This Week in Psychedelics - 2.5.16

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Cannabis

• Americans spent more on legal pot last year than on Cheetos, Doritos (The Denver Post)
• British Company Developing Field Sobriety Test for Marijuana (ATTN:)
• Legal Marijuana Sales Projected to Reach $6.7 Billion in 2016 (TIME)
• Hillary Clinton Just Gave an Underwhelming Response to a Question About Medical Marijuana (ATTN:)
• Facebook is deleting medical marijuana pages (Engadget)
• Annual Arrests for Marijuana in NYC Drop From Nearly 51,000 in 2011 to Under 17,000 in 2015 (The Huffington Post)
• See Inside the Himalayan Villages That Grow Cannabis (National Geographic)
• Organic Cannabis? One Colorado Hemp Farm Has Earned The USDA's Blessing (KUNC)
• Man tries to buy 12-year-old's fish with fake pot, police say (CBC)
• Cannabis-based vagina suppositories the latest invention to help ease period pain (International Business Times)
• Ricky Williams explains his belief that cannabis can help NFL players (CBS Sports)
• Utah Mom Risks It All To Treat Daughter With Cannabis (Reset.me)
• Obama Punts on Cannabis Reform (Leafly)
• Marijuana Federalists Lead the Republican Field (Reason)
• How Much Money Marijuana Will Make This Year (ATTN:)
• Phoenix Open Billboard Says Buds Are Safer Than Bud (or Coors) (Reason)
• Dad Uses Cannabis Oil To Treat Three Year Old Epileptic Daughter (Collective Evolution)
• Wiz Khalifa Announces Partnership With RiverRock Cannabis for New Product Line (Billboard)
• 5 Tips for Hosting a Fabulous (and Safe) Cannabis Wedding (Leafly)
• Vermont Marijuana Legalization: Recreational Cannabis Bill Moves Forward In Senate Committee (International Business Times)
• Marley Natural's Elegant Pot Gear Is For Smokers Who Say 'Whoa Sir', Not 'Whoa Dude' (WIRED)
• Study reveals smoking cannabis ruins your vocabulary in later life (Mirror)
• Cannabis use dulls the brain, but are effects long-term? (OregonLive)
• Revealed... the impact of cannabis laws so far: Use of marijuana is increasing among adults - but DECREASING in teens (Daily Mail)

LSD

• LSD: My Life-Saving Drug (GQ)
• The Turing-Acid Test (Reality Sandwich)
• LSD to increase focus and creativity (The Spectator)
• Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Sol Invictus admits LSD use, describes experiences in journals (Florida Politics)
• Fireside Chatter: LSD isn't all that bad (The Daily Beacon)
• Homeowner: Teen who entered home, high on LSD, ate glass from a window he shattered (newsnet5)
• Longmont man arrested in July LSD incident nabbed again after disturbance. (Longmont Times-Call)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Could Aggressive Coyotes In California Be Tripping On 'Shrooms? (Inquisitr)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• One in five 'legal highs' contain illegal substances - but nearly half of ecstasy tablets don't have any MDMA, report reveals (WalesOnline)
• Blac Chyna found with ecstasy during airport arrest (Page Six)
• Effects of MDMA Injections on the Behavior of Socially-Housed Long-Tailed Macaques (PLOS ONE)
• Blac Chyna Swears The Ecstasy Wasn't Hers, Doesn't Pack Own Bags (Hip-Hop Wired)
• Does Past Ecstasy Use Make Noah Spence Too Risky to Pick in 1st Round? (Breitbart)
• Drug dealer who supplied MDMA to tragic Whitstable teenager jailed for three years (Kent News)
• Two arrested for ecstasy, molly after raid on Buffalo barber shop, home (WIVB)
• Man rammed cars while high on ecstasy, police say (Albany Times Union)
• DRUGS DOG FINDS MDMA (The Leader)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• A Closer Look At That "First Legal Ayahuasca Church In America" Story You've Seen Hyped In The Media (Reset.me)
• Why Addiction Expert Dr. Gabor Maté Treats His Patients with Ayahuasca (Psychedelic Times)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• Police issue synthetic cannabis warning as teen dies, two more critically ill (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• The shocking truth about 'synthetic' cannabis: Hallucinations that convince users they're dead and 100 times more potent than real marijuana (Daily Mail)

