This Week in Psychedelics - 11.12.21

Cannabis

• Top Mexican Senator Says There’s Agreement To Prioritize Marijuana Legalization Legislation This Session (Marijuana Moment)

• Germany’s Next Coalition Nears Deal on Legalizing Cannabis (Bloomberg)

• Texas judge allows legal sale of delta-8 products—for now (Leafly)

• New York adopts final rules banning delta-8 THC, smokable hemp (HempToday)

• Another Poll Shows Majority Support For Marijuana Legalization, Including Most Republicans (Marijuana Moment)

• Herbal Supplement Giant To Enter THC, Psychedelics Industries, Seeking To Become First Household Brand To Do So (Forbes)

• This MMA fighter is taking on cannabis stigma in sports (Leafly)

• What Happens When You Mix Cannabis With Psychedelics? (IFLScience)

• Marijuana Legalization In Canada Did Not Result In Increased Traffic Injuries, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Cannabis for Epilepsy - Research Summary and Recommendations (Drug Science)

• Medical Cannabis Sales Finally Set to Begin in West Virginia (NORML)

• South Dakota Marijuana Activists Delay Legalization Signature Delivery After Missing Initial Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis requires more water than commodity crops, researchers say (Marijuana Business Times)

LSD

• Sweden Experimenting With Rats on LSD to Cure Depression, Addiction (Sputnik News)

• How Likely Are Bad Trips and Flashbacks from LSD? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Blackhawk Growth's MindBio Therapeutics Completes Safety Milestone in its Phase 1 Clinical Trials (Yahoo!)

Magic Mushrooms

• Largest psychedelic therapy trial to date delivers mixed results (New Atlas)

• Nonprofit Hosts Canada’s First Legal Psilocybin Group Therapy (Truffle Report)

• Australian Therapists to Be Given Psilocybin to Better Understand Their Patients (VICE)

• Denver City Council Considers Expanding Psilocybin Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin therapy boosts cognitive and neural flexibility in depressed patients, study finds (PsyPost)

• A Look at Connecticut’s Psilocybin Study Workgroup (Truffle Report)

MDMA

• Doctor takes bid to treat patient with MDMA to court, in first case of its kind in Australia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• The Story Behind the 'First Ever Ecstasy Song' (VICE)

• Expert: MDMA Is Very Likely to Be FDA-Approved for PTSD by the End of 2023 (Pharmacy Times)

• Veteran Who Cured PTSD with MDMA-Assisted Therapy Wows NBC ‘Today’ Show Anchors (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Numinus to Host Extension of MAPS-Sponsored MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Trials (PR Newswire)

Ayahuasca

• A cancer doctor said doing ayahuasca saved his marriage and relationship with his 2 young children (Yahoo!)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Pre-Clinical Data Shows Cybin’s Novel Analog Could Have Advantages Over Psilocybin (Forbes)

• Forgotten Psychedelics: What Is 2C-B? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Ketamine

• Baby Girl Died From 'Acute Ketamine Intoxication,' and Prosecutors Charge Washington Father With Murder (The Daily Chronicle)

• Single Infusion of Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Suicidal Thoughts (Medscape)

• Warning of ‘wild west’ in depression treatment as UK clinics offer ketamine (The Guardian)

• Psychedelics Wellness Scores Big Win With New Mainstream Deal (Forbes)

Miscellaneous

• DEA Boosts Psilocybin, MDMA And DMT Production Levels Again In Final Quotas For 2021 (Marijuana Moment)

• New Website Details Abuse Allegations Against German Psychedelic Practitioners (Psymposia)

• Big Tech's Psychedelics Grift (WIRED)

• Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for 'QAnon Shaman' in attempt to set example (CNN)

• Will the magic of psychedelics transform psychiatry? (The Guardian)

• Veterans Have Become Unlikely Lobbyists in Push to Legalize Psychedelic Drugs (The New York Times)

