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11.4.22

Cannabis

  • Legal cannabis is America’s 6th biggest cash crop (Leafly)

  • Nevada Judge Orders Cannabis Removed From State’s List of Controlled Substances (High Times)

  • Delaware’s Democratic Governor Vetoes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Consumers embrace concentrates as falling flower prices lead to cheaper extracts (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Legal Marijuana Access Tied To Lower Risk Of Lung Injuries From Contaminated Vapes, Study Indicates (Marijuana Moment)

  • Creator Explains Patented Process To Extract Cannabinoids From Smoke (High Times)

  • New Senate Bill Would Create Federal Marijuana Commission To Prepare For Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Regulators Issue Recall for Moldy Weed (High Times)

  • Missouri Voters Back Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative In New Poll, But Support Is Tightening A Week Before Election Day (Marijuana Moment)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative In Jeopardy, New Poll Shows Days Before Election (Marijuana Moment)

  • Only a Quarter of Virginia Drivers Said Driving on Pot is ‘Extremely Dangerous,’ Survey Shows (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Compass Pathways Phase 2 Psilocybin Results far from Spectacular (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • North America’s First Take Home Psilocybin Trial Approved in Canada (High Times)

  • Colorado Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Still Trails But Picks Up Support From Previously Undecided Voters, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Therapists who already incorporate psychedelics in their practice are mixed on Prop 122 (CPR News)

MDMA

Ayahuasca

  • Using Ayahuasca and Psychedelic Plants to Treat Racial Trauma (Psychology Today)

San Pedro

  • Nazca Human Sacrifice Victim Used Psychedelics Before Death (High Times)

Ketamine

  • New study provides insight into the cognitive mechanisms underlying ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects (PsyPost)

  • Telehealth startups prescribing ketamine at home are stirring concern (STAT News)

  • Is Ketamine the Drug of the Moment? (VICE)

Miscellaneous

  • MAPS Prepares For Trial in Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Lucid News)

  • The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context (WIRED)

  • US veterans with PTSD turn to psychedelic drugs overseas as VA frustration grows (Yahoo!)

  • Why San Francisco Didn’t (Really) Decriminalize Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

  • Why Humans Have Always Been Fascinated by Snakes—From Ayahuasceros to Egyptians (DoubleBlind)

  • How Does Race and Ethnicity Influence Psychedelic Mental Health Outcomes? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

11.11.22

Cannabis

  • Maryland Becomes 20th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

  • Missouri Becomes 21st State to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use (NORML)

  • Ohio Voters Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures In Five Cities (Marijuana Moment)

  • Wisconsin Voters Approve Marijuana Ballot Questions In Cities And Counties Across The State (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota Voters Reject Adult-Use Cannabis Second Time Around (High Times)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Defeated By Voters (Marijuana Moment)

  • North Dakota Rejects Bill To Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis (High Times)

  • Texas Voters In Five Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can cannabis help us win the war against antibiotic resistance? (Salon)

  • Czech Republic Plans To Legalize Cannabis In Coordination With Germany (Forbes)

  • Wisconsin Governor Pledges To Put Marijuana Legalization In Upcoming Budget After Voters Approve Reform On The Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Minnesota Senators Signal Plans To Advance Marijuana Legalization In 2023 With New Democratic Majority (Marijuana Moment)

  • Arkansas Activists Plan Expanded 2024 Marijuana Ballot Initiative Following This Week’s Legalization Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

  • Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit on Rule Barring Medical Cannabis Users From Buying Guns (High Times)

  • FDA Finally Rejects Petition For Federal Exemption For Marijuana More Than A Decade After It Was Filed (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Cannabis Use Disorder’ Pill Clinical Trial To Begin (High Times)

  • Study Shows Smoking Weed Doesn’t Automatically Make You Cool (High Times)

  • New Survey Details The Growing Importance Of Cannabis For Thanksgiving Celebrations (Forbes)

  • Study Finds No Change in Cannabis Perception Among Youth in Adult-Use States (High Times)

LSD

  • LSD induces both an “afterglow” for memory performance and a cognitive “hangover,” study finds (PsyPost)

  • LSD Microdosing Yields Positive Outcomes In Phase 1 Study, More Trials On Depression & Existential Distress (Benzinga)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Several rural Oregon counties vote against therapeutic use of psilocybin (OPB)

  • There’s Now a Shroom Dispensary in the US (DoubleBlind)

  • The Heroic Dose: Navigating Powerful Mushroom Journeys (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA Therapy is Almost Legal—But Who Will Have Access? (DoubleBlind)

