This Week in Psychedelics - 5.22.20

Cannabis

• Virginia Governor Officially Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bills Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• House Approves Marijuana Banking, Again, As Part Of Coronavirus Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Municipalities Moving Away from Marijuana Testing for Employees (NORML)

• Nebraska And Montana Marijuana Activists Resume Ballot Signature Gathering Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Say the Legal Age to Start Smoking Weed Should Be 19, Not 21 (MERRY JANE)

• Company Recalls Injectable CBD Products Following FDA Warning Letter (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma OKs Weed Delivery and Medical Marijuana Sales for Out-of-State Visitors (MERRY JANE)

• Los Angeles explosion shows perils of illicit cannabis market (Leafly)

• Federal Judge Orders Ohio To Let Marijuana Decriminalization Campaigns Collect Signatures Electronically (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: House Lawmakers Advance Measures to Greatly Expand Medical Cannabis Access (NORML)

• FDA Notifies Public About Recall Of CBD Product That Tested High For Lead (Marijuana Moment)

• Could COVID-19 Be the Catalyst for the Federal Government to Legalize Marijuana? (The Motley Fool)

• No Evidence Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Causes Cognitive Impairment, Finds Major Review (Filter)

• UK cannabis firm bought by US-based fund in multimillion pound deal (The Guardian)

• Study: Adult-Use Legalization Associated with Decline in Youth Treatment Admissions (NORML)

• Jamaica Allows Online Medical Marijuana Purchases At ‘Herb Houses’ To Stop COVID Spread (Marijuana Moment)

• The Legal Cannabis Industry Has Created Almost 250,000 Jobs in the US (MERRY JANE)

• Massachusetts reopening plan for recreational marijuana calls for curbside delivery to start May 25 (MassLive)

• Teen Pot Use Has Not Increased in Uruguay, Despite Nationwide Legalization (MERRY JANE)

• Illinois Announces $31 Million In Marijuana Revenue-Funded Grants To Repair Drug War’s Harms (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri bans certain medical cannabis edible shapes (Marijuana Business Daily)

• U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Unveils Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota House-Passed Bill To Allow Whole-Plant Medical Marijuana Killed By Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• How to get high and help the planet, too (Mic)

• D.C. Mayor’s Budget Plan Seems To Set Stage For Legal Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Cannabis: Using the Plant for Healing Trauma (Psychedelics Today)

• Legalizing Marijuana Boosts Hotel Bookings As Cannabis Tourism Takes Off, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Florida sheriff who killed man as teen also concealed LSD use on job application (New York Post)

Magic Mushrooms

• Poll Indicates America’s Growing Acceptance of Psilocybin Mushrooms (High Times)

• NY Assembly Bill to Legalize Psilocybin Raises Questions Among Activists (Lucid News)

• This Startup is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica (Futurism)

• Mota Ventures To Buy German Psilocybin Manufacturer (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Will Likely Become a Legal Service in 2023 (MERRY JANE)

DMT

• Experiencing the Impossible on DMT (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

• ‘Completely devastating’: Family of man who died after hallucinogenic tea ceremony at Orange County church files lawsuit (WFTV)

Iboga

• Privilege & Access: Iboga and Ibogaine (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• There are 3 Types of Ketamine—Which One Works Best? (DoubleBlind)

• Is Ketamine the Cure for Chronic Depression? (Men's Health)

Datura

• Four of family fall ill after consuming datura seeds believing it will immunize them from COVID-19 (The New Indian Express)

Miscellaneous

• Should You Take Psychedelics While You’re Sick with COVID? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics May Relieve Chronic Pain Via Changes in Brain Neuroplasticity (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Colorado’s Nowak Society Launches Public Education Campaign on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Times)

• Psychedelics and Endurance Sports: Increased Energy and Reduced Fatigue? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Urgent Action Needed: COVID-19 Pandemic Devastating Amazonia (Chacruna)

• This Drug Designer Is Creating a New Psychedelic to Treat Anxiety and Depression (VICE)

• Numinus Wellness Inc. commences trading on TSX Venture Exchange as NUMI (Yahoo! Finance)

• Champignon Sponsors Non-profit Coalition, TheraPsil - Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Palliative Cancer Patients and Health Professionals (GlobeNewswire)

• Drug Dealers Are Using Food Delivery and Dating Apps to Sell During Lockdown (MERRY JANE)

• Orthogonal Thinker Launches Foundation Focused On The Advancement Of Psychedelics Research And Advocacy (Yahoo! Finance)

• Decriminalization offers an ethical counterbalance to address sexual misconduct in psychedelic therapy (Psymposia)

• Empower Signs Term Sheet to Acquire Interest in Dosed Movie and Launches New Psychedelics Company Dosed Wellness Ltd. (Benzinga)

• Were There Psychoactive Plants in the Bible? (DoubleBlind)

• Meditation and Psychedelics as Tools for Journalists (Medium)

• Harm Reduction Works: An Exciting New Alternative to Narcotics Anonymous (Filter)

• Psychedelic experiences disrupt routine thinking — and so has the coronavirus pandemic (The Conversation)

