Weekly Psychedelic Links - August 2022

8.5.22

Cannabis

• Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison for drug possession and smuggling (Leafly)

• Another American Caught With Weed in Russia Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison (High Times)

• Cannabis no more of a risk than tobacco and alcohol – study (Cannabis Health News)

• Federal Marijuana Records Would Be Expunged Under New Bipartisan Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• New Study Says Legalization Hasn’t Caused More Teens To Try Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Cafes Emerge in Post-Legalization Thailand (High Times)

• Study Shows Cannabis Users 55% Less Likely to Develop Common Liver Cancer (High Times)

• Arkansas Marijuana Campaign Files Lawsuit To Put Legalization Measure On Ballot After State Board’s Rejection (Marijuana Moment)

• US weed homegrowers produce 8x more than Colorado legal market, says new report (Leafly)

• Feds Seek Contractor To Help Test Marijuana Compounds In People’s Breath (Marijuana Moment)

• New 3D Structures of Cannabinoid Receptor Inform Safer Drug Design (Psychedelic Science Review)

• New Report Recommends Tips for Successful Cannabis-Impaired Driving Campaigns (High Times)

• Colleges In States That Legalize Marijuana See A Boost In Application Numbers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Brazilian Government’s Selective Blindness to Cannabis Evidence (TalkingDrugs)

• Largest Federal Workers Union Calls For Ending Marijuana Tests For Most Government Employees In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Medidosing LSD: The Middle Way (Lucid News)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Microdosing Shows No Benefit to Creativity, Cognition, Perception in New Scientific Study (Willamette Week)

• Oregon Psilocybin Rules Set To Be Finalized in December (High Times)

• Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story (Lucid News)

• The Rise of Casual Shrooms (VICE)

MDMA

• It’s Festival Season! How Should We Group Dose MDMA? (Lucid News)

DMT

• The Real Reason Cybin Bought Entheon’s DMT Clinical Trial (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Ayahuasca

• Study to Analyze Ayahuasca for Refugee Trauma (DoubleBlind)

• Aaron Rodgers Opens Up About Use of Psychedelics, Mental Health (Sports Illustrated)

Mescaline

• Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

• The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Drug testers warn of new synthetic cannabinoid being sold as MDMA (The New Zealand Herald)

Ketamine

• Double-action mechanism found that makes ketamine less addictive (New Atlas)

• How ketamine chic became the new heroin chic (Dazed)

Miscellaneous

• Poll States 28% of Americans Have Tried At Least One Psychedelic Substance (High Times)

• The Need for 100,000 Psychedelic Facilitators is Real (LA Weekly)

• Morgan Stanley Publishes Optimistic Report on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Alpha)

• California Bills To Legalize Psychedelics Possession, Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce And More Teed Up For Key Hurdle Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

• MindMed Board of Directors Approves Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Majority Of Americans Support Psychedelics Research For Military Members, New Poll Finds As Bipartisan Reform Advances In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

8.12.22

Cannabis

• Report: Spike in Marijuana Positives Fueling Truck Driver Shortage, Supply Chain Disruptions (NORML)

• Ottawa on track to spend $200M per year on cannabis for veterans (CBC)

• Wisconsin Governor Pardons Several for Cannabis Offenses (High Times)

• Missouri will vote on marijuana legalization in November (Leafly)

• Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State To Put Marijuana Legalization Initiative On Ballot, But Votes May Not Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Marijuana Shops Are 98 Percent Compliant With ID Checks To Prevent Underage Sales, State Regulators Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis And Lower COVID Hospitalizations: Is There A Connection? Here’s What A New Study Found (The Fresh Toast)

• Biden DOJ Says Medical Marijuana Patients Are Too ‘Dangerous To Trust’ In Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit On Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

• Voters Across Wisconsin Will See Marijuana Questions On Their Ballots In November (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Very good for tourists’: Thailand aims for high season with U-turn on cannabis (The Guardian)

