This Week in Psychedelics - 12.18.20

Cannabis

• Adult caution list: Those caught in possession of cannabis for personal use may not face criminal charges (TheJournal.ie)

• Senate Passes Marijuana Research Bill One Week After House Approves Similar Legislation (Marijuana Moment)

• Monitoring the Future Study: No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use Following Statewide Legalization (NORML)

• Washington State Could Legalize Marijuana Home Cultivation Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Life-changing’ impact of medical cannabis in epilepsy patients revealed (Cannabis Health News)

• Feds Announce $350K Grant To Develop Method To Distinguish Hemp And Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published in 2020 About Cannabis (NORML)

• Tainted vapes recalled as Oregon regulators plan wider ban (Leafly)

• Study provides clues about how minor cannabinoids work in the body (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era (VICE)

• The Struggle for Medical Marijuana Access in Brazil (Filter)

LSD

• MindMed plans to commence LSD-assisted therapy for anxiety disorder next year (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Jersey Lawmakers Send Marijuana And Psilocybin Bills To Governor (Marijuana Moment)

• Former cancer patient finds deep healing in psilocybin trip (Times Colonist)

MDMA

• Bill to decriminalise small amounts of MDMA, heroin, ice and other drugs to be introduced in ACT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

DMT

• DMT Research Affords New Hope for Stroke Victims (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Joe Wicks wants to head to the Amazon and try hallucinogenic plant after backing out first time round (Metro)

Salvia Divinorum

• Miley Cyrus celebrates 10-year anniversary of infamous bong video (The GrowthOp)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Experimental vaccine can counter dangerous effects of synthetic cannabinoids (Science Daily)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to Consider Allowing Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy under Special Access Program Amendment (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Revive Therapeutics: The Psychedelics Company Working On A Covid-19 Treatment (Forbes)

• Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder (The Daily Beast)

• A “Humane” Global Drug War Is Possible, House Commission Tells Biden (Filter)

• Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA (Filter)

• Why We All Need to Be Spanked and Trip Right Now (DoubleBlind)

• Can Psychedelics Bring on Your Menstrual Period? (High Times)

• Insights Into the Neurophysiology of Tryptamine-Derived Hallucinogens (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Why Psychedelic Reform Will Surpass Cannabis: 6 Reasons (Psychedelic Passage)

• A Historian’s Reflection on Music and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Indigenous Healers Fundraise To Combat Cultural Destruction (Lucid News)

• Can Psychedelics Help Us Face Our Fear of Death? (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.20.20

Cannabis

• Mexican Senate Passes Bill To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide (Marijuana Moment)

• Israel Announced Intentions To Legalize Recreational Cannabis (High Times)

• Argentina redraws medical cannabis rules, allowing home cultivation (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cannabis resin now 25% more potent, global study reveals (The Guardian)

• New Jersey Senate Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Despite Contentious Psychedelics Provision (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD is not a narcotic, says EU court as it rules French ban is illegal (The Guardian)

• Lawmakers In Wisconsin Capital Vote To Allow Marijuana Use In Public (Marijuana Moment)

• How marijuana legalization made strides across the US in this election (The Guardian)

• New Jersey Senate And Assembly Committee Pass Marijuana Sales Bills Despite Pushback From Equity Advocates (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey: Senate Lawmakers Approve Legislation to End Low-Level Marijuana Arrests (NORML)

LSD

• Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Lover of Timothy Leary, High Priest of LSD, Dies at 74 (The New York Times)

• MindMed Receives Approval of Protocol Design to Evaluate Microdoses of LSD For Adult ADHD In Phase 2a Clinical Trial from Swiss and Dutch Health Authorities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Florida man on LSD tackles Disney security guard at Animal Kingdom (Orlando Weekly)

Magic Mushrooms

• First Non-Palliative Canadian Granted Access To Psilocybin Therapy (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Usona Offers Psilocybin to Eligible Researchers at No Cost (Usona Institute)

• Revive Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration with PharmaTher for Development of Psilocybin in Cancer and Discovery of Novel Uses of Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin increases the expression neuroplasticity-related genes in rats (PsyPost)

