This Week in Psychoactives - 8.9.19

CANNABIS

• Study Reviews How Marijuana Compounds Inhibit Tumor Growth And Kill Cancer Cells (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Finds Cannabis Dispensaries Reduce Opioid Deaths by 21% (Leafly)

• 14% of Americans Say They Use CBD Products (Gallup)

• The Mexican Government Is Taking Public Input On How Best To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Patients Finally Get Their Medical Marijuana (Leafly)

• California OKs cannabis sales and use at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival (Los Angeles Times)

• Federal Court Says Ohio Officials Can Block Local Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Groups File 2020 Cannabis Legalization Initiative (Leafly)

• Navy Bans Sailors From Using CBD Despite Federal Hemp Legalization, New Memo Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: Law Signed Reducing Marijuana Penalties for Juvenile Offenders (NORML)

• Study: Colorado Teens Reduce Cannabis Smoking, Increase Edibles (Leafly)

• Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• With little funding or political will, Michigan police let black market weed slide (MLive)

• Top Senate Democrat Announces Construction Of Only Hemp Seed Bank In The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• Bernie Says He’d Legalize Cannabis Through Executive Order (Leafly)

• Colorado Sold Twice As Much Recreational Marijuana As Medical Cannabis Last Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin man — who arrived in U.S. in ’81 as Cambodian refugee — is deported for marijuana offenses, leaving behind his wife and new baby (Chicago Tribune)

• Is Cannabis Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics (Leafly)

• NASA Warns Employees That Using CBD Products Could Get Them Fired (Forbes)

• Could a cannabis substance replace opioid pain relievers? (Medical News Today)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Clears Early Hurdle On Way To 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Warning Issued for Dangerously Strong Ecstacy Pills in Europe (EDMTunes)

• Number of people hospitalised with 'severe illness' from ecstasy at Indiependence Festival in Cork (Irish Mirror)

• Alert after MDMA pill that is three time the adult dose is identified at Boomtown (Daily Echo)

AYAHUASCA

• Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop (Chacruna)

MESCALINE

• Here are 7 notorious Peyote and Mescaline aficionados who used these drugs to open new doors in human perception and understanding (AlterNet)

PEYOTE

• The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science (Chacruna)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Sea of laughing gas canisters left on beach after Brighton Pride (Metro)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine Changes Course of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Royal Navy pleads with sailors to stop taking ketamine amid fears that the Class B drug is rife among junior naval personnel on ships and submarines (Daily Mail)

OPIOIDS

• Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use of overdose-reversing drug, CDC says (Los Angeles Times)

• Study Finds Increase in Pharmacy Dispensing of Naloxone, More Efforts Needed to Improve Access (Pharmacy Times)

• “Go Slow”—Baltimore’s Peer-Led Fentanyl Harm Reduction Campaign (Filter)

• Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl (The Daily Signal)

• Autopsy: Bonnaroo attendee died from drug overdose involving fentanyl and ecstasy (The Tennessean)

COCAINE

• Colombia’s Drug Strategy Paradox – Less Coca Crops, More Cocaine (InSight Crime)

CAFFEINE

• Here's How Much Caffeine May Trigger a Migraine, According to a New Study (TIME)

• Why Alcohol, Nicotine Disrupt Your Sleep More Than Coffee (Healthline)

• Teenager commits suicide by overdosing on caffeine (Independent Online)

• Science Says Drinking Coffee Helps People Slow Aging, Lose Weight, and Cheat Death. These Fascinating Studies Explain Why It's a Miracle Drink (Inc.)

• Caffeine and how it affect’s the central nervous system. (Thrive Global)

TOBACCO

• Dayton, Ohio, will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco, nicotine (New York Daily News)

• Tobacco plant buffet: Sticky surface traps insects and another feasts, study says (WRAL)

ALCOHOL

• Low-level alcohol use increases miscarriage risk (Medical Xpress)

• Alcohol Producers Tout Wellness Benefits. Health Experts Say Don't Swallow Claims (NPR)

NOOTROPICS

• Say no to nootropics (Deccan Herald)

KRATOM

• Ohio delays kratom ban; bill proposed to regulate the herbal supplement (Cincinnati.com)

• What is kratom? Users praise its pain-relieving ability, but Louisiana officials look to ban it (The Advocate)

• PM says kratom can be legalised ‘if proved useful’ (ThaiVisa News)

• Kratom: The Real Problem With This Botanical Drug (Medical Daily)

• Kratom In Your Skin Care Products (Kratom Guides)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Ireland Partially Decriminalizes All Drugs (Cannabis Now)

• Another Study Confirms Psychedelics Can Help Treat Depression and Anxiety (MERRY JANE)

• CDC: Fatal Overdoses Are More Common in Cities Than Rural Areas (Filter)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of the Last 10 Years (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites (Filter)

• Bernie Sanders Wouldn’t Legalize Drugs Other Than Marijuana, He Tells Joe Rogan (Marijuana Moment)

• The Most Psychedelic Technology in Human History is Here, and it’s Called Neuralink (Psychedelic Times)

• Remembering Psychedelic Therapy Research Elder, Dr Claudio Naranjo (Kahpi)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 7.26.19

CANNABIS

• Scientists unlock the secrets of marijuana’s pain-relief potential, study says (Miami Herald)

• Study Explores How Different Marijuana Extracts Kill Types Of Cancer Cells (Marijuana Moment)

• Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing On Cannabis Banking (NORML)

• Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Give Marijuana Businesses Access To Insurance Coverage (Marijuana Moment)

