Weekly Psychedelic Links - May 2022

5.6.22

Cannabis

• Would You Smoke ‘Nuclear Weed’? You Might Already: Why Irradiated Cannabis Is Common (And Safe) (Forbes)

• How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year (Clarion Ledger)

• Stanford study links marijuana use to increased heart attack risk (New Atlas)

• A look at the legal and illegal sides of California’s cannabis industry (The Press-Enterprise)

• States that legalized marijuana now researching mental health risks of high-potency cannabis (NBC)

• ‘There’s a real risk there’: Cannabis use exacerbates depression (Healio)

• Missouri House Committee Approves Joint Resolution To Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey Lawmakers File Bills To Restrict Marijuana Use By Police And Other Workers (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire House Votes To Give Senate ‘Another Chance’ At Passing Marijuana Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Activists Turn In Signatures To Put Marijuana Legalization On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Biden officials say Brittney Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia on cannabis charges (Leafly)

• More Ohio Cities Set To Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization As Activists Pursue Statewide Reform Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• The Fight Over CBD Oil Continues in Germany (High Times)

• A New Report Explains How California Screwed Up Marijuana Legalization (Reason)

• Cannabis YouTuber Chrissy Harless’s Channel Deleted Without Explanation (High Times)

• Delaware House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Sending It To The Senate (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Finds Cannabis Flower Useful to Decrease Fatigue (High Times)

• South Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Dies On House Floor Following Procedural Challenge (Marijuana Moment)

• Malawi Joins Zimbabwe in Switching from Cultivating Tobacco to Cannabis (High Times)

• New York Lawmakers Discuss Competing Psychedelics Reform Bills Ahead Of Key Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• FDA Sends Warning Letters to Businesses Improperly Selling Delta-8 (High Times)

• Missouri Marijuana Activists Say They’ve Exceeded Signature Requirements For Legalization Ballot Measures As Prospects For Separate Reform Bills Dwindle (Marijuana Moment)

• Argentina Makes Medical Cannabis Reform a National Priority (High Times)

• Nebraska Activists Unveil Plan To Put Medical Marijuana On The Ballot After Losing Key Funders (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD and salvia divinorum use linked to an increased likelihood of depression and suicidal thinking (PsyPost)

• MindBio Therapeutics Completes World’s First Microdosing Trial (Microdose)

• A Return Trip to Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic, Day-Glo Mexico (The New York Times)

• In low doses, can LSD be beneficial for the brain? (Vents Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Large survey suggests psilocybin is a “relatively safe” drug, with serious reactions being rare and short-lived (PsyPost)

• Compass Pathways Shares ‘Promising’ Data That Psilocybin May Treat Anorexia (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Canada to Fund Research on Psilocybin for Substance Use Disorder (Filter)

• Could Magic Mushrooms Treat Overeating? New Clinical Trial Intends To Find Out (The Fresh Toast)

• How to Shop For Magic Mushroom Grow Kits on Amazon (MEL Magazine)

• 4-year-old overdoses after accidently getting into a bag of Psychedelic mushrooms (WSB-TV)

Peyote

• Meet The Company Developing Innovative Peyote-Based Treatments For Addiction, Anxiety, And Depression (Benzinga)

Iboga

• Lamar Odom ‘could probably’ take hallucinogenic drug again for treatment (Page Six)

Ketamine

• Medical experts told grand jury ketamine caused Elijah McClain's death, records show (The Denver Gazette)

• Ketamine Infusions Improve Symptoms of Depression and Pain (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

• Elon Musk advocates for psychedelic drug use as alternative to antidepressants (MARCA)

• Why Field Trip Health Is Dividing in Two — and What This Means for Investors (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Connecticut Lawmakers Send Psychedelic Treatment Program Proposal To Governor As Part Of Budget Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Why Psychedelic Drugs May Become a Key Treatment for PTSD and Depression (Smithsonian Magazine)

• New holistic healing, psychedelic therapy center launches in Austin (Fox 7 Austin)

• DanceSafe have provided new guidance on how to test your drugs (Mixmag)