Dissociatives

• Could Ketamine be the Ultimate Cure for Depression? (Newsweek)
• Ketamine Might Be The Cure For Severe Depression (Your EDM)
• Party drug ketamine may soon show it can do what others can't (Stuff.co.nz)
• Police Raid Results in One of Edmonton's Largest Ketamine Busts (THUMP)
• Novel Route for Ketamine in the Treatment of MDD (Psychiatric Times)
• Ketamine could be most effective cure for severe depression (Mixmag)
• Police: Liquid PCP found on man after arrest (Asbury Park Press)
• Ketamine: from party drug to medication (New Zealand Herald)
• Police say man led officers on chase, possessed PCP (Bryan-College Station Eagle)

Opiates/Opioids

• At Some Restaurants in China, a Shortcut to Addictive Food: Poppies (The New York Times)
• Obama Seeks $1 Billion to Fight Heroin Epidemic (TIME)
• Why the 'heroin antidote' naloxone is now available in pharmacies (ABC)
• Improvised naloxone nasal sprays lack evidence of absorption and effect (EurekAlert!)
• Ted Cruz Links New Hampshire's Heroin Epidemic to "Undocumented Democrats" (Mother Jones)
• Recovered heroin addict goes full circle to serve huge community (SFGate)
• Fentanyl killing more people in NH than heroin (The Union Leader)
• CVS to sell heroin overdose antidote in 20 more states (CNN)
• White And Black Americans Agree That Heroin Abuse Is A Serious Problem (The Huffington Post)
• Opium seized (The Sangai Express)

Kratom

• Still Mostly Legal: Kratom May be a Better Choice for Heroin and Pain Pill Users? (AlterNet)
• Arizona heroin users claim a controversial herbal supplement helps kick addiction (Cronkite News)
• Asian tree with psychoactive effects on verge of being illegal (The Moultrie Observer)
• Panel Bans Kratom On Tearful Testimony (WFSU)

Kava

• High Demand of Kava from overseas market (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation)
• The Kava Konnection Brings New Trend To Greenville (WSPA)
• Awa Kava Lounge in Miami: Stress Relief in a Bowl (Miami New Times)

Khat

• Read the signs: The khat menace could be spiralling [sic] out of control (IPPmedia)
• A place where life is nasty, brutish and short (The Standard Digital News)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• What is Harm Reduction Psychotherapy? Alternative Treatment for Psychedelic Users (Psychedelic Times)
• Drug Warriors Are Losing Online (Reason)
• Yale Launches Group To Examine Use Of Psychedelics In Therapy (Reset.me)
• Scientist David Nutt on the medical benefits of psychedelic drugs (Financial Times)
• Here's What Mixing Drugs Does to Your Body and Brain (ATTN:)
• What the 1981 Rat Park Experiment Means for Addiction and Our Need For Human Connection (Psychedelic Times)
• Psychedelic drugs should be used to treat mental illness (The Rocket)
• 5 Major Companies That Don't Drug Test (ATTN:)
• Drugs from the dark web (Brunswickian)
• How Ted Cruz Turned His Back on Drug War Prisoners (Reason)
• Gift of the Gods: Why Visionary Plant Medicines Deserve Reverence and Caution (High Existence)
• West Virginia Lawmaker Counters Drug Testing Welfare Recipients With Legislator Testing (ATTN:)

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 - 1.30.16

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

1. Many of us don't think about what to do when police come to our door (assuming they even knock—police can be so rude sometimes!). Hopefully you will not have to deal with that situation, but if you do—this guide covering what to do when police show up to your door uninvited may come to your rescue. The main tips include asking for a search warrant with the door closed, following the police while they conduct a search, and recording the event on video if possible.

2. In thinking about what will make for the next evolutionary level of artificial intelligence, engineers are finding that creating a bot that has the ability to engage in believable small talk to be of upmost importance. And that does make sense—when dealing with entities that we know are computers we generally prefer to work with the ones that have a personality and an ability to chitchat. The article argues that is why people like speaking to modern chatbots that are able to hold a conversation, and they are much preferred over software that is strictly computerlike. And another article predicts that chatbots will be making a resurgence in 2016, as companies find various ways to monetize them and their interactions with human users will presumably become more believable and enjoyable.

3. The late Hunter S. Thompson is one of my favorite authors and journalists that ever put ink to paper, but he wasn't always a successful writer. In fact, when he was fresh out of the military and sick of working as a lowly copy boy at TIME Magazine, he sent an extremely forward letter to Jack Scott, the editorial director of The Vancouver Sun, announcing his potential desire to work for the publication. Wow, he really did have some gumption, didn't he!?