• Miami Cops Can No Longer Use Just “Weed Odor” as Excuse to Search Cars (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Compound CBD Shows Promise For Treating Cocaine And Meth Addiction, Study Suggests (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Congressional Chairman And Presidential Candidate File Marijuana Legalization Bills (Forbes)

• Federal Officials Give Hemp Legalization Update At Senate Hearing (Marijuana Moment)

• How legal weed companies are starting to address driving while high (Fast Company)

• Michigan Cuts Cannabis Fees in 19 Cities Impacted by Drug War (Leafly)

• Presidential Candidate Proposes Medical Marijuana Waivers For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• California seizes $30 million in black market cannabis from illegal pot shops (Los Angeles Times)

• Record number of states considered marijuana legalization in 2019 (The Hill)

• New York City Council Passes Two Marijuana Reform Resolutions (Marijuana Moment)

• Former Drug Warrior Biden Unveils Cannabis Decriminalization Plan (Leafly)

• Enslaved on a British cannabis farm: ‘The plants were more valuable than my life’ (The Guardian)

• Marijuana Legalization More Popular Than Free College And $15 Minimum Wage, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• UK hemp farm could lose £200,000 in crop destruction (BBC)

• Why marijuana’s illegal classification is based on politics, not science (The GrowthOp)

• Entrance to illegal pot dispensary blocked again as cat-and-mouse game continues (The Toronto Star)

• Pot-smoking teen caused Maui brushfire, police say (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

• FDA (Again) Rejects Petition To Further Restrict Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Mystery Solved: Icelandic Horses Probably Ate Cannabis (The Reykjavík Grapevine)

• It’s Getting Harder to Fire People for Using Pot (Bloomberg)

• Were Vikings Growing Cannabis in Newfoundland 1,000 Years Ago? (Leafly)

• Young Americans Are More Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Testing CBD: Defenders test finds huge unreported range in THC levels (WCNC)

• Here's How Much Legal Marijuana Canada Has Sold Since Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis (Yahoo! Finance)

• UFC teams with Aurora Cannabis on CBD study in fighters (CNN)

• Hundreds Of Pet Owners Tell FDA That CBD Is Helping Their Furry Companions (Marijuana Moment)

• Did Indigenous Canadians use Cannabis Before Europeans Arrived? (Leafly)

• The Real Difference Between Smoking and Eating Marijuana (The Atlantic)

• Medical marijuana or your guns: Missourians may have to choose (KSHB)

• The New, Cool Term For Cannabis? It's Still Up For Grabs. (Green Entrepreneur)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Psilocybin Initiative Leader Starting National Decriminalization Group (Westword)

• Both CBD and Psilocybin show potential in fighting alcohol use disorder (Regina Leader-Post)

MDMA

• 3-year-old fights for her life after mistaking ecstasy for candy in Ibiza (New York Post)

• Girls hospitalised after taking MDMA at Victorian school camp (Geelong Advertiser)

AYAHUASCA

• Ayahuasca and Dreaming (Chacruna)

• A Clinical Psychologist’s First Experience with Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions Trying to Synthesize THC From Yeast (VICE)

• Alabama Corrections K-9 dies after allergic reaction inside prison (Montgomery Advertiser)

KETAMINE

• Mindfulness-Based Prevention Outcomes for Cocaine Dependence Improved by Ketamine Injection (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Spring Center of Hope discusses possible effects of ketamine on mood (Chron)

PCP

• PCP Is ‘No Worse’ Than Other Drugs When Used Properly, Says Hamilton Morris (Inquisitr)

OPIOIDS

• Summit County concert promotes free app to connect naloxone carriers to people overdosing (Cleveland.com)

• The biggest civil trial in U.S. history will start with these Ohio counties (The Washington Post)

• Five drug companies stop making fentanyl for Canadian market (The London Free Press)

• Former narcotics officer sues sheriff’s office following fentanyl exposure (WREG)

• An editorial board of user-activists takes on the opioid crisis (Columbia Journalism Review)

COCAINE

• Internal Probe Reveals SEAL Team 10 Operators’ Cocaine Use (The Daily Beast)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Police Admit They Were Totally Just Joking About Those 'Meth-Gators' (TIME)

• Rising Meth-Involved Deaths of Major Concern Amid Estimated 2018 Overdose Fall (Filter)

CAFFEINE

• Too much caffeine during pregnancy may damage baby's liver (EurekAlert!)

• The latest on caffeine limits (Medical Xpress)

• Is Caffeine Fueling Your Anxieties? (HealthDay)

• Young Man Dies from an Accidental Caffeine Overdose, Coroner Rules (Legal Reader)

TOBACCO

• Daily E-Cigarette Use Can Help Smokers Quit, According to One of the Most Comprehensive Studies Yet (TIME)

• Nicotine Testing for High Schoolers Is a Drug War-Style Disaster (Filter)

• Facebook, Instagram is age-restricting alcohol, tobacco content (WITN)

• FDA targets teens with e-cigarette prevention ads (Engadget)

ALCOHOL

• Costa Rica: Tainted alcohol death toll rises to 20; 41 people affected overall (USA Today)

• Leaked draft of the National Alcohol Strategy shows why Australia can't stop drinking (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)

• Is it safe to drink alcohol while breastfeeding? (Medical Xpress)

• Why Some People Have A Higher Alcohol Tolerance Than Others (HuffPost)

• Pabst Blue Ribbon Seeks Buzz With Hard Coffee (NPR)

• Playboy model’s skin left rotting from alcohol addiction (New York Post)

KAMBÔ

• Kambo: A Powerful Amazonian Frog Secretion That Offers Healing! (MenaFN)

KRATOM

• Kratom for excessive weight loss (The Bona Venture)

