This Week in Psychedelics - 10.30.20

Cannabis

• New Zealand Marijuana Legalization Trails In Early Referendum Results, But More Votes To Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Providing Medical Marijuana Patient Insurance Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Seniors Report Using Cannabis Products to Mitigate Symptoms Associated with Older Age (NORML)

• Mississippi Supreme Court Won’t Consider Challenge To Medical Marijuana Measure Until After Election (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: Oglala Sioux Enacts Ordinance Legalizing Marijuana Use on Tribal Lands (NORML)

• New Jersey Marijuana Sales Could Start Just Weeks After Election Day Under Key Senator’s Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests that cannabis can reduce OCD symptoms by half in short term (Hindustan Times)

• Idaho Activists Submit 2022 Medical Marijuana Initiative Following 2020 Complications (Marijuana Moment)

• Schools And NCAA Could Ban Marijuana Sponsorships Under Bill To Let Student Athletes Monetize Their Success (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia NORML Calls for Legalization to Protect Marijuana Consumers from Potentially Tainted Products (NORML)

• South Dakota Voters Back Marijuana Legalization And Medical Cannabis Ballot Measures, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• The Music Never Stops With Jerry Garcia’s Just-Launched Cannabis Collection (Forbes)

LSD

• Killer High: Exploring the Phenomenon of LSD-Fuelled Murder (VICE)

• The psychedelics revolution has arrived in New Zealand (The Spinoff)

Magic Mushrooms

• Covid Can't Kill Mushrooms: The coronavirus has infected, but not killed, the movement to bring magic mushrooms to the masses (Rooster Magazine)

• Expanding On Psilocybin Research, John Hopkins Hoping To Hear From More Users (CBS Baltimore)

MDMA

• ‘Sorted’ for Es? Women and Ecstasy in 1990s Britain (Chacruna)

DMT

• SLU professor is authority on drug that landed him in jail (WWNY-TV)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca Ceremonies and Tourism Return to Costa Rica (The Costa Rica Star)

• Studies lift the veil on psychedelic brew ayahuasca, its mental health benefits and potential to treat depression and trauma (South China Morning Post)

• Documentary looks at mystery medicine, Ayahuasca (The Leaf Online)

Mescaline

• What Is Mescaline? A Guide to this Cactus-Derived Psychedelic (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetic cannabinoids linked to increased hospitalizations and deaths in older adults with COPD (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Synthetic Cannabis Could Disrupt The Marijuana Industry In A Big Way (Green Entrepreneur)

Ketamine

• Wearable Ketamine Delivery Device Developed As Alternative to Opioid-Based Pain Management (Lucid News)

• Ketamine Helps People Dislike Themselves Less (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmather Files for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can Dissociative Side Effect of “Floating” Predict Response to Ketamine in MDD? (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• No Drugs Should Be Criminalized. It’s Time to Abolish the DEA. (Truthout)

• ‘Drug Free USA Forever’ Stamps Launched By DEA, Postal Service And Miss America (Marijuana Moment)

• Inside the ‘Psychedelic Exceptionalism’ Debate: Should All Drugs be Legal, or Just Pot and Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• Psilocybin Group Therapy Improves Demoralization for AIDS Survivors (Chacruna)

• Children and Psychedelics: Re-examining Cultural Paradigms (Psychedelics Today)

• International study finds 79% of individuals who microdose with psychedelics report improvements in their mental health (PsyPost)

• Ketamine Meditation, Jungle Tripping and Modern-Day Shamans: Meet a ‘Psychedelic Concierge’ (VICE)

• The Role of Psychedelic Plant Medicines in Addiction Treatment (The Fix)

• A Collective Call for Accountability in Plant Medicine Experiences (Chacruna)

• Who owns psychedelics: patents and state therapeutic access laws (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Provides Update on FT-104, Its Next Generation Psychedelic Molecule in Development (Psilocybin Alpha)

• What do Santo Daime and Raves Have in, Common? The Answer Might Move You (Chacruna)