• Numinus’s Acquisition of Novamind May Signal More Consolidation to Come (Lucid News)

• Hallucinating Long After the Trip is Over: HPPD – Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelic Therapists Must Be Trained to Set Sexual Boundaries (Lucid News)

• Real Reciprocity: The People Who Brought You Sacred Plant Medicine Need Your Support (Chacruna)

• Are There Risks to Using Psychedelics If You Have Certain Mental Illnesses? (Lucid News)

• Could a psychedelic retreat cure lifelong hang ups? (The Telegraph)

• Chaplains Are Learning to Become Psychedelic Guides (Lucid News)

• What Do Therapeutic Doses of Psychedelics Feel Like? (Psychology Today)

5.13.22

Cannabis

• Austin, Texas Voters Approve Local Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Mexico’s Supreme Court rules personal marijuana possession legal, again (Leafly)

• Cannabis confusion: Thousands of truckers taken off the job amid supply chain woes (Politico)

• Sadiq Khan launches commission to examine cannabis legality (The Guardian)

• Swiss City of Lausanne to Launch Recreational Cannabis Trial This Fall (High Times)

• Thai high: Thailand to give away 1 million free marijuana plants (New York Post)

• Delaware Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill, Sending It To The Governor (Marijuana Moment)

• Miami Finally Gives OK to Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (High Times)

• Ohio Will Not Vote On Marijuana This November, But Lawsuit Settlement Puts Legalization Activists On Path For 2023 (Marijuana Moment)

• Is weed the Chosen People’s drug of choice? These artifacts suggest it may be (The Times of Israel)

• South Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Suffers Another Procedural Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire Senate Rejects Marijuana Legalization Again As Part Of Amended Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis users expect cannabis-assisted therapy for depression to work as well as psilocybin-assisted therapy (PsyPost)

• Working In Canada’s Marijuana Industry Does Not Make People Inadmissible To U.S., Border Patrol Document Confirms (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri Activists Submit Double The Signatures Needed For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Inside one of the first licensed medical cannabis labs in Britain (The Guardian)

LSD

• Promising early results from largest-ever trial testing LSD for anxiety (New Atlas)

• Behind the Scenes on the First Study To Compare the Effects of LSD and Psilocybin (Technology Networks)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psychedelics Activists Arrested at DEA Headquarters Amid Protest Over Psilocybin Access for Terminal Patients (DoubleBlind)

• Shroom Dispensaries Operate Out in the Open in Vancouver (DoubleBlind)

• Oregon Issues Draft of Magic Mushroom Cultivation Rules (Lucid News)

MDMA

• MAPS Completes Enrollment, as Planned, for the Confirmatory Phase 3 Trial of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD (PR Newswire)

• Drug policy group condemns psychedelic research association for response to B.C. sex assault claims (CBC)

• Reducing MDMA Comedown and Risks (TalkingDrugs)

Ketamine

• Inventor of Brain-Scan Helmet Takes Ketamine to Test His Technology (Bloomberg)

• Suicidal Ideation Not Related With Psychological Pain After Receiving Ketamine (Psychiatry Advisor)

• IV Ketamine: A Possible 'Trajectory of Improvement' in Severe Depression (Medpage Today)

Miscellaneous

• Connecticut Governor Signs Bill Creating Psychedelic Treatment Program (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Patents are Broken Because the Patent System Is Broken (VICE)

• The Trials of Rick Doblin (The Cut)

• Europe’s first psychedelic drug trial firm to open in London (The Guardian)

• Novel nasal spray delivers psychedelic drugs for PTSD (Israel21c)

• Colorado Activists Collect Tens Of Thousands Of Signatures To Put Psychedelics Reform On Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Update on the Fight for Religious Liberties in Oregon (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelic experiences and mindfulness linked to better psychological wellbeing (PsyPost)

• Inside Illinois’ First Psychedelics Bill: How Advocates Are Breaking the Taboo (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Biotechs want to unlock the psychedelics market, but it isn’t simple (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• First licence for service to test purity of illegal drugs. (The Times)

• Altering Perceptions on Psychedelics (Harvard Medicine)

