This Week in Psychedelics - 8.28.20

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Cannabis

  • House To Vote On Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill Next Month, Leadership Announces (Marijuana Moment)

  • Minnesota Tribe Just Legalized Medical Cannabis on Largest Reservation in State (MERRY JANE)

  • Most Legal Marijuana States Had Fewer Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Michigan Tribe Is About to Create Its Own Legal Weed Market Free From State Control (MERRY JANE)

  • Nebraska Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads To Ballot After Secretary Of State Rejects Challenge (Marijuana Moment)

  • Washington Prankster Changed Green Traffic Light to Flash Image of a Pot Leaf (MERRY JANE)

  • Pennsylvania governor calls for marijuana legalization to boost economic recovery (Leafly)

  • Youth Marijuana Use Stable Amid Legalization’s Expansion, Feds Report (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Fight for Medical Marijuana in Brazil (Chacruna)

  • Study: Cannabis Associated with Increased Cessation of IV Opioid Use (NORML)

  • Canada Will Officially Stop Drug Testing Student-Athletes for Weed (MERRY JANE)

  • Elephant Will Be Given CBD To Treat Stress After Death Of Companion, Zoo Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study: Medical Cannabis Use by Seniors Associated with Improved Quality of Life (NORML)

  • Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug (Science Magazine)

LSD

  • LSD microdose trial for acute pain relief reports “remarkable” results (New Atlas)

  • When Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon took LSD and delivered a monster performance at Woodstock (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Cultivating P. cubensis: Light and Tryptamine Are Key for Controlling Psilocybin and Psilocin Levels (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Ehave, Inc. Announces Psychedelic Retreats Through Its Mycotopia Therapy Subsidiary (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

Ayahuasca

5-MeO-DMT

  • 5-MeO-DMT: The Story Behind the “God Molecule” (DoubleBlind)

Salvia Divinorum

Ketamine

  • Colorado’s Health Department Forming Committee To Review Use Of Ketamine By First Responders (CBS Denver)

  • Champignon to Begin Offering Esketamine Treatment for Adults With Major Depressive Disorder at the Canadian Rapid Treatment Centre of Excellence (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Ketamine Therapy Has Made Its Way On to Instagram (VICE)

  • How Ketamine is Made: Everything You Need to Know (Reality Sandwich)

Miscellaneous

  • Canadian Government Will Respond To Psychedelics Decriminalization Petition (Marijuana Moment)

  • Decriminalize Nature DC shows that the psychedelic movement’s only real enemy is itself (New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law)

  • Field Trip Psychedelics Inches Closes to Going Public: Definitive Amalgamation Agreement Reached (Psilobybin Alpha)

  • Microdosing: Set and Setting (The Third Wave)

  • Psychedelic Organizations Make Efforts to Address Racism (Lucid News)

  • Psychedelics & Functional Mushroom Co Silo Wellness Inches Closer to Go-Public (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • To maintain momentum, the Psychedelic Renaissance must go mainstream. (Psychedelic Frontier)

  • Osmind pitches clinical management and data analysis for mental health practices using psychedelics (TechCrunch)

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Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychedelics" does not censor or analyze the news links presented here. The purpose of this column is solely to catalogue how psychedelics are presented by the mass media, which includes everything from the latest scientific research to misinformation.