• Journey Colab bags $3M from 'moonshot' fund to push new development model for psychedelic treatments (Fierce Biotech)

• Where Witchcraft Meets Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.23.20

Cannabis

• Virginia: Medical Cannabis Dispensing Begins (NORML)

• Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open to long lines, happy patients (Leafly)

• Montana Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Marijuana Legalization Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Six Additional States And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Bill To Ban Police Searches Based On Marijuana Smell Gets Governor-Suggested Changes (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania House Votes To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients From DUI Charges (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD: new scientific study shows microdosing elevates mood and cognition (Boing Boing)

• ‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: Errol Morris’ Touching LSD Romance Adds New Dimension to Timothy Leary (IndieWire)

• Could Giving Acid to Dolphins Help Us Talk to Aliens? (DoubleBlind)

• Bill Wilson, LSD and the Secret Psychedelic History of Alcoholics Anonymous (Lucid News)

Magic Mushrooms

• First Psilocybin for Depression Clinical Trial Launched in Sweden (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Psilocybin in Cancer Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin and Mindfulness for Depression: Complementary Actions Starting to Emerge (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmaceutical Startup Developing Sublingual Psilocybin Raises $34 Million To Fund Clinical Trials (Forbes)

• Numinus First Canadian Public Company to Complete Legal Harvest of Psilocybe Mushrooms (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Allied Expands Pharmaceutical Pipeline By Filing US Provisional Patent for Psilocybin Based Therapeutics (GlobeNewswire)

MDMA

• Government urged to sell cocaine and ecstasy in pharmacies (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca, Capitalism and the New Age (Chacruna)

Peyote

• What Groups Are Doing to Protect Against Peyote Poaching (Green Entrepreneur)

Ketamine

• Ketamine-Induced Brain Rhythm Causes Dissociation: From Mice to Man (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmather to Advance Ketamine as Potential Dyskinesia Treatment (Parkinson's News Today)

Miscellaneous

• Early Christians Might Have Been High on Hallucinogenic Communion Wine (VICE)

• People who microdose psychedelic drugs report that the benefits greatly outweigh the drawbacks (PsyPost)

• DEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism (Associated Press)

• Scientists identify a powerful anti-inflammatory compound in psychedelic drugs (Massive Science)

• Watch The Oregon Drug Decriminalization Campaign’s New TV Ads For Historic Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• 2020’s psychedelic drug ballot measures, explained (Vox)

• An Open Letter and Call to Action for MAPS Canada (Psymposia)

• Media Company Delic Corp. Announces RTO, Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company Planning to Go Public (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Jedi Flipping: What It’s Like to Mix Shrooms, Acid, and Molly (DoubleBlind)

• How to Talk to Your Therapist About Psychedelics (Psychology Today)

• “Psychedelics are Not Cotton Candy and Rainbows” with Sensei Kevon Simpson (Chacruna)

• Psyched Wellness Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company to Go Public (CSE: PSYC) (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Examining the Effects of Psychedelics on Experiential Avoidance (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Nina Graboi, A Forgotten Woman in Psychedelic Lore (Chacruna)

• Revive Therapeutics Signs Supply Agreement With Havn Life Sciences for Psychedelic Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

• 6 Herbs to Enhance Your Next Psychedelic Trip (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.16.20

Cannabis

• New Zealand: Voters to Decide Saturday on Nationwide Marijuana Legalization Referendum (NORML)

• Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to marijuana’s Schedule I status (Leafly)

• France to distribute free medical cannabis, launch experiment in 2021 (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Spain becomes cannabis hub as criminals fill tourism void (The Guardian)

• Virginia Governor Signs Marijuana Reform Bill As State’s First Medical Dispensary Prepares To Open (Marijuana Moment)

• Judge overrules state over New Mexico medical marijuana reciprocity (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Michigan Governor Signs Marijuana Expungements Bill As Part Of Criminal Justice Package (Marijuana Moment)

• German patient wins court case to have cannabis covered by insurance (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Montana Voters Poised To Legalize Marijuana, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Subjects Report Reduced Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following Cannabis Inhalation (NORML)