• Can you use Kratom for Performance-Enhancing? (Chart Attack)

• Nebraska Regional Poison Center warns of dangers of using Kratom (KPTM)

KHAT

• The Role of Khat in Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis (Small Wars Journal)

• Kenyan khat farmers receive a lifeline as they start exporting the potent twigs to Israel joining rival Ethiopia (Business Insider)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Psychedelics Decriminalization Moves Forward In Cities Around The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• More people try drugs for the first time in the summer, study says (CNN)

• President Duterte’s War on Drugs Is a Pretense (The New York Times)

• Mark Kleiman, who changed the way we think about crime and drugs, has died at 68 (Vox)

• Football, basketball and drug testing: Texas school district to randomly test extracurricular students (USA Today)

• Military police called in to help tackle county lines drug dealers at train stations (Mirror)

• Vancouver’s overdose task force calls for safer supply of drugs (The Globe and Mail)

• India Persecutes Leading Legal Advocate for People Who Use Drugs (Filter)

• When Drug Addiction Is Criminalized We All Lose (The National Interest)

• Ethical and Sustainable Access to Entheogenic Plants (Chacruna)

• Will Oakland Lead the Psychedelic Revolution? (The Bold Italic)

• The complex forces at work behind drug deaths at music festivals (The New Daily)

• Psychonaut Hamilton Morris on Drugs After Prohibition (Reason)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 4.19.19

CANNABIS

• Study Finds Marijuana Motivates People To Exercise, Smashing Lazy Stoner Stereotype (Marijuana Moment)

• Report: Adult Use Legalization Associated With Increased Home Values (NORML)

• Dogs Treated With Cannabis Oil Experience Less Frequent Seizures, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• In the age of legal marijuana, many employers drop ‘zero tolerance’ drug tests (Los Angeles Times)

• Georgia: Governor Signs Law Licensing Low-THC Oil Production (NORML)

• Another Federal Agency Wants You To Stop Calling About A Marijuana-Related Job (Marijuana Moment)

• Where the war on weed still rages (The Washington Post)

• Missouri Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Marijuana Decriminalization In Committee Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana legalization is very popular (Vox)

• Alabama Police Ruined a Couple’s Lives Over $50 of Weed. Now the Charges Against Them Have Been Dropped (Reason)

• Unlicensed LA Dispensary Sold Pesticide-Tainted Cannabis, City Says (Leafly)

• Illinois: Cook County State’s Attorney To Expunge Thousands Of Low-Level Cannabis Convictions (NORML)

• Why Carl's Jr. is testing out a CBD burger (CNN)

• Joe Biden Applauds Anti-Marijuana Speech At Opioid Forum (Marijuana Moment)

• How Cannabis Prohibition Is Harming Veterans With PTSD (Forbes)

• Mitch McConnell Touts Hemp Legalization Achievement In Reelection Campaign Ad (Marijuana Moment)

• Doctors Have a Cannabis Problem, and It’s Harming Patients (Leafly)

• Mental illness implications of cannabis use must not be ignored (CALmatters)

• People Could Use Marijuana In Public Housing Under New Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Roadside drug-testing flaws exposed in local court case (Echonetdaily)

• How to Be an Ethical Weed Consumer (Lifehacker)

• Can Cannabis Help You Get off Xanax? (Civilized)

• Where Presidential Candidate Eric Swalwell Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Don't expect your doctor to prescribe CBD, says physicians' college (CBC)

• Meet the ‘Bliss Molecule’ Anandamide, a Cannabinoid Your Body Produces (Leafly)

LSD

• Study: Microdosing LSD for 1 month was followed by improved mood, productivity (Big Think)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• The First Vote To Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms Is Happening Right Now (Marijuana Moment)

• What is Denver Initiative 301: Psilocybin mushroom decriminalization (The Denver Post)

MDMA

• Professor in western Japan allegedly made students produce MDMA (The Mainichi)

• The Push To Legalise MDMA In Australia (10 daily)

• MDMA Study Shows Promise In Fighting Brain Disease (EDMTunes)

• Psychedelic renaissance: could MDMA help with PTSD, depression and anxiety? (The Guardian)

• Teen who died at Kelowna festival last summer was given MDA instead of MDMA (Vancouver Sun)

• “I Think I Can Leave Afghanistan in the Past”: Interview with a Military Psychologist about MDMA Therapy for PTSD (Psychedelic Times)

• Liverpool teenager dies after suspected MDMA overdose (Milbank Monitor)

• Mum of schoolboy, 13, who died in park ‘after taking homemade ecstasy pill’ makes Facebook plea for help finding dealer ‘who sold my son these drugs’ (The Sun)

AYAHUASCA

• Do Ayahuasca Shamans See Microbial Worlds in Their Visions? (Kahpi)

• Eleven Otherworldly Visionary and Ayahuasca Artists You Probably Don’t Know (Kahpi)

• How Ayahuasca Taught Me Gratitude And Pulled My Life Together (Reset.me)

• Ayahuasca Spirits Are Special Because They Are Not Real (Kahpi)

5-MEO-DMT

• A single inhalation of vapor from dried toad secretion containing 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) in a naturalistic setting is related to sustained enhancement of satisfaction with life, mindfulness-related capacities, and a decrement of psychopathological symptoms (Springer)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• New York launches new effort to fight synthetic cannabinoids (WNYT)

• The Study of “Synthetic Cannabinoids” Condemns Punitive Marijuana Laws (Filter)

• Flood of synthetic cannabinoids threatens to undermine CBD market, experts say (NutraIngredients-USA)