  • ‘Losing the Magic’: When MDMA Just Stops Working (VICE)

Ayahuasca

  • Ayahuasca to blame for Aaron Rodgers' struggles, ESPN's Robert Griffin III suggests (Fox News)

  • What Mainstream Churches Can Learn from an Ayahuasca Church (Lucid News)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Feds Tell National Park Visitors To Stop Licking Psychedelic Toads (Marijuana Moment)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Two hospitalised due to dangerous batch of synthetic cannabinoids (Stuff.co.nz)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Home Office responds to call for retail sales ban on nitrous oxide (gasworld)

Ketamine

  • Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit (NBC)

Miscellaneous

  • What a Trip: Coloradans Approve Landmark Psychedelics Measure (Westword)

  • Wonderland Miami Exposes Growing Rift in Psychedelic Community (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic Training Provider Fluence Files Trademark for Common Phrase, Walks Back After Criticism (Psymposia)

  • Psychedelic drug research held back by UK rules and attitudes, say scientists (The Guardian)

  • Will the Psychedelic Revolution Be Medicalized? (Lucid News)

11.18.22

Cannabis

  • Kentucky Governor Signs Executive Orders Allowing Medical Marijuana Possession From Other States And Regulating Delta-8 THC (Marijuana Moment)

  • Congress Passes Landmark Cannabis Research Bill (High Times)

  • Half of Dentists Say Patients Arrive to Checkups Stoned, Survey Finds (High Times)

  • Nearly Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, Including Majority Of Republicans, Latest Gallup Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cows Given Hemp Feed To Produce Milk With THC (High Times)

  • New York’s gray market cannabis crackdown begins in Brooklyn (Leafly)

  • Study Finds Link Between Cannabis Use, Greater Physical Activity in HIV+ Patients (High Times)

  • U.K. Researchers Launch Study Exploring Weed’s Effects on the Brain (High Times)

  • Study Examines If CBD Buffers THC’s Effects (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Nearly 70% of Oregon bans psilocybin, but clinics will still open next year (Leafly)

MDMA

  • Second MAPS-Sponsored Phase 3 Trial of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Completed (MAPS)

  • Post-pandemic trends in the UK MDMA market and implications for harm reduction services (Volteface)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals begins screening of first subject in phase 1 DMT human stroke study (Pharmabiz)

Ayahuasca

  • Mind-altering South American brew causes adverse side effects, study says (UPI)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • VIC Health Warns of 'Chemical Similar to PCP' Sold as Ketamine (VICE)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing Gas Is Being Banned In the Netherlands As Reports of Extreme Use Grow (VICE)

Ketamine

  • Online Ketamine Clinics Face Tougher Times After Covid-Era Boom (Bloomberg)

Miscellaneous

  • Bipartisan Lawmakers Form New Psychedelics Caucus In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

  • Drug testing makes festivals safer, new research finds (Mixmag)

  • Spiraling Down Wonderland’s Psychedelic Corporate Rabbit Hole (Lucid News)

  • ‘How to Change Your Mind’ and the Destigmatisation of Psychedelics (Sam Woolfe)

  • Elon Talks Psychedelics: Is he Helping or Hurting the Movement? (Microdose)

  • Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain (New Scientist)

  • Cory Booker And Rand Paul File Bill To Reschedule Psychedelic Breakthrough Therapies And Remove Research Barriers (Marijuana Moment)

  • Philadose conference highlights psychedelic therapies in Pennsylvania (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Inside Detroit’s Trippy A-F “Psychedelic Healing Shack” (DoubleBlind)

  • Would you let your teenager try psychedelics? (Drug Science)

11.25.22

Cannabis

  • Krispy Kreme is paying to keep weed illegal (Leafly)

  • Rhode Island To Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales on Dec. 1 (High Times)

  • Oregon: Governor Announces Mass Pardons for Those with Low-Level Cannabis Convictions (NORML)

  • Colombian Senators Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • North Carolina tribe begins first legal medical cannabis harvest in the state (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Irish Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Marijuana Possession For Adults, Draws Early Criticism From Top Government Official (Marijuana Moment)

  • CBD did not help people who got too high, study finds (Leafly)

  • New York Cannabis Farms Have $750 Million of Weed — and Nowhere to Sell It (Bloomberg)

  • Just 10 Percent Of Americans Think Marijuana Should Be Totally Illegal, Pew Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cops May Soon Be Able To Scan Your Eyeballs To See if You’re Driving Stoned (High Times)