• Psychedelics Could Become Extractive Capitalism—Unless We Hold Stakeholders Accountable (DoubleBlind)

• Tim Ferriss Funds Fellowships for Journalists Reporting On Psychedelics (Lucid News)

• 6 Ways the Psychedelic Space Can Divest From Whiteness (DoubleBlind)

• Is Microdosing a Placebo? Here’s what our Head of Research Says (The Third Wave)

• Countries not adequately addressing illegal drug use: Experts (The Straits Times)

• Startup offers psychedelic-assisted mental wellness therapies (Axios)

• The Masters of Bad Trips (Psymposia)

• Monash University announces establishment of the Neuromedicines Discovery Centre to Focus on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies for the Treatment of Key Classes of Mental Illness (Mind Medicine Australia)

• Psychedelic Company Lists on NASDAQ as ‘DRUG’ (High Times)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 7.3.20

Cannabis

• Virginia’s Marijuana Decriminalization Law Officially Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• As Signature Deadlines Approach, Here’s Where Marijuana And Drug Policy Reform Campaigns Stand (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Marijuana Activists Turn In 420,000 Signatures To Qualify Legalization Measure For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign Submits 182,000 Signatures To Qualify For Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado Governor Signs Marijuana Social Equity Bill Letting Him Expedite Possession Pardons (Marijuana Moment)

• Researchers Are Looking At Cannabis As A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19 (Forbes)

• Pennsylvania and California Both Move to Expunge Thousands of Minor Pot Charges (MERRY JANE)

• Virginia Lawmakers Announce Plans To Legalize Marijuana, One Day After Decriminalization Takes Effect (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas: Austin Police to Cease Making Arrests, Issuing Citations for Minor Marijuana Offenses (NORML)

• Treasury Department Issues Updated Guidance On Hemp Banking Rules (Marijuana Moment)

• 56% of New Zealanders Say They'll Vote "Yes" on Weed Legalization This Fall (MERRY JANE)

• Ohio Senate Votes To Expand Marijuana Decriminalization To Cover 200 Grams (Marijuana Moment)

• 90% of College Students in New York Want Weed Legalization Now, New Poll Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis pandemic sales uptick not enough to save struggling sector (Medical Xpress)

• Congress Votes To Let Researchers Study Marijuana From Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• What’s the best minimum legal age for cannabis? (Leafly)

• Nashville DA to Stop Prosecuting Minor Pot Possession, Effective Immediately (MERRY JANE)

• California cities begin embracing cannabis in desperate search for cash (Politico)

• CBD Helps Treat Osteoarthritis and Increase Mobility in Dogs, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Military Members Who Used Marijuana Could Reenlist Under Measure Approved By Congressional Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Consuming Pharmaceutical THC May Help Treat Alzheimer's Symptoms, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis research stalled by federal inaction (Chemical and Engineering News)

LSD

• NCIS warns sailors to stop buying LSD on the dark web (Connecting Vets)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Psilocybin Measure Has Enough Signatures For November Ballot, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Invading Cicadas May Turn Into Sex-Crazed Zombies This Summer (VICE)

• There's A Case For Non-Medical Psilocybin (Green Market Report)

• What I Learned While Working to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California (Chacruna)

• New Psilocybin Company Enters The Market (Green Market Report)

MDMA

• Study finds impulsivity and psychological distress predict problematic ecstasy use (PsyPost)

Ayahuasca

• Bringing Indigenous Healing and Psychoactive Plants to Global Mental Health (Mad in America)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide may bring relief to veterans suffering from PTSD, new study suggests (EurekAlert!)

