This Week in Psychedelics - 10.8.21

Cannabis

• Philadelphia Will Vote On Marijuana Referendum Calling For Statewide Legalization Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Mexican Senator Lays Out Next Steps For National Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Nevada: New Marijuana Laws Took Effect This Month (NORML)

• Portugal Delays Recreational Cannabis Bills as Luxembourg Also Signals Delay (High Times)

• New York: Regulators Approve Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis Flower (NORML)

• NBA Won’t Randomly Drug Test Players For Marijuana For Another Season, League Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Lung Injuries Tied To Contaminated Vapes Were Less Common In States With Legal Marijuana And Homegrow, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California Legalizes Smokable Hemp and Food Sales in Historic Bill (High Times)

• Preconception cannabis use linked to an increased risk of postpartum depression (PsyPost)

• More Than A Dozen Ohio Cities Will Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• CBGA More Effective For Seizures Than CBD, Study of Mice Finds (High Times)

• Study: Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Associated with Greater Risk of COVID Breakthrough Infections — NORML Responds (NORML)

• Bipartisan Pennsylvania Senators Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill Amid Whirlwind Of Reform Efforts In The State (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Activists File Marijuana Legalization And Medical Cannabis Reform Initiatives For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Inside the World’s Largest Collection of Acid Tabs (DoubleBlind)

• Acid Communism (Daniel Pinchbeck)

Magic Mushrooms

• GOP Pennsylvania Lawmaker Files Psilocybin Research Bill For Veterans And First Responders (Marijuana Moment)

• Denver may ease magic mushrooms laws further two years after decriminalization (The Denver Post)

• Is Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Having an Impact? (Filter)

• Psychedelic drug changes the emotional state of people listening to music (News-Medical.net)

• "Homebrew" Psilocybin Created By Scientists Using "Widely Available" Materials (IFLScience)

• Mydecine To Supply Lead Drug Candidate, MYCO-001, for Multi-Site NIDA Grant-Funded Smoking Cessation Study Lead by Dr. Matthew Johnson (Mydecine)

• Psygen Announces use of Psilocybin in Human Trial and Provides Update on IP Portfolio (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Commencement of Next Pre-Clinical Study on AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Why You Vom When You’re Coming Up On MDMA (VICE)

• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy associated with sleep improvements among PTSD patients (PsyPost)

Peyote

• Santa Cruz Removes Peyote And Other Mescaline-Containing Cacti From Psychedelics Decriminalization Law (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Psychedelic Capital: Novel Psychedelic Molecules (Truffle Report)

Ketamine

• Recreational ketamine use has increased in recent years, but remains rare (Medical Xpress)

• PharmaTher Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Ketamine for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Seattle Becomes Largest U.S. City To Decriminalize Psychedelics (Marijuana Moment)

• Arcata, California Decriminalizes Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Psychedelics Industry Could Offer a Whole New Approach to Work (Rolling Stone)

• Will Smith Recalls Life-Changing Psychedelic Experiences in New Book (High Times)

• PSYCH Publishes Third Edition of The Psychedelics as Medicine Report (PR Newswire)

• Toronto’s Bid to Decriminalize Drugs Hangs in the Balance (Filter)

• The Need for New Psychedelic Compounds (Psychology Today)

• Risks of Serotonin Syndrome when Combining Psychedelics with Antidepressants (Chacruna)

• The 'Psychedelic Renaissance' Is Entirely About Corporate Greed (Caitlin Johnstone)

• Becoming a Yes-Sayer: Psychedelics, Nietzsche, and the Affirmation of Life (Sam Woolfe)

• Will Psychedelic Companies Embrace Indigenous Reciprocity? (Lucid News)

• What Is Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)? (PsychCentral)

• Anima Mundi: Psychedelics and The Ensouled Earth (Psychedelics Today)

• Ensuring Equity in Psychedelic Science and Businesses (Truffle Report)

• Death and psychedelics: How science is reviving this ancient connection (Leafly)