  • South Dakota Medical Marijuana Patients Won’t Be Denied Hunting Licenses, Official Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Nose Knows! Study Shows Aroma Drives Cannabis Consumer Appeal (High Times)

  • Federally Funded Study Shows Marijuana Legalization Is Not Associated With Increased Teen Use (Marijuana Moment)

  • Southern Illinois University Examining the Use of Cannabis for Ovarian Cancer (High Times)

  • No, marijuana is not more harmful than tobacco (Leafly)

  • Idaho Activists Launch Signature Drive To Put Medical Marijuana Legalization On 2024 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Beckley Foundation Announces LSD, Microdosing Research (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Oregon's Newly Legal Magic Mushroom Industry Could Be Strangled by Restrictive Zoning Regulations (Reason)

Ayahuasca

  • Study Finds Benefits Outweigh Risks of Ayahuasca Use (High Times)

5-MeO-DMT

Iboga

  • I Tried Ibogaine, the Psychedelic Anti-Addiction Drug (VICE)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Utah moves to ban synthetic cannabinoids in medical marijuana products (Fox 13)

Ketamine

  • Long-term Ketamine Treatment for Depression May Reduce Risk of Relapse (Lucid News)

  • At-Home Ketamine Treatments Could Be a Game-Changer—or a Big Problem (Gizmodo)

  • Amygdala connectivity predicts ketamine treatment response among patients with anxious depression (PsyPost)

  • atai Life Sciences and Massachusetts General Hospital Announce Initiation of Clinical Study Investigating Neuroplasticity Biomarkers in Treatment-Resistant Depression Patients Undergoing Ketamine Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • There’s a Worldwide Spike in Arrests of Plant Medicine Practitioners (DoubleBlind)

  • All Entheogens Welcome at this Post-Modern Oakland Church (Lucid News)

  • How To Stop A Psychedelic Trip: The Promise of Ketanserin (Psychedelic Science Review)

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10.7.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Announces Mass Marijuana Pardons And Calls For Cannabis Scheduling Review (Marijuana Moment)

  • Amsterdam considers banning ‘cannabis tourists’ from its coffee shops (The Guardian)

  • Costa Rica’s President Sends Marijuana Legalization Bill To Lawmakers (Marijuana Moment)

  • 'It's like the new Amsterdam': The rush to cash in on Thailand's hazy cannabis laws (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • FBI: Nearly Half of All Drug Seizures in 2021 Involved Marijuana (NORML)

  • Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production (Reuters)

  • Committee in Colombia Approved Adult-Use Legalization Proposal (High Times)

  • Most Americans Don’t Think Marijuana Is Dangerous Despite Prohibitionist Arguments, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Regulators finally approve hempcrete for US homes (Leafly)

  • OSHA report ties cannabis worker death to dust inhalation (Leafly)

  • Survey: Medical Students Rarely Exposed to Scientific Data About Cannabis (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Oregon enters the home stretch to authorize psilocybin mushrooms (Chacruna)

  • This 'magic' mushroom dispensary in Florida is selling psychedelics and testing legal boundaries (Business Insider)

MDMA

  • MindMed Collaborators Initiate Phase 1 Comparative PK/PD Trial of R-, S- and Racemic MDMA (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

Ayahuasca

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • These LSD-based drugs seem to help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip (NPR)

  • Are you too high? A promising new ‘comedown drug’ may be on the way (Leafly)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Unexplained Bleeding Linked to Rat Poison in Synthetic Cannabinoids (Medpage Today)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Nitrous oxide: Southend mum's campaign over 'laughing gas' (BBC)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine and depression: A mechanism of the antidepressant revealed (Medical Xpress)

  • PharmaTher Holdings Announces Grant of U.S. Patent Covering Ketamine for Parkinson’s Disease (Psychedelic Alpha)

Miscellaneous

  • Alberta to be 1st province to regulate psychedelics for therapy, government says (CBC)

  • DEA Admits ‘Racial, Ethnic and Class Prejudice’ Led To Drug Criminalization And The Agency’s Own Founding (Marijuana Moment)

  • New York Lawmakers File Amended Psychedelics Legalization Bill, With New Regulations And Protections (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics may flatten your brain’s landscape, but in a good way (Leafly)

  • Inflammation Nation: How Psychedelics Could Combat Widespread Chronic Pain (Psychedelics Today)

  • Psychedelics: Will Policy Liberalization and Lower Barriers to Access Lead to Future Legalization? (Lexpert)