5.20.22

Cannabis

• Rhode Island: Lawmakers Advance Adult-Use Legalization Bill (NORML)

• Lawmakers strike the word ‘marijuana’ from all state laws, calling the term racist (Dark Matters)

• Minnesota Republican Senators Block Marijuana Legalization Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Young Adults’ Consumption of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Other Substances Fell Following Marijuana Legalization (NORML)

• FDA Sounds Alarm About Cereal and Candy Edibles that Appeal to Children (High Times)

• Delaware: House Members Pause Action on Marijuana Retail Bill Until After Legislative Break (NORML)

• New Study Confirms Safety of CBD (High Times)

• Congress might have inadvertently legalized a form of cannabis under Trump (San Francisco Chronicle)

Magic Mushrooms

• First patient in Quebec gets approval from Health Canada for magic mushroom therapy (Global News)

MDMA

• A Brief History of MDMA: From CIA to Raves to Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Ayahuasca

• Tea and Ashes: How Ayahuasca Can Help You Quit Smoking (Chacruna)

Mescaline

• Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Chemical Collective)

• Journey Colab Looks to Mescaline for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder (Lucid News)

Peyote

• ‘Our way of healing’: Azee’ Bee Nahagha working to protect peyote from state decriminalization (Navajo Times)

• What, Exactly, Is Peyote… And What Does It Do? (Rare)

Iboga

• Can Ibogaine Treat Emotional Trauma? (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• MindMed Releases Phase 1 Trial Results For Opioid Addiction (Microdose)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Here’s What You Should Know About Synthetic Marijuana (The Fresh Toast)

Ketamine

• Ketamine, esketamine improve depression symptoms (Healio)

Datura

• Compound found in Datura shows promise as antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2 (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

• Inside the Dispute Over a High-Profile Psychedelic Study (VICE)

• 50% of Microdosers Started During Pandemic, Survey Suggests (DoubleBlind)

• Forget Burning Man — Psychedelic Shamans Now Heading to Davos (Bloomberg)

• How Will The Psychedelic Industry Affect SSRI Treatment In The U.S.? (Healing Maps)

• Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression (The Conversation)

• Getting Buzzed: The History of Hallucinogenic Mad Honey (Ancient Origins)

5.27.22

Cannabis

• Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults (NORML)

• Kansas Lawmakers Plan To Work On Medical Marijuana Over Summer As 2022 Session Ends (Marijuana Moment)

• New study finds cannabis effective for cancer pain (Leafly)

• California Marijuana Retailers ‘100 Percent’ Compliant In Checking IDs To Prevent Youth Access, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• U.K. Caregiver Spared Jail Sentence After Cancer Patients Defend Him (High Times)

• Marijuana ‘Strain’ Labels Often Mislead Consumers, Study Of Nearly 90,000 Samples Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• North Carolina quietly moves toward full legalization of hemp (WRAL)

• Louisiana Bill to Allow State Employees to Use Medical Cannabis Receives Unanimous Vote (High Times)

• Delaware: Governor Vetoes Marijuana Depenalization Measure (NORML)

• South Dakota Voters Will Decide On Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure In November (Marijuana Moment)

• North Carolina Lawmaker Introduces Legalization Bill (High Times)

• Federal Marijuana Arrests Continue To Drop Amid Legalization Movement, New Justice Department Report Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Reform Bill in South Africa Under Criticism from Unions and Rastas (High Times)

• Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn’t killed illegal market (New Scientist)

• Japanese Ministry of Health to Discuss Medical Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• Texas Activists Say They’ve Collected Enough Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization On Another Local Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• What’s Up With Cannabis Legalization in Belgium? (High Times)

• Georgia Voters Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Question (Marijuana Moment)

• Australian Legalize Cannabis Party Runs Successful Grassroots Election Campaign (High Times)

• New York Marijuana Regulators Ask TikTok To Stop Banning Cannabis Education Advertising (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Causes ‘Significant Reduction’ in Symptoms of Depression, Largest of its Kind Study Shows (High Times)