4. For those of us on the East Coast of the United States, winter storm Jonas (which was classified as a blizzard in many locations) offered a beautiful snowy view mixed with the challenges of dealing with said snow. In North Carolina, we mainly received sleet, which made for extra slick streets. One of the good things that came out of the snow is this video of some people tandem snowboarding through the streets of New York City, even after a ban on driving personal vehicles was put into place. Even better, the police officer in the video who pulled over the snowboarder and the vehicle that was towing him was really chill and essentially let them off the hook completely. It's worth a watch, for its aesthetic quality and the uplifting exchange with the officer. Kudos to all involved!

5. As one of the backers for the Fantastic Fungi Kickstarter campaign, I have received a link to a sneak peek of the documentary, which is now aiming for a 2017 release. Although the link to this newly-released footage is only intended for the backers of the campaign, I wanted to spread the word about the film to the Think Wilder audience in hopes of piquing some of your interest before it is released. The project is intended to be a life-affirming, climate-changing, bee-saving film about mushrooms, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, featuring Paul Stamets and produced by Lyn Lear. I'm definitely looking forward to viewing it when it comes out next year!

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

This Week in Psychedelics - 1.29.16

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Cannabis

• Listen to 911 call of very stoned drivers turning themselves in (Boing Boing)
• The Rules for Taking Marijuana on an Airplane (ATTN:)
• Can Cannabis Treat Epileptic Seizures? (Scientific American)
• Marijuana Legalization: Should Bernie Sanders' Home State Embrace Socialized Cannabis? (International Business Times)
• Study: Vaporizers Deliver Safe, Reliable Doses of Cannabinoids (NORML)
• CBD Oil "Highly Promising" In Pediatric Epilepsy Treatment (NORML)
• Cannabis Refugees: Why People Are Moving Across Country To Reap The Benefits Of A Plant (Reset.me)
• NY Health Department sponsoring medical cannabis study (Press & Sun Bulletin)
• Attorney General Rejects 3rd Petition for Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment (Fox 28)
• Federal Judge Orders Iowa State to Stop Censoring Marijuana Reform T-Shirts (Reason)
• See Inside One of New York's First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (TIME)
• This Marijuana Product Could Cure Menstrual Cramps (ATTN:)
• Cliff Robinson On Medical Cannabis Use In The NBA (Blazer's Edge)
• Florida: Medical Marijuana Measure Qualifies For 2016 Ballot (NORML)
• How a Top Cannabis Investor Looks at Your Company (Leafly)
• Denver NORML Announces Marijuana Lounge Initiative (NORML)
• Let pain and PTSD sufferers in Illinois use cannabis (Chicago Tribune)
• Mom illegally treats 3-year-old daughter with cannabis oil (AOL News)
• Over 60 Percent Of New Mexicans Support Regulating Marijuana Sales (NORML)
• Love, with Mary Jane: Inside the world's first Cannabis Wedding Expo (Mashable)
• Can the cannabis 'nuns' of California save medical marijuana? (The Washington Post)
• How Much You Have to Take of These Legal Drugs to Overdose (ATTN:)
• Life As a Marijuana Activist (NORML)
• Champaign medical cannabis dispensary prepares to open, eight conditions pending approval from Rauner (Daily Illini)
• Medical cannabis producer Bedrocan lowers its prices to $5 a gram (News1130)
• How Can LED Lighting Impact Cannabis Growth? (Leafly)
• She's not blowing smoke (The News-Gazette)
• Clalit's 'refusal' to allow doctors to prescribe medical cannabis spurs protest (The Jerusalem Post)