  • Psychedelics are exploding in the startup community as founders say it makes them better leaders (Fortune)

  • Timothy Leary’s psychedelic eugenics (Medium)

  • Eleusis Holdings Plans To Be Acquired By Beckley Psytech (Lucid News)

  • ‘Bad’ Psychedelic Trips Don’t Have To Be Bad (VICE)

10.14.22

Cannabis

  • Colombian Chamber Of Representatives Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill In Initial Vote, With Support From Cabinet Ministers (Marijuana Moment)

  • U.S. Air Force to Allow Applicants to Retest After Positive THC Test (High Times)

  • Why bees love weed — and why it might even be good for them (Salon)

  • Cannabis Stock’s Post Pardon Depression Could Be Cured By Lame Duck Legislation (Forbes)

  • New Study Shows Cannabis Users More Likely To Have Overactive Bladders (High Times)

  • Federal Reserve Bank Says Marijuana Legalization Drives Tax Revenue, Job Creation And Real Estate Sales (Marijuana Moment)

  • Spliff Vape: New Tech Allows Cannabis, Nicotine To Be Vaped Simultaneously (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Flight Passenger on Mushrooms Causes Chaos Mid-Flight (High Times)

  • Can Psilocybin Challenge Our Pharmaceutical Dependence? (Vogue)

MDMA

  • Eels Living Near Music Festivals Test Positive For MDMA And Cocaine (IFLScience)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Synthetic Marijuana In Florida Tainted With Rat Poison, 52 Sick, 4 Dead (Forbes)

  • Five-Year-Old Missouri Child Gets Delta-8 Edibles in Halloween Bag (High Times)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Nitrous Oxide: Harm Reduction and the Muslim Community (VolteFace)

Miscellaneous

  • These States Are Voting On Marijuana And Psychedelics Legalization On Their November Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

  • Elon Musk reportedly goes on 'exploratory journeys' and likes to show friends a chart of the benefits of MDMA and mushrooms over alcohol (Business Insider)

  • To Standardize Psychedelic Therapy, A New Organization Launches (Forbes)

  • Horizons Conference Returns to NYC for Its 15th Year (Lucid News)

  • Treating postpartum depression with psychedelics (The Print)

  • A Santo Daime Church’s Legal Success Paved a Path Towards Psychedelic Legalization (Lucid News)

  • Instagram’s Page-Deletions of Black Women in Psychedelic Advocacy (Filter)

  • Math Over Myth: These Psychedelic Stocks Made Confirmed Bottoms in Q3 (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • What Made María Sabina Unique (DoubleBlind)

  • The Politics of Psychedelics: Legalisation vs Decriminalisation (Sam Woolfe)

10.21.22

Cannabis

  • German cannabis legalisation plans LEAKED (VolteFace)

  • Washington DC lets tourists self-certify for medical cannabis (Leafly)

  • Poll: Two-Thirds of Voters Say “Nobody Should Be in Jail” for Marijuana Possession (NORML)

  • States With the Most Arrests for Marijuana Possession (U.S. News and World Report)

  • Why does marijuana make it hard to remember stuff? (Salon)

  • NBA Won’t Test Players For Marijuana For Third Season In A Row, Report Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nearly Four Out of Five Patients Drop or Reduce Opioids After Using Medical Weed (High Times)

  • Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine Bans CBD Prescriptions for Adult Patients (TalkingDrugs)

  • Cannabis Had Highest Tax Revenue in Colorado and Washington Over Alcohol, Cigarettes (High Times)

  • Marijuana was illegal 4 years ago. Now, Uber Eats delivers it in Toronto (CBC)

  • Missouri Police Object To New Ad For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative That Shows Officers (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma Governor Sets March Special Election for Weed Legalization Initiative (High Times)

  • Texas Activists Unveil Marijuana Decriminalization, Police Reform And Abortion Rights Initiative For San Antonio 2023 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • Puerto Rico Bill Would Expunge Low-Level Weed Possession Convictions (High Times)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Oregon is voting on medical psilocybin, again (Leafly)

  • NYC smoke shops are selling magic mushroom candy bars (New York Post)

  • Study To Examine Why Shrooms Evolved with Psychedelic Properties (High Times)

  • Why Everyone Cares So Much About Colorado’s Psilocybin Bill (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

  • MDMA-assisted psychotherapy shows promise in the treatment of eating disorder symptoms (PsyPost)

