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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.4.15

Image by Dahtamnay, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

Image by Dahtamnay, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

Cannabis

  • Cannabis Study: Indica And Sativa Are Basically The Same Thing At This Point (SFist)
  • Oregon wedding features marijuana bar, budtender (KGW)
  • Scientists Are Trying to stop GMOs on a New Front: Weed (ATTN:)
  • The Latest Craze In Winemaking: Marijuana-Infused Wine (Vinepair)
  • Weekend Weirdness: Drone Deliveries are Making Cannabis Rain from the Heavens (Leafly)
  • Value of On-Site Cannabis Dispensaries Is Missed in Federal Regulations (The Huffington Post)
  • Cannabis-industry women are blazing a path to equity (The Oregonian)
  • College Students Now Prefer Daily Smoke to Daily Toke, Research Says (Slate)
  • An Australian medical cannabis company just sold its first pot pills (Mashable)
  • Mom: Cannabis oil drastically improving daughter's life (11 Alive)
  • These Colorado Vets Are Suing Over Marijuana (ATTN:)
  • MassRoots applies to be first cannabis company listed on Nasdaq (MarketWatch)
  • Missouri Man Sentenced To Life in Prison Over Marijuana Is Set Free (The Huffington Post)
  • 5 Countries Where Marijuana is Cheapest and Most Expensive (ATTN:)
  • The Green Rush: Finding Tech Business Opportunities Within The Cannabis Sector (TechCrunch)
  • Legal Cannabis Creates Yet Another Spinoff Industry—Wall Street-Style Data Analytics (The Stranger)
  • Canadian Cannabis Firms Close Merger (24/7 Wall St.)
  • Denver Initiative Allowing Marijuana Use in More Settings Is Nixed (Reason)
  • Sports Pain Management Panel Presented At Cannabis World Congress In L.A. (The Weed Blog)
  • Do Alaska cannabis regulations allow for chefs to get in the game? (Alaska Dispatch News)
  • How taking cannabis harms fertility: Smoking pot more than once a week 'lowers sperm count by a third - and adding cocaine and ecstasy to the mix cuts it in half (Daily Mail)

LSD

MDMA/Ecstasy

Ayahuasca/DMT

Iboga/Ibogaine

  • Conference To Explore The Proven Addiction Busting Power Of Ibogaine (Reset.me)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

  • 2C-I & 2C-B: Research Chemicals Before it Was Cool (Burners.me)
  • Users Say the 'Smart Drug' Modafinil Is the New Adderall — Only Better (Vice News)
  • K2, a Potent Drug, Casts a Shadow Over an East Harlem Block (The New York Times)
  • MTV is Looking For A Few Good Flakka Addicts (Forbes)
  • There's No Such Thing as Synthetic Marijuana (ATTN:)
  • Inside the chemical underground: the truth about legal highs (Herald Scotland)
  • LSD In Newfoundland And Labrador Fake, Dangerous: Police (The Huffington Post)
  • Township program highlights dangers of synthetic LSD (Houston Chronicle)
  • Autopsy: Marijuana, synthetic psychedelic found in Christian Taylor (Fox 4 News)
  • RCMP Warning of NBome, Dangerous Drug Entering Province (VOCM)

Dissociatives

  • R-ketamine: a rapid-onset and sustained antidepressant without psychotomimetic side effects (Nature.com)