LSD

• 'I went to a Donald Trump rally on acid - and it was a really bad idea' (The Telegraph)
• Chelsea Handler on Drugs: 'I Took My SATs on Acid' (Celeb Stoner)
• Man with Asperger syndrome meticulously documents his LSD trip (Death and Taxes)
• Michael Kennedy, Who Fought for LSD Guru, Mob Boss, Dies at 78 (Bloomberg)
• N.J. man arrested with LSD, 5 pounds of marijuana (NJ.com)
• Teacher censured for taking LSD at bach (3News NZ)
• Drug response overhaul after Townsville stabbing (Townsville Bulletin)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Author and Podcaster Tim Ferriss Leads Effort to Fund Psilocybin Research for Depression (Psychedelic Times)
• Coyotes High On Mushrooms Possibly To Blame For Strange Incidents On Highway (CBS Sacramento)
• Calm Your Suffering Mind: The Link Between Psilocybin and Depression (Psychedelic Times)
• Magic Mushrooms Known for Natural Hallucinogens (The Bong Shop)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• Supplier Involved in Last Year's Deadly "Superman" Pill Outbreak Jailed for 6 Years (THUMP)
• Gardaí find €50k worth of ecstasy during Kenneth O'Brien investigation (The Journal)
• Briton handed six-year jail sentence for trying to smuggle ecstasy into Australia (Sunday Express)
• Cafe worker found with MDMA and cannabis outside Creamfields avoids jail (Warrington Guardian)
• Riau Polie Seize Ecstasy Pills Worth to Rp2.3 Billion (Tempo.co)
• Parents should watch for these signs of dangerous synthetic drug 'Molly' (WFLA)
• Man charged with selling MDMA (Daily Citizen)
• Teenager charged with trafficking 87 ecstasy tablets, claims to have forgotten where he resides (Malta Independent)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• What Is Ayahuasca? The Truth About Peruvian Drug From 'Chelsea Does' Drugs Episode (Mic)
• A crazy world of shapes and colors (Castleton Spartan)
• Legal Ayahuasca? Pierce County church offers Peruvian psychedelic ceremony (The Seattle Globalist)
• Ayahuasca: the shamanic brew that produces out-of-body experiences (Raw Story)
• Personal Story: The All-Star Shaman, All Night Massacre (Reset.me)
• Police bust Israeli DMT importers who ran 'psychedelic purification rituals' (The Jerusalem Post)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

• Church Fights Seizure of 'Sacramental' Pot (Courthouse News Service)
• Mexico's remote Huasteca Potosina is a magical water wonderland (The Daily Telegraph)

Iboga/Ibogaine

• NEW Memoir About Iboga! Heart Medicine: A True Love Story (E. Bast)
• Former Ibogaine Resort Now Offers Healing Vacations in Costa Rica (The Costa Rica Star)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• Court martial set for soldier accused of supplying N-bomb (Stuff.co.nz)
• FOURTEEN Birmingham shops found selling 'legal highs' which carry cocaine and ecstasy-style effects (Birmingham Mail)
• Teenagers are being used as 'guinea pigs' to test lethal substances (Irish Independent)
• Cork teenager dies in hospital after taking 'party pill' (Evening Echo)
• VIDEO: HSE issues warning about psychedelic drugs (Irish Independent)

Dissociatives

• Tonsillectomy: Pre-op ketamine + midazolam reduces post-op agitation and pain (Univadis)
• WHO recommends not restricting ketamine (American Veterinary Medical Association)
• Edmonton police seize $90000 worth of ketamine after several weeks of investigation (Edmonton Sun)
• KCK man who exposed marshals to PCP sentenced to prison (The Kansas City Star)
• US jury convicts 2 of conspiracy, possession of illegal drug (The Lebanon Daily Record)
• Cops subdue man high on PCP during stop (The Bay Net)

Opiates/Opioids

• China finds restaurants using opium poppies in food (BBC News)
• Coming to a High School Near You: Drugs that Reverse Heroin Overdoses (U.S. News)
• This Tiny Implant Just Changed the Game for Addicts (ATTN:)
• Heroin Kills White People More Than Anyone Else — And Nobody Is Sure Why (VICE News)
• NYPD Says It Found $14 Million Worth of Heroin Stashed Inside Monster Truck, Pickup (Inside Edition)
• What Opioids and Heroin Do to Your Appearance Over Time (ATTN:)
• What Investors Need To Know About The Billion Dollar Opioid Opportunity (Baystreet)
• Intelligence inputs say militant outfits in North East trading opium (The Economic Times)
• Marijuana, opium cultivated in Makawanpur destroyed (The Himalayan Times)
• NE militants taking up opium cultivation, says Assam Rifles (Deccan Herald)

Kratom

• Kratom for Excessive Weight Loss Goal (Kratom Guides)
• February 1, 2016 – Kratom (Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts)
• Healthy INSIDER Podcast 2: The Return of Kratom (Natural Products INSIDER)
• US Marshals seize shipment of supplements containing botanic kratom (Examiner)

Kava

• Kava bar gains popularity (Fiji Times)
• Owners say make yourself at home at this Little Haiti kava lounge (Miami Herald)

