Cannabis
Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis, Second Country After Malta In Europe (Forbes)
New Marijuana Laws Take Effect Across The U.S. With The New Year (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis in ’22: Is federal legalization on the horizon? (Profiles in Legalization)
These European Countries Could Legalize Cannabis In 2022 (Forbes)
New Mexico County Prepares for Recreational Cannabis (U.S. News and World Report)
New Hampshire Lawmakers File Multiple Marijuana Legalization Bills Ahead Of 2022 Session (Marijuana Moment)
Indiana Marijuana Legalization And Regulatory Bills Pre-Filed For 2022 Session (Marijuana Moment)
2021 Roundup of Cannabis Reform in Europe (and 2022 Predictions) (High Times)
Cannabis Company Says Afghanistan Plans Hinge On International Recognition Of Taliban Regime (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Testing Prohibited for Most Philadelphia Job Applicants Starting 2022 (High Times)
How Decriminalization Impacts Racial Disparities in Cannabis Arrests (Filter)
New Mexico Releases Final Adult-Use Cannabis Rules (High Times)
Wisconsin Governor Grants Marijuana And Drug-Related Pardons, Setting State Clemency Record (Marijuana Moment)
Rochester, New York Mayor-Elect Plans Guaranteed Basic Income From Cannabis Taxes (High Times)
One-Third Of Programmers Use Marijuana While Working, With Many Touting Creative Benefits, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Australia Cannabis Legalization Support Has Doubled in Six Years (High Times)
Mississippi Governor Won’t Sign Medical Cannabis Bill Without Major Changes (High Times)
LSD
When Trey Parker and Matt Stone went to the Oscars on LSD (Far Out Magazine)
Magic Mushrooms
New Hampshire Lawmakers File Psilocybin And Broader Drug Decriminalization Bills For 2022 (Marijuana Moment)
Brain Damage From Alcohol May Be Reversed By Using Magic Mushrooms, Per Study (Healing Maps)
Depression and Grief Wrecked a Man's Life—Until He Took Magic Mushroom Ingredient (Newsweek)
COMPASS Patent Challenge Targets Crystallography Errors (Psychedelic Science Review)
MDMA
Warning over high-dose MDMA circulating in Sydney (9News)
Ayahuasca
Iowa Church Using Hallucinogen During Services Denied Tax-Exempt Status (Newsweek)
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Children collapse in school after vaping £10 fake cannabis oil laced with Spice ‘sold on Snapchat’ (The Sun)
Nitrous Oxide
Business offers to deliver dangerous nitrous oxide nangs to your home (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Ketamine
Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready? (The New Yorker)
I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird. (The New York Times)
Miscellaneous
Drug testing at festivals becomes legal at New Year (New Zealand Herald)
Feds Announce Funds For Drug Harm Reduction Studies, Including On Decriminalization And Safe Consumption Sites (Marijuana Moment)
Looking Back at 2021’s Psychedelics Milestones (Truffle Report)
National Group Submits Colorado Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Measures (High Times)
Here Are The Biggest Marijuana, Psychedelics And Drug Policy News Stories Of 2021 (Marijuana Moment)
Highlights from a landmark year in psychedelic science (New Atlas)
How AI Could Prevent the Development of New Illicit Drugs (Undark)
It’s Been A Banner Year For MAPS Public Benefit Corporation And The Women Leading It (Forbes)
2021: A Year in Review for the Psychedelics Business (Psychedelic Spotlight)
SXSW Selects Multiple Marijuana And Psychedelics Panels For 2022 Festival (Marijuana Moment)
The Psychedelic Drugs Market to Be Defined By Exceptional Digitization (Lake Shore Gazette)
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