• Senator’s Wife Secretly Gave Him Psilocybin to Alleviate Depression (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Conflicting States of Consciousness: Exploring Psilocin and Sleep (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Oregon, Measure 109, and Community Access: The Final Vote (Psychedelics Today)

MDMA

• Diddy: Biggie's "Hypnotize" Video Shoot Was First Time We Tried Ecstasy (The Source)

• I’m a Therapist Who Tried MDMA—Here’s How the Experience Shaped My Perspective on Psychedelic Therapy (Self)

• Does Grapefruit Juice Make MDMA Stronger? (TalkingDrugs)

Ayahuasca

• Will Smith Predicted Losing His Career During Ayahuasca Hallucination Before Oscars Slap (Entertainment Online)

• Exploring the travel craze of Ayahuasca tripping to South America (Far Out Magazine)

• How To Engage In Ethical Ayahuasca Tourism (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Legalizing peyote will 'detrimentally' affect religious practices, Navajo Nation says (12News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Research Chemicals Provide Dangerous, Experimental Highs to Desperate Users (High Times)

• Psychedelic Treatment For Alcoholism? Clearmind Medicine And SciSparc Collaboration Yields Positive Results (Benzinga)

• 5 Next-Generation Psychedelics Entering Clinical Trials This Year (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Fears over ‘worrying’ new drugs being sold at festivals (Independent.ie)

Ketamine

• Using Ketamine to Find an Undiscovered Pathway in Depression (Neuroscience News)

Miscellaneous

• Local Michigan Lawmakers Reject Psychedelics Decriminalization Over Concerns About Possible Legal Liabilities (Marijuana Moment)

• $2.7M Grant to UC Davis to Find New Addiction Treatments Related to Psychedelics (UC Davis)

• Vermont Governor Vetoes Bill On ‘Reducing The Criminalization’ Of Drugs By Setting Personal Use Amounts (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado’s Two Psychedelic Ballot Efforts Present Competing Visions (Filter)

• DEA Loses Parking Space for its Plane (Drug WarRant)

• Psychedelic Therapy Training Programs Expand To Meet Demand (Lucid News)

• Europe’s Leading Psychedelic Conference Returns to Amsterdam (GlobeNewswire)

• Why “Drug-Induced Homicide” Doesn’t Have to be Prosecuted (Filter)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.18.22

Cannabis

• Virginia Senate Votes To Start Recreational Marijuana Sales This September Through Current Medical Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• Sha’Carri Richardson, Suspended Over Marijuana, Suggests Racist Double Standard After Olympics Lets Russian Skater Compete Amid Doping Scandal (Marijuana Moment)

• Israel Announces New Cannabis Decriminalization Plans (High Times)

• Apple Secretly Joined Amazon In Advancing Commercial Cannabis Reform (Forbes)

• New York Lawmakers Send Marijuana Licensing And Equity Bill To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• South African Government to Fast Track Cannabis Reform Regulations (High Times)

• D.C. Mayor Signs Bill To Let Older Patients Get Medical Marijuana Without Doctors And Create 4/20 Cannabis Tax Holiday (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana for trauma: Report shows positive effects of medical cannabis (The Jerusalem Post)

• Hawaii Senate Committee Approves Bill To Legalize Marijuana For Senior Citizens 65 And Older (Marijuana Moment)

• Bill To Create State-Run Marijuana Shops In New Hampshire Approved By House (Marijuana Moment)

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

• South Dakota Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization And Taxation Bills In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• WA researchers look at potential to use medicinal cannabis for weight loss (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• GOP Missouri Lawmaker Unveils Wide-Ranging Marijuana Legalization Bill As Others Pursue 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Kentucky Democrats File Bills To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawmakers, Cops Consider Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania (NORML)

• Wyoming Legislators Introduce Cannabis Decriminalization Bill (High Times)

• Maryland Lawmakers Take First Step To Putting Marijuana Legalization On 2022 Ballot With Hearing On Two Bills (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Senate OKs bill to allow hemp farmers to grow adult-use marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Majority Of Arkansas Voters Back Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• IRS Official Clarifies That Medical Marijuana Is Not Tax-Deductible Under Federal Law After Misstatement (Marijuana Moment)