Khat

• Drug known as 'khat' seized by Ohio County deputies (WTOV)
• Four arrested in Uitenhage khat bust (RNews)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• What are the Dangers of Psychedelics? Things to Consider Before a Psychedelic Experience (Psychedelic Times)
• Why Drug Laws Are Interfering With Medical Research (LawFuel)
• Why This Doctor Believes Addictions Start In Childhood (The Huffington Post)
• Psychedelia in the Movies, Part 2 (Reality Sandwich)
• Plant Medicine: A Natural Pharmacology Primer for Anxiety and Depression (Papermag)
• Psychedelics as Therapy (Yahoo! News)
• The Difference Between My Psychiatrist and My Shaman (Reality Sandwich)
• Dewshine: The Stupid New Teen Drug Panic (Reason)
• Allan Badiner: The Psychedelics of Compassion (Tricycle)
• Can You Buy Brains? Introducing Smart Drugs (Psychedelic Press UK)
• The Case For Psychedelic Psychotherapy (Science 2.0)
• Maine's Governor Wants to Fight the War on Drugs with the Guillotine (Reason)

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 - 1.23.15

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

1. Astronomers have found a Neptune-sized planet that is part of our solar system, which has been lurking far beyond Pluto's orbit. In fact, Mike Brown, the same astronomer who in 2005 downgraded Pluto from "planet" to "dwarf planet", was the one to locate the new planet. So in a twist of fate, the astronomer that was once known as a "planet slayer" can once again be classified as a planet identifier.

2. "Find My Phone" technology can be extremely helpful when attempting to locate a missing mobile phone, but in some cases the reported location is not accurate. A couple in Atlanta has been finding that out the hard way—for the past year they have had unsolicited visitors knocking on their door demanding to have a lost phone returned. No one knows why the location services are pointing to the couple's home, and so far none of the parties involved have offered any help at looking into the issue. So the couple has resorted to filing complaints with the FCC and their governor, and they hope that pressure from the public will provide sufficient attention to make some changes on the technological end.

3. For those of you searching for the perfect solution to getting material in your nose, check out this snorting kit. It's clearly not for cocaine, but if you wish to insufflate anything else, go for it!

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

This Week in Psychedelics - 1.22.16

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Cannabis

• Study: Alcohol, Tobacco Typically Precede Marijuana Use (NORML)
• Landmark Cannabis Case in Costa Rica Could Lead to Decriminalization (High Times)
• Poll: Majority Of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana (NORML)
• Twin Study: Marijuana Use Has No Direct Effect On IQ (NORML)
• What Marijuana Does to Migraines (ATTN:)
• Why The Cocaine Capital of the World Wants in on the Cannabis Biz (Fortune)
• Kosher Pot? Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Health Minister to Revolutionize Cannabis (Breitbart News)
• Rand Paul Says Pot Prohibition Should Be Replaced (Reason)
• Italy chills out over medical cannabis cultivators (Yahoo! News)
• Study: Cannabis Oil Mitigates Symptoms Of Alzheimer's-Induced Dementia (NORML)
• Nice Day for a Weed Wedding: We Went to Colorado's First Cannabis Wedding Expo (Broadly)
• Israel's Cannabis Industry Blazes Ahead (TechCrunch)
• The Rebranding of Reefer: Savvy Startups Work to Class Up Cannabis and Fight the Stoner Stigma (AdvertisingAge)
• NORML's Legislative Round Up January 22nd, 2016 (NORML)
• Nosy Neighbors Tell Colorado to Stop Regulating Pot (Reason)
• Iowans need access to cannabis now (The Des Moines Register)
• NWI to host first Cannabis Business Workshop (NWI Times)
• Here Are the Marijuana Strains You Need to Treat Your Disorder (ATTN:)
• Grandparents call in lawyers to get terminally ill child medical cannabis (Radio New Zealand)
• Israel seeks to let general practitioners prescribe cannabis (The Times of Israel)
• Cannabis Community Split As Kansas Hemp Oil Bill Gains Momentum (KCUR)
• GAA coach convicted for possessing €5,000 of cannabis herb (Breaking News)
• Browns Plains drug bust: $2m of cannabis found in home (Brisbane Times)
• Medical Marijuana Merchant Faces at Least Five Years for Bad Timing and 'High-Roller Lifestyle' (Reason)
• Teens who use cannabis at risk of schizophrenia (Medical News Today)