5-MeO-DMT

  • The toad boom: the false narrative of ancestral 5-MeO-DMT use (Points)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Scientists Discover ‘Disconcerting’ New Imitation Ketamine on the Market (VICE)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Ketamine May Reduce Suicidal Ideation in Treatment-Resistant Depression (Psychiatry Advisor)

Miscellaneous

  • Australian Lawmakers Approve Drug Decriminalization Bill For Federal Territory That Includes Nation’s Capital (Marijuana Moment)

  • DEA Proposes Dramatic Increases In Marijuana And Psychedelics Production In 2023 For Research (Marijuana Moment)

  • Large national survey suggests that the use of psychedelics is not associated with lifetime cancer development (PsyPost)

  • Will Medical Insurers Agree to Cover Psychedelic Trips? (Bloomberg)

  • Why is the American right suddenly so interested in psychedelic drugs? (The Guardian)

  • Second United States Patent Granted for Small Pharma’s Psychedelics Portfolio (Psychedelic Alpha)

10.28.22

Cannabis

  • Germany’s Government Approves Marijuana Legalization Plan, But Reform Depends On European Union Sign-Off (Marijuana Moment)

  • Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s sentence (Leafly)

  • Biden's Marijuana Pardons Did Not Free a Single Federal Prisoner or Deliver the Expungement He Promised (Reason)

  • Activist Arrested At White House Protest Pushing Biden To Release Marijuana Prisoners (Marijuana Moment)

  • Missouri’s legalization measure is drawing unexpected opposition (Leafly)

  • Five States To Vote on Recreational Cannabis This Election Season (High Times)

  • Most Americans Say Alcohol And Tobacco Are More Dangerous Than Marijuana, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • California Lawsuit Alleges Weed Didn't Get Plaintiffs High Enough (VICE)

  • Research: Does Cannabis Really Make You More Creative? (Harvard Business Review)

  • Israeli Company Clones Cannabis Cells—Not Plants—With Up to 12 Times the Potency (High Times)

  • It's not a myth: Marijuana really is more potent than it used to be (Salon)

  • Study: Cannabis Use Not A Risk Factor in Liver Transplants (High Times)

  • Strange Bedfellows Team Up To Oppose Missouri Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Research Shows Cannabis Users Experience More Pain After Surgery (High Times)

  • Support For Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Falls To Slim Majority As GOP Lawmakers Urge Opposition, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • How does THC affect prenatal development? (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

  • The world's first Phase 3 psilocybin clinical trial is about to commence (New Atlas)

  • DEA Faces New Legal Challenges Over Denying Psilocybin Rescheduling Petition And Doctor’s Federal Waiver Request (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Will Explore Psilocybin as a Treatment To Stop Smoking (High Times)

  • N.S. company launching clinical trial to examine magic mushrooms as treatment for PTSD (CBC)

  • The Potential Health Benefits of Microdosing Psilocybin With Chocolate (Psychology Today)

  • Psilocybin Common Denominator in Several Recent Albums (High Times)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Enters into a Clinical Trial Agreement with Yale University for a DMT Phase 2 Depression Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

Peyote

  • Native American Church Asks Congress for Peyote Funding (DoubleBlind)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • WTF is 3-MMC, Berlin’s Weird New Club Drug? (DoubleBlind)

  • Electric Picnic drug testing finds 'new psychoactive substances' never seen before in Ireland (The Irish Mirror)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Utah Medical Cannabis Flooded With Synthetic Cannabinoids From Hot Hemp (Forbes)

Ketamine

  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Could Be Better Than Ketamine At Treating Depression (IFLScience)

Miscellaneous

  • Beckley Psytech Strengthens Pipeline and Development Team With Acquisition of Eleusis Therapeutics Limited (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • People Who Use Psychedelics Are More Connected To Nature And Knowledgeable About Climate Change, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Use of Psychedelic Therapies for Treatment Resistant Patients Again Rejected by Government, Despite Strong Supporting Safety and Efficacy Data and Australia’s Worsening Mental Health Crisis (Mind Medicine Australia)

  • With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits (The New York Times)

  • Manipulating light can induce psychedelic experiences – and scientists aren’t quite sure why (The Conversation)

  • The ideological war at the heart of the psychedelic renaissance (New Atlas)

  • Research, remedy and regulation: the changing dynamics of psychedelic therapy in Alberta (CBC)

  • An Exploration of Psychedelics and Creativity (Drug Science)

  • Variants in 5-HT2A Receptor Gene Alter Psychedelic Pharmacology (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Guidelines for Ethical Sponsorship and Transparency in Psychedelic Conferences (Chacruna)