• Why Synthetic CBD Is (Probably) the Future of Cannabis Pharma  (Green Entrepreneur)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Laughing Gas to Be Used as Antidepressant in Australian Medical Trial (VICE)

KETAMINE

• J&J’s new ketamine-like depression drug Spravato off to ‘very, very strong start,’ company says (CNBC)

• Researchers Are Unraveling How Ketamine Works as an Antidepressant in the Brain (Discover Magazine)

• What Is Ketamine And Should It Be Used For Addiction? (Psychology Today)

PCP

• Lakewood man was high on PCP when he attacked man with ax before escaping police custody, police say (News 5 Cleveland)

• Six Onondaga County deputies treated for possible exposure to PCP (WSTM)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

• Exclusive: DHS is considering classifying fentanyl as a 'weapon of mass destruction' (Task and Purpose)

• Andrew Yang’s plan to take on opioids: decriminalize heroin and fentanyl (Vox)

• Life-saving opioid addiction treatments get a negative slant (Columbia Journalism Review)

• "Narcansas" app developed to combat the opioid crisis (KATV)

• Maine Pursues Plan To Stock Schools With Naloxone And Expand Drug Prevention Efforts (Maine Public)

• New York Heroin Use Figures Higher Than US Average (Tech Times)

• One Doctor’s Answer to Drug Deaths: Opioid Vending Machines (WIRED)

• Vermont State Police issue update on trooper who experienced serious medical event (Vermont Biz)

• 60 People Charged For Roles in Illegal Prescription Opioid Crackdown (TIME)

• The DEA announces new strategy to fight against opioid and heroin abuse (WGNO)

• Southern States Slowly Embracing Harm Reduction to Curb Opioid Epidemic (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

• HUHS Rejects Student Proposal to Make Naloxone Publicly Available on Campus (Harvard Crimson)

• Indivior Case: Don’t Throw Out the Buprenorphine With the Bathwater (Filter)

• Saving lives with Naloxone shouldn’t cost you life insurance (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

COCAINE

• Study: US Cocaine Interdiction Efforts Just Spread More Cocaine Around (Observer)

CAFFEINE

• Switzerland to reconsider emergency coffee stockpiles, says it’s not 'vital' for survival (Fox News)

• Does Caffeine Help A Headache Or Not? Here's What Experts Say. (HuffPost)

• Caffeine content of different types of coffee (Medical News Today)

TOBACCO

• FDA threatens to fine Walmart, Kroger and convenience store chains for selling tobacco to minors (CNBC)

• Sacramento city council bans flavored tobacco products (KCRA)

• American Cancer Society opposes Iowa bill to raise tobacco use age (WQAD)

• The Percentage of Americans Who Understand That Vaping Is Less Dangerous Than Smoking Continues to Fall (Reason)

• In Approaching Nicotine, Let’s Learn From Past Harm Reduction Victories (Filter)

• House Dems unveil legislation aimed at curbing youth tobacco use (The Hill)

• Snowmass Village set to raise tobacco age limit (Aspen Daily News)

• Mitch McConnell Wants to Raise Tobacco Purchasing Age From 18 to 21, Including for Vaping Devices (TIME)

• How Changing Tobacco Laws Can Save Thousands Of Lives, Billions Of Tax Dollars (Forbes)

• Ohio could raise tobacco, e-cigarette and vape purchase age to 21: Five things to know (Cincinnati Enquirer)

ALCOHOL

• Heavy drinkers consuming more than half of all alcohol (Medical Xpress)

• Child and Adolescent Anxiety May Be Associated With Later Alcohol Use (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Can you drink alcohol with antibiotics? (Medical News Today)

• 10% of 8th graders in U.S drank alcohol in the past 30 days (WICS)

NOOTROPICS

• This Powerful Nootropic Is the Perfect Start to Your Morning (and Afternoon, And…) (Inverse)

• Are Silicon Valley’s brain-boosting 'smart drinks' as clever as they seem? (The Telegraph)

KRATOM

• Opioid Users Call Kratom a Godsend. The F.D.A. Says It’s a Menace. (The New York Times)

• Kratom is all the rage, but this natural supplement can be dangerous (Popular Science)

KAVA

• Abuse of Kava at workplaces an issue: Minister (FBC News)

• CBD Vs. Kava Kava: Two More Natural Remedies Compared (Ministry of Hemp)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Silk Road 2 founder sentenced five years after the site was shut down (Engadget)

• An algorithm is attempting to block drug deals at UK WiFi kiosks (Engadget)

• Chemsex: a dangerous shortcut to intimacy (The Independent)

• Can the Psychedelic Movement Learn from the Movement for End of Life Liberty? (Chacruna)

• Locking Up Drug “Dealers” to Save Users Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer (Truthout)

• Why block the promise of a psychedelic renaissance? (openDemocracy)

• Proposal for decriminalizing drugs could be tabled for debate in Saeima (LSM.lv)

• Our Irrational Cruelty to Pregnant or Parenting People Who Use Drugs (Filter)

• Hallucinogenic Healing: Could Psychedelics Cure Toxic Masculinity? (Playboy)

• Dark Web Drug Seller Sinmed Goes Down—Thanks to ATM Withdrawals (WIRED)

• Don’t Have a Bad Trip with the Police: Know your Rights with Police and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• What Is Psychedelic Integration? (Maps Of The Mind)

• My Life in Two Parts of Texas Illustrates Our One War on Drugs (Filter)

• Needle exchange program pioneered in Miami-Dade may soon grow to other Florida counties (Miami Herald)

• Plant medicines in indigenous cultures (The Psychedelic Scientist)

• Why We’re Starting the Conversation Around Queerness and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 4.12.19

