This Week in Psychedelics - 9.11.20

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Cannabis

  • Medical Marijuana Measure Removed From Nebraska’s November Ballot By State Supreme Court (Marijuana Moment)

  • Marijuana Is Making Its Mark on Ballots in Red States (The Daily Beast)

  • Pakistan Legalizes Industrial and Medical Cannabis Aiming to Expand Global Market (MERRY JANE)

  • Maine Finally Approves First Marijuana Business Licenses Weeks Before Legal Sales Launch (Marijuana Moment)

  • Give cannabis to elderly people with chronic pain, doctors say (The Telegraph)

  • Virginia: Marijuana-Related Bills Advance During Special Legislative Session (NORML)

  • USDA Reopens Public Comment Period On Hemp Rules Following Intense Industry Pushback (Marijuana Moment)

  • Key Congressional Committee Advances Legislation to Facilitate Clinical Research Studies Using State-Authorized Marijuana Products (NORML)

  • Twitter Partners With Feds On Campaign Flagging ‘Marijuana’ Searches While Giving ‘Alcohol’ A Pass (Marijuana Moment)

  • Hong Kong Just Opened Its First CBD Café Despite Country's Notoriously Harsh Weed Laws (MERRY JANE)

  • Greenstop launches its cannabis vending machine in California dispensaries (TechCrunch)

  • Global Drug Body Recommends 20 Ways to Improve the Cannabis Industry (VICE)

  • Marijuana Possession Arrests Plummet In Texas After Hemp Legalization, New State Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • This is how cannabis effectively eases inflammation (Chicago Tribune)

  • I used to be on the police drug squad. Here's why I'm voting against legalising cannabis (Stuff.co.nz)

LSD

  • LSD Tolerance Could Develop Faster than You Expect (DoubleBlind)

  • Acid Tab Feeling Lot Of Pressure To Present Tech CEO With Game-Changing Ideas For Disrupting Telecom Industry (The Onion)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Havn Life Sciences Granted Section 56 Exemption to Begin Scientific Work With Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Bett Williams Walks Between Worlds (Lucid News)

MDMA

Nitrous Oxide

  • One in four drug users at festivals now get high on laughing gas - TD (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

  • Esketamine spray for treating depression 'not cost-effective' (BBC)

  • Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists ask CDPHE to suspend 'excited delirium' ketamine waiver (9news.com)

Miscellaneous

  • Will Australia be the First Country to Reap the Benefits of Psychedelic Medicines? Rescheduling Proposal Submitted to TGA (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Depression and suicidal ideation reduced after psychedelic usage (Big Think)

  • Psychedelic experiences share many features with those described by mystics and religious practitioners (PsyPost)

  • Biden Pledges To Force People Who Use Drugs To Enroll In Mandatory Treatment Programs (Marijuana Moment)

  • Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories in Psychedelia (Psymposia)

  • Psychedelics Company Havn Life Announces Commencement of Public Trading on the CSE (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • AWAKN Life Sciences Launches Clinical Research Division with Prof. David Nutt & Dr. Ben Sessa Identifying Suitable Studies Across Europe & North America (Yahoo! Finance)

  • How Mescaline Helped Me to Better Understand Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (Psychedelic Frontier)

  • Quipazine: A Long-Standing Enigma in Psychedelic Research (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Scientists Use Psychedelics to Discover an Anti-Inflammatory Pharmacophore (Psychedelic Science Review)

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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.