  • Terence McKenna's secret bad trip (Ecstatic Integration)

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9.2.22

Cannabis

  • Oklahoma Supreme Court Gives Marijuana Activists Temporary Win As They Fight For Legalization Ballot Placement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers Billions In Losses After States Legalize Marijuana, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Harvard Grad Student Dies in Bali From Police Brutality Over Cannabis Arrest (High Times)

  • Poll: South Dakota Legalization Initiative in Danger of Failing (High Times)

  • More Americans Now Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes, For The First Time Ever, Gallup Reports (Marijuana Moment)

  • Largest ever independent study into cannabis use (BBC)

  • Cannabis researchers say it’s high time to drop ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype (The Guardian)

  • Pennsylvania: Governor Launches Effort to Issue Mass Pardons to Those with Low-Level Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

  • Ghana's Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional Roadblock (TalkingDrugs)

  • Joseph Schooling: Singapore Olympic star suspended for taking cannabis in Vietnam (BBC)

  • Cannabis industry inches toward sustainability (Chemical and Engineering News)

  • New Study Shows Evidence That Low-Dose THC Could Help Treat Veteran PTSD (High Times)

  • U.S. Air Force And Space Force Reviewing ‘Common Sense’ Marijuana Drug Testing Policy Change For Recruits (Marijuana Moment)

  • Qualitative Study Reveals Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Medical Pot (High Times)

LSD

  • LSD decreases binge-like drinking in a rodent model of alcoholism, but only temporarily (PsyPost)

  • Is the Color of LSD an Indicator of Purity? (Lucid News)

MDMA

  • Boy, 16, dies in suspected ecstasy-related incident at Leeds Festival (The Independent)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Nitrous Oxide

  • Why Some New York Stores Will Require You to Show ID to Buy Whipped Cream (Newsweek)

  • Doctors warn of rise in nerve damage linked to nitrous oxide (The Guardian)

Ketamine

  • This New, Legal Cannabis and Ketamine Therapy is Designed to Heal Trauma in the Body (DoubleBlind)

  • They’re Pushing Cut-Rate Ketamine Therapy on TikTok (Rolling Stone)

  • Yukon woman paid $7K for private ketamine treatment, only to learn that the Yukon gov't covers it (CBC)

Miscellaneous

  • An Inside Look at the Lawsuit that could “Legalize Psychedelics in Canada” (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • MindMed Completes 1-for-15 Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Student Loan Forgiveness Limited By the War on Drugs (High Times)

  • Aspen, Colorado Activists Pursue Psychedelics Decriminalization For 2023 Ballot As Voters Prepare To Decide On Statewide 2022 Legalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic Advocate Facing Charges Calls for Help, Law Reform in New York (High Times)

  • Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst? (WIRED)

  • In the Wake of Decrim, Police Continue to Target Psychedelics (Lucid News)

  • How Psychedelics Might Fuel a Paradigm Shift (DoubleBlind)

9.9.22

Cannabis

  • California: Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Doctors from Discriminating Against Medical Cannabis Patients (NORML)

  • Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them (Los Angeles Times)

  • UK Government Blocks Bermuda From Legalizing Marijuana On Same Day New Prime Minister Takes Office (Marijuana Moment)

  • Afroman’s Ohio Residence Raided by Local Law Enforcement (High Times)

  • Minnesota Arrests Black People For Marijuana At Much Higher Rates Than White People, State Data Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Cannabis Banking Legislation (High Times)

  • Companies Turn to THC Beverages as Next Growing Legal Cannabis Market (High Times)

LSD

  • LSD-assisted therapy induces rapid and lasting reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to new research (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Placebo-controlled study suggests that the benefits of psilocybin microdosing can be explained by expectancy effects (PsyPost)

  • Psilocybin Study To Investigate the Serotonin System in Autism (Technology Networks)

  • Optimi Health Completes Largest Legal Natural Psilocybin Harvest in Canadian History (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • 'Flesh of the Gods': The Trippy History of Magic Mushrooms (VICE)

MDMA

Ayahuasca

  • Why Are Scientists Dosing Fish with Ayahuasca? (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

  • As Use Of The World’s Most Potent Psychedelic Skyrockets, New Site F.I.V.E. Fills An Education Void (Forbes)

Peyote

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing gas: 'A 20-second high is not worth losing your life over' (BBC)

Ketamine

  • Scientists Discover That a Surprising Factor Improved The Effects of Ketamine in Mice (ScienceAlert)