• DoubleBlind Claims Its Ad Was the ‘First-Ever’ U.S. Psychedelic Destigmatization Campaign — It Wasn’t (Psymposia)

• Psychedelic-Induced Psychological Flexibility Can Reduce Racial Trauma (Truffle Report)

• Tryp Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psychedelics and Mental Health Therapy in Colorado: DORA and Potential Regulatory Response (JD Supra)

• Psychedelics and Perception Part 2: The First Era of Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• It’s one big mistake (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

• Madison Margolin Sounds Off on Mainstreaming of Cannabis and Psychedelics Cultures (CelebStoner)

• Numinus Upgrades Psychedelics Lab to Increase Research Service Capabilities (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.27.20

Cannabis

• Mexico’s Senate-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill Moves To Chamber Of Deputies (Marijuana Moment)

• House Leadership Announces Vote On MORE Act To End Marijuana Prohibition Will Take Place Next Week (NORML)

• Marijuana Legalization Opponents Ask Courts To Overturn Voters’ Will In Several States (Marijuana Moment)

• Which States Are Poised to Advance Marijuana Legalization Reforms in 2021? (NORML)

• North Macedonia May Legalize Marijuana To Boost Tourism, Prime Minister Says (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Attorney General Issues Directive Halting Low-Level Marijuana Prosecutions (NORML)

• Republican Lawmakers And Celebrities Push Trump To Free Marijuana Prisoners Before Leaving Office (Marijuana Moment)

• Upcoming UN vote may be watershed moment for global medical cannabis – if only symbolic (Marijuana Business Daily)

• North Dakota: Gov. Burgum Issues Additional Pardons for Low-Level Marijuana Offenses (NORML)

• Connecticut Lawmakers Will Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot If Legislature Rejects Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Federal Report: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Among Youth Decline Sharply in Legalization States (NORML)

• Number Of Banks Working With Marijuana Industry Continues To Drop Amid COVID, Federal Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• First Modern Dose-Response Study of LSD Confirms the Critical Role of the Serotonin 2A Receptor (Psychedelic Science Review)

• New doc 'My Psychedelic Love Story' remembers Timothy Leary (Fast Company)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin & migraine: First of its kind trial reports promising results (New Atlas)

• Two-Track Effort To Allow Psychedelic Mushrooms In Washington State Launches Amid Broader Drug Decrim Push (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Research Suggests Past Antidepressant Usage Reduces Efficacy of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MDMA and Life Threatening Illnesses – A Commentary to Our Study (Psychedelic Support)

• Facilitating MDMA Therapy as a Treatment for PTSD with Marcela Ot’alora G (Chacruna)

Ayahuasca

• Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca (Lucid News)

• How Did Ayahuasca, Indigenous Diversity and Conservation Become Commodities in the Amazon? (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent (BBC)

Datura

• Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens, find reveals (Science Magazine)

Miscellaneous

• Vancouver Just Voted to Decriminalize All Drugs (VICE)

• Peter Thiel backs Berlin start-up making psychedelics in $125 million round (CNBC)

• What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy (DoubleBlind)

• The world's first psychedelics hotline could help you work through a trip (Inverse)

• These Four Former Pro Athletes Are Using Psychedelics To Heal Their Brain Injuries (Forbes)

• Oregon County Prosecutor Stops Drug Possession Cases Early Following Decriminalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• BBC Two Programme to Follow Psychedelics vs. Antidepressants Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• University of Bristol hands free drug testing kits to students (BBC)

• Another Aspect of Reality: Maria Nys Huxley’s Influence on Psychedelic History (Chacruna)

• Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends (Psychedelics Today)

• Catching Up With the Psychedelic Entourage Effect-Part 1: How We Got Here (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics show religion isn’t the only route to spirituality (Psyche)

• Yu Maeda: A Psychedelic Artist Blending Japanese and American Influences (Sam Woolfe)

• Why California’s Future Psychedelics Legislation Should Start with Decriminalization of All Drugs (Chacruna)

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