Cannabis Companies Pull Out Of Jamaica (Forbes)

• US agency funds dubious study to relieve cannabis withdrawal with nicotine (Leafly)

LSD

• LSD Is Surging in Popularity. New Research Unpicks the Trends. (Filter)

• MindMed Launches Project Lucy Focused on LSD Experiential Therapy For Anxiety Disorders (PR Newswire)

• MindMed's Microdosing Division Further Expands Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Microdosing LSD For Adult ADHD (PR Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Provides Funding for LSD Research Study (BioSpace)

Magic Mushrooms

• Breakthrough psilocybin study uncovers neurochemical origins of human ego (New Atlas)

• Field Trip Collaborates with Jamaican University Researchers to Investigate New Psilocybin Therapies (Lucid News)

• UK Researchers Raise Nearly $70,000 to Research Psilocybin's Impact on OCD (MERRY JANE)

• NeonMind Files for U.S. Provisional Patent to Use Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Weight Loss (Yahoo! Finance)

• TheraPsil launches program to assist patients in accessing legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Truffles Firm Gets Canadian Stock Market Listing (High Times)

DMT

• CB Therapeutics Achieves Another Breakthrough with the Biosynthesis of DMT and Related Tryptamine-based Compounds (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Can Learning to Navigate Ayahuasca Hallucinations Help in Psychosis Treatment? (Kahpi)

5-MeO-DMT

• Spanish Porn Star Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Toad Venom Ritual (Rolling Stone)

Salvia Divinorum

• What is Salvia divinorum? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Largest study of its kind of women in labor finds nitrous oxide safe, side effects rare (EurekAlert!)

• Use of nitrous oxide or 'hippie crack' on the rise during pandemic (TheJournal.ie)

Ketamine

• Anesthetic drug Ketamine uses serotonin receptors to relieve depression (News-Medical.net)

Datura

• Toé (Brugmansia suaveolens): The Path of Day and Night (Chacruna)

• Ask a Ranger: Sacred Datura of Southwest part of history of hallucinogens (Arizona Daily Sun)

Miscellaneous

• The DEA Has Been Given Permission To Investigate People Protesting George Floyd’s Death (BuzzFeed News)

• Paranormal Psychedelic Experiences Surveyed in Comprehensive Study (Lucid News)

• Scientists Explain How Psychedelic Drugs Can Lead People to Lose Their Sense of Self (The Swaddle)

• U.N. Condemns 'Deep-Seated Impunity' in Philippines' Drug War (TIME)

• Whistleblowers Report Facebook for Ignoring Illegal Drug Sales on Platform (MERRY JANE)

• Global Drug Survey predicts that "following lockdown, many regions will be flooded by high purity drugs" (Hot Press)

• Psychedelic Studies Have Marginalized LGBTQI+ Communities for Years—These Researchers Are Changing That (DoubleBlind)

• Studies Into Psychedelic Drugs Reveal Significant Medical Potential (PR Newswire)

• Biden-Bernie “Unity Task Force” Makes Dispiriting Criminal Justice Reform Picks (Filter)

• Sacred Reciprocity: Supporting the Roots of the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

• Taking Drugs Like A Nerd (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelics will see a boom much like cannabis. Here's how entrepreneurs can stay ahead of the curve. (Business Insider)

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