  • Low-dose ketamine is safe and effective to treat children with ADNP syndrome, study suggests (News-Medical.net)

Miscellaneous

  • San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics (Leafly)

  • Drug Executions in Iran Are Back on the Rise (TalkingDrugs)

  • This Psychedelic Company is Leading the Way on Reciprocity and Holistic Approaches to Healing (DoubleBlind)

  • WOC-led psychedelics conference champions gender equality with all-women speakers (Leafly)

9.16.22

Cannabis

  • Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores (Los Angeles Times)

  • New Zealand Approves Domestic Medical Cannabis Products (High Times)

  • World Anti-Doping Agency Set To Keep Marijuana On Banned Substance List, Saying U.S. Didn’t Back Its Removal (Marijuana Moment)

  • Biden To Meet With Family of Brittney Griner (High Times)

  • Study: CBD Oil Safe, Effective for Autism Patients (High Times)

  • Missouri judge blocks attempt to kick legalization off ballot (Leafly)

  • GOP Missouri Lawmaker Files Revised Marijuana Legalization Bill, Urging Special Session Action To Compete With Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pregnant Women in Alabama Are Being Jailed For Smoking Pot (High Times)

  • Oklahoma Prosecutors Are Targeting Pregnant Women For Using Medical Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

  • Thai Lawmakers Withdraw Bill to Regulate Cannabis (High Times)

  • New Jersey Employers Can’t Punish Workers Based On A Marijuana Test Alone, State Officials Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Nevada Judge Orders State Board to Remove Cannabis from Schedule 1 (High Times)

  • Analysis: Legal Cannabis Businesses Associated with Increased Home Values (NORML)

  • Weed Legalization in Germany Hampered by EU Laws (High Times)

  • What’s Next For Cannabis Mergers And Acquisitions? (Forbes)

  • Oregon Officials to Deploy Decoys to Catch Underage Weed, Alcohol Sales (High Times)

  • Small Marijuana Growers Could Sell Directly To Consumers Across State Lines Under New Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Republican Congressmen Push for Environmental Impact Study on Cannabis (High Times)

  • US Court of Appeals: Federal Scheduling of Cannabis “Irrational,” But Not Unconstitutional (NORML)

  • In Hawaii, People Prefer Black Market Cannabis to State-Managed Facilities (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Scientists have started to examine whether “magic” mushrooms can help in the fight against obesity (PsyPost)

  • Oregon Overcomes Bureaucratic Delays to Therapist Training Program Approvals (Lucid News)

  • The shroom edibles market proliferates underground (Leafly)

  • Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on the Psilocybin Clinical Study for Methamphetamine Use Disorder and Oral Psilocybin Thin Film Strip Program (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval for Groundbreaking Phase 1 DMT Human Stroke Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • Comedian Ron White Shares How Tripping On Ayahuasca In Costa Rica Turned His Life Around (BroBible)

5-MeO-DMT

  • ‘I’m not a shaman – I just want to help people’: shoe designer Patrick Cox on his psychedelic toad awakening (The Guardian)

Peyote

  • Native American Church of North America Advocates at Capitol Hill for Protections of Peyote (Native News Online)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • Mindset Pharma Receives Scientific Advice from UK Regulator Facilitating Advancement of Phase 1 First-In-Human Clinical Trial Plan for Its Lead Clinical Candidate, MSP-1014 (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • New study highlights ketamine’s promise for treatment-resistant depression (Popular Science)

  • Dealers Are Giving Discounts on Cocaine and Ketamine in Honour of the Queen (VICE)

  • Study Explores Effects of Experimenter Sex on Ketamine Response (Psychiatric Times)

PCP

  • PCP (aka Angel Dust) May Actually Have Therapeutic Potential (DoubleBlind)

Datura

Miscellaneous

  • Atlanta is considering the decriminalization of magic mushrooms and other psychedelics (Leafly)

  • Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy: Important Steps Being Taken to Support Survivors (DoubleBlind)

  • Oregon Voters Continue To Support Drug Decriminalization Law They Approved In 2020, New Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelics Were the Hot Topic at This Year’s World Economic Forum (Lucid News)

  • Local Michigan Lawmakers Vote To Make September Psychedelics Awareness Month After Decriminalization Enacted (Marijuana Moment)

  • A Channel for Magic: Ralph Hood’s Mysticism Scale and the Occult Roots of the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Program (Psymposia)