• Proposed Bill Could Protect Employees in Colorado who Use Cannabis (High Times)

• Hemp-Reinforced Bobsled and Luge Tracks Debut at Winter Olympics in Beijing (High Times)

LSD

• Another trial finds no evidence LSD microdosing does anything (New Atlas)

• LSD, afterglow and hangover: Increased episodic memory and verbal fluency, decreased cognitive flexibility (Beckley Foundation)

• New study addresses the question; ‘Can LSD boost creativity?’ (leafie)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depression Effective for Up to a Year for Most Patients, Study Shows (Johns Hopkins)

• Top Italian Court Blocks Marijuana And Psilocybin Referendum From Going Before Voters (Marijuana Moment)

• Psilocybin use associated with lowered odds of having been arrested, study finds (PsyPost)

• Oklahoma Lawmakers Approve Psilocybin Decriminalization And Research Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• Mushroom rabbi grows ceremonial psilocybin for Denver congregation — but is that legal? (The Denver Post)

• Hawaii Senators Approve Psilocybin Task Force Bill In Committee, With Decriminalization Measures Still Pending (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon proposes only using one type of mushroom for new psilocybin system, and no pills (OPB)

• Nova Mentis Study Confirms Oral Microdose Psilocybin Treatment of Autism (Psilocybin Alpha)

• These Four Companies Want to Take You on a Psychedelic Voyage in Oregon (Willamette Week)

• No Need for Magic Mushrooms? Producing Synthetic Psilocybin from Bacteria and Yeast (Truffle Report)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Key Findings from the 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study on AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Bar-Goers Were Poisoned by Ecstasy-Laced Champagne, German Police Say (Gizmodo)

DMT

• The Latest in DMT Research: Leading Companies and Key Studies (Truffle Report)

• What is DMT therapy? (Drug Science)

Ayahuasca

• Deontay Wilder contemplates using ayahuasca to help decide his boxing future (leafie)

• When Is Drinking Ayahuasca a Religious Experience? (Reason)

5-MeO-DMT

• More Companies Embrace 5-MeO-DMT to Create Therapies (Lucid News)

Peyote

• Calling on Federal, State, and Local Governments to Protect and Respect Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and its Byproducts (Chacruna)

• How peyote — used as a ceremonial, legal medicine — helped heal one family’s grief (Rocky Mountain PBS)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mydecine Announces MYCO-005 Family of Improved Safety Microdose Novel Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Awakn Files Patent For A New Class Of Entactogen-Like Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Report finds too many New Zealanders are dying from preventable drug overdoses (Newshub)

Nitrous Oxide

• Doctors warn of emerging public health issue from recreational use of laughing gas (Irish Examiner)

Ketamine

• Ketamine No Better Than Placebo for Reducing Suicidal Ideation in Depression (Mad in America)

• Ehave, Inc. Launches KetaDASH, Its In-Home Ketamine Therapy In The San Francisco And Sacramento Market (GlobeNewswire)

• FDA: Safety Concerns With Compounded Ketamine Nasal Spray (MPR)

• PharmaTher Announces Grant of U.S. Patent on Ketamine Formulation (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Judge Grants Hearing for Opposition to DEA Proposal to Criminalize 5 More Psychedelics (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• MAPS Accepts $500,000 Donation From Atai Life Sciences’ Philanthropy Arm (Forbes)

• Maryland Senators Propose Free Psychedelics for Veterans with PTSD (Truffle Report)

• Psychedelics Open Opportunity to Study Synesthesia (Lucid News)

• Trauma and Vulnerability to Suggestion: Redefining How We Understand Consent (Psychedelics Today)

• The Psychonaut’s Guide to Kabbalah and Spiritual Journeying (DoubleBlind)

• What Are the Prospects for Canada’s Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill? (Filter)

• Maryland Lawmakers Work To Decriminalize Drug Paraphernalia (Marijuana Moment)

• The 5 Craziest Places On Earth to Do Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• The Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion (Chacruna)