Ketamine

• Proposed Patent for Ketamine Treatment Challenged by Clinicians (Lucid News)

• Elijah McClain was injected with ketamine before he died. Is that legal? (USA Today)

• Trying Something New in Isolation (The Cut)

Miscellaneous

• Oregon Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Measure Qualifies For November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• DC Psychedelics Campaign Gets Boost From Denver Psilocybin Activists As Signature Deadline Looms (Marijuana Moment)

• Beckley Psytech raises £3m Series A (UK Tech News)

• How COVID-19 will Affect the Psychedelic Renaissance (Volteface)

• Using Zebrafish as an Experimental Model in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Are psychedelic drugs headed for the mainstream? (Sifted)

• The Foster System Is a Battleground for the Racist War on Drugs (Truthout)

• The Technodelic Experience: Achieving a Psychedelic State Without Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

• Field Trip Psychedelics Launches Therapeutic Program For Vets, First Responders (Benzinga)

• The DEA’s Most Recent Abuse of Power Should Renew Calls for Divestment (Common Dreams)

• Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Timothy Leary (DoubleBlind)

• From Hippies to Modern Psychotherapy, A Psychedelics Handbook for the Willful Skeptics (Interesting Engineering)

• South African Network of People Who Use Drugs Welcomes the Announcement of the National Drug Master Plan by the Department of Social Development on 2020 Global Day of Action (AllAfrica)

• MindMed Building Diverse Pipeline and Leadership Position in Psychedelic Inspired Medicines Industry (PR Newswire)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.29.20

Cannabis

• Supreme Court Declines Case On Marijuana Decriminalization Measures Blocked From Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma: Governor Vetoes Measure Expanding Medical Cannabis Access, Reducing Possession Penalties (NORML)

• Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak (HuffPost)

• THC-Infused Semen Can Be A Side Effect Of Frequent Marijuana Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for “Any Condition” (NORML)

• Medical Cannabis Trial in the UK Becomes First to Recruit Baby (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Scientists And Veterans File Lawsuit Challenging DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Denials (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientific Review Concludes That Cannabis Consumers Are at No Greater Risk of Occupational Injuries (NORML)

• Councillor says 'something stinks' over move to outlaw cannabis smell in West Nipissing (North Bay Nugget)

• Ancient shrine reveals how marijuana was used to evoke "religious ecstasy" (Inverse)

• Clinical Trial: Cannabinoid Administration Via a Metered-Dose Inhaler Is Safe and Effective for Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

LSD

• Errol Morris Sets Timothy Leary LSD Doc at Showtime (Hollywood Reporter)

• Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick allegedly once plotted to spike President Nixon with LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Signatures Submitted For Oregon Measure To Decriminalize Psilocybin (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

• Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills (VICE)

• Miami University Researchers Collaborate with PsyBio Therapeutics to Biosynthetically Produce Psilocybin, the Psychedelic Ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, and Other Psychoactive Drug Candidates to Treat Mental Health Challenges (Globe Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Sponsors Non-Profit Coalition, Therapsil, to Launch a Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Canadians in Palliative Care (PR Newswire)

MDMA

• Inside MollyBabes, the Shady Porn Site That Exploited Women on Ecstasy (The Daily Beast)

• MindMed Adds MDMA to Develop Next-Gen Psychedelic Therapies (PR Newswire)

DMT

• New Study Shows How DMT Refreshes Perceptions (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Survey on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings (Chacruna)

• Supporting Grassroots Initiatives for Indigenous People in the Amazon during COVID (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Complete Guide to 4-AcO-DMT: Synthetic Shrooms or in a Class of Its Own? (DoubleBlind)

• Solved: The Crystal Structure of N-Methyl-N-Propyltryptamine (MPT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Deadly new 'drug of choice' known as 'hippy crack' taking over Dublin as parents make shock discovery of bullet cylinders on ground (Dublin Live)

Ketamine

• New Study Backs Ketamine as Treatment Option for Depression (MD Magazine)

• Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent (Healio)

PCP

• Artist warns of the dangers of the drug PCP, saying taking it as a student triggered terrifying breakdowns - including one manic episode where she plunged 30ft from a window (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