• Psilocybin for Depression Study Approved and Funded by German Government (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Pilot Study of Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy in Older AIDS Survivors (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Single Dose of Psilocybin Reduces Migraines for at Least 2 Weeks (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Aeruginascin Identified in Psilocybe cubensis Magic Mushrooms (Psychedelic Science Review)

• NeonMind Commences Preclinical Trial to Examine Psilocybin for Weight Loss (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How will Oregon’s new psilocybin therapy program work? (OPB)

• Numinus Announces Compassionate Access Trial of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Substance Use Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• ACT and PcbAP for Depression – A Natural Synergy Part 2: The Technical Integration (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Field Trip Health Ltd. Announces Expansion to The Netherlands and Launch of Proprietary Truffle Program (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Happiness during ketamine infusion predicts treatment-resistant depression outcomes (Healio)

• Ketamine May Be Helpful in Treating Alcohol Use Disorder (Psychology Today)

• Veterans Are Using Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy To Help With PTSD (Green Entrepreneur)

Miscellaneous

• Vancouver proposes decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs (The Globe and Mail)

• Canadian Officials Respond To Psychedelics Decriminalization Petition, Saying No Legal Changes Needed (Marijuana Moment)

• UK on the Brink of a Psychedelic Therapy Revolution (Filter)

• One Simple Way Biden Could Prove He Regrets His Role in the Drug War (Slate)

• How Tripping Can Help Us Reimagine Capitalism Ahead of Psychedelic Commercialization (DoubleBlind)

• High Country: The Aspen Brain Institute examines the promising future of psychedelic-assisted therapy (The Aspen Times)

• The Oregon Model (The Baffler)

• Keys for Integrating Psychedelic Experiences (Psychedelics Today)

• Kin Spruijt: A Psychedelic Nurse in a Dutch Psychiatric Clinic (Chacruna)

• Paraphernalia Decrim Advances in DC—Just Not for Drug Sellers (Filter)

• Breaking Barriers So Psychedelic Experiences Can Become Mainstream (Forbes)

• What is the Default Mode Network? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Avoiding Negative Experiences With Microdosing (The Third Wave)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.13.20

Cannabis

• House will vote on cannabis legalization bill in December (Politico)

• Mexican Senators Will Vote On Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Can Marijuana Help Biden Heal a Divided Nation? (Bloomberg)

• Marijuana Reform Omitted From Biden Transition Plan On Racial Equity Despite Campaign Pledges (Marijuana Moment)

• Gallup: Record Percentage of Americans Say “Marijuana Should Be Made Legal” (NORML)

• New Jersey Committees Cancel Marijuana Sales Bill Votes Amid Disputes Over Provisions (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Legislation Barring Police from Using Marijuana Odor to Stop or Search Takes Effect Early 2021 (NORML)

• Texas Lawmakers Pre-File Marijuana Bills For 2021 Session (Marijuana Moment)

• People around the country keep voting for marijuana. Here's why that's unlikely in NC. (The News & Observer)

• Montana Marijuana Opponents File New Lawsuit To Overturn Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis May Have Negative Effects On Sperm, Review Finds (Benzinga)

• Marijuana Regulators From 19 States Form Group To Coordinate Legalization Implementation (Marijuana Moment)

• After heart attack, pot smoking raises post-op dangers (Medical Xpress)

LSD

• Free Love and LSD: Photos of Life in a 70s Commune (VICE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Bill to decriminalize marijuana in N.J. passes in committee — and is amended to include hallucinogenic mushrooms (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Oral Thin Film Product with Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Niños Santos, Psilocybin Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Renaissance (Chacruna)

• NeonMind Obtains Health Canada Approval to Advance Psilocybin Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• MDMA does not increase trust or cause a hangover, study says (New York Post)

DMT

• Meet the Man Who Brought DMT to the Masses (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• The Ayahuasca Afterglow Phenomenon: Exploring Its Significance and Limitations (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Jordi Riba and the Challenges of Studying Ayahuasca (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• New Program Brings Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy to Canadian Vets (Lucid News)

