This Week in Psychedelics - 1.21.22

Cannabis

• Thailand Plans to Make Marijuana Legal, Scrapping Jail Terms and Fines for Possession (Bloomberg)

• U.S. Senate Candidate Smokes Marijuana Blunt In Campaign Ad About Harms Of Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• After One Year As President, Biden’s Marijuana Promises Remain Unfulfilled (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi House Approves Medical Marijuana Bill With Amendments (Marijuana Moment)

• It’s high time that people caught with cannabis be spared jail, declare public (The Telegraph)

• London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire (Filter)

• Kansas Medical Marijuana Hearings Cancelled After Senate GOP Leader Reroutes House-Passed Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• What Is THC-O Acetate, And Why Is It Getting Attention? (Forbes)

• Study Shows Cannabis was Food Staple for Ancient Chinese Dynasty (High Times)

• Most Americans Predict Biden Won’t Uphold Marijuana Decriminalization Promise In 2022, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Austin, Texas Cannabis Decriminalization Initiative Set for Ballot in May (High Times)

• Rhode Island Governor Includes Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In Budget Request (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis use impacts cognitive ability beyond intoxication: study (CTV News)

• Minnesota Democratic Leaders Preview Marijuana Legalization Plan For 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Ohio Advocates Submit Additional Signatures for Cannabis Proposal (High Times)

• Kentucky Addresses Cannabis Reform Through New Legislation (High Times)

• Canada might be home to the world’s first airport dispensary (Leafly)

• Nebraska Activists Say New GOP Medical Marijuana Bill Is A ‘Poison Pill’ Meant To Detract From Ballot Efforts (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Governor Demands Cannabis Advocates Cover Legal Costs (High Times)

• Banking Activity Increases In States That Legalize Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Companies Target Teens on Social Media, Study Claims (High Times)

• Cloudastructure’s Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Cannabis Surveillance (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Controversial Kansas Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• New Research Probes Psilocybin’s Effect on Suicidality (Lucid News)

• Optimi Health Submits Natural Psilocybin Combined Drug Delivery and Extraction Formulations for Provisional Patent (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Why MDMA Makes You Horny (VICE)

• Use of ecstasy and cocaine drops during pandemic (Irish Examiner)

• Numinus Announces Key Milestones in MAPS-Sponsored MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The MDMA Comedown: Why Coming Down From Molly Feels So Bad (DoubleBlind)

• A psychedelic trip to recovery: How psychedelics can help treat PTSD (The Ubyssey)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Files for Clinical Trial and Ethics Approval for Phase 1 DMT Human Stroke Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Why Do People See Elves And Other "Entities" When They Smoke DMT? (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

• Do Ayahuasca Healing Ceremonies Really Work? (Psychology Today)

Morning Glory Seeds

• What Is LSA? Your Guide To The Complicated Psychedelic (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• BetterLife Receives FDA Response On Its Pre-IND Application For Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Treatment With BETR-001 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Study: Cannabinoids May Help Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies (The Marijuana Herald)

• Trial Will Test Synthetic Cannabinoid for Weight Loss in Obesity (Medscape)

• Dyadic Introduces Novel Method to Produce Synthetic Cannabinoids and Precursors Utilizing C1 Cell Line Production Platform and Patent Pending Process (GlobeNewswire)

Ketamine

• Plastic Surgeons Are Using Ketamine to Make Nose Jobs More Pleasant (Allure)

Datura

• Are your food grains adulterated with poisonous dhatura (Times of India)

Miscellaneous

• DEA Proposes Adding 5 More Psychedelics to Schedule 1 Controlled Substances (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic use is only “weakly” associated with psychosis-like symptoms, according to new research (PsyPost)

• Utah Lawmaker Files Bill To Explore Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics (High Times)

• Psychedelics ‘Train Has Left the Station’ Says Federal Drug Official as More States Seek Access (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Sydney Researchers Awarded Over $2.2 Million By Australian Government To Study MDMA, Psilocybin (Forbes)

• Missouri Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic legalization now (The New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog)

• Psygen Receives Dealer’s Licence To Become Canada’s First Dedicated Psychedelics Manufacturing Facility (The Dales Report)

• Allowing psychedelic assisted therapy is an enlightened move, medical experts say (National Post)

• Majority of Mental Health Patients Support Access to Psychedelics, Survey Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic Company Highlights in 2021 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia (TalkingDrugs)

• Pandemic Tripping With Psychedelics (Green Market Report)

• What are the potential risks of microdosing psychedelics? (Leafly)