• Psilocybin Treatment And Drug Decrim Campaigns Submit Signatures To Qualify For Oregon Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• New Study Categorizes All The Unexplainable Experiences Produced By Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

• COVID-19 is costing drug cartels millions of dollars (NBC)

• Why Psychedelic Researchers Should Not Push Back Against Decriminalization (Chacruna)

• Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments (Psychedelic Times)

• Two New Releases Show Technology’s Psychedelic Frontier (Lucid News)

• Musings around Psychedelic Integration Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

• Native Tribes Should Have More Say in the Psychedelic Movement (DoubleBlind)

• Toronto's first psychedelic therapy clinic is open. We gave it a try (NOW Magazine)

• Dr. Gabor Maté, recognised physician and bestselling author, joins Numinus as Member of the Clinical Advisory Council (Numinus)

• Mice on Acid (Nautilus)

• Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients (Psychedelics Today)

• Novamind and Buzz Capital Announce Qualifying Transaction (Globe Newswire)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.22.19

Cannabis

• Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved By Congressional Committee In Historic Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Biden Says Marijuana Might Be A Gateway Drug (Forbes)

• Britons who legally smoke cannabis in the US 'risk being deported' (The Guardian)

• Pure CBD Does Not Trigger Positive Drug Tests for Weed, New Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Thailand Will Soon Allow Its Citizens To Grow Cannabis At Home To Sell To The Government. (Forbes)

• Colorado Supreme Court Rules Convicts Can Use Medical Weed While on Probation (MERRY JANE)

• Hemp-Derived CBD Helps Chronic Pain Patients Reduce Opioid Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Medical Cannabis Isn't Working in the UK (VICE)

• Access to Legal Cannabis Leads to a Decline in Sleep Aid Sales (MERRY JANE)

• NJ Lawmakers Plan to Put Legalization on 2020 Ballot (NORML)

• Virginia Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed For 2020 After Democrats Reclaim Legislature (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Are Doctors Still So Reluctant To Prescribe Medical Cannabis? (HuffPost)

LSD

• Silicon Valley's extreme new productivity hack: LSD (GQ)

Magic Mushrooms

• Are Magic Mushrooms The Next Frontier For The Cannabis Industry? (The Fresh Toast)

MDMA

• Dad pushes for drugs to be legalised after sons on MDMA die side-by-side (Mirror)

DMT

• Scientists Discover Psychedelic DMT Creates Waking Dream State in Brain (Newsweek)

Ayahuasca

• Can the psychedelic drug ayahuasca help fight suicide? (PsyPost)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Designer Drugs: My Addiction to Research Chemicals (The Fix)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Under the Radar: Synthetic Cannabinoids and Vaping-Related Lung Injuries (Project CBD)

Ketamine

• Ketamine’s potential to fight alcohol abuse has a major problem (Inverse)

• Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine (ScienceDaily)

Opioids

• Doctors Are Cutting Patients Off Opioid Medications Too Fast, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Surgeon General To Purdue Students: Carry Naloxone, Get Screened For Addiction Risk (WJCT)

Methamphetamine

• ‘Meth. We’re on It’: South Dakota’s Anti-Meth Campaign Raises Eyebrows (The New York Times)

Tobacco

• President Trump Backing Off Banning Vaping Flavors Popular With Teens (TIME)

• Bill Passed by Massachusetts House Would Allow Police to Seize Cars from Vapers who Possess DIY or Black Market E-Liquids (Tobacco Analysis)

• Juul Sued by Two States for Allegedly Marketing E-Cigs to Kids (MERRY JANE)

• American Medical Association Calls for Immediate Ban on All E-Cigarettes and Vaping Products (TIME)

• Philippines' Duterte Says He Will Ban E-Cigarettes, Threatens To Arrest Vapers (NPR)

• Apple to remove vaping apps from store (Axios)

• Influential U.S. doctors group calls for ban on vaping products (Reuters)

• How Wily Teens Outwit Bathroom Vape Detectors (WIRED)

