Cannabis
Marijuana Seems To Reduce Opioid Use Among Chronic Pain Patients, Meta-Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
CIA Says Past Pot Use Does Not Disqualify Applicants From Agency Jobs (MERRY JANE)
Commander-in-Cannabis: How Will Trump and Biden Approach Marijuana Policy? (High Times)
CBD Can Stop Brain Cancer in Humans and Dogs, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)
Kansas Governor Says Medical Marijuana Still On The Table In 2020 Despite Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)
Could cannabis terpene formulation treat COVID-19? (Health Europa)
US Marijuana Research Policy Violated International Law For Decades, DEA Lawsuit Memo Reveals (Marijuana Moment)
Maryland Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens State's First Weed Drive-Thru (MERRY JANE)
Lebanon has legalised cannabis growing, but its political class are muscling in on small farmers (The New Arab)
Why you should read the label on your cannabis product (Leafly)
Does cannabis use amplify the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure and vice versa? (EurekAlert!)
Australian study finds vehicle crashes are a common factor in cannabis deaths (The Sydney Morning Herald)
One doctor vs. the DEA: Inside the battle to study marijuana in America (NBC)
Grandma gets high: Why seniors are consuming cannabis (Leafly)
Scientists Create New Method To Store Marijuana Pollen On A Long-Term Basis (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
LSD "off-switch" developed by psychedelic pharmaceutical company (New Atlas)
What Happens When You Add Other Drugs To Your LSD Trip? (VICE)
Bicycle Day 2020 Was Truly Historic, But Not for the Reasons You Think (Psymposia)
When a Coronavirus Lockdown Resembles an LSD Trip (The New York Times)
Magic Mushrooms
Oregon Therapeutic Psilocybin Legalization Campaign Has A New Signature Strategy Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)
New York Assemblywoman Introduces Measure to Decriminalize Psilocybin (DoubleBlind)
Compass raises $80M to take magic mushroom drug toward phase 3 (FierceBiotech)
Oregon psychedelic startup tests nasal spray for PTSD, depression as legislative momentum builds (GeekWire)
Calls For Australian Government To Allow MDMA And Psilocybin To Be Used To Treat Mental Health (LADbible)
MDMA
Why MDMA Sex Feels So Good (VICE)
Novel Psychoactive Substances
Scientists Solve the Crystal Structure of the Freebase of 5-MeO-DALT (Psychedelic Science Review)
Ketamine
Treating Depression with Ketamine Under Quarantine (DoubleBlind)
Ketamine and COVID-19 (Forest Bluff Magazine)
Miscellaneous
Turn On, Tune In, Cash In (New Republic)
Weed Biotech Partners with US Hospital to Make Psilocybin, MDMA, and DMT (MERRY JANE)
Dr. Bronner’s Donates $1 Mil to Legalize Medical Psilocybin in Oregon (DoubleBlind)
This petition to decriminalize psychedelics is causing Canadians to respond in droves (The Growth Op)
Biden RAVE Act Legislation From 2003 Continues to Impede Risk Reduction Efforts (Lucid News)
Biotech startup wants to make new short-acting psychedelic drugs more scalable & accessible (The Sociable)
Field Trip Announces “World’s First” Virtual Psychedelic Therapy, But Forgets To Mention They Aren’t the First and No Psychedelics Are Involved (Psymposia)
Dax Shepard Explains Why He'd Approve of His Daughters Taking Psychedelic Drugs (E! Online)
Psychedelics Company Orthogonal Thinker Closes $6M Seed Round (Benzinga)
Efforts to Legalize Psychedelics is Quickly Picking Up Momentum (Baystreet)
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