• Cybin Set to Measure Psychedelic Effects on the Brain Using Kernel Flow’s Revolutionary Technology (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Peek Inside Philadelphia’s Psychedelics Revolution (Philadelphia Magazine)

• Psychedelic Science Leader Eleusis to Become Public Company in Merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How Port Townsend, Washington, Decriminalized Psychedelics (Filter)

• Athletes and Psychedelics: Mental Health and Performance (Truffle Report)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 12.10.21

Cannabis

• New Study Determines Correlation Between Cannabis and Sleep (High Times)

• Marijuana banking legislation stripped from federal defense spending bill (Marijuana Business Daily)

• San Francisco delays cannabis tax so that dispensaries can compete with illegal dealers (Boing Boing)

• Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court Approves Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

• World’s largest THC-infused brownie weighs in at 850 pounds (Leafly)

• CBD Products Commonly Flagged by FDA for Making Unsubstantiated Claims About Treating COVID-19 (NORML)

• Luxembourg Publishes Details on Domestic Recreational Cannabis Plan (High Times)

• Montana Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Rules, Weeks Ahead Of Legal Sales Launch (Marijuana Moment)

• Allowing Legal Marijuana Dispensaries Boosts Employment Rates In Colorado Counties, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri Police Couldn’t Use Marijuana Odor To Justify Searches Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Ohio GOP Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Indiana GOP Lawmaker Plans Medical Marijuana Bill As Democrats Push Full Recreational Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Lawmakers Tout Benefits Of Psychedelics As Activists Prepare Push For Statewide Reform (Marijuana Moment)

• Producing Cannabis Biomass Without Growing A Cannabis Plant: How One Company Is Doing It (Forbes)

• Hemp Sourced Lignin for Grid Backup Batteries (Drug WarRant)

Magic Mushrooms

• COMPASS Pathways announces further positive results from groundbreaking phase IIb trial of investigational COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybe allenii: The Bay Area Shroom No One Can Recognize (DoubleBlind)

• Psyched Wellness Presents AME-1 to Health Canada in Pre-Submission Meeting (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psirenity Announces Exclusive Licence Agreement for Psilocybin (PR Newswire)

MDMA

• Did the Cult From 'Wild Wild Country' Introduce MDMA to Ibiza? (VICE)

• Can MDMA Increase Women’s Sexual Desire? (DoubleBlind)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Completes Manufacturing of Psychedelic Drug DMT Appoints UK Stroke Experts for Phase 2 (Yahoo!)

Ayahuasca

• Instagram decision to remove ayahuasca post overturned by Meta Oversight Board (The Verge)

• Chacruna Institute Publishes New Book on Ayahuasca Healing and Science (Chacruna)

Peyote

• The Ancient Tradition Of The Peyote Ceremony (Benzinga)

Iboga

• U.S. Government Will Test Ibogaine Derivative As An Addiction Treatment (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• BetterLife Obtains Positive TD-0148A Data in Preclinical Models of Depression (GlobeNewswire)

• Psilera Confirms PSIL-002, A New DMT Derivative, is Well-Tolerated and Non-Hallucinogenic from In Vivo Behavioral Studies (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Evidence Inconclusive for Ketamine as Bipolar Depression Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• Middle-class drug users could lose UK passports under Boris Johnson’s plans (The Guardian)

• Toronto Asks Feds to Decriminalize All Drugs (Truffle Report)

• United Nations Panel Rejects International Kratom Ban (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025 (The Guardian)

• The Future is Research: UK Government Publishes 10-Year Drug Strategy - Drug Science Responds (Drug Science)

• Horizons 2021: Creating the future of psychedelics (The Psychedelic Renaissance)

• Report finds Instagram makes it easy for teens to find drugs online (Engadget)

• ‘Magic' Mushrooms, Ecstasy, Other Psychedelics Could Become Legal in California (NBC San Diego)

• The Wild World of 19th Century Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

• People Changed the Ways They Use Drugs During the Pandemic (Filter)

• You Can Make ‘Bad Trips’ Good with Storytelling, Psychedelics Study Shows (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Study suggests psychedelics promote positive mental health through increased spirituality and emotion regulation (PsyPost)

• Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Pharmacology (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 40 under 40 Outstanding BIPOC leaders in Drug Policy (DoubleBlind)

• Taking Microdosing with a Pinch of Salt (Lucid News)

• Delix Therapeutics Partners with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Advance Research on Non-Hallucinogenic Therapies to Treat Substance Use Disorders (Yahoo!)