Opiates/Opioids

  • Young Hands in Mexico Feed Growing US Demand for Heroin (The New York Times)
  • Philistines brought opium to Israel during Iron Age (The Statesman)
  • Mexican opium production rises to meet heroin demand in US (The Independent)
  • The new face of heroin calls for compassion, but the old was a scourge (The Washington Post)
  • Could new synthetic opioid one day lead to home-brew heroin? (CNN)
  • AG Announces $325000 Agreement with Naloxone Manufacturer (Patch)
  • Opium Harvest More Profitable for Mexican Children than School (Breitbart News)
  • ACT drug overdose reversal program should be rolled out nation-wide, expert panel says (ABC)
  • San Francisco Police Officer Uses Naloxone Anti-Overdose Kit To Save Man's Life (CBS)
  • First Missouri Naloxone Program Up and Running (KBIA)
  • Law enforcement officers as medical first responders can save lives (EMS1.com)
  • Rand Paul: 'If you work all day long, you don't have time to do heroin' (CNN)
  • Can synthetic narcotics lead to heroin? (WESH)
  • Doctors reminded its okay to prescribe Naloxone for drug users (WTTV CBS4 Indy)
  • Heroin kills, says Effingham woman eight months sober (Effingham Daily News)
  • Illinois House Leaders Override Governor's Veto On Heroin Addiction Bill (NPR)
  • Naloxone can save someone (Blue Ridge Now)
  • Editorial: Does US pill crackdown help Mexican heroin sales? (Redding Record Searchlight)
  • UK sees huge rise in heroin and morphine-related deaths (The Guardian)
  • Pa: Police using heroin antidote have saved 289 lives across the state (LancasterOnline)
  • Baltimore just got a massive donation of overdose-reversing naloxone (Baltimore Business Journal)
  • Drug raids highlight geographic reach of heroin problem (WISH-TV)

Absinthe

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

  • Oliver Sacks: Psychedelic drugs 'taught me what the mind is capable of' (The Washington Post)
  • Psychedelic Society Revisited: On Reducing Valves, Reality Tunnels and the Question of Psychedelic Culture (Psychedelic Press UK)
  • Photographer captures drug users on cocaine, LSD, ketamine and MDMA (Metro)
  • Survey Data Highlight The Tenuous Relationship Between Drug Panics And Reality (Forbes)
  • Psychedelic Swirls Show Algae Bloom from Space (Yahoo! News)
  • Less than a month until Plant Consciousness in London (Psychedelic Press UK)
  • Miley Cyrus Ditches Pop for Lesbian Sex and Psychedelics on 'Dead Petz' (Out Magazine)

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics (and other psychoactives) are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

Weekend Thoughts - 8.29.15

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Image by Tina Sbrigato, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

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

1. Health information researcher, writer, and teacher Deane Alban wrote a brilliant article on Reset.me that covers the topic of how processed foods hijack the brain. Among the shocking tidbits included: the United States ranks last among developed countries in life expectancy and overall health and modern wheat is an addictive substance that produces a high similar to heroin, morphine or Oxycontin (in fact, administering naloxone, which is normally used during heroin overdoses, will eliminate the withdrawal process from wheat!). People don't often think of foods as drugs, but they certainly behave as drugs in the body, often producing undesirable psychoactive and physiological effects as well!

2. This article from Psychology Today suggests that mere exposure to conspiracy theories can make you less pro-social and less likely to accept established scientific principles. Dubbed the "Conspiracy Effect", the author argues that it isn't necessary to believe in the conspiracy theory; it is sufficient to have simply come in contact with the theory itself. According to his research, this can lead to a paranoid delusional worldview and a distrust of science. This part really got me: "...studies have shown that people who believe in conspiracy theories often espouse mutually contradictory explanations about the same event and are even eager to endorse entirely made-up conspiracy theories. In sum, it's not really about the actual evidence but rather about whether a theory is consistent with a larger conspiratorial worldview." At any rate, it's definitely worth assessing your current reality-tunnel, a concept that Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson often used to describe individual worldviews.