• “Largest-Ever” Harm Reduction Ad Campaign Demands Services, Honors the Dead (Filter)

• Naming and shaming drug users is focus group fodder – Labour must do better (LabourList)

• Co-Creating a Psychedelic Commons: A Commoner’s Guide (Chacruna)

• Meet the 16 Most Influential Women Shaping the Future of Psychedelics (Business Insider)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 1.28.22

Cannabis

• Thailand Becomes First Country in Asia to Decriminalize Marijuana (TIME)

• New York medical cannabis approved for ‘any’ condition a doctor recommends (Leafly)

• Mississippi: Lawmakers Advance Medical Cannabis Access Bill to Governor’s Desk (NORML)

• Amazon Endorses Federal Cannabis Legalization (High Times)

• Europeans choosing cannabis over ecstasy (The Portugal News)

• Delaware Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Arkansas voters could see 3 recreational marijuana initiatives on ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cannabis Events Come Out of Hiding in New York City (The New York Times)

• North Dakota recreational marijuana measure fails to qualify for ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Wisconsin Republicans Announce Limited Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Legal Cannabis Opens a Pandora’s Box of Equity Issues (Capital and Main)

• Ohio Lawmakers Will Be Forced To Consider Marijuana Legalization As State Validates Activist Signatures (Marijuana Moment)

• Active Ingredient in Cannabis Protects Aging Brain Cells (Neuroscience News)

• Majority Of Americans Say They’d Vote For A Politician Who Smokes Marijuana, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• What Happens When You Quit Cannabis? (IFLScience)

• Missouri Marijuana Legalization Measures Take Differing Approaches to Expungement (Marijuana Moment)

• Minnesota Groups Bind Together to Oppose Legal Cannabis (High Times)

• Don’t Feed Marijuana Buds To Donkeys, New Study Warns (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota: House Lawmakers Move to Repeal Citizen-Initiated Home Cultivation Rights (NORML)

LSD

• FDA clears phase 2b study of LSD treatment for generalized anxiety (Healio)

Magic Mushrooms

• No difference between psilocybin microdosing and placebo, trial finds (New Atlas)

• Colorado Activists File Revised Ballot Initiatives To Legalize Psilocybin And Establish ‘Healing Centers’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon Lawmakers File Psilocybin Equity Bill As State Implements Legal Use Program (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Republicans File Bills To Decriminalize Psilocybin And Encourage Research On Medical Benefits (Marijuana Moment)

• Numinus Identified as a Licensed Psilocybin Supplier by Health Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybin: Following in the Footsteps of Cannabis Along the Path to Legality (JD Supra)

• Psyched Wellness Provides Update on Anti-Inflammatory Study with the National Research Council of Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How is Oregon Preparing for the Facilitated Use of Psilocybin? (Lucid News)

• Red Light Holland’s Partner CCrest Laboratories Approved By Health Canada to Supply Psilocybin to the Special Access Program (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Diamond Therapeutics Looks At Low-Dose Psilocybin (The Dales Report)

• Mydecine Partners with Combat Stress to Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Discloses Novel Salt Patent Strategy as Part of its Psychedelic Drug DMT Intellectual Property (Psilocybin Alpha)

5-MeO-DMT

• A Psychedelic Craze Has Taken Hold Among The Rich, Toad Venom (Baller Alert)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Future of Psychedelic Medicine Will Be Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of (VICE)

• Awakn Life Sciences Files Patent Application for a New Class of Entactogen-Like Molecules to Treat a Broad Range of Addictions (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• New study indicates ketamine is less effective than electroconvulsive therapy for severe depression (PsyPost)

• Ketamine Intravenous Therapy Shown to Improve Depression, Reduce Suicidal Ideation (Psych Central)

• Have We Eliminated Stigma Surrounding Ketamine-Assisted Treatment? (Volteface)

Miscellaneous

• Missouri Legislators Introduce Bill to Give Terminally Ill Patients Access to Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Virginia House Committee Pushes Back Psychedelics Decriminalization Bill Until 2023, But Senate Proposal Still Pending (Marijuana Moment)