CANNABIS

• Israel Decriminalizes Adult Use Cannabis During CannaTech Conference In Tel Aviv (Forbes)

• FDA Is Taking Public Comments On CBD. Here’s How To Make Your Voice Heard (Marijuana Moment)

• Police across the UK are given green light to let cannabis users off scot-free and suggest they get treatment instead of punishment (Daily Mail)

• Alex Berenson and the Last Anti-Cannabis Crusade (The New Republic)

• Georgia: Lawmakers Advance Bill To Regulate Low-THC Oil Production (NORML)

• Mother of girl with epilepsy has supply of medical cannabis confiscated (The Guardian)

• New York City: Lawmakers Advance Bills Limiting Drug Testing for Cannabis as a Condition of Employment, Probation (NORML)

• Nova Scotia Woman Plans Constitutional Challenge of Roadside Cannabis Test (Leafly)

• Hawaii Senate Committee Approves Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Senate Bill Would Let Marijuana Businesses Store Profits In Banks (Forbes)

• California bill to block home delivery of cannabis sidelined for year (Los Angeles Times)

• Another Connecticut Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Will the European legal cannabis industry prosper? (Health Europa)

• GOP Congressman’s Bill Would Let Medical Marijuana Patients Possess Guns (Marijuana Moment)

• Mergers And Acquisitions Light Up The Cannabis Sector (Forbes)

• Indiana Lawmakers Amend Hemp Bill To Allow Smokeable Flower (Marijuana Moment)

• People of Color Were Targeted by the War on Drugs. They Must Benefit from Marijuana Legalization (Newsweek)

• Can Cannabis Help You Get Off Adderall? (Civilized)

• Where Presidential Candidate Tim Ryan Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis stocks lower as investors await the fate of the States Act (MarketWatch)

LSD

• ‘SNL’ Introduces a Hilarious Film Critic Who Sees Movies on Acid So You Don’t Have To (IndieWire)

• T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes a trip with LSD evangelist Timothy Leary (Los Angeles Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• China Enters Magic Mushroom Industry – Wuhan, MJMedTech, and M2BIO (Psilocybin Technology)

• Psilocybin-assisted mindfulness training modulates self-consciousness and brain default mode network connectivity with lasting effects (ScienceDirect)

• Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Is Open To Decriminalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms (Marijuana Moment)

• Seth Rogen Talks About Taking Magic Mushrooms At Cirque du Soleil (Marijuana Moment)

• I went to a chic fundraiser for Denver's psilocybin mushroom vote (Rooster Magazine)

• The return of the 'stoned ape' theory (Big Think)

• Sacred Mushrooms of the Mazatec Tradition: Transforming the Inner Landscape of the Human Psyche (Chacruna)

• How Psilocybin Reset My Suicidal Thoughts And Taught Me To Love Myself (Reset.me)

MDMA

• Inside an Innovative Study of MDMA Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder (Filter)

• MDMA helps adult mice socialize like their adolescent selves (Quartz)

• Cate Faehrmann: Why a lawmaker admitted to taking MDMA (BBC)

• Teenager dies after taking six times the 'safe' level of Ecstasy (Your EDM)

• 'She didn't get the chance to learn from her mistake': Father's anguish after his daughter, 18, died from her first hit of liquid ecstasy - as he reveals the tragic final words she spoke to him (Daily Mail)

• Illinois man dies after taking ecstasy; parents now educate others on dangers of drug (WTKR)

• Psychedelic Drug MDMA May Help Treat PTSD (Tech Times)

AYAHUASCA

• Translating Ayahuasca Shamanism and Western Medicine (Kahpi)

• Global Ayahuasca Community Joins Together to Defend Ceremony Leader (Talking Drugs)

5-MEO-DMT

• Study: 5-MeO-DMT May Rapidly Improve Anxiety and Depression (Reset.me)

PEYOTE

• Why one cactus is being criminalized to death, and why it should be saved (The Massachusetts Daily Collegian)

IBOGA

• Dutch natural healer gets 8 years for death of Swedish woman (NL Times)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Ireland: Controversial ban on new psychoactive substances succeeds in reducing health problems (Scottish Legal News)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• State forensics lab identifying new synthetic cannabinoids (WLOX)

• A Bunch of Dutch People Smoked Fake Weed for Science (Civilized)

• Leeds outreach workers devise revolutionary treatment for Spice addiction (Leeds Live)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Melbourne researchers trial laughing gas to treat severe depression (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Deadly risk of breathing in laughing gas for kicks (Express)

• Laughing gas found in car after Fountain Valley crash, police say (Los Angeles Times)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine May Relieve Depression By Repairing Damaged Brain Circuits (NPR)

• Thai boys trapped in cave were sedated with ketamine (The Independent)

• Ketamine vs. Esketamine for Depression (Psychology Today)

• Emily Atack reveals she was offered ketamine in a nightclub toilet...as she recalls losing her knickers after an all night romp after the BRIT Awards (Daily Mail)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

• DOJ Charges UK Firm With Conspiracy, Fraud Over Opioid Withdrawal Drug Suboxone Film (Gizmodo)

• After three years of controversy, CDC clarifies its opioid prescribing guidelines (STAT)

• More than 10,300 Canadians lost their lives to opioids in less than 3 years (CBC)

• Poppy Cultivation and Potential Opium Production in Afghanistan (The White House)

• In poll season, Punjab debates legalising poppy seed and opium farming (Down To Earth Magazine)

• Public urged to keep free naloxone overdose kits on hand (The London Free Press)

• Family Dog Survives Eating Five Bags of Heroin (The Epoch Times)

• Naloxone available at UNT pharmacy without a prescription (North Texas Daily)

