Cannabis
Cannabis compound could be weapon in fight against superbugs (The Guardian)
Mexican Lawmakers Plan To Pass Amended Marijuana Legalization Bill Before End Of April (Marijuana Moment)
No, A Study Didn’t Say Cannabis Impairs Driving Once You’re Sober (Forbes)
Joe Biden Again Says No To Marijuana Legalization Without More Studies (Marijuana Moment)
Four-in-ten U.S. drug arrests in 2018 were for marijuana offenses – mostly possession (Pew Research Center)
Michigan recalls 9,380 marijuana vaping products over vitamin E acetate concerns (MLive)
Cannabis store burglaries on the rise in Denver (Marijuana Business Daily)
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Medical Marijuana Could Improve Sleep Quality for Chronic Pain Patients (MD Magazine)
Yet Another Study Finds That Weed Helps with Endometriosis (MERRY JANE)
Study: Cannabidiol may not ease sleep problems, especially for regular users (FOX40)
Proposed 10% THC Limit in Washington Could Wreck Its Entire Weed Industry (MERRY JANE)
Magic Mushrooms
Company Gets Trademark For The Word ‘Psilocybin,’ Frustrating Decriminalization Advocates (Marijuana Moment)
Neuroscience study uncovers psilocybin-induced changes in brain connectivity (PsyPost)
An American Psilocybin Marketplace Might Look Like This (PRØHBTD)
MDMA
The FDA Just Expanded Access to MDMA as a Therapy for PTSD (VICE)
Will MDMA Beat Cannabis to Gaining FDA Approval? (DoubleBlind)
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals husband Brad Falchuk helped her through an 'emotional' MDMA trip in Mexico (Daily Mail)
Ayahuasca
Drinking Ayahuasca Can Increase Mindfulness And Cognitive Flexibility For At Least 24 Hours (IFLScience)
The Dangers of the Ayahuasca Tourism Boom (Kahpi)
Peyote
Matthew McConaughey Reveals He Once Took Peyote In A Cage With A Mountain Lion (ET Canada)
Iboga
A Hallucinogenic Root Is Pitched to Davos Set as Treatment for Opioid Addiction (Bloomberg)
Opioids
Pharmaceutical Company Founder Gets 5 1/2 Years for Pushing Opioid (TIME)
Just 2% of patients who need anti-opioid drug naloxone get it (UPI)
People Rarely Die After Using Opioids Prescribed for Them (Reason)
Why Harsher Fentanyl Penalties Will Exacerbate the Overdose Crisis (Filter)
Nicotine
Nebraska only enforcing "Tobacco 19" amidst federal "Tobacco 21 Act" (KHGI)
Vaping is still at least 95% lower risk than smoking - debunking a feeble and empty critique (The Counterfactual)
Nebraska bill would move tobacco, nicotine use age to 21 (NTV)
Bill raising Florida's legal tobacco age passes senate committee (WCTV)
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines might be a 'hidden element' of the US' overdose epidemic -- and doctor visits for prescriptions are increasing (CNN)
Alcohol
Fewer Americans Are Binge Drinking, But Those Who Are, Are Drinking More (TIME)
Kratom
Release the Kratom: Inside America's Hottest New Drug Culture (WIRED)
Kratom set to be legalised in parts of the country (Bangkok Post)
Benchmark for Kratom manufacturing and products in the US (News Anyway)
Khat
The wild ride of East Africa's favorite stimulant (Washington Post)
Miscellaneous
Tulsi Gabbard Endorses Legalizing Drugs (Forbes)
New Vermont Bill Would Decriminalize Psychedelics And Kratom (Marijuana Moment)
Psychedelics Can Be Used to Treat PTSD, Finds Yet Another Clinical Trial (VICE)
Psychedelic Drugs Like LSD and Magic Mushrooms Linked to Transformative Experiences, Feeling Connected With Others (Newsweek)
Idaho Senator Files Bill To Decriminalize Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)
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