• The (Possibly) Best and Worst Countries To Get Caught With Pot (Benzinga)

• New Florida Marijuana Legalization Initiative Filed For 2024 Ballot, With Backing Of State’s Largest Medical Cannabis Company (Marijuana Moment)

• Can memory loss be good? How cannabis can help with PTSD (Leafly)

• Arresting illicit weed sellers repeats our drug war mistakes (NJ.com)

LSD

• Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin therapy is prompting states to reconsider laws about magic mushrooms (USA Today)

• Many Oregonians will have to vote again on psilocybin (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

• Buried Treasure: How Does Psilocybin Reduce Compulsivity? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Can Psilocybin Treat Obesity? New Evidence, Future Directions (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Inside the lab that's creating enough psilocybin for everyone on Earth (Wisconsin Public Radio)

• Phase 2 clinical trial to examine efficacy of psilocybin for anorexia nervosa (Healio)

• Coos County cities move to ban psilocybin for medical use in their communities (KCBY)

• Optimi Health To Launch Therapeutic Psilocybin Product In Partnership With Patient Advocate Thomas Hartle (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

• Las Vegas Wastewater Study Finds Absolutely Bonkers Spike In MDMA Levels During EDC (BroBible)

• Where Ecstasy Meets Power: The Unique Risks of MDMA Therapy (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

• Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Won’t Be Disciplined for Using Psychedelic Drug (Sports Illustrated)

• Aaron Rodgers’ former Packers QB coach reacts to psychedelic drug revelation (New York Post)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Psilera’s New Compounds Show Potential for Significant Treatment Improvement in Depression and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Majority of 'Bath Salt' Deaths Concentrated in Just Two States (Medpage Today)

• Woman likely drowned after taking hallucinogenic drugs, coroner finds (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• States That Legalize Marijuana See ‘Significant Reductions’ In Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisonings, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• A 'very unpleasant time' - new synthetic drug in NZ (Radio New Zealand)

Nitrous Oxide

• Urgent warning to parents over teens inhaling nitrous oxide after canisters found across Dublin (The Irish Sun)

Ketamine

• How The Brain Changes In People With Chronic PTSD Following Ketamine Treatment (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

• VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence (Technology Review)

• The DARE Program Is Back in Some School Districts — Here’s What to Know (Teen Vogue)

• Compass Pathways Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• An initiative to decriminalize most plant-based psychedelics is likely to fall short on signatures (Colorado Public Radio)

• Colombia’s New President Wants to End the Drug War. Can He Succeed? (Filter)

• Bear high on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' rescued in Turkey (Irish Mirror)

• How Do We End the ‘War on Drugs’? Perhaps Scandinavia Has the Answer.. (Volteface)

• Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit (MIT Technology Review)

• Over the counter culture: Are psychedelics coming to the corner shop? (The Independent)

• Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs (STAT)

• Muslims on Drugs: Psychedelics, Queerness, and Identity in the Post-9/11 Era (DoubleBlind)

• What Role does Philosophy Play in the Future of Psychedelics? (TalkingDrugs)

• First Reddit Community-Led Scientific Study to Launch on Quantified Citizen (Yahoo!)

• Red Wall Voters Want Drug Law Reform – New Polling Shows (Volteface)

• Psychedelic Clinical Trials and the Michael Pollan Effect (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Young Psychedelic Philanthropist Blazes Path for the Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

• Rediscovering Our Ancestral Roots of Exploration (Chacruna)

• What Happens when Psychedelics Meets Video Games? (Lucid News)

8.19.22

Cannabis

• Brittney Griner Appeals Conviction in Russian Drug Case (High Times)

• North Dakota will vote on cannabis legalization in November (Leafly)

• Arkansas court orders recreational cannabis amendment put back on ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand, says health minister (Reuters)

• South Dakota Reservation Bans Alcohol, Allows Cannabis (High Times)

• Analysis: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Becoming More Pronounced in Prohibition States (NORML)