• Lawmakers Propose Study of Natural Psychedelics for Mental Health Use (Westword)

• Introducing Vital: Immersive, Inclusive, and Personal Psychedelic Training for Professionals (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelic Perceptions in 2021: Popular Culture & Controversy (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Family Tripping: How Multigenerational Psychedelic Drug Experiences Can Provide Connection (Everything Zoomer)

• Psychedelic Capital: Public vs. Private Markets (Truffle Report)

• Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common (The Economist)

• Inside the Growing Wellness Trend of Psilocybin Mushroom Microdosing (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Hallucinogen chemistry guides antidepressant drug discovery (Chemical and Engineering News)

• Decriminalize Nature and Students For Sensible Drug Policy Create a Community Healing Alliance (High Times)

• Have You Taken Psychedelics? Participate In The Canadian Psychedelics Survey Sponsored By MAPS PBC (The Dales Report)

• Laganja Estranja’s Psychedelic Life (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics and Parkinson’s Disease: Improving Patient Quality of Life (Truffle Report)

• Psychedelic and Plant Medicines: A Portal to Transformative Realms of Possibility (Nonprofit Quarterly)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.4.21

Cannabis

• Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Reintroduced In Congress As Senate Prepares Separate Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Amazon Now Supports Federal Cannabis Legalization (Forbes)

• Nevada: Lawmakers Approve Measure to Regulate Cannabis Consumption Lounges (NORML)

• Idaho Marijuana Activists Launch Limited Legalization Campaign For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical cannabis has ‘96% chance of seizure reduction’ in childhood epilepsy (Cannabis Health News)

• Tennessee Governor Signs Bill To Expand State’s Limited Medical Marijuana Program (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado: Senate Lawmakers Advance Measure Amending State’s Medical Cannabis Access Law (NORML)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Hold Medical Marijuana Hearing After Court Overturns Voter-Approved Law (Marijuana Moment)

• As legal marijuana booms, people push for justice for those impacted by war on drugs (ABC News)

• Illinois: Lawmakers Approve Equity Measure to Award Over 100 New Dispensary Licenses (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Want to Measure the Magic in Your Mushrooms? You Can Now Test Psilocybin Potency at Home (DoubleBlind)

• Psilocybin May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts in Terminally Ill Patients, Suggests New Study (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic Mushroom Shops Reach The Americas (Forbes)

• Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Mental Health: A New Paradigm? (Volteface)

• COMPASS Pathways and Kings College London publish cognition results from COMP360 psilocybin study in healthy volunteers (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Psilocybin vs. Escitalopram Trial – Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• One Man Took 40,000 Ecstasy Pills In Nine Years – This Is What Happened To Him (IFLScience)

5-MeO-DMT

• Studying Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT for Traumatic Brain Injuries: Interview with Amber Capone of VETS (Psychedelic Times)

San Pedro

• Microdosing Huachuma: Sacred Cactus of the Andes (EntheoNation)

Iboga

• MINDCURE Successfully Completes First Stage of Manufacturing Synthetic Ibogaine for Use in Psychedelic Clinical Research (Psilocybin Alpha)

Salvia Divinorum

• Salvia Flowers: Cultivation and Consumption (DoubleBlind)

Ketamine

• Ketamine a game changer in treating eating disorders (Toronto Sun)

Miscellaneous

• California Senate Approves Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin And LSD (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelics Patent Claim Raises Questions From Researchers Who Say They Did It First (VICE)

• Texas Bills To Expand Medical Marijuana Program And Require Psychedelics Study Head To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• New York Bill Would Create State-Sponsored Psychedelics Research Institute (Marijuana Moment)

• The psychologists signing up for psychedelic therapy training: ‘Amazing things can happen’ (The Guardian)

• NIH: It’s time to make your mark on the renaissance of medicinal psychedelics (STAT)

• Andrew Yang Proposes Legal Psychedelic Therapies For Veterans In NYC Mayoral Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand scientists explore medical benefits of psychedelic drugs (Newshub)