• Smokers who switch to vaping rapidly boost heart health in trial (Yahoo! News)

Kratom

• What Causes Kratom Wobbles & How To Treat It? (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom and Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know (Diabetes Insider)

Khat

• Miraa, muguka crawling with germs, study says (Standard Media)

Miscellaneous

• Where US Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Stand Right Now (Filter)

• Take Part in the World's Biggest Anonymous Drugs Survey (VICE)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.15.19

Cannabis

• CDC Identifies Vitamin E Oil Additive as a “Very Strong Culprit of Concern” in Vaping-Related Lung Injuries (NORML)

• First cannabis-based medicines approved for use on NHS (The Guardian)

• The Media Is Spinning the Latest Weed and Birth Defects Study All Wrong (MERRY JANE)

• Michigan Teen Receives Double Lung Transplant After 'Enormous' Damage From Vaping (TIME)

• Ohio bans vitamin E acetate from medical marijuana vapes after CDC links it to lung illnesses (Cincinnati Enquirer)

• Pew Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Say “Marijuana Should Be Made Legal” (NORML)

• Bernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• Apple Removing Vaping-Related Apps From App Store Today Amid Public Health Concerns (MacRumors)

• From ‘Veronica Mars’ to toxic vapes: The rise and fall of Honey Cut (Leafly)

• You Can Get A Master's In Medical Cannabis In Maryland (NPR)

• Mass Lifts Ban on Medical Cannabis Flower Vapes, But Oil Carts Still Restricted (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Prohibition Is Delaying Federal Response To Vaping Crisis, CDC Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Surprise! Michigan adult-use cannabis sales begin Dec. 1 (Leafly)

• Young Americans Are Smoking More Weed and Less Tobacco, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Millions of Brits using street cannabis to treat chronic health conditions (Health Europa)

• How Vietnam veterans expanded America’s cannabis strains (Leafly)

• Cannabis Is the Most Effective Treatment for Endometriosis, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Neil Young says his US citizenship application is being held up because he uses marijuana (CNN)

• Illegal Pot Grows Are Poisoning Animals and the Environment in National Parks (MERRY JANE)

• Where Presidential Candidate Deval Patrick Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• What’s Lost When Psychedelic Mushrooms Become Synthetic Psilocybin (DoubleBlind)

• Taking a Deep Look at Psilocybin for Depression Research (Psychedelics Today)

• Explorer’s Guide: Microdosing Magic Psilocybin Truffles (Maps of the Mind)

MDMA

• DJ fell from cliff in Cornwall and died while on MDMA (Cornwall Live)

• ‘Beautiful’ girl, 15, died after taking MDMA that cost just £2.50 (The Sun)

• A Guide to Taking Ecstasy as Safely as Possible (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca, Depression and Me (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Meet 5-MeO-DMT, the 'powerful' psychedelic that improves depression in one hour (Big Think)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Project CBD releases special report on synthetic cannabinoids and vaping-related lung injuries (Project CBD)

• ‘Synthetic Marijuana’ Is A Dangerous Misnomer That People Need To Stop Using (The Fresh Toast)

Nitrous Oxide

• Amazon and eBay 'must block illicit nitrous oxide sales' (BBC)

Ketamine

• Why ketamine is so good against depression (ZME Science)

Opioids

• New fingerprinting technology will reveal whether someone has recently used heroin – even if they have washed their hands afterwards (Daily Mail)

• At-home naloxone kits have reversed over 50K opioid overdoses in B.C.: health authority (Global News)

• Vancouver pilots new fentanyl-patch program to combat opioid crisis (The Globe and Mail)

• Mass. Has The First Jail In The Country That's Also A Licensed Methadone Treatment Provider (WBUR)

• Bill Would Require Ohio Pharmacists Be Educated About Naloxone Law (Statehouse News Bureau)