• ‘Clean weed’ is about to be everywhere in California. Here’s what you need to know (Los Angeles Times)

• Ohio Voters In Seven More Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization At The Ballot This November (Marijuana Moment)

• Idaho Activists Launch Medical Marijuana Ballot Push For 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

• Alberta cannabis sales slow to grow as online identity verification deters consumers, say retailers (CBC)

• Gallup: Those with First-Hand Experience with Cannabis Likely to Perceive It Positively (NORML)

• Majority Of Texas Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Most Wisconsin Voters—Including Republicans—Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• Is Oregon Ready for the Coming Psilocybin-Fueled Mushroom Tourism Boom? (Portland Monthly)

• Optimi Health Unveils Canada’s First Natural Therapeutic Psilocybin Product For Approved Patients (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

• Warnings over dangerously high-strength MDMA pills found at Boardmasters (Mixmag)

DMT

• Small Pharma Receives Approval for DMT-Assisted Psychotherapy and SSRI Drug Interaction Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• The Misfortune of “Right Wing” Psychedelia” in Brazil (Chacruna)

• Anonymous Letter to Conservative Masters of the UDV (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Shelves 18-MC for Opioid Use Disorder and Further Cuts Pipeline (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Nitrous Oxide

• Atlanta neighbors frustrated by nitrous oxide use outside Widespread Panic show (KMIZ)

Ketamine

• We Asked the Experts: What Exactly is in Ketamine? (TalkingDrugs)

Miscellaneous

• Video of a forester who found a drunken bear gorged on hallucinogenic honey became a hit on the Internet (The Saxon)

• California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Gutted by Key Committee (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics as a sacrament? Lawsuit says drugs are a religious right. (The Washington Post)

• Integration of psychedelic experiences linked to self-actualization via improvements in personal development and self-insight (PsyPost)

• Two In Five Americans Say They’ve Changed Their Mind On Drug Policy, With Most Becoming “More Liberal,” Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

8.26.22

Cannabis

• Federal Trade Commission issues refunds to CBD buyers, here’s why (Leafly)

• Nebraska Officials Will Take A Second Look At Signatures For Rejected Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• New medical marijuana campaign launches in Idaho for 2024 ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Study Shows 20% Increase in Frequency of Cannabis Consumption in Recreational States (High Times)

• FBI Says CBD Use Is An ‘Automatic Disqualifier’ For Employment Despite Federal Hemp Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma’s legalization initiative at risk due to state delay (Leafly)

• The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal (The Washington Post)

• U.S. Forest Service Reminds Workers Of Federal Marijuana Ban And Warns Against CBD Use (Marijuana Moment)

• Dennis Rodman Proposes To Negotiate Russia Brittney Griner Release (High Times)

• Why The Legal Cannabis Industry Needs The Black Market (Forbes)

• Legalization Opponents Sue To Block Initiative From Missouri Ballot (High Times)

• Cannabis for Chronic Pain Linked to Slightly Increased Risk of Arrhythmia (Healthline)

LSD

• First Patient Dosed in Trial of LSD for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Psychiatric Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin May Help Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Shows (TIME)

• Three Out Of Four Oregon Counties Will Vote On Banning Or Postponing Psilocybin Services This November (Marijuana Moment)

• Inside Paul Stamets’ Massive Microdosing Study (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• Mormon Bishop And Former GOP Utah Rep. Champions Ayahuasca After Faith-Affirming Psychedelic Experience (Marijuana Moment)

5-MeO-DMT

• Trip Advisors: Group Promotes 5-MeO-DMT Harm Reduction By Exposing Shamanic Hustlers (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The DEA is Attempting to Ban Two New Psychedelic Drugs (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Clearmind Medicine Announces Additional Positive Pre-Clinical Results for its Cocaine Addiction Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

• BetterLife Lead Drug (BETR-001) Promotes Structural Neural Plasticity with Possible Nootropic Effects Similar to That of LSD Without Hallucinogenic Side Effects (Psychedelic Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Laughing Gas During Labor Is Becoming More Popular Among Women in the United States (People)