LSD

• Lawsuit exposes horror story: Cops sicced K9 on man and left him hogtied face down until he died (Raw Story)
• Meet Lucy, where chaos becomes clarity (The Pioneer)
• LSD simulator? Dhalsim music video may be more than you can handle (Event Hubs)
• UNF student overdosed on LSD, boyfriend arrested for intent to sell (WJAX)
• 3 people in Omaha report they overdosed on LSD (Omaha.com)
• Lockport man admits to LSD possession (The Buffalo News)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

• Cedar City man arrested for allegedly cultivating, distributing psychedelic mushrooms (St George News)

MDMA/Ecstasy

• Give Me Your Love review - the ecstasy and agony (The Guardian)
• Texas police warn of ecstasy pills that look like candy (KHOU)
• MDMA madness: Teenage pill poppers clogging the courts (Herald Sun)
• MMA champion Darren Towler jailed after more than 2,000 ecstasy tablets found stashed in car (Mirror)
• Robbinsville pair found with 50 tabs of MDMA, police say (NJ.com)
• Teen charged after 100 ecstasy capsules seized in Bonnyrigg (Daily Telegraph)
• British man weeps in court as he pleads guilty and faces life in an Australian jail after trying to smuggle 2kg of ecstasy hidden in tins of BATH SALTS (Daily Mail)

Ayahuasca/DMT

• My Experience Drinking Ayahuasca With American War Veterans (The Huffington Post)
• Canadian man who killed British man in Peru fears trial (Thai Visa News)
• Bali Police seize package of hallucinogenic drugs, was declared to Customs as $10 coffee (Coconuts Bali)

Iboga/Ibogaine

• São Paulo Government Opens The Door For Prescription Ibogaine Treatment (Reset.me)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

• Four treated in hospital after taking 'party pills' (Belfast Telegraph)
• Warning after Oban flooded with fake ecstasy tablets (The Press and Journal)
• Drug which hospitalised Cork students identified (RTÉ)

Dissociatives

• Scientists seek fast-acting anti-depressant, from ketamine to laughing gas (STAT) 
• Cris Carter speculates Chandler Jones smoked PCP (NBC Sports)
• Experimental compound mimics antidepressant effects of ketamine in mice (The Pharmaceutical Journal)
• Parents Charged After Toddler Swallows PCP-Laced Cigarette (NBC Chicago)
• Rapastinel (GLYX-13) Shown to Improve Ketamine or PCP-Induced Cognitive Impairment in Mice (Pipeline Review)
• New Haven Child Ingests PCP (Hartford Courant)

Opiates/Opioids

• 7 Habits to Help Overcome Heroin Addiction (The Huffington Post)
• B.C. supports federal push to make overdose drug naloxone available without prescription (CBS News)
• London Art Fair organisers seemingly duped by 'Lord Byron's opium pipe' on sale for more than £1m (The Independent)
• Campaign against opium cultivation in Dumka (The Times of India)
• Naloxone: What you need to know (The Citizens' Voice)
• Taliban drive to re-take Afghan opium heartland (World War 4 Report)
• China Busts 35 Restaurants Using Opium Poppies as Seasoning (ABC News)

Kambô

• Violently Purging Frog Poison - My Experience With Kambô Medicine (High Existence)

Kratom

• Why Banning the Controversial Painkiller Kratom Could Be Bad News for America's Heroin Addicts (VICE)
• Undercover buy prompts end to sale of "Kratom" in Saran Lake (North Country Public Radio)
• Beware of Imported Kratom Leaf (The Legal Examiner)
• Green Vein Kratom – Benefits, Side-Effects and Dosage (Kratom Guides)

Kava

• The Kava Craze: Is Kava the Next Big Thing? (Uloop News)
• A new kind of bar (The Folsom Telegraph)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

• Are We Entering a Modern Renaissance of Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Times)
• 40 Secrets & Tips for an Extraordinary Psychedelic Experience (High Existence)
• DEA Promised TSA Agent a Cut of Passengers' Seizable Cash (Reason)
• Higher Dimensional Vs. Lower Dimensional Drugs (Disinfo)
• El Chapo Shows the Folly of the War on Drugs (TIME)
• '4-Hour Workweek' Author Tim Ferriss Campaigns In Support Of Psychedelic Research (Reset.me)
• Can Psychedelics Be Used as a Treatment for Mental Disorders? (Psychedelic Times)
• Q&A: Stewart Brand Revists the Trips Festival, 50 Years Later (KQED)
• Breaking Convention's First Annual Psychedelic Research Awards (Psychedelic Press UK)
• These Psychedelic GIFs Show the Future of Brain Mapping (Motherboard)

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.