This Week in Psychedelics - 5.8.20

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Cannabis

  • Louisiana Lawmakers Vote To Allow Medical Marijuana For Any Debilitating Condition And Legalize Delivery Services (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Zealand Government Unveils Final Marijuana Legalization Measure For 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign’s New Signature Strategy Involves Masks And Disposable Pens (Marijuana Moment)

  • Joe Biden Includes Marijuana Decriminalization In New ‘Plan For Black America’ (Marijuana Moment)

  • Europeans Are Relying on Darknet Weed to Stock Up During COVID-19 Lockdowns (MERRY JANE)

  • North Dakota Marijuana Legalization Campaign Reassesses 2020 Ballot Strategy But Concedes 2022 Is More Likely (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland: Governor Vetoes Bill Shielding Marijuana-Related Convictions from Public View (NORML)

  • Montana Marijuana Activists Will Begin Signature Gathering For Legalization Measure With New Safety Protocols (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nearly 15 Percent of Colorado Weed Failed Microbial Testing in 2019 (Westword)

  • Researchers develop chemistry needed to create marijuana breathalyzer (Phys.org)

  • Marijuana Bumper Stickers? No Thanks, Drivers Say In National Survey (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Police Make Fewer Traffic Stops Following Marijuana Legalization, But People of Color Still Disproportionately Targeted (NORML)

  • USDA Unveils Guidelines For Federal Loans To Hemp Business (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychemedics Announces a “Vaping Panel” to Detect and Deter the Use of Marijuana, CBD and Nicotine (Yahoo! Finance)

  • Missouri Lawmakers Defeat Amendment To Require They Consume Marijuana Before Voting (Marijuana Moment)

  • Famous Moms Explain How Weed Has Helped Them Become the Best Parents Possible (MERRY JANE)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Can Psilocybin Help You Lose Weight? (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics Decrim Activists Mark First Anniversary Of Denver’s Historic Psilocybin Mushroom Vote (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mazatec Perspectives on the Globalization of Psilocybin Mushrooms (Chacruna)

  • NeonMind and Translational Life Sciences to Design Psilocybin Mushroom Clinical Trials (MarketWatch)

  • We Asked Experts How Risky It Is to Self-Medicate With Mushrooms (VICE)

  • Will Psilocybin Clinics Be The Next Big Thing In Treating Depression? (The Fresh Toast)

MDMA

  • The 17 best films about MDMA and ecstasy (Mixmag)

DMT

  • Fundamental Perception of Reality Altered After Using Psychedelic DMT (Newswise)

  • Entheon Biomedical Announces Private Placement to Begin Pre-clinical Trials with Psychedelic Compounds DMT & 5 MEO DMT (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

  • Official Trailer for 'The Medicine' Documentary All About Ayahuasca (First Showing)

Iboga

Ketamine

  • Psychedelics Company Lands Deal To Dispense Ketamine Treatment Through 1,000+ Pharmacies In Canada (Forbes)

  • Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles Deemed 'Essential' Business During COVID-19 Pandemic (Digital Journal)

DXM

Miscellaneous

  • Netflix And Trip: Take A Psychedelic Adventure In This Star-Studded Documentary (Forbes)

  • Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, Psychedelic Reform Campaigns Go Digital (DoubleBlind)

  • Campaign To Decriminalize Psychedelics In DC Cleared For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic Liberty Summit Demonstrates Diversity in Cyberspace (Lucid News)

  • Coronavirus crisis could increase users' drug habits – report (The Guardian)

  • US Cities Are Now Ignoring Minor Drug Crimes to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (MERRY JANE)

  • Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising (VICE)

  • Global Drug Survey: Special Edition on COVID-19 (TalkingDrugs)

  • CaaMTech Partners with the National Institutes of Health to Study Synthetic Tryptamines (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • MindMed’s CEO Jamon “JR” Rahn Wants Nothing To Do With Those Psychedelic Decrim People (Psymposia)

  • Why Taking Psychedelics While on Antidepressants Could Make Treatment Ineffective (DoubleBlind)

  • SSDP Conference: Ending Mass Incarceration Takes More Than Drug Policy Reform (Filter)

  • I’m Selling Party Drugs on Lockdown Because People Are Yearning For Them (VICE)

  • Champignon Brands forms North American planning committee to accelerate US expansion (Proactive Investors)

  • Psychedelic Drugs Can Improve Quality Of Life - And Death - For Older Adults (Forbes)

  • The Psychedelic Research Hiatus And Its Relevance Today (Psychedelics Daily)

  • Mindset Pharma Synthesizes Second Generation Medicinal Psychedelic Compounds (Yahoo! Finance)

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