Ketamine

• Ketamine’s upgrade to an employee benefit in US may hasten the legitimacy of psychedelics in SA (BizNews)

DXM

• FDA Approves First, Only NMDA Receptor Antagonist for Major Depressive Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic Stocks: MindMed and atai Slash their Pipelines, Mydecine Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelics Use Increasing Among Adults, But Decreasing For Teens, New Federally Funded Studies Find (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences linked to increased pro-environmental behaviors (PsyPost)

• How near-death experiences and psychedelics alter attitudes about death (EurekAlert!)

• Does Microdosing Actually Work? The Science Is Still Conflicted (VICE)

• Issues of Patient Safety and Ethical Violations in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger (Lucid News)

• This Psychedelic Theater Troupe Has Been Quietly Changing the World for Decades (DoubleBlind)

• Do Psychedelic Trips Actually Start In The Gut Instead Of The Brain? (Healing Maps)

• The Psychedelic Community Takes Itself Too Seriously (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Ethics in Psychedelic Therapy: The Promises and Pitfalls of Increased Suggestibility (Sam Woolfe)

• Do You Even Trip, Bro? On Psychedelic Masculinity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• How Long Can the Psychedelic Renaissance Last? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• The Legal Risks of Psychedelic Therapy and Coaching (EntheoNation)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.4.22

Cannabis

• Mississippi governor signs law allowing medical marijuana (Leafly)

• The NFL is throwing $1 million into cannabinoid research (Leafly)

• House Officially Approves Marijuana Banking Amendment To Large-Scale Bill Set For Final Passage Friday (Marijuana Moment)

• Delta-8 Debate: The 2018 Farm Bill gave rise to an unlikely intoxicant (Marijuana Business Daily)

• House Advances SAFE Banking Act as Part of the America COMPETES Act (NORML)

• Driving Performance and Cannabis Users’ Perception of Safety - Review (Drug Science)

• Minnesota: Patients’ Access to Herbal Cannabis Products Begins March 1 (NORML)

• Claim of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Overdoses in Connecticut was False (High Times)

• Cannabis being used to treat symptoms of Long Covid in new landmark trial (Mirror)

• ‘The science about the benefits of cannabis is limited’: Does legalizing marijuana lead to an increase in tobacco use? (MarketWatch)

• Utah Lawmakers Pass Bill To Protect Medical Cannabis Patients (High Times)

• A Cannabis Monopoly Asteroid is Coming (Marijuana Moment)

• Petition Forces Ohio Lawmakers into Action on Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• Marijuana legalization push increasingly unites unlikely political bedfellows (Marijuana Business Daily)

• 2021: A Year In Review For The Cannabis Industry (Forbes)

• Top Maryland Lawmaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill In Anticipation Of Ballot Referendum Passing (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania Issues Mandatory Recall for Hundreds of Cannabis Products (New Cannabis Ventures)

• Wisconsin Governor Vetoes GOP Bill To Increase Marijuana Extraction Penalties (Marijuana Moment)

• Republican Lawmakers in Virginia Have Drafted New Cannabis Legislation (High Times)

• Marijuana Banking Reform Cleared For House Floor (Again) Following Committee Action On Large-Scale Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Can Cannabinoids Unlock a Better Understanding of Our Bodies and Brains? (Discover Magazine)

• Nearly One In Ten New Missouri Jobs Came From Medical Marijuana Industry In 2021, Trade Group Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Jackson seeks cannabis exemption as part of shock comeback at age 40 (The Sydney Morning Herald)

LSD

• Fish on acid? Microdosing zebrafish with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans (The Conversation)

• What to know about microdosing LSD (Medical News Today)

Magic Mushrooms

• Virginia Psilocybin Decriminalization Bill Defeated In Senate Committee After Top GOP Lawmaker Flips Support (Marijuana Moment)

• Religious Practice Under Oregon Measure 109 (Psychedelics Today)