3. I found an article titled It is Time We Discussed Abolishing the Police from Counter Punch to be interesting. Especially this part: "There are many people who think the police exist to fight crime. The reality is that the police exist to maintain the status-quo with the rich on top and everyone else fighting for scraps. During the uprising in Ferguson last year comedian Chris Rock commented, 'If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.' The police represent the first line of defense between the rich and the rioters. Those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement—the latest challenge to the racist status-quo—learn quickly the true function of the police as they are shouted at and insulted by police in riot gear who hem in their marches, as they have their photos taken by police surveillance teams for further investigation, as they deal with the never ending stream of plain-clothes cops intimidating, monitoring, sowing seeds of distrust. Knowing the political role of the police perhaps it is time to stop hoping for reform and start imagining a world without the police." There are certainly legitimate situations where it seems like we would need official enforcement, such as a volatile hostage situation or a burglar attempting to escape on foot. But the ongoing trend of police groups infiltrating Left-leaning political reform movements certainly does seem like the law enforcement organization is positioned between the haves and the have-nots, as the author has described.

4. Cop Shoots and Kills Man Threatening Him With a Spoon—Although the cop had a body camera available, it was not turned on. Although it is upsetting that a man with a spoon was murdered by a cop, it does make sense though: cops prefer foods that don't require utensils, like donuts.

5. Some great videos on The Real History of Drugs have been making the rounds this week. The videos are short and take a look at some of the racist underpinnings of the drug war. The drugs featured include cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, opium, and LSD. I highly suggest giving them a watch—you may even learn something that you didn't know beforehand!

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

This Week in Psychedelics - 8.28.15

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Image by Dahtamnay, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

Cannabis

  • Russia threatens to block Wikipedia over cannabis page (The Independent)
  • Top 50 Most Influential Marijuana Consumers (Marijuana Policy Project)
  • Are Workplace Cannabis Policies Lagging Behind The Times? (ATTN:)
  • Republican voters to feds: Butt out of marijuana reform (The Washington Post)
  • Where Can You Smoke Legal Pot? (Reason)
  • Pioneer Pot States Have Collected More Than $200 Million In Marijuana Taxes (The Huffington Post)
  • Marijuana Producers Gobble Up Warehouse Space in Denver Area (The Wall Street Journal)
  • Misinformed Cannabis Policies Prevent Access to Life-Saving Treatments (Huffington Post)
  • Memoninee tribal members vote yes on legalizing marijuana (TV Newsroom)
  • What Marijuana Does to Your Metabolism (ATTN:)
  • So what happens when teen pot smokers get older? Study finds new "surprising" answer (Rare)
  • How Legal Marijuana Is Working in Colorado (Reason)
  • Marijuana Does Not Affect Brain Volume, Study Finds (Time)
  • Black Lives Matter Organizers Call for Marijuana Decriminalization (Marijuana.com)
  • Arizona Campaign Could Earn More Than $40 Million for Schools (Marijuana Policy Project)
  • Natural pest control business gets boost from medical cannabis industry (Global News)
  • Chile Is About to Decriminalize Marijuana (Alternet)
  • Marijuana Legalization 2015: Is It Time For The Cannabis Industry To Grow Up And Go To College? (International Business Times)
  • El Cerrito: Cannabis industry figure says legalization inevitable (Contra Costa Times)
  • The Movers, Shakers and Bakers in the Cannabis Revolution (The Huffington Post)
  • Government issues damning response to 200,000-signature cannabis legalisation petition (The Independent)
  • Despite petition, government has no plans to legalise cannabis (The Guardian)
  • 'Focusing on medicinal cannabis is missing the point' (Stuff.co.nz)
  • Cannabis Journalism Class At DU Tackles A Trailblazing Trend (CBS Denver)
  • State panel considers cannabis business case (The Telegraph)
  • Why medical marijuana can still get you fired in Illinois (Chicago Tribune)
  • Marijuana-Legalization Campaign Outraged by Arizona Republic's Erroneous Op-Ed on Tax Revenue (Phoenix New Times)
  • BC parents seeking court order to treat severely ill baby with cannabis oil (CTV News)
  • Drug syndicates using profits from cannabis crops to import ice into Victoria (Herald Sun)
  • Group hears ideas for distributing cannabis in Georgia (WXIA-TV)
  • Would proposed rule contradict Alaska initiative on cannabis gifts? (Alaska Dispatch News)