• Nue Life announces donations to Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and Ketamine Research Foundation (PR Newswire)

• Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Nature (Psychedelic Science Review)

• atai Life Sciences launches TryptageniX to further expand atai’s robust intellectual property portfolio and strengthen atai’s supply chain (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Christmas Origins (Reality Sandwich)

• Doseology Prepares for Growth Phase in Psychedelic-Focused Mental Health Market, Completes Dealer's License Application (Yahoo!)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.28.21

Cannabis

• New York bans delta-8 THC, resists calls to track hemp like marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Legal Marijuana States Have Generated Nearly $8 Billion In Tax Revenue Since Recreational Sales Launched, Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota: Governor Signs Legislation into Law to Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower (NORML)

• Nevada: Lawmakers Send Multiple Marijuana Reform Measures to Governor’s Desk (NORML)

• Cannabis emoji remains elusive: When it will exist, what it might look like, and why we don’t have one (yet) (GreenState)

• Louisiana: House-Approved Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Heads to Senate Floor (NORML)

• The Decriminalization of Marijuana in Brazil Beyond the Medicinal Use: Cannabis Associations and Human Rights (Chacruna)

• Atheists Are Much More Likely To Back Marijuana Legalization Than Christians Are, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Microdosing Psilocybin and LSD: Panacea or Placebo? (Spirit Pharmacist)

• MindMed and Liechti Lab in Basel Switzerland Publish First Pharmacogenetic Data on LSD to Help Guide Personalized Dosing (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• Attorneys General Back Doctor on DEA Psilocybin Lawsuit (Truffle Report)

• Health Canada Approves Expansion of Mydecine’s Cultivation Capabilities for Psilocybin Producing Mushrooms (Psilocybin Alpha)

• María Sabina, Mushrooms, and Colonial Extractivism (Chacruna)

• The Psilocybin vs. Escitalopram Trial – Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• The Effects of MDMA on Liver Health (Truffle Report)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Highlights New Animal Study Showing Effectiveness of Psychedelic Drug DMT in Treatment of Stroke (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• When Ayahuasca Microdosing Might Cause Serotonin Toxicity (Chacruna)

• Breathe Easy: Combining Albuterol & Ayahuasca (Spirit Pharmacist)

Iboga

• Why Iboga Is Considered a Master Healer (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analog reverses effects of stress in mouse study (Science Daily)

Nitrous Oxide

• London borough bans ‘laughing gas’ nitrous oxide over anti-social behaviour (The Independent)

Ketamine

• Effort to limit ketamine use by Colorado paramedics, police advances toward governor’s desk (The Colorado Sun)

• PharmaTher Files for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Lou Gehrig’s Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaTher Collaborates with MediSynergics to Develop Patented Ketamine Formulation for Pain Disorders and to Discover Novel Psychedelic Formulations (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Texas Senate Approves Psychedelics And Marijuana Concentrates Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• Maine Lawmakers Advance Drug Decriminalization Bill To House Floor With Conflicting Recommendations (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics’ Exciting Potential to Benefit Autistic People (Filter)

• Virtual Reality and Psychedelic Synergy (Psychedelic Science Review)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.12.21

Cannabis

• Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalize recreational cannabis (Leafly)

• Hawaii Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill And Separate Decriminalization Expansion Proposal (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia Governor Considers Speeding Up Legal Marijuana Timeline (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: Legislative Effort to Delay Implementation of Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana Law Fails (NORML)

• Mississippi House kills medical marijuana bill. Senate tries a hail Mary (Mississippi Today)

• Legislation Introduced To No Longer Deny Citizenship Based on Cannabis Consumption (NORML)

• Thai households now allowed to grow six cannabis plants a year (BusinessLIVE)

• New cannabis coalition wants to influence how — not if — weed is legalized (Politico)

• Rhode Island Senate Leaders Unveil Marijuana Legalization Bill As Governor Prepares Competing Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawmakers In Several States Consider Enacting or Expanding Medical Cannabis Access (NORML)

• Nearly 30,000 Californians Just Had Felony Weed Offenses Reduced to Misdemeanors (MERRY JANE)

• Review: Cannabinoids Effective and Well-Tolerated in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress (NORML)

• Plymouth Massachusetts Introduces a New Medical Research Website for Cannabis (PR Newswire)

• Indoor Weed Farms Are Hotboxing the Planet (Gizmodo)

• Vaping Weed May Actually Be Worse for Your Lungs Than Smoking Cigarettes, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

LSD

• Psychedelics research: Scientists zero in on the ideal dose of LSD to use in psychiatric treatment (PsyPost)

• LSD Brings Your Brain to the Edge of Chaos (VICE)

• When Acid Makes You Feel Like Jesus (DoubleBlind)