• Maine Lawmakers Hear Testimonies For and Against Psilocybin Bill (Truffle Report)

• Seattle Doctor Files DEA Petition To Reschedule Psilocybin For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)

• America’s only psychedelic mushroom store is a church in Oakland. We observed the sacrament (Leafly)

• Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Cancer Patients’ Case To Use Psilocybin Under Right-To-Try Laws (Marijuana Moment)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Additional Positive Results from the 14-day Oral Toxicity Study of AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Health Canada Grants Private Company Approval for Healthcare Professionals to Take Psilocybin, Prove Safety (Truffle Report)

MDMA

• Couple Takes MDMA Right Before Grandfather Dies, Trips in Front of Family (Newsweek)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Announces the Approval of DMT Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Yaminawa Women and Ayahuasca: Shamanism, Gender, and History in the Peruvian Amazon (Chacruna)

• Women Who Heal: Musicians in the Urban Ayahuasca Scene (Chacruna)

• Madrinha Rita: Brazilian matriarch of ayahuasca (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Inside a 5-MeO-DMT Retreat: Who Should and Shouldn’t Embark on This ‘Hero’s Journey’ (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Peyote

• Mining is Threatening the Peyote Tradition in Mexico (Truffle Report)

Ketamine

• Testimony: Minneapolis police trained to ignore city's civil rights report on ketamine and excited delirium (StarTribune)

• Can Ketamine and A.I. Improve Wellness? (Inc)

• PharmaTher Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Who Will Control the Future of Psychedelics in Colorado? (Westword)

• Utah Lawmakers Vote To Study Benefits Of Psychedelics In Treating Mental Health Disorders (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Proposal Filed in Michigan (Truffle Report)

• I Read Every Neuroscience Study On Psychedelics Published Since 2017. Here’s What I Learned (Healing Maps)

• Researchers use linguistic analysis to uncover differences between psychedelic drug experiences (PsyPost)

• Psychedelic therapy effective in reducing suicidality, more trials needed (Healio)

• Psychedelic or Not: Of Mice, 5-HT2A Agonists, and Head Shakes (Psychedelic Science Review)

• One Year on, Oregon Drug Decriminalization Is Boosting Harm Reduction and Housing (Filter)

• Looking Ahead to a Psychedelic 2022 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Tortured Double Think of the New Drug Strategy (Transform)

• What Happens When Psychedelic Treatment for PTSD Turns Into a Bad Trip (Slate)

• Are Double-Blind Studies Holding Back Psychedelic Research? (The Dales Report)

• What Research Doesn’t Tell Us About Older Psychedelic Users (Lucid News)

• Jeering Psychedelics: A Critique of Jacques Mabit’s Criticism of Queering Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Are psychedelics dangerous? - What the research says (Drug Science)

• Psychedelics Without the Trip Could Be 'Healing Magic' for Mental Health (Singularity Hub)

• Clinical study of psychedelic drugs for cancer patients could be a ‘game changer’ (The Salt Lake Tribune)

• Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common (The Economist)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.7.22

Cannabis

• Sadiq Khan plans pilot to ‘decriminalise’ minor cannabis offences in London (The Guardian)

• Legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Montana (KPAX)

• Federal Marijuana Monopoly Finally Ends As Two Companies Harvest Cannabis Approved By DEA (Marijuana Moment)

• New year rings in key changes to state marijuana markets (Marijuana Business Daily)

• GOP-Controlled New Hampshire House Votes To Legalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado: Governor Issues Pardons to Over 1,300 Marijuana Offenders (NORML)

• Wyoming Marijuana Activists Turn Focus To 2024 Ballot For Decriminalization And Medical Cannabis Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

• The top cannabis research studies of 2021 (Leafly)

• Incoming Virginia GOP Governor Won’t ‘Overturn’ Legal Marijuana Possession, But Casts Doubt On Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Kansas Democrats Unveil Plan To Put Medical And Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization On The 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Two recreational marijuana initiatives might appear on Oklahoma ballot in fall (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Iowa Democrats Unveil Marijuana Resolution To Put Legalization On Ballot For Voters To Decide (Marijuana Moment)