• Silo Wellness Announces the First-of-Its-Kind U.S.-Legal Psychedelic Wellness Nature Retreat in Oregon (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Microscopes, Telescopes, and Ketamine (The Third Wave)

Miscellaneous

• California Could Decriminalize Psychedelics Under New State And Local Proposals (Marijuana Moment)

• What happens when psychedelics make you see God (Popular Science)

• Psychedelics Won the Election—Except the Psychedelic that is Donald Trump (DoubleBlind)

• Can Microdosing Make You a Better Athlete? (Playboy)

• DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance (Filter)

• The Cost of Exclusion in Psychedelic Research (Bill of Health)

• Here’s why Black people in the UK are turning to psychedelics (gal-dem)

• Psychedelic Scientists Should Honor Indigenous Plants and Traditions (Chacruna)

• Europe's Teenage Drug Use Hotspots Revealed By New Study (VICE)

• A Handful of Start-Ups Is Developing Psychedelic Drugs for Mental Illnesses. It Could Be a Bad Trip for Investors. (Barron's)

• Banned Lecture of Getting Higher (Psychedelic Press UK)

• The Cost of Omission: Dr. Valentina Wasson and Getting Our Stories Right (Chacruna)

• Cybin Goes Public on the NEO Exchange Under Symbol CYBN (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Silo Pharma, Inc. Launches Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of Dr. Matthew Johnson of John Hopkins University (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Can Psychedelics Treat Eating Disorders? (DoubleBlind)

• Growing Up with Sacred Plants (Chacruna)

• Entheon Biomedical Corp. Commences Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.23.20

Cannabis

• Virginia: Medical Cannabis Dispensing Begins (NORML)

• Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open to long lines, happy patients (Leafly)

• Montana Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Marijuana Legalization Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Six Additional States And Three Indian Tribes (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Bill To Ban Police Searches Based On Marijuana Smell Gets Governor-Suggested Changes (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania House Votes To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients From DUI Charges (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD: new scientific study shows microdosing elevates mood and cognition (Boing Boing)

• ‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: Errol Morris’ Touching LSD Romance Adds New Dimension to Timothy Leary (IndieWire)

• Could Giving Acid to Dolphins Help Us Talk to Aliens? (DoubleBlind)

• Bill Wilson, LSD and the Secret Psychedelic History of Alcoholics Anonymous (Lucid News)

Magic Mushrooms

• First Psilocybin for Depression Clinical Trial Launched in Sweden (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Psilocybin in Cancer Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin and Mindfulness for Depression: Complementary Actions Starting to Emerge (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmaceutical Startup Developing Sublingual Psilocybin Raises $34 Million To Fund Clinical Trials (Forbes)

• Numinus First Canadian Public Company to Complete Legal Harvest of Psilocybe Mushrooms (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Allied Expands Pharmaceutical Pipeline By Filing US Provisional Patent for Psilocybin Based Therapeutics (GlobeNewswire)

MDMA

• Government urged to sell cocaine and ecstasy in pharmacies (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca, Capitalism and the New Age (Chacruna)

Peyote

• What Groups Are Doing to Protect Against Peyote Poaching (Green Entrepreneur)

Ketamine

• Ketamine-Induced Brain Rhythm Causes Dissociation: From Mice to Man (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pharmather to Advance Ketamine as Potential Dyskinesia Treatment (Parkinson's News Today)

Miscellaneous

• Early Christians Might Have Been High on Hallucinogenic Communion Wine (VICE)

• People who microdose psychedelic drugs report that the benefits greatly outweigh the drawbacks (PsyPost)

• DEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism (Associated Press)

• Scientists identify a powerful anti-inflammatory compound in psychedelic drugs (Massive Science)

• Watch The Oregon Drug Decriminalization Campaign’s New TV Ads For Historic Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• 2020’s psychedelic drug ballot measures, explained (Vox)

• An Open Letter and Call to Action for MAPS Canada (Psymposia)

• Media Company Delic Corp. Announces RTO, Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company Planning to Go Public (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Jedi Flipping: What It’s Like to Mix Shrooms, Acid, and Molly (DoubleBlind)

