This Week in Psychedelics - 3.25.22

Cannabis

  • Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill Officially Scheduled For House Floor Vote Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

  • Rwanda Begins Cannabis Production (High Times)

  • New Hampshire Lawmakers Approve State-Run Marijuana Legalization Bill With Amendments, Sending It Back To House Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota: Governor Signs Legislation Preserving Patients’ Home Cultivation Rights (NORML)

  • U.S. Senate Unanimously Approves Marijuana Reform Bill On Same Day That House Schedules Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

  • New York’s Cayuga Nation To Sell Recreational Cannabis (High Times)

  • What Do Joe Biden’s Cannabis Policy And Seinfeld Have In Common? Nothing. Literally. (Forbes)

  • After Surge Of Deadly Robberies At Marijuana Shops In Washington State, Officials Push For Federal Banking Reform (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study raises questions about risks of using medical marijuana for mood and anxiety disorders (CNN)

  • Group Launches Petition to Bring Recreational Pot to Colorado Springs (High Times)

  • Can cannabis ward off nightmares? Here’s what we know about how weed affects dreams (GreenState)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Hawaii Senators Amend Psilocybin Study Resolution To Make Access Contingent On Federal Approval (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psilocybin Is Effective in Reducing Weight Gain, New Study Shows (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Missouri looks to legalize shrooms (KMOV)

  • Stargazer Mushroom Strain: Cultivation, Effects, & More (DoubleBlind)

  • Beyond Psilocybin: These Mushrooms May Offer Brain-Boosting Compounds, Too (Discover)

  • Optimi Health Begins Cultivation Of Natural Psilocybin For Use In Clinical Trials (GlobeNewswire)

MDMA

  • MDMA Therapy for PTSD Looks Safe and Effective in New Trial Data (Gizmodo)

  • MDMA assisted therapy significantly reduces eating disorder symptoms (leafie)

  • You Won’t Feel High After Watching This Video (The Cut)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Demand for This Toad’s Psychedelic Toxin Is Booming. Some Warn That’s Bad for the Toad. (The New York Times)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • The US Gets Its First Free, Rapid Drug-Checking Mail Program (Filter)

  • Utah Governor Signs Bill To Study Use Of Psychedelics For Mental Health Therapy (Marijuana Moment)

  • Another Michigan City Approves Psychedelics Decriminalization As Activists Pursue Statewide Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here (The Nation)

  • Another Psychedelics Company Is Crashing (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Connecticut Lawmakers Advance Psychedelics Therapy Bill (High Times)

  • Three Bills Seek to Shift Psychedelics Policy in New York State (Lucid News)

  • COMPASS Pathways and partners launch The Centre for Mental Health Research and Innovation, in the UK (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Can Psychedelic Masculinity Stop War? (Lucid News)

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