This Week in Psychedelics - 5.7.21

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Cannabis

  • Mexican Lawmakers Fail To Legalize Marijuana Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk Following Legislature’s Approval (Marijuana Moment)

  • Louisiana House Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower And Advances Bill To Prepare For Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Texas House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, Sending It To Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Philadelphia: Mayor Signs Law Prohibiting Pre-Employment Drug Screening for Cannabis (NORML)

  • Frequent Marijuana Consumers Are Actually More Physically Active Than Non-Users, Study Finds, Smashing Stereotypes (Marijuana Moment)

  • Neat idea, Canna Bumps: Thanks for keeping marijuana illegal (Leafly)

  • Switzerland Just Got One Step Closer to Federally Legalizing Weed (MERRY JANE)

  • Cannabis Offers Immediate Nausea Relief, Study Shows (Forbes)

  • French Lawmaker Displays Marijuana Joint In Parliament As New Report Calls For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • 58% of Americans Don't Know the Difference Between THC and CBD, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

  • Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Students In Schools (Marijuana Moment)

  • Kansas: House Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Bill (NORML)

  • Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears 11th House Committee On Path To The Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado: Legislature Approves Measure Eliminating Civil Penalties for Possessing Between One and Two Ounces of Cannabis (NORML)

  • Kansas Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wilmington, Delaware City Council Votes to Support Cannabis Legalization (NORML)

  • Cannabis 'gravest threat' to mental health of young people (The Irish Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • MycoMeditations' Psilocybin-Assisted Wellness Retreat Urgently Addresses COVID-19's Impact on Mental Health (PR Newswire)

  • Psychedelics and Veganism: Personal Change Catalysed by Psilocybin (Sam Woolfe)

  • Psyched Wellness Signs Supply Agreement for Amanita Muscaria (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psilocybin and the Will to Live (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Optimi Health Partnership with Numinus Wellness Provides Update on First All-Natural Psilocybin Protocol (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

Mescaline

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Champignon Brands Changes Name to Braxia Scientific to Reflect the Integration of Ketamine and Psychedelic Clinics and its Research and Development Priorities (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Ketamine, esketamine effective for depression but have limitations (Healio)

  • What’s in the ketamine bill that just passed the House Judiciary Committee in Colorado? (KDVR)

Miscellaneous

  • 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics (Psychedelic Invest)

  • Texas House Approves Psychedelics Research Bill As Marijuana Reform Measures Also Advance (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can a genetic test predict your response to psychedelic drugs? (New Atlas)

  • What Happens When Big Pharma Starts Selling Mass-Market Hallucinogens (The Federalist)

  • Now that New York Legalized Cannabis, Could Psychedelics Be Next? (DoubleBlind)

  • The push to legalize psychedelics has ignored Indigenous communities (Mic)

  • Psychedelics at a Crossroads: We Need Constructive Not Extractive Capital (Dr. Bronner's)

  • Red Light Holland Receives Patent Pending Status For ‘Find Your Dose’ Customization of Microdosing Kits Based on Biometric and Movement Data (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Psychedelics are transforming the way we understand depression and its treatment (The Irish Times)

  • Portland Advocates Push for Psychedelic Decriminalization (Truffle Report)

  • Can Psychedelics Provide Relief for Autistic Individuals? (Psychedelics Today)

  • Nova Mentis Launches Autism Clinical Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Why drugs should be not only decriminalised, but fully legalised (New Statesman)

  • Ketanserin’s Contributions to Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • MindMed Announces Project Angie, Targeting the Treatment of Pain with Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Navigating the Legal Landscape of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

  • Culture, entrepreneurial spirit makes Okanagan viable for psychedelic research (iNFOnews)

  • Psychedelics and Ecological Consciousness (Reality Sandwich)

  • DoubleBlind Editor-in-Chief Shelby Hartman on Covering the World of Psychedelics (Muse by Clio)

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