LSD

  • Artist Took LSD And Spent 9 Hours Drawing Herself To Show The Effect Drugs Have On Brain (A Plus)
  • Stare Into a Person's Eyes and Weird Things Will Happen (Newser)
  • The 10 Most Insane LSD Movies of All Time (Papermag)
  • Know The Facts: Do You Really Know How Illegal Drugs Affect Your Health? (Medical Daily)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Mushrooms - Flesh of the Gods (Eagle Shaman)
  • Psilocybin Helped Me Connect And Awaken To Life's Infinite Possibilities (Reset.me)

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Steve Nash to produce film on legal ecstasy in 80s-era Dallas (Fox Sports)
  • Police warn about "unusually" pure ecstasy pills (Mixmag)
  • Why the Party Drug Molly Isn't What You Think It Is (NBC4 Washington)
  • L.A. Rave Canceled Following Suspected Drug Deaths (Los Angeles Weekly)

Ayahuasca/DMT

  • Loreen admits using a natural, South America drug (oikOTimes)

Peyote/Mescaline

  • ACLU: Peyote smokers, not cake bakers, deserve their freedom (OneNewsNow)

Iboga/Ibogaine

Salvia Divinorum

  • Salvia prohibition to come next February: Health Canada (Ottawa Sun)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

  • New Yorkers are taking dangerous drugs in nightclubs without even knowing it (Business Insider)
  • Users describe the effects of the drug some are calling 'weaponized marijuana' (Business Insider)
  • City Council wants to crack down on synthetic weed (New York Post)
  • Delhi Police so far unsuccessful in tracking party drug 'Meow Meow' (The Economic Times)

Dissociatives

  • Pediatric pain control in EMS — Is Ketamine the next big thing? (EMS1.com)

Opiates/Opioids

Absinthe

  • The Perfect Salad Has Absinthe, Cheese, and Watermelon (Munchies)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics (and other psychoactives) are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.

Weekend Thoughts - 8.22.15

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Image by Minoru Nitta, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

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

1. A great reminder to stay positive, an article titled "Negative Thinking: The Number One Cause Of Chronic Depression And How To Overcome It" points out that negative thoughts attract more negativity. The piece makes a point about proof of the results of positive thinking, claiming that "Proof is not the result of what is true. Proof is the result of what you believe." Chronic negative thinking can be a real problem, and my main advice is to remember to smile!

2. Vice published an article on the need for a regulatory organization in the recreational drug market. Rather than the outright banning of all psychoactive substances other than the exempted few, which causes a host of public health and safety issues as well as criminalizing a group of otherwise law-abiding citizens, why don't we focus on ensuring the safety, purity, and efficacy of these new psychoactives?

3. Mrs. Homegrown at Root Simple wrote a piece on the value of trees that is worth reading. To summarize her points briefly: trees increase property values, cool the environment, absorb rain and share it with other plants, assist with cleaning water, absorb and store carbon, improve air quality, create food and habitat for animals, and heal the soul. Give her article a read for more detail, and while you're at it, check out the rest of the blog—I've been reading it for at least five years now and have enjoyed it immensely.

4. I found this take on the "Thanks, Obama" meme to be pretty spot-on. It's interesting that the meme can be used in a sincere way as well as a sarcastic one. Obama's presidential career has certainly proved to be an compelling one to follow.

5. There is finally some scientific evidence showing that e-cigarettes are about 95% less harmful than smoking tobacco. I think it's beyond clear to anyone who has tried both vaporizing and smoking that the vapor is easier on the throat and lungs than smoke. It's nice to see some scientific research being done in this arena, because for what feels like the longest time there hasn't been much research to speak of. Vaping is almost all around better than smoking—it tastes better, it smells better (and the smell dissipates extremely quickly), it's easier on your body, it can be less expensive, and it can actively aid in smoking cessation. The one thing I can think of that smokers may miss is the huge clouds of smoke that you can get from smoking, although many vaporizers produce full clouds of vapor instead. If you're a smoker, and you haven't tried vaping, I highly suggest you give it a try.

