Cannabis
Michigan celebrates first legal cannabis purchases (Leafly)
DEA Finalizes Plan To Grow 3.2 Million Grams Of Marijuana In 2020 (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis Stocks Are Scrambling to Conserve Cash (Nasdaq)
Illinois City Will Use Weed Taxes to Pay Reparations for Black Residents (MERRY JANE)
Field test kits will help police distinguish between marijuana and hemp (Richmond-Times Dispatch)
CBD could help doctors use lower doses of chemotherapy (Israel21c)
Brazil approves medical marijuana rules, blocks cannabis cultivation (Reuters)
Shoppers Drug Mart expands online medical cannabis retail into Saskatchewan (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
Minnesota OKs medical cannabis for chronic pain, eye disease (Minnesota Public Radio News)
New Zealand Government Unveils Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of 2020 Referendum (Marijuana Moment)
Harborside got around a regulatory ban to open SoCal’s first drive-thru cannabis shop in Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
Clinical Trial: Transdermal Application of CBD Effective in Patients with Myofascial Pain (NORML)
Willie Nelson Quit Smoking Weed, But He’s Still Eating It (MERRY JANE)
Cannabis on the Tickets in the Coming UK Elections (New Frontier Data)
North Dakota Activists Submit Measure To Legalize Marijuana In 2020 (Marijuana Moment)
L.A.’s Cannabis Cafe Is Rebranding and Parting Ways with Lowell Herb Co. (LA Magazine)
Men who regularly smoke cannabis have increased risk of developing testicular cancer, study claims (Yahoo! News)
Michael Bloomberg Backs Decriminalization As Marijuana Views Evolve Amid Presidential Run (Marijuana Moment)
Lil Wayne Just Launched His Own Cannabis Brand (Forbes)
LSD
NASA prepped for alien communication with 'LSD dolphin sex' experiment (Daily Star)
Magic Mushrooms
World’s first magic mushroom nasal spray for PTSD and depression (Health Europa)
Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Magic Mushrooms Turn Blue (MERRY JANE)
A Glimpse of Life After Magic Mushroom Legalization (Forbes)
The Keys To Understanding Psilocybin's Medical Value, Market Potential (Benzinga)
MDMA
How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces (Filter)
Ketamine
'Bad' ketamine and ecstasy warning after Liverpool clubbers hospitalised (BBC)
Opioids
Drugs Used to Replace Opioids Linked With Increase in Suicide Attempts Across U.S. (Newsweek)
7 Heroin Users Die From Flesh-Eating Bacteria in San Diego (The New York Times)
MLB Wants Rehab Rather Than Suspension for Players Who Use Opioids (MERRY JANE)
Congressman calls on airlines to carry naloxone, NARCAN to help fight opioid epidemic (NBC Montana)
Iowa Organization Offers Free Access to Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug (WHO TV)
Cocaine
Cocaine deaths in Wales 'quadruple in five years' (BBC)
Europe becomes cocaine exporter as countries overflow with drug (The Telegraph)
Methamphetamine
Meth is killing more Utahns than ever before (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Caffeine
You're Using Caffeine the Wrong Way (Psychology Today)
What Are Caffeine Pills—And Are They Safe? (Health.com)
Nicotine
E-cigarettes do NOT increase pneumonia risks: Study suggests vapor does not weaken the immune system in the same way as cigarette smoke (Daily Mail)
More than 6 million US middle and high schoolers used tobacco products in 2019, report says (CNN)
Minnesota Is the Latest State to Sue E-Cigarette Maker Juul Over Youth Vaping (TIME)
Marijuana and Nicotine Are Trading Places as Prohibitionists’ Target (Filter)
Tobacco Companies Win Temporary Reprieve on Low-Nicotine Cigarettes (The Motley Fool)
Alcohol
Prescription Alcohol Can Help Problem Drinkers (Elemental)
A nimbler way to track alcohol use—by mining Twitter and Google searches (Medical Xpress)
Alcohol death rates dropping in Scotland (BBC)
Alcohol tolerance may have saved our ancestors from extinction (Phys.org)
Kratom
Flying With Kratom – Can You Take Mitragyna Speciosa On A Plane? (Kratom Guides)
Kratom vs. Nutmeg: Which Is More Dangerous? (Pain News Network)
Miscellaneous
Scientist Talks Benefits Of Psychedelics At Federal Health Agency Event (Marijuana Moment)
Renewed push for pill-testing in more Australian states following latest festival death (The Music Network)
Study outlines concerns around natural psychoactive substances (Medical News Today)
Orthogonal Thinker Launches First Psychedelics Lifestyle Brand PsillyLife to Promote Psychedelic Culture and Proprietary Research (Yahoo! Finance)
Andrew Yang Calls For Investments In Safe Injection Sites For Illegal Drugs (Marijuana Moment)
Julián Castro Open To Decriminalizing Drugs And Endorses Safe Consumption Sites (Marijuana Moment)
The Ethical Quagmire of Conducting Drug Trials With Incarcerated People (Filter)
Successful Alcohol And Drug Recovery Still Hindered By Stigma (Forbes)
At Penn, people in recovery are helping more patients with addiction enter treatment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The nautical beginnings of America’s war on drugs (NavyTimes)
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