• Pa. is treating more opioid overdoses as homicides. Defense lawyers are learning to fight back. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Bill would let Florida schools keep, administer OD antidote naloxone (WPTV)

• Narcan carries heavy costs (The Salem News)

Cocaine

• A Pack of Feral Hogs Sniffed Out a Cocaine Stash in Italy (Rolling Stone)

• Startling number of senior citizens abusing cocaine in the UK (New York Post)

Methamphetamine

• Why Meth Is Making a Big Comeback (VICE)

• Meth Has Many Medical Benefits. Stigma Holds Them Back. (Filter)

• Her baby was stillborn because of meth, police say. Now she’s charged with murder (Los Angeles Times)

Caffeine

• This influencer is trying to make coffee vaping sexy (New York Post)

• What to know about caffeine withdrawal headaches (Medical News Today)

• What are the health benefits of yerba maté tea? (Medical News Today)

Tobacco

• The Vaping Industry Is Furious at President Trump — Could it Cost Him the Election? (Rolling Stone)

• Pending Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes in Massachusetts Authorizes Forfeiture of Vapers' Cars (Reason)

• Vaping May Be Worse for Heart Health Than Tobacco Cigarettes, New Study Finds (TIME)

• New York will raise the age to purchase tobacco starting Wednesday (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

• House votes to ban flavored tobacco, heavily tax vaping products (Boston Herald)

• Cardiologists warn vaping is so dangerous and addictive it should be banned (Sky News)

• With vape curbs pending, White House questions FDA tobacco role (Chicago Tribune)

• More vapers are making their own juice, but not without risks (CNN)

• What The U.S.-China Trade War Has Meant For North Carolina Tobacco Farmers (WUNC)

• Minnesota was winning the war on teen tobacco use. Then vaping became popular. (TwinCities.com)

Alcohol

• Denver Wants to Test Out Public Drinking Zones in 2020 (MERRY JANE)

• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: The 'heartbreaking' reality (BBC)

Kratom

• Kratom products may cause liver injury, new analysis led by Philadelphia physician finds (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• DEA Kratom Ban Update 2019 (Kratom Guides)

• Inside Plan to Bring Kratom Consumer Protection Act to Colorado (Westword)

• Hundreds told Clearwater not to ban kratom. Officials were baffled. (Tampa Bay Times)

• Kratom may be effective, but not entirely safe to treat alcohol use disorder (News-Medical.net)

• Kratom And Your Blood Pressure (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom Tea for Improved Sleep (My MMA News)

• Kratom Packaging – Right Kind Of Packaging For Kratom (Kratom Guides)

• Can You Buy Kratom In San Diego? (Kratom Guides)

Khat

• Experts Now Warn Chewing Khat Increases Chronic Liver Disease Risk (Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• Paul Stamets Announces the Launch of First-Ever Microdosing App (The Third Wave)

• Santa Cruz Will Consider Decriminalizing Psychedelics This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram are the newest dark alleyways dealers use to sell drugs (Rooster Magazine)

• Psychedelics as Anti-Inflammatory Agents (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Festival-goers in Victoria could be subject to pill testing in 2020 under new bill (The New Daily)

• Study: How Punitive Policies Harm Pregnant Drug Users (Filter)

• Cincinnati-area high school announces mandatory drug tests for all students beginning in 2020 (WIS TV)

• Postal Service Unveils ‘Drug Free USA Forever’ Stamp Commemorating 1980s Anti-Drug Program (Marijuana Moment)

• The Drug Policy Reform Movement Debates Its Next Moves (Filter)

• The Sydney students synthesising psychedelics for health research (The University of Sydney)

• CSSDP to provide free drug-testing kits to students (The McGill Tribune)

• Drug policies used to criminalise the LGBTQIA+ community in Uganda (Talking Drugs)

• How psychedelics could reduce existential distress for end-of-life patients (The Varsity)

• What is Psychedelic Microdosing? (News-Medical.net)

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