• How to Talk to Your Therapist About Psychedelics (Psychology Today)

• “Psychedelics are Not Cotton Candy and Rainbows” with Sensei Kevon Simpson (Chacruna)

• Psyched Wellness Becomes Latest Psychedelics Company to Go Public (CSE: PSYC) (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Examining the Effects of Psychedelics on Experiential Avoidance (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Nina Graboi, A Forgotten Woman in Psychedelic Lore (Chacruna)

• Revive Therapeutics Signs Supply Agreement With Havn Life Sciences for Psychedelic Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

• 6 Herbs to Enhance Your Next Psychedelic Trip (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.4.20

Cannabis

• Drone Drops Hundreds Of Free Bags Of Marijuana In Israel (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Senate Approves Two Marijuana Bills As Lawmakers Pursue Broader Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Sheriff Files Lawsuit To Keep Medical Marijuana Off Nebraska’s Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Malta is officially out of weed (The GrowthOp)

• Vermont Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Inches Closer To Final Form After Conference Meeting (Marijuana Moment)

• Are rosin vape carts going to take over the market? You better hope so. (Leafly)

• Mississippi Medical Marijuana Initiative Has ‘Strong Chance Of Passage,’ Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• USC researchers think THC in marijuana could treat deadly COVID complication (Bakersfield.com)

• How Legal Weed Destroyed a Counterculture Icon (Politico)

• USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Maine, Missouri And Another Indian Tribe (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Over Three in Four Cannabis Consumers Prefer Flower Over Concentrates (NORML)

• California Must Turn Over Marijuana Documents To DEA, Federal Court Rules (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis extract may protect honey bees from pesticides (StratCann)

• State Of California Officially Promotes Marijuana Industry With New Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Use Growing in Popularity Among Seniors (NORML)

• Marijuana Legalization Group Helps Craft New Impaired Driving Prevention Bill In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical cannabis failing Delaware patients (Cape Gazette)

Magic Mushrooms

• Revive Therapeutics Enters into Clinical Trial Agreement to Evaluate Psilocybin for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Announces Promising Test Results of its Novel and Proprietary Psilocybin-Inspired Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Red Light Holland Announces Arrangement to Launch Sale of Psychedelic Truffle Microdosing Packs in the Netherlands (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Cancer patients say psilocybin can be both therapy and “a beautiful experience” (Inverse)

MDMA

• Regulator weighs push to legalise MDMA for mental health treatment (Brisbane Times)

DMT

• How to Integrate a Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experience (Maps of the Mind)

• Machine Elves and a Journey Into The DMT Spirit World (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

• 'A Hail Mary': Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats (The New York Times)

• Miley Cyrus went vegan after ‘puking up seals’ while on hallucinogenic drug (Metro)

Peyote

• Peyote Decriminalization Opposed by Groups Seeking to Protect the Plant from Poaching (Lucid News)

Iboga

• Healing the Soul with Spray Paint and Iboga with Chor Boogie (Chacruna)

Ketamine

• Colorado on Ketamine (Reality Sandwich)

PCP

• What to Know About Daniel Prude’s Death (The New York Times)

DXM

• Dextromethorphan (DXM) Guide: Effects, Uses, Legality, and Safety (Reality Sandwich)

Miscellaneous

• Compass Pathways Files for U.S. IPO, to list on Nasdaq (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Scientists induce psychedelic-like experiences from a placebo alone (PsyPost)

• Three-In-Five DC Voters Support Psychedelics Decriminalization Initiative, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Numinus Announces Filing of Final Short Form Prospectus for Offering of up to $4,000,000 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Why one in five young people have microdosed through lockdown (Dazed)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Appoints Dr. Wade Davis to Psychedelic Research Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

• Dr. Matthew Johnson Joins AWAKN Life Sciences (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Oregon Could become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November (The Appeal)

• Focus on the family: How the War on Drugs destroyed America’s foster care system (Leafly)

• Lamotrigine and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)

• The Mechanisms of Change in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The Neuroscience of Psychedelic Visuals (Reality Sandwich)

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