Magic Mushrooms

• New York Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Sued By Doctor Who Wants Permission To Give Psilocybin Mushrooms To Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• Mind Medicine Australia urges TGA to reverse its Interim Decision on scientific and humanitarian grounds (Mind Medicine Australia)

• Psilocybin Therapy Could Help With Obesity (Baystreet)

• How Red Light Holland Is Bringing Psilocybin Truffles Mainstream (Benzinga)

MDMA

• The impact COVID-19 had on MDMA this festival season (Newshub)

DMT

• DMT and Stroke Research (Truffle Report)

Ayahuasca

• Best Ayahuasca Retreats: How to Choose the Right Ayahuasca Retreat For You (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

• Three Friends Explore The Obscure And Potent Substance 5-MeO-DMT In This Existentially Intense Film Doc (Forbes)

Iboga

• Ibogaine Treatment for Trauma (PR Newswire)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Is 18-MC a Psychedelic Drug? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Yes, Ketamine Addiction Is a Thing. Here’s What You Need to Know. (DoubleBlind)

• Intravenous ketamine appears safe, efficacious for adolescents with depression (Healio)

• Lower dose of ketamine is as effective as the standard dose to treat pain in adults (News-Medical.net)

• Best Ketamine Clinics and Therapists: What to Look for if You’re Seeking Ketamine Therapy, and How to Find Ketamine Clinics Near You (DoubleBlind)

Miscellaneous

• Investors Are Debating Who Should Own the Future of Psychedelics (VICE)

• The Race to Patent Psychedelics Is Just Getting Started (VICE)

• Vermont Lawmakers Propose Decriminalizing Drugs (Truffle Report)

• Michigan Activists Launch Statewide Campaign to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants, Fungi (Truffle Report)

• Why mental health researchers are studying psychedelics all wrong (Salon)

• Report finds people use psychedelic drugs to self-medicate for depression, anxiety and trauma (TheJournal.ie)

• Some Thoughts on For-Profit Psychedelic Startups and Companies (Tim Ferriss)

• An open letter to Tim Ferriss about the value of patents in the psychedelic world (LinkedIn)

• How to Penetrate Clubhouse’s Psychedelic Underground (Lucid News)

• California May Ban Most Employers From Drug Testing People Upon Employment (MERRY JANE)

• Lifetime psychedelic use may reduce likelihood of hypertension (Healio)

• Psychedelic Speech: How Drugs Disorganize Normal Communication Patterns (Psychedelic Science Review)

• New Coalition Seeks Federal Psychedelic Research Funds (Truffle Report)

• The Outlaw Chemists Who Deserve a Cut of the Psychedelic Gold Rush (The New Republic)

• Gurus Behaving Badly: Anaïs Nin’s Diary & the Value of Gossip (Chacruna)

• The Pitfalls and Challenges of Psychedelic Medicine (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics and Ancient Art: A History of Confirmation Bias (Truffle Report)

• The Shamanic Persona (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelic Science Holds Promise for Mainstream Medicine (UNLV)

• Seeking a True Shaman in the Sierra Mazateca (Chacruna)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.5.21

Cannabis

• Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Marijuana in 2024 (TIME)

• Mexican Lawmakers To Vote On Marijuana Legalization Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Morocco Expected To Pass Cannabis Legalization Soon (High Times)

• New Mexico House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, With Senate Action Imminent (Marijuana Moment)

• Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads To Senate Floor, Along With Separate Measure To Expand Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Third Minnesota House Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Tennessee Senators Approve Medical Marijuana Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Alabama Senators Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Washington, D.C. Could Allow Marijuana Sales Under Mayor’s New Bill And Democratic Control Of Congress (Marijuana Moment)

• Top Washington, D.C. Lawmaker Files Competing Legal Marijuana Bill Days After Mayor Unveils Her Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Montana: Lawmakers Seek to Amend Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization Law (NORML)

• Mississippi House Replaces Senate’s Alternate Medical Marijuana Program With What Voters Originally Approved (Marijuana Moment)

• 'I really love weed': Seth Rogen brings his cannabis company, Houseplant, to U.S. (NBC News)

• Study Indicates Most Patients Don’t Think Doctors Will Understand Cannabis (High Times)

• Pennsylvania Governor Grants 69 Marijuana Pardons As Lawmakers Move Bipartisan Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Iowa Senators Approve Bill To Reduce Marijuana Penalties (Marijuana Moment)

• Review study: Cannabis and driving cognition (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Illinois city uses weed sales tax for reparations (Leafly)

• Marijuana Legalization Could Curb West Virginia’s Overdose Crisis, Governor Says (Filter)