• Prenatal cannabis exposure linked to cognitive deficits, altered behavior (ScienceDaily)

• Montreal biotech company announces first sale of biosynthetic CBD (Marijuana Business Daily)

• New Jersey and Arizona legalization measures leading in latest polls (Leafly)

• Colorado marijuana rules will require testing of vapor, not just oil (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Allowing FDA-Approved Cannabis Medications As Legalization Vote Looms (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• The 'Acid King' Convicted of Running the Biggest LSD Ring in History (VICE)

Magic Mushrooms

• What if a Pill Can Change Your Politics or Religious Beliefs? (Scientific American)

• Psychedelic treatment for depression is on sale for the first time (Quartz)

• ACT and Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression Part I: A Natural Synergy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Havn Life Applies for Licence to Produce and Sell Psilocybin (Yahoo! Finance)

• What Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Teaching Us About Human Consciousness (Discover)

• How to Make a Spore Print (DoubleBlind)

• Cultivating Psilocybe cubensis: Suitable Substrates (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• MDMA Treatments May Be Cheaper Than Other PTSD Treatments (Green Market Report)

• NYC Psychotherapist Charley Wininger Says MDMA Is The ‘Glue’ Of His Marriage (Forbes)

Salvia Divinorum

• This Is My Brain on Salvia (WIRED)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• What Is Sassafras? Everything You Need To Know About The Drug MDA (DoubleBlind)

Ketamine

• Rise of the Ketamine Clinic: A New Era for Mental Wholeness (The Third Wave)

• Scientists Unlock Neurological Code of Dissociation (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• The case for funding psychedelics to treat mental health (Vox)

• New Association Brings Psychedelics to the Medical Mainstream (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic drugs may have played a role in the founding of Christianity (Raw Story)

• MindMed Announces $25 Million Bought Deal Public Offering (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelic Media Should Stop Parroting Corporate Press Releases (Psymposia)

• Psychedelics Improve Depression and Wellbeing Scores in Individuals With Eating Disorders (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Awe-inspiring psychedelic trips reduce narcissism by boosting connectedness and empathy, study suggests (PsyPost)

• Israel’s Psychedelic Community and Jerusalem’s Protesters Join Forces (Chacruna)

• Food for Thought: Can Psychedelics Boost Brain Growth Factor Levels? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• A Spiritual Experience (Johns Hopkins Magazine)

• Heroic Hearts Project and Field Trip Health Ltd. enter into a strategic relationship to increase legal psychedelic therapy access for military veterans in North America (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Role of Psychedelics in the Midst of a Pandemic and the Fight for Black Lives (Chacruna)

• Are Canadians ready to accept psychedelics in palliative care? (The Globe and Mail)

• The World of Claudio Naranjo (Psychedelics Today)

• DEA and the Religious Exemption: A Fox Guarding the Henhouse (Chacruna)

• A Trip Through the Universe: How Psychedelic Art Overlaps with Space Art (DoubleBlind)

• Overcoming Anxiety with Psychedelic Integration (The Third Wave)

• Of Mediums and Mind-Manifestors: Eileen Garrett and Psychedelic Experience (Chacruna)

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New Zealanders to Vote on Legalizing Cannabis This Week

Paul Armentano, writing for NORML:

Voters on Saturday will decide on a nationwide referendum to legalize the possession and use of cannabis by those age 20 or older.

The binding measure, entitled the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill, is one of two ballot questions that will be decided alongside the General Election on October 17. The election was initially scheduled for September 19, but was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early voting has already begun.

The referendum, which has been endorsed by NORML New Zealand, mandates lawmakers to establish rules and regulations permitting the commercial production and retail sale of cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Those 20 years of age or older would be permitted to purchase up to 14 grams of herbal cannabis per day, or to grow their own plants (up to four plants per household).

Good luck this weekend to all the cannabis-supporting Kiwis out there.