• Alabama school staff trains to administer naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses (CBS News)

• Forcing treatment and tying the hands of physicians won’t solve the opioid crisis (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Big Pharma’s Millions Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis (Tonic)

• Rajasthan farmers caught in ‘opium crisis’ (The Times of India)

• How eating four slices of multigrain bread at a airport lounge led a fly-in-fly-out miner to failing a drugs test - and him stood down from his job (Daily Mail)

• Hanover deputy released from hospital following possible fentanyl exposure (WWBT)

COCAINE

• The United States' 'War on Drugs' Really Did Make Things Worse, New Research Finds (ScienceAlert)

• Heather Yakin: Cocaine making comeback with new, lethal forms (Times Herald-Record)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward, How Speed Came of Age in California (KQED)

• Family's dog tests positive for meth, molly after walk in park (WKRG)

CAFFEINE

• Caffeine could boost exercise performance (Reuters)

• TEEN SCENE: Vaping caffeine (The Guardian)

• Caffeine addicted? Just seeing coffee stimulates the brain (Digital Journal)

• Caffeine slows down water molecules (Physics Today)

TOBACCO

• Illinois Becomes First State in Midwest to Adopt 'Tobacco 21' (NBC Chicago)

• Delaware House approves raising age to buy tobacco products (Delaware Online)

• Iowa Senate bill would increase age to buy all tobacco, vape products from 18 to 21 (KGAN TV)

• Temple University takes major step in becoming tobacco-free: 'It's incredibly important' (KYW Newsradio 1060)

• Texas could soon increase the legal age to buy tobacco, though active military members might be exempt (The Texas Tribune)

ALCOHOL

• Alcohol use disorder: Brain damage may progress despite sobriety (Medical News Today)

• No, moderate drinking can't protect against stroke. It actually increases risk, study says (USA Today)

• There's new evidence for why we get the 'drunchies' after a night of heavy drinking (INSIDER)

• Penn study finds genetic differences between heavy drinkers and alcoholics (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• A gene linked to alcohol habits may influence who you choose to marry (New Scientist)

• Ethiopia passes tough law regulating alcohol sales, adverts (Africanews)

• Proposed Federal Alcohol Labeling Revisions Retain Constitutionally Suspect Review Standards (Forbes)

• The Big Number: 17.6 million Americans suffer from alcoholism (The Washington Post)

• Australian Instagram personalities found to be under influence of alcohol industry (The Guardian)

• First-Ever Female Libido Pill Gets Relief on Alcohol Warning (Bloomberg)

• Lawmaker aims to lower blood alcohol limit (WIVB)

• Does Red Wine Help You Live Longer? Here's What the Science Says (TIME)

• April is National Alcohol Awareness Month (Marietta Daily Journal)

KRATOM

• An Herbal Drug Called Kratom Has Been Linked to Almost 100 Overdose Deaths, the CDC Reports (TIME)

• Castle Rock steps out front on regulating kratom, the popular but controversial herbal extract (The Denver Post)

• Oregon Lawmakers Could Pass a Law Regulating Kratom (The Portland Mercury)

• Kratom ban pushed by Pa. parents of son who fatally OD’d on ‘herbal heroin’ (PennLive.com)

• FDA Report Finds Heavy Metals in Kratom – Is It Really That Bad? (Kratom Guides)

• Northeast Mississippi counties continue conversation on Kratom (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

• 'Kratom literally saved my life' (WGRZ)

MISCELLANEOUS

• The World’s Biggest Dark Net Market Has Shut – What Next? (VICE)

• Sciencing the mystical: the trickery of the psychedelic trip report (Taylor and Francis)

• California tests if addiction treatment can be incorporated into primary care (Politico)

• Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Walks Back Pledge To Pardon All Non-Violent Drug Offenders (Marijuana Moment)

• Rejected Depression Drug Could Provide Relief For Opioid Withdrawal (The Fix)

• Inside the Legal Struggle Over Safe Consumption Spaces (Filter)

• The new science of psychedelics: How hallucinogens provide a tool for changing our minds (AlterNet)

• Psychedelic Plants in a Time of Ecological Crisis (Adventures Through The Mind)

• How drugs got on the metric system (Rooster Magazine)

• To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems (Filter)

• Proposal to allow needle exchanges statewide heads to House floor (Tampa Bay Times)

• How Helpful—Or Harmful—Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs? (Filter)

• Overdose prevention sites can help cities like Philadelphia save lives (STAT)

• Psychedelic Research and You. Well, Maybe, not You (Chacruna)

• Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago (Filter)

• LSD, shrooms, and psychiatry: Penn summit highlights clinical applications of psychedelics (The Daily Pennsylvanian)

• Law enforcement are not drug experts (AOD Media Watch)

• Playlist for Psychedelic Restoration (Tam Integration)

• How Open Relationships and Psychedelics Have Shaped This Entrepreneur's Mindset (Entrepreneur)

• Acetaminophen crisis bigger than opioid epidemic? (Drug WarRant)

• There’s a way to stem the increase in HIV infections (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Microdosing psychedelics may improve mood and productivity (ZME Science)

• Psychedelic club emphasizes benefits of shrooms (Rocky Mountain Collegian)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap:

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This Week in Psychoactives - 4.5.19

CANNABIS

• Guam Legalizes Marijuana Use By Adults (NORML)

• New Mexico Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Forbes)

• Los Angeles to Erase 50,000 Criminal Cannabis Convictions (Leafly)

• States With Legal Marijuana Would Be Protected From Feds Under Newly Filed Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Legalization Bill Clears New Hampshire House, but Veto Expected (Leafly)