  • Psychedelic Twitter is Swarmed by Plug Bots (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Finding Nuance in the Psychedelic Hype Bubble (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psilera Receives First Patent Allowance for Transdermal Patch Formulations (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Adverse Events in Psychedelic Clinical Trials are Underreported (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic South: The Quest to find Good Drugs in Alabama (Psychedelic Spotlight)

9.23.22

Cannabis

  • Canada to review impact of cannabis legalization four years on (Reuters)

  • Marijuana Is Staying On The Banned Substances List For International Athletes, World Anti-Doping Agency Announces (Marijuana Moment)

  • California: Governor Signs Legislation Providing Employment Protections for Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

  • NY finally approves medical homegrow (Leafly)

  • Australian Cannabis Patients Turning to Prescriptions Over Illicit Market, Study Shows (High Times)

  • New Yorkers with weed convictions will have priority in retail market, state says (Leafly)

  • German Lawmakers Tour California Marijuana Businesses To Inform National Legalization Plans (Marijuana Moment)

  • Las Vegas City Council Approves Cannabis Consumption Lounges (High Times)

  • Leafly Report: ‘Opt-out’ towns are encouraging illegal marijuana sales (Leafly)

  • University of Kentucky Opens New Cannabis Research Center (High Times)

  • We spoke to the author of that new study on prenatal cannabis exposure (Leafly)

  • Apple Lets Users Search For Marijuana And Pharmaceutical Interactions In Latest iPhone Health Update (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Role of Cannabis in Treating Long COVID (High Times)

  • Canada’s rich and complicated history of psychedelic research (Leafly)

  • Oklahoma: Court Rules that Voters Can’t Decide on Legalization Ballot Measure This Year (NORML)

  • Arkansas: High Court Approves Marijuana Legalization Measure for the November Ballot (NORML)

  • Majority Of Maryland Voters Back Marijuana Legalization Referendum And Expungements, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Two Out Of Three Missouri Voters ‘Certain To Vote Yes’ On Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Poll: Majority in Minnesota Want Legal Weed (High Times)

  • Two In Three Pennsylvania Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Shows Amid Key Political Races (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Miami clinic kicks off first national study of LSD, once a ‘public enemy,’ to treat anxiety (Miami Herald)

Magic Mushrooms

  • The Viagra of the Himalayas—the World’s Most Expensive Fungus—Faces Serious Decline Due to Growing Demand (DoubleBlind)

  • Liquid Culture vs. Spores (Reality Sandwich)

MDMA

  • Disruption to Australian ecstasy market following COVID-19 restrictions, report finds (Medical Xpress)

  • MindMed Collaborators Dose First Patient in Phase 1 Investigator-Initiated Trial of MDMA-Like Substances (Psychedelic Alpha)

DMT

  • Researchers Studying Psychedelic Drug as Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (High Times)

Ayahuasca

  • Packers Bust Out Ayahuasca TD Celebration Weeks After Aaron Rodgers Revealed Psychedelic Use (BroBible)

  • Aaron Rodgers Defends Ayahuasca, Says He May Be 'Called' to Take the Psychedelic Again (People)

Peyote

  • Native American Church Leaders Ask Congress For Funds To Support Peyote Cultivation And Preservation (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Complicated Ethics of Legalizing Indigenous Psychedelic Substances (Ethos)

Iboga

  • You Can Now Get Ibogaine-Based Addiction Treatment In A Hospital Setting In Brazil (Forbes)

Nitrous Oxide

  • What Nitrous Oxide Showed The Father of American Psychology (Lucid News)

Ketamine

  • Looking at Images of People Smiling at You Extends Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine (Neuroscience News)

DXM

  • Please don't cook chicken in NyQuil, the FDA asks TikTok users (NPR)

  • The FDA may have unintentionally made 'NyQuil Chicken' go viral on TikTok (Engadget)

Miscellaneous

  • Math Over Myth: Psychedelic Stock HAVN Life Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelics face corrupting influence of financial interests (UC News)

  • Biden Administration Considers Psychedelic Therapies Task Force (Lucid News)

  • Colorado Polls Show Conflicting Results On Psychedelics Ballot Measure That Voters Will Decide On In November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Algernon Pharmaceuticals Announces Receipt of CDN $450K Cash Refund from Australian Research Program (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Baby Boomers (Re)Discover Psychedelics as Tools for Aging with Grace (DoubleBlind)

  • Does Microdosing Impact Meditation? New Study From Beckley Foundation and Quantified Citizen Investigates (Newswire)

  • Colombia’s President Tells UN That ‘Democracy Will Die’ If World Leaders Don’t