• Decline In Banks Working With Marijuana Businesses Has ‘Leveled Off,’ New Federal Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• A New Observational Study Focusing On Cannabis For PTSD Treatment Has Been Approved (Forbes)

• Prisons should trial free cannabis, says UK's former chief drug adviser (The Guardian)

• Connecticut Polls Shows Majority Support For Marijuana Legalization And Expungements As Lawmakers Consider Reform (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Voters’ Support For Legalizing Marijuana Is Increasing, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• Benefits of microdosing LSD might be placebo effect, study finds (The Guardian)

• Can Psilocybin and LSD Relieve Existential Suffering? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• DEA: 'We've seen a very large increase in LSD' (KABB)

Magic Mushrooms

• Iowa Lawmakers Hold Historic Hearing On Psilocybin Decriminalization, But Do Not Advance Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• TheraPsil Launches Psilocybin Therapy Training Program (Truffle Report)

• Core One Labs Initiates First Strain Production for Biosynthetic Psilocybin (BioSpace)

• PsyBio Therapeutics Initiates Pilot Scale Development of Proprietary Biosynthetic Psilocybin with Global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (Psilocybin Alpha)

• MINDCURE Completes Its Initial Strategic Equity Investment in ATMA, Canada’s First Commercial Provider of Legal, Psychedelic-Assisted, Therapy Utilizing Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Numinus and Syreon Provide Psilocybin Compassionate Access Trial Update (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Promise and challenges for psilocybin and MDMA use in treatment (Peter Attia MD)

DMT

• A Beginner’s Guide to DMT Vape Pens (Truffle Report)

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals to Conduct Phase 1 DMT Stroke Program Study with Hammersmith Medicines Research (UK) (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Mail Order Ayahuasca Is Now A Thing (DoubleBlind)

• How Colombian Yagé Communities Confronted the COVID-19 Pandemic (Chacruna)

• Ayahuasca In the Fight Against Drug Addiction (CBD Testers)

5-MeO-DMT

• A Beginner’s Guide to Psychedelic Amphibians (Truffle Report)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Announces Manufacturing of Synthetic Ibogaine to be Used in Company's Clinical Research (PR Newswire)

• MINDCURE Discovers Potential Opportunity for Ibogaine-Assisted Psychotherapy to Treat Neuropathic Pain and Traumatic Brain Injury (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Drug Testing and Synthetic Cannabis in Prisons (Drug Science)

• Dangerous batch of synthetic cannabis may be behind Christchurch death (Stuff.co.nz)

Ketamine

• PharmaTher Expands to Neuromuscular Diseases with Exclusive License Agreement for Ketamine in the Treatment of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (GlobeNewswire)

• Awakn Announces Exclusive License Deal with the University of Exeter to Commercialise the ‘Ketamine in the Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse’ (KARE) Intervention Validated in a Phase II Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Washington State Supreme Court finds state's felony drug possession law unconstitutional (Q13 Fox)

• U.S. Tells Mexico Drug War’s Failure Requires New Strategy (Bloomberg)

• Sewage Samples Reveal the Dutch, Australians Are Biggest Users of Synthetic Drugs (VICE)

• Canada’s Government Moves To End Mandatory Minimums For Drugs, But Voters Back Full Decriminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Want To Take A Psychedelic Trip Without Drugs? There’s Now An App For That (Forbes)

• European companies set to dominate psychedelics market (Sifted)

• Online Psychedelic Community Options to Ride Out the Rest of Covid-19 (Psychedelics Today)

• Are Natural Psychedelics Or Synthetic Psychedelics Better For Your Body? (Healing Maps)

• CryptoPsychedelic Conferences Examine Links Between Psychedelics and Blockchain Technology (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics and Environmental Sustainability (Truffle Report)

• Growing popularity of therapeutic psychedelic experiences creates demand for underground guides (CBC)

• Investing In Psychedelics: Why Is It In Such High Demand These Days? (Healing Maps)

• Most People With Addiction Outgrow It Naturally. We Need to Hear Them. (Filter)

• Finding the Psychedelic Sweet Spot (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Does Animal Consciousness Expand From Psychedelics Too? (Reality Sandwich)

• Best Practices For Tripsitters (Maps of the Mind)

• What Effects Do Psychedelics Have on Social Perception? (Truffle Report)

• Christian Siriano’s Psychedelic Trip (The Cut)

• Red Light Holland’s iMicro Digital Care App Launches Virtual Telecounseling with a Membership Program Led by Certified Therapist and Microdosing Expert (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Growing interest in psychedelic treatments for mental illness, but expert warns more robust research needed (CBC)

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