• Federally Produced Marijuana Is Closer To Hemp Than Commercial Cannabis, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Street cannabis 'contains dangerous amount of faecal matter' (BBC)

• Wisconsin Voters Approve Multiple Marijuana Ballot Questions (Marijuana Moment)

• Science Says: Better Orgasms Through Cannabis! (The Stranger)

• Texas removing hemp from controlled substance list (The State)

• The EPA Is Funding Research On Using Hemp As A Sustainable Alternative To Concrete (Marijuana Moment)

• Medicinal use of cannabis based products and cannabinoids (The BMJ)

• Using Marijuana With Your Partner Increases The Likelihood Of Intimacy, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Georgia on cusp of legalizing medical marijuana (CNN)

• Medical Marijuana for Autism Law Approved on World Autism Day (The Fix)

• Will Germany become the world's largest market for medicinal cannabis? (Deutsche Welle)

• ‘Weed Dip’ Could Help Curb A Smokeless Tobacco Addiction (NowThis News)

• The Unique Challenges to Recycling Vapes in the Cannabis Industry (Civilized)

• Legalizing pot is the new Democratic litmus test (Politico)

• New York Governor Cuomo Leaves Marijuana Legalization Out of State Budget (NORML)

• Why Is the Cannabis Industry Struggling to Build Social Equity in the City of Angels? An Interview with Kristen Lovell of the Social Impact Center, Los Angeles (Psychedelic Times)

• PGA Issues Warning To Golfers Using CBD Products (Marijuana Moment)

• Can marijuana help end the opioids crisis? (The Guardian)

• The Feds Are Looking To Hire A Professional Marijuana Joint Roller (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Patients Can Hold Open-Carry Gun Permits (Leafly)

• “Our lawmakers don’t talk to their constituents.” An Interview with New Mexico Activist Monique Chavez on Why Pot Legalization Failed In Her State (Psychedelic Times)

• One county’s take on medical marijuana makes some users criminals (Arizona Capitol Times)

• Hemp Is At The Center Of Fashion, Politics, And Sustainability (NYLON)

• Florida Lawmakers Want to Limit Medical Marijuana Potency (Leafly)

• Cannabis stocks mixed ahead of bill proposing protections for weed companies (MarketWatch)

LSD

• Police suspect LSD contributed to death of Springfield teen (KEZI)

• Explainer: Can you die from LSD? (The Register-Guard)

• Man spiked his co-workers' water with LSD because they were ‘too uptight’ (Her)

• Scary Combination: A Navy Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier and LSD (The National Interest)

• Bizarre true story of the UK military testing LSD on Royal Marines revealed in incredible footage that shows high soldiers stumbling and climbing (The Sun)

• The acid test: Here's what LSD does to your brain (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• From Hollywood to Silicon Beach, L.A. Professionals Are Using LSD to Amp Up Their Careers (LAmag)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Why Stop at One Campaign to Legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms? Oregon Has Two—and They Don’t Get Along. (Willamette Week)

• Denver Will See Whether Voters Favor Decriminalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms (Weedmaps)

MDMA

• Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD (ScienceDaily)

• Ecstasy use by Australian high school students doubles over three years (Stuff.co.nz)

• GHB and MDMA are the best drugs for 'enhancing' sex, new study finds (Metro)

AYAHUASCA

• Scientists studying psychedelic ayahuasca as a potential anti-depressant (CTV News)

• Great Shamanic Deception: Using Ayahuasca as a Conduit for Sexual Fulfillment (Chacruna)

• Am I a Sectarian Drug User? A Brief Legal Comment on the Religious Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil, Belgium and the Netherlands (Chacruna)

• Catharsis through vomiting: My experiences with an ancient Amazonian drug at a Haryana farmhouse (Scroll.in)

• Inside Chelsea Handler’s Shocking Psychedelic Drug Confession (Radar Online)

5-MEO-DMT

• Could Bufo toad toxins be beneficial to humans? (NBC2 News)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• UAB research study finds that the majority of novel psychedelic drug users are white, college-educated men (Alabama Political Reporter)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• This is what it's like to be a Spicehead (Manchester Evening News)

NITROUS OXIDE

• How Medical Researchers Used to Party (JSTOR Daily)

• Red Bluff hospital first in Northstate to offer laughing gas for child birth (KRCRTV)

KETAMINE

• Immunosuppressant May Extend Ketamine's Antidepressant Effects (Medscape)

• When Nothing Seems to Help Your CRPS, Ketamine Pain Treatments May Bring Relief (Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic)

• Effect of Ketamine With Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depressive Symptoms (Psychiatry Advisor)

• FDA Approves Ketamine-Derived Treatment for Depression, But How Are People Really Using It? A Conversation with Kellye Greene of New York DanceSafe (Psychedelic Times)

• Esketamine and psychedelics will require restructuring mental health care visits (STAT)

• Study: Alligators on ketamine and headphones to mimic dinosaurs (Digital Journal)

• Boys rescued from Thai cave were sedated with ketamine (CNN)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

• China to Regulate All Fentanyl-Related Drugs as Controlled Substances (TIME)

• “Nation’s Most Comprehensive Lawsuit”—Now NY Takes On Purdue and the Sacklers (Filter)

• Fear, Loathing and Fentanyl Exposure (The New York Times)

• “Tranq Dope”—The Heroin Combo That’s Been Putting Philly to Sleep (Filter)

• Naloxone remains stable for at least 28 days after enduring extreme conditions: study (The Record)

• As overdoses rise, New Jersey removes a barrier to treatment for opioid addiction (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• A single-dose antidote may help prevent fentanyl overdoses (Science News)