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.9.20

Cannabis

• Vermont legalizes marijuana sales (Vox)

• Kamala Harris Promises To Decriminalize Marijuana and Expunge Records (Reason)

• Maine: Adult Use Marijuana Sales to Begin on Friday (NORML)

• THC May Help Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome In Mice, Researchers Say (Forbes)

• D.C. Expands Medical Marijuana Deliveries Amid Coronavirus And Shifts Regulatory Control To Alcohol Agency (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Legislation Bars Police from Using Marijuana Odor as a Pretext for a Search (NORML)

• Pennsylvania Judge Just Ruled That Weed Odor No Longer Justifies Police Searches (MERRY JANE)

• City Council Majority Backs Allowing Public Marijuana Use In Wisconsin State Capital (Marijuana Moment)

• The latest cannabis beverage has a familiar name: Pabst Blue Ribbon (CNN)

• People Who Use Cannabis Are Healthier and Less Likely to Get Cancer, Study Suggests (MERRY JANE)

• Study Finds Older Adults Using Cannabis to Treat Common Health Conditions (UC San Diego Health)

• Majority of Arizona Voters Are in Favor of Legalizing Adult-Use Weed, Poll Shows (MERRY JANE)

• THC and the 5-HT2A Receptor: What’s Going On? (Psychedelic Science Review)

LSD

• LSD Microdosing to Boost Attention: Too Soon to Tell? (Medscape)

• Acid and Orgasms: Why LSD Failed to Sexually Liberate Women (Chacruna)

Magic Mushrooms

• New TV Ads Urges Oregon Voters To Legalize Psilocybin Therapy (Marijuana Moment)

• Mydecine Innovations Group Announces Filing of Provisional Patent for the Treatment of PTSD with Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• 17 Healthcare Professionals Wait Over 100 Days for Access to Psilocybin; Patients Who Urgently Need Psilocybin Therapy Without Qualified Help (Therapsil)

• University of Toronto and Sansero Life Sciences join forces to study psychedelic medications (The GrowthOp)

Ayahuasca

• Researchers claim that ayahuasca tea helps the formation of new neurons (Entrepreneur)

• Remembering an Ayahuasca Hero: Domingos Bernardo (1941-2020) (Chacruna)

Peyote

• Why Jews will be thinking of peyote during this year’s Supreme Court session (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Iboga

• Why People Are Microdosing Iboga — and What You Need To Know About It (High Times)

Salvia Divinorum

• Is Salvia Legal? (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetically-Produced Cannabinoids Could Soon Become a New Normal (DOPE Magazine)

Nitrous Oxide

• Humphry Davy had a way with nitrous oxide (Cosmos)

Miscellaneous

• Field Trip Health Is The Latest Psychedelics Company To Go Public (Green Market Report)

• Psychedelics in Group Therapy for HIV Survivors Shows Promising Results (Psych Congress Network)

• Mark Zuckerberg Supports Drug Decriminalization With Half-Million Dollar Oregon Campaign Donation (Marijuana Moment)

• Turn On, Tune In, Get Well (The New Yorker)

• Set and Setting for Society’s 21st Century Trip (Lucid News)

• Field Trip Adds Acclaimed Physician, Dr. Andrew Weil, to Medical Advisory Board (Psilocybin Alpha)

• DC Democratic Party Endorses Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Mind Cure Welcomes Award-Winning Journalist and Science Researcher Hamilton Morris to Advisory Board (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Dave Chappelle’s Marijuana And Psychedelics Parties Don’t Concern Local Sheriff (Marijuana Moment)

• Therapeutic Approaches for Lasting Change in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

• Trazodone and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)

• How a Canadian Decriminalization Model Can Improve on Portugal (Filter)

• MindMed Partners with NYU Langone Medical Center to Launch Groundbreaking Training Program for Psychedelic Therapies and Medicines (PR Newswire)

• Horizons Conference Shifts to Year-Round Films, Forums and Classes (Lucid News)

• Cannabis and Psychedelics: Vote and Change the Laws! (Chacruna)

• HPPD: Visual Flashbacks are Still Possible After a Trip is Over—But It’s Unlikely (DoubleBlind)

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