6. In the aftermath of Jeb Bush's recent statement supporting giving the NSA broader powers to spy even harder on Americans, a news story broke at The New York Times explaining how AT&T helped the NSA spy on Internet traffic on a vast scale and was in fact the most enthusiastic and top surveillance provider for the agency. For many decades, the United States government has relied on eager cooperation from AT&T to spy on immense quantities of Internet traffic. Now if only we could get the same amount of transparency from the other side of the equation—looking into our own government—that they are forcing on us...

7. Local (Durham, NC) vegan chef Kathy Hester featured a post on her blog Healthy Slow Cooking that centers around building a vegan pantry with dried beans. As an amateur vegan chef and bean-lover myself, I enjoyed her piece—especially the links to articles debating whether or not to presoak dried beans before cooking, the must-have beans to stock your shelves with, and the more uncommon beans to sample for a fun treat. There are also several recipes to try out, although I can't vouch for them personally as I haven't attempted to make any of them yet. I had the great fortune of meeting Kathy at last year's inaugural Triangle VegFest in Raleigh, NC and found her to be an engaging speaker with a warm personality and a wealth of knowledge about vegan cuisine. Her specialty is slow cooking, so give her blog a read if that piques your interest!

8. And speaking of Triangle VegFest, the 2nd annual event will be held in Raleigh, NC's Moore Square on October 17th from noon to 5PM. The event is free to enter and features tasty plant-based foods, exhibitors and vendors, and a lineup of fantastic informational speakers (including a favorite of mine, Chef AJ—a knowledgeable and extremely inspirational plant-based chef and culinary instructor). I hope to see you in the Square for some veggie-related fun and learning!

9. A writer tested out the Polyphasic sleep practice for a week and found it to be similar to taking LSD. The topic of Polyphasic sleep holds a sort of fascination for me although I haven't given it a try yet. It is the practice of breaking sleep into several segments spread throughout the day rather than one long segment of sleep overnight. I found this account to be entertaining and enlightening, with some great tips for going to sleep—even for regular sleepers!

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

This Week in Psychedelics - 8.21.15

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Image by Dahtamnay, courtesy of Creative Commons licensing.

Cannabis

  • These 17 States Could Have Legalized Marijuana After Next Year (ATTN:)
  • The Secret History of Southern Medical Marijuana (Reason)
  • Feds limit research on marijuana for medical use (USA Today)
  • These '420 Games' Athletes Want to Change the Perception of Weed (Time)
  • Exploring the Science Behind Differing Marijuana Highs (The New York Times)
  • Judge Rejects Cops' Argument That Their Behavior During a Medical Marijuana Raid Is a Private Matter (Reason)
  • East New York: It's still law enforcement target for marijuana possession (News 21: America's Weed Rush)
  • How can we keep pot out of the hands of teenagers? By regulating it. (International Centre for Science in Drug Policy)
  • Oregonian/OregonLive seeks freelance marijuana reviewer (Oregon Live)
  • Novak Djokovic complains of cannabis smell during Montreal win over Jérémy Chardy (The Guardian)
  • Is Marijuana Causing More Car Crashes In Washington? (Reason)
  • 'Medical cannabis could be worth more to Israel than natural gas' (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Police poke fun at 'forgetful horticulturist' after open air cannabis farm found abandoned in park (Mirror)
  • Colorado marijuana tax revenues are up nearly 100 percent (ABC 7 News Denver)
  • This Canadian University Offers a Class on the Business of Marijuana (Time)
  • Marijuana Conviction Overturned By Colorado Appeals Court (Huffington Post)
  • Ohio's Vote Could Add New State to Booming US Cannabis Marketplace (MarketWatch)
  • California's tax collector wants to bank legal cannabis (Yahoo! Finance)
  • Colorado Cannabis Tours Takes Us For a Ride — And You're Invited (Westword)
  • Georgia's cannabis registry off to fast start (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  • Illinois Medical Cannabis: 6 Things You Need to Know before Applying (Huffington Post)
  • Will people with criminal records be allowed to participate in Alaska's cannabis industry? (Alaska Dispatch News)
  • Cannabis-based smoothies coming to Frisco (The Dallas Morning News)
  • Proposed Colorado Rules Require Stop Signs on Marijuana Edibles (Reason)
  • Quitting Cannabis and Preventing Pulmonary Illness (Medscape)