• New Republican-Led Bill Would Legalize Medical Cannabis In Kentucky (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Lawmakers Prepare Dozens Of Cannabis Reform Bills (High Times)

• Marijuana Decriminalization Reduces Arrests And Racial Disparities In Law Enforcement, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Tiny but mighty: Micro-cultivators dominated 2021 (Leafly)

• The cost of medical marijuana in Louisiana (KSLA)

• Israeli startup a go-to resource in medical cannabis world (I24News)

• Oklahoma Pot Farm Slapped with RICO From Next Door Neighbor (High Times)

• Cannabis users report higher quality of life than non-users (Leafie)

Magic Mushrooms

• Washington Psilocybin Bill Would Legalize Supported Adult Use (Bill of Health)

• COMP360 psilocybin study of 89 healthy participants published in Journal of Psychopharmacology (Psilocybin Alpha)

• New Hampshire Bipartisan Bills Want to Reduce Penalties on Psilocybin, Other Drugs (Truffle Report)

• Tryp Therapeutics Announces Advancement of Phase 2a Clinical Trial in Binge Eating Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Filament Health Announces Health Canada Approval for Phase II Trial Administering New Psilocybin Microdose Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Red Light Holland Psilocybin Truffles, Sold in The Netherlands, Complete Second Evaluation Under a Health Canada Approved cGMP Laboratory (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin therapy options could expand in Hawaiʻi (Hawai'i Public Radio)

MDMA

• Drug testing: Dramatic drop in bath salts being sold as MDMA (Radio New Zealand)

• Microdosing MDMA: What Research Says About Doing It For Mental Health Issues (Healing Maps)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on DMT Human Trial and Announces Regulatory Submission to Ethics Committee (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• IRS defends denial of Des Moines church's tax-free status over use of psychedelic drug (KCCI)

• Anti-Drug GOP Senator Helps Psychedelic Church With Fight Against DEA And IRS (Marijuana Moment)

Iboga

• National Institute on Drug Abuse to Test Ibogaine For Addiction Treatment (Truffle Report)

• Caribbean Facility Finds Consistent Success Using Ibogaine for Anxiety and Trauma Treatment (PR Newswire)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Successfully Completes Phase 1 Clinical Trial of 18-MC (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Teams Up with The McQuade Center to Develop 2 Families of Novel Psychedelic Compounds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Using cannabinoids to treat obesity (Medical Xpress)

• More needs to be done to tackle synthetic cannabinoids, experts say (Stuff.co.nz)

Ketamine

• Awakn Life Sciences Expands World's First Ketamine Study Beyond Gambling Disorder to Include Additional Behavioral Addictions (Yahoo!)

• PharmaTher Announces Publication of Research Data for KETABET™ (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• The Promises and Perils of Psychedelic Health Care (The New York Times)

• Health Canada Grants Special Access to Restricted Drugs for Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Magic mushroom companies are on the Nasdaq now. That’s a recipe for a bad trip (The Guardian)

• Psychedelics Can Change Your View on the Nature of Reality (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelics in 2022: What to Expect (Truffle Report)

• Fact Check-London Mayor not decriminalising drugs (Reuters)

• Psychedelics 2021: A Year in Review (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Will overdose deaths force an end to the US ‘war on drugs’? (Financial Times)

• Philippines' Duterte says will never apologise for drug war deaths (Reuters)

• New York Prisons Punished 1,600 People for False Drug Test Results (Filter)

• Now psychedelics are coming to your medicine cabinet (ISRAEL21c)

• How Psychedelic Therapy Fuses Indigenous Shamanism With Western Science (IFLScience)

• Pop Culture Boosts Acceptance of Plant Medicine (GlobeNewswire)

• Can A Psychedelic Experience Improve 2022? (Reality Sandwich)

• Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform in 2021: A Year in Review (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics Will Have a Big Presence at SXSW in 2022 (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Was 2021 the Year Psychedelics Conquered Capitalism? (Green Entrepreneur)

• Startup To Host Psychedelic Trips In The Metaverse (Forbes)

• Is ‘The Trip’ Essential to The Psychedelic Experience? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.26.21

Cannabis

• The new German government plans to legalize cannabis. (The New York Times)

• Mexico Senate on Track to Endorse Recreational Cannabis by December (High Times)

• Uber Eats users in Ontario can now buy cannabis through the app (Engadget)

• New GOP weed approach: Feds must ‘get out of the way’ (Politico)

• South Dakota Supreme Court kills adult-use legalization (Leafly)

• Is Fentanyl-Tainted Marijuana 'Something Real' or 'Just an Urban Legend'? (Reason)

• A New Center at CSU Aims to Unlock the Secrets of CBD (5280)

• Indica and sativa labels are largely meaningless when it comes to cannabis complexities (The Conversation)

• St. Louis Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Associated with Improved Clearance Rates for Violent Crimes (NORML)

• Illinois Judge Rules Weed Odor is Not Probable Cause For Searches (High Times)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Almost Have Enough Signatures To Force Lawmakers To Consider Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Issues First Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation License (High Times)

• Taliban Contracts Australian Company To Grow Cannabis In Afghanistan (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi lawmakers unlikely to reach medical marijuana deal this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dogs Are Being Exposed To Marijuana Through Human Poop And Pet Owners Should Beware, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Majority Of Texas Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Cannabis Social Equity Program Faces Legal Challenge (High Times)

• Canada’s first regulated cannabis suppositories target female consumers (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Montana: Officials Create New Drug Court to Focus Solely on Expunging Past Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Few Medical Cannabis Licenses in Portugal Have Been Awarded (High Times)

• Pennsylvania order targeting vaporized products upends cannabis market (Marijuana Business Daily)

• CNN’s Sixth WEED Documentary Features the Benefits of Medical Cannabis for Autism (High Times)

LSD

• New graphic novel depicts famed history of LSD research in Sask. (CBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• Magic mushroom study hints psilocybin repairs alcohol-induced brain damage (Inverse)

• COMPASS Pathways granted fifth US patent for crystalline psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think about the universe (Big Think)

• What Happens When Zen Monks Take Mushrooms? (Lucid News)

• HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from its Jamaica Facility into Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Police Presence at Music Festivals Linked to "Panic Overdoses": Study (EDM)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on Clinical and Preclinical DMT Programs (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca users report psychological benefits after taking placebo at a ritualistic ceremony (PsyPost)

• Are All Ayahuasca Retreats The Same? You Might Be Surprised (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Mining and Poaching Threatens 15,000-Year-Old Peyote Tradition in Mexico (DoubleBlind)

San Pedro

• San Pedro: What is it Like to Experience Mescaline from San Pedro? (The Third Wave)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mescaline-Like Psychedelic Alters Synaptic Plasticity (Technology Networks)

Ketamine

• Ketamine benefits neurocognition in depression with suicidal ideation (Healio)

• Wesana Health Clinics Surpass 4,000 Administered Ketamine Treatments (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaTher Applies for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Rare Neurological Disorder Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Navigating the Patchwork of New York City Ketamine Clinics (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First (Filter)

• U.S. Reports More Than 100,000 Overdose Deaths In One Year (High Times)

• New study finds 'microdosing' psychedelics can be effective in treating anxiety, depression (The Hill)

• Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users (Filter)

• Colorado Springs Pushing to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Rise of Psychedelic Retreats (The New York Times)

• How to Cultivate a More Ethical, Inclusive Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

• Why Are Some People More Sensitive to Psychedelics Than Others? (Sam Woolfe)

• Cybin Awards Grant for Psychedelic Treatment Clinic at Lenox Hill Hospital to Benefit Underserved Communities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously (Medpage Today)