• Can Psychedelics Help Heal Moral Injury? (Psychedelics Today)

• Psychedelics: A New Fountain of Youth? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Pandemic Drug Use and the Cartel (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 5.29.20

Cannabis

• Supreme Court Declines Case On Marijuana Decriminalization Measures Blocked From Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma: Governor Vetoes Measure Expanding Medical Cannabis Access, Reducing Possession Penalties (NORML)

• Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak (HuffPost)

• THC-Infused Semen Can Be A Side Effect Of Frequent Marijuana Use, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for “Any Condition” (NORML)

• Medical Cannabis Trial in the UK Becomes First to Recruit Baby (The Cannabis Exchange)

• Scientists And Veterans File Lawsuit Challenging DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Denials (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientific Review Concludes That Cannabis Consumers Are at No Greater Risk of Occupational Injuries (NORML)

• Councillor says 'something stinks' over move to outlaw cannabis smell in West Nipissing (North Bay Nugget)

• Ancient shrine reveals how marijuana was used to evoke "religious ecstasy" (Inverse)

• Clinical Trial: Cannabinoid Administration Via a Metered-Dose Inhaler Is Safe and Effective for Chronic Pain Patients (NORML)

LSD

• Errol Morris Sets Timothy Leary LSD Doc at Showtime (Hollywood Reporter)

• Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick allegedly once plotted to spike President Nixon with LSD (Far Out Magazine)

Magic Mushrooms

• Signatures Submitted For Oregon Measure To Decriminalize Psilocybin (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

• Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills (VICE)

• Miami University Researchers Collaborate with PsyBio Therapeutics to Biosynthetically Produce Psilocybin, the Psychedelic Ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, and Other Psychoactive Drug Candidates to Treat Mental Health Challenges (Globe Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Sponsors Non-Profit Coalition, Therapsil, to Launch a Medical Psilocybin Access Project for Canadians in Palliative Care (PR Newswire)

MDMA

• Inside MollyBabes, the Shady Porn Site That Exploited Women on Ecstasy (The Daily Beast)

• MindMed Adds MDMA to Develop Next-Gen Psychedelic Therapies (PR Newswire)

DMT

• New Study Shows How DMT Refreshes Perceptions (Lucid News)

Ayahuasca

• Survey on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings (Chacruna)

• Supporting Grassroots Initiatives for Indigenous People in the Amazon during COVID (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Complete Guide to 4-AcO-DMT: Synthetic Shrooms or in a Class of Its Own? (DoubleBlind)

• Solved: The Crystal Structure of N-Methyl-N-Propyltryptamine (MPT) (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Deadly new 'drug of choice' known as 'hippy crack' taking over Dublin as parents make shock discovery of bullet cylinders on ground (Dublin Live)

Ketamine

• New Study Backs Ketamine as Treatment Option for Depression (MD Magazine)

• Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent (Healio)

PCP

• Artist warns of the dangers of the drug PCP, saying taking it as a student triggered terrifying breakdowns - including one manic episode where she plunged 30ft from a window (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

• Psilocybin Treatment And Drug Decrim Campaigns Submit Signatures To Qualify For Oregon Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• New Study Categorizes All The Unexplainable Experiences Produced By Psychedelic Drugs (IFLScience)

• COVID-19 is costing drug cartels millions of dollars (NBC)

• Why Psychedelic Researchers Should Not Push Back Against Decriminalization (Chacruna)

• Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments (Psychedelic Times)

• Two New Releases Show Technology’s Psychedelic Frontier (Lucid News)

• Musings around Psychedelic Integration Therapy (Psychedelics Today)

• Native Tribes Should Have More Say in the Psychedelic Movement (DoubleBlind)

• Toronto's first psychedelic therapy clinic is open. We gave it a try (NOW Magazine)

• Dr. Gabor Maté, recognised physician and bestselling author, joins Numinus as Member of the Clinical Advisory Council (Numinus)

• Mice on Acid (Nautilus)

• Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients (Psychedelics Today)

• Novamind and Buzz Capital Announce Qualifying Transaction (Globe Newswire)

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