• Philadelphia Department of Prisons will begin offering buprenorphine to male inmates again (WHYY)

• How to stop the opioid crisis (The Washington Post)

• Philly sees concerning increase in new HIV cases driven by opioid epidemic (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Study Finds Vast Differences In Ease-Of-Use For Naloxone Delivery Methods (PR Newswire)

• Is Xi Jinping the New El Chapo? (The Trumpet)

• Opium farming goes unchecked, difficult to locate plantation sites (The Kathmandu Post)

• Narcan-resistant drug linked to suspected fatal OD, Montgomery County coroner warns (WHIO)

• How Atlantic City is rethinking addiction amid opioid epidemic (The Press of Atlantic City)

• Baby Born Prematurely, Addicted to Heroin Gets Second Chance at Life Thanks to Rare Adoption (Clay Center Dispatch)

• Heroin Is Not Your Friend (Psychology Today)

COCAINE

• Why Cocaine Turns People into Jerks, a Simple Explanation (VICE)

• War on drugs has helped cocaine traffickers conquer swathes of Central America, study suggests (The Independent)

• Man faces multiple felonies after alleged cocaine-fueled melee during concert (Aspen Daily News)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Messier Than Opioids, Meth Is Asia's Worst Narcotics Threat (Bloomberg)

• Do you live near a meth lab? This interactive map will show you (KGUN)

• Cheap, Nasty, Near You. How Crystal Meth Is Spreading (Bloomberg)

• 'Completely preventable': 50 young people killed by stroke after using meth, MDMA (The Sydney Morning Herald)

CAFFEINE

• There May Be a Link Between Coffee and Lung Cancer, Study Suggests (Live Science)

• Combining Caffeine With Alcohol Can Be A Problem (American Council on Science and Health)

• Are You Overdosing on Caffeine? (Outside)

• Here’s what happens to your body when you drink coffee (Health24)

TOBACCO

• Maryland approves raising age to 21 to buy tobacco (The Washington Post)

• State lawmakers raise age to buy tobacco products, e-cigarettes to 21 (The Buffalo News)

• Olmsted County raises tobacco age to 21 (Med City Beat)

• With vaping under fire for potential links to seizures, tobacco-free snuff latest alternative to help smokers quit (USA Today)

• Alabama Congressman aims to raise the age someone can buy tobacco (ABC 33/40)

• Could smokers under 21 be barred from buying tobacco products? Texas takes a step closer to raising the age (Dallas News)

ALCOHOL

• Alcohol, caffeine are common triggers of irregular heart rhythm (Reuters)

• More adults seeking support for alcoholic parents (BBC)

• To Combat Binge Drinking, a Search for Chemical Solutions (Undark)

• Don’t Call Jessica Lareau an Alcoholic. To Her, Words Matter (Boston University)

• Even low alcohol consumption is bad news for strokes – study (The Guardian)

• Brain damage from alcohol lasts up to six weeks after quitting (New York Post)

• Millennials Are Sick of Drinking (The Atlantic)

• Hangover free alcohol? Scientist claims he’s created magic recipe (FOX 8)

ABSINTHE

• Burning Question: Why was absinthe legal then illegal and now legal again? (Monterey County Weekly)

NOOTROPICS

• What Are Nootropics? Your Guide To The Best Brain-Boosting Nutrients (mindbodygreen)

• Nootropics You Need To Know About (The Epoch Times)

KRATOM

• FDA Confirms 'Dangerous' Levels of Heavy Metals in Some Kratom Products (Medscape)

• Drug task force lobbies county to ban sale of opioid-like Kratom (The St. Augustine Record)

• Commissioners postpone move to ban kratom in St. Johns County (WJXT)

KAVA

• Retired UFC fighter to open Island Kava tea bar in Patchogue (GreaterPatchogue)

KHAT

• Woman Khat vendor killed in Banaadir region (Somalia Affairs)

MISCELLANEOUS

• D.E.A. Secretly Collected Bulk Records of Money-Counter Purchases (The New York Times)

• People who ‘microdose’ psychedelic drugs for a month say it increases positive emotions and productivity (PsyPost)

• Drugs before sex more common in UK than in Europe or US – study (The Guardian)

• Ralph Metzner, LSD and Consciousness Researcher, Dies at 82 (The New York Times)

• Philly Councilman Mark Squilla moves to block supervised injection site (WHYY)

• What Could a Conscious, Psychedelic #MeToo Look Like? (Chacruna)

• Acetaminophen's Surprising Psychoactive Effects (RealClearScience)

• On the Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate (Quillette)

• Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War (Filter)

• But The Drugs Keep Me Sober (The Small Bow)

• Philippine Supreme Court Orders Release of Evidence From Duterte’s Drug War (TIME)

• Supervised injection site supporters countersue feds, saying their Philly mission comes from religious and medical imperatives (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Pledges To Pardon All Non-Violent Drug Offenders On 4/20 (Marijuana Moment)

• Let’s Address Four Common Myths About Harm Reduction (Filter)

• Drug trips, not broken hips: let later life be the age of irresponsibility (The Guardian)

• In the Space of One Minute, Joe Biden Defends the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers, Asset Forfeiture, and Mandatory Minimums (Reason)

• The New Science of Psychedelics: A Tool for Changing Our Minds (SingularityHub)

• Two SOM students explore psychedelic investment opportunities (Yale Daily News)

• Psychedelic therapy for depression (The Naked Scientists)

• What's the deal with microdosing? (Stuff.co.nz)

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Disclaimer: "This Week in Psychoactives" 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.

Image by Psychedelic Astronaut.

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap:

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