• Psychedelics and Mysticism: The Debate Continues (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics, Cognition, and Sleep Disorders (Truffle Report)

• Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? (Medpage Today)

• Revive Therapeutics Files for ODD Designation for Bucillamine Treatment Targeting Rare Liver Disorders, COVID-19 (Truffle Report)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.21.21

Cannabis

• Alabama Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization Implementation Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Double Marijuana Possession Limit And Calls For Pardons Review (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Medical Marijuana Legalization Ballot That Voters Approved (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado bans hemp-derived delta-8 THC (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Minnesota: Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Medical Cannabis Flower (NORML)

• Texas Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill Moves Forward In Senate After Initially Stalling (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Marijuana Legalization Effort Stalls After House Rejects Complementary Tax Proposal (Marijuana Moment)

• The Impact of Specific Genes on Cannabis Use Disorder (Psychedelic Science Review)

LSD

• Acid test: scientists show how LSD opens doors of perception (The Guardian)

• The Untold Story of the CIA’s MK Ultra: A Conversation with Stephen Kinzer (Los Angeles Review of Books)

• MindMed Receives FDA Type C Meeting Response for Project Lucy Phase 2b Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• A single dose of psilocybin has a lasting therapeutic effect on migraine headache, according to a new placebo-controlled study (PsyPost)

• Kristen Bell Tried Hallucinogenic Mushrooms to Help Manage Her Depression (People)

• Wake Network Successfully Completes First Legal Importation of Psilocybin Mushrooms into the U.S. (Lucid News)

• Cybin Granted IRB Approval for Phase II Clinical Trials of its Sublingual Psilocybin Formulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• FDA Clears Researchers To Study MDMA Use By Therapists Being Trained In Psychedelic Medicine (Marijuana Moment)

• How MDMA, Octopuses, and Gül Dölen Reopen Minds (Chacruna)

• Narcos Scotland: The 90s rave culture in Scotland brought a deadly new trend with Ecstasy (Scottish Daily Record)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Receives Positive Feedback from U.S. FDA for Psychedelic Drug DMT Clinical Research Program for Stroke (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Entheon Biomedical Announces DMT Drug Supply Agreement with Ofichem Group (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Controversies on the Environmental Legislation on Ayahuasca in Brazil (Chacruna)

• Can Ayahuasca Help Us Communicate with the Souls of the Dead? (DoubleBlind)

Mescaline

• MindMed Announces the Approval of Mescaline Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

Peyote

• Psychedelics Advocates And Indigenous Groups Split On Decriminalizing Peyote Cactus (Marijuana Moment)

• Is Peyote the same as mescaline?: A Cultural History (Chacruna)

Salvia Divinorum

• This DEA ‘medication of concern’ may have health benefits (MD Linx)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Why Big Pharma Loves The Power Of Synthetic Cannabinoids (The Fresh Toast)

Ketamine

• Lamar Odom says he is using ketamine to stay sober (Page Six)

• PharmaTher Announces FDA Approval of Ketamine IND In The Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• California’s Psychedelic Decriminalization Bill Heads to Senate Floor (Truffle Report)

• Texas Senate Advances Bill To Study Healing Potential Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin and MDMA (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Drugs Will Follow Pot’s Path to Legalization (Bloomberg)

• The future of psychedelic science (Imperial College London)

• Use of hallucinogens linked to risk seeking, emotional dysregulation in youth and college students (PsyPost)

• Confronting Inequity and Seeking Social Justice in the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

• The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil (Filter)

• IPI: The Top Recommended Psychedelic Therapy Training (The Third Wave)

• Imagine Psychedelic Dinosaurs Tripping Daily (Reality Sandwich)

• An Investor Looks at Drug Development Strategies of Top Psychedelic Companies (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Reshaping Perspectives and Guiding Transformation (Psychedelic Times)

• Do Animals and Psychedelics Go Together? (Reality Sandwich)

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