LSD

MDMA/Ecstasy

  • Is Ecstasy the Key to Treating Women with PTSD? (Marie Claire)
  • Moms Who Do Molly (Broadly)
  • Ecstasy therapy approved for trial in Marin County (SF Gate)
  • Rave reviews: origins of ecstasy culture to be told in new film (The Guardian)
  • MOLLY: A GROWING PROBLEM FOR GADSDEN LAW ENFORCEMENT (Havana Herald)
  • MDMA growing concern on campus (The Brock Press)

Ayahuasca/DMT

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

  • Treating Depression And Anxiety With Ayahuasca And Huachuma (Reset.me)

Salvia Divinorum

  • A Traditional Medicine Could Help With Addiction Treatment (Care2)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

  • How Govt Fear Campaigns and Prohibition of Bath Salts, Flakka, and Other Synthetics Is Only Going to Cost More Lives (Alternet)
  • Here's the Truth About "Synthetic Marijuana" (ATTN:)
  • The Truth About Party Drugs (ATTN:)
  • Dissecting the Spice epidemic: Potent batch may have provoked Wilkes-Barre overdoses (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)

Dissociatives

Opiates/Opioids

  • Bioengineered yeasts used to make opioids, still 'home brew' opiates not commercially viable (Daily Times Gazette)
  • Scientists Have Figured Out How to Make Sugar into Narcotics (Munchies)
  • In heroin fight, White House will push treatment (The Washington Post)
  • Critics Say New Plan to Stop Heroin Overdoses Shows White House 'Still Doesn't Get It' (VICE News)
  • The Heroin Statistics That Spooked the White House (The Atlantic)
  • Use Of OxyContin For Children 11 And Up Approved By The FDA (Tech Times)
  • Mexico finds opium poppy plantation near capital (Yahoo! News)
  • How Kentucky Embraced A Life-Saving Drug For Opioid Addicts (Huffington Post)
  • Naloxone, Narcan Becoming More Accessible (WBOY-TV)
  • Winnipeg Naloxone-distribution program could prevent fentanyl deaths (CBC News)
  • Massachusetts police department give heroin addicts support, rehab (Fox News)
  • We have a heroin and opioid problem; let's fix it (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • In The Mix: Can You Make Heroin at Home? (Chem Info)
  • 5 Shocking Facts About the Illinois Heroin Epidemic (Huffington Post)
  • Calgary's 18-year-old fentanyl victim bouncing back to good health (Calgary Sun)
  • New task force created to battle heroin problem in Orange County (WFTV Orlando)
  • They've overdosed, or seen other people die. Now they're learning to save victims' lives (The Washington Post)
  • Washington County officials investigating outbreak of heroin overdoses (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • The 15 NJ towns with the highest rates of heroin treatment (NJ.com)
  • The rising epidemic of heroin addiction (The San Diego Union-Tribute)
  • 5 takeaways from public hearing on heroin, opioid treatment hosted at the Yorktown Hotel (The York Daily Record)
  • Braintree Fire to Receive Donation of 200 Narcan Devices (Patch)

Absinthe

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

  • How Psychedelics And Floatation Therapy Put Me On A Healing Path (Reset.me)
  • Local church invites you to join them in worship ... with psychotropic drugs (Bungalower)
  • Joey Mars, King of Psychedelic Art (The Daily Beast)
  • Two heads are better than one! Double-headed psychedelic sea slug is discovered off the coast of Borneo (Daily Mail)

Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics (and other psychoactives) are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.