• The Effects Of COVID-19 On The Hungarian Drug Market (TalkingDrugs)

• Psychedelics reconnect the brain’s motherboard, help patients restore cognitive abilities: leading expert on mood disorders (The Sociable)

• Psychedelics and the Internet: A Look into Technology’s Role in Human Evolution (DMT Times)

• Expanded Access to the Art of Integration (Chacruna)

• Decriminalization and the War on Drugs (Decriminalize Nature)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.15.20

Cannabis

• Cannabis banking reform included in latest Congressional COVID relief bill (Leafly)

• NYC Officially Enacts Ban on Pre-Employment Cannabis Testing (With Exceptions) (MERRY JANE)

• Albania, once haven of illicit cannabis, set to legalise crop for medical use (Reuters)

• Montana’s legalization campaign hits the streets, safely distanced (Leafly)

• Lawmakers In Virginia Capital Vote To End Marijuana Testing Of City Workers (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis May Stop Coronavirus From Infecting People, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis employees are in high demand during economic crash (Politico)

• Louisiana Lawmakers Vote To Expand Medical Marijuana Conditions List Again (Marijuana Moment)

• The Bizarre Case of a Death Allegedly Caused by CBD Oil (VICE)

• Poll: Respondents in Adult-Use Marijuana States Say Legalization Has Been Successful (NORML)

• Utah Approves Cannabis Drive-Thrus and Delivery to Facilitate Social Distancing (MERRY JANE)

• CBD might not cause you to fail a drug test, but CBN might (The Baltimore Sun)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Massachusetts And Five Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)

• Body's own marijuana helps us forget traumatic memories (Medical Xpress)

• A CDC study found people who smoked cannabis had a slightly higher risk of fungal infections than those who didn't (Insider)

• El Paso, Texas Lawmakers Approve Measure To Reduce Arrests For Low-Level Marijuana Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• Organic Weed Certified by the State Is Coming to California (MERRY JANE)

• Maryland Governor Vetoes Bill To Shield Marijuana Conviction Records From Public View (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• MindMed Advances Phase 2 LSD Microdosing Trial For Adult ADHD, Appoints Principal Investigator (Markets Insider)

• Taking LSD or Psilocybin Alone Won’t Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Suggests (MERRY JANE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Campaigns To Legalize Psilocybin Mushrooms And Decriminalize Drugs Team Up To Qualify For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• NeonMind Completes Design of Preclinical Psilocybin Psychedelic Mushroom Study (Yahoo! Finance)

• Silo Wellness Offers Free Psilocybin Retreat for Covid-19 Frontline Workers (Lucid News)

• The Definitive History of Psilocybin Mushrooms (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Interim Analysis Shows At Least 90% Chance of Statistically Significant Difference in PTSD Symptoms after MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy (MAPS)

DMT

• Thousands of DMT Users Report Positive Encounters with Spirit Entities, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

Ayahuasca

• Florida Ayahuasca Church Seeks Federal Exemption (Lucid News)

• The Corona Crisis: A View from the Ayahuasca Capital of Iquitos (Chacruna)

Peyote

• A Word in Edgewise About the Sustainability of Peyote (Chacruna)

Iboga

• Noribogaine is More Effective Than Fluoxetine in Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Rat Model (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Antarctic Penguins Poop Out So Much Laughing Gas, It Has a Funny Effect on Researchers (ScienceAlert)

Ketamine

• Ketamine is being tested as a treatment for coronavirus in new study (Happy Mag)

• Prescribed Ketamine Turned These Men Violent, Allege Lawsuits (VICE)

• Champignon Brands Acquires Ketamine Wellness Clinic (Green Market Report)

Miscellaneous

• North Star Announces Ethical Pledge for Era of Psychedelic Business (Lucid News)

• Portland Activists Will Pursue Psychedelics Decriminalization Through City Council Rather Than Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Small-Time Drug Dealers Rethink Strategies for the Virus Era (The New York Times)

• Everything’s Canceled: How the Psychedelic Community is Coping (DoubleBlind)

• Bipolar and Psychedelics: An Investigation into the Potential and Risks (Psychedelics Today)

• 'Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics': Film Review (Hollywood Reporter)

• COVID-19 Is the Biggest Drug and Alcohol Enabler Right Now, Survey Finds (MERRY JANE)

• MAPS Founder Rick Doblin: You’re Never Too Old For A Psychedelic Experience (Forbes)

• The Startup Turning Yeast Into Psychedelics (Technology Networks)

• Psychedelics Co. Champignon Announces New CEO, $10M In Funding And M&A Deal (Benzinga)

• Warning: Increase in Recent Seizures by Homeland Security in the US (Chacruna)

• 60 Minutes try psychedelics and have a surprisingly good trip (AOD Media Watch)

• UK's Most Famous UFO Sighting Was Just a Hallucinogen-Induced Military Experiment, New Book Claims (Sputnik News)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Forms Psychedelic Research Advisory Board and Appoints Dr. Richard Knowles (Yahoo! Finance)

• The Kaleidoscopic Forest of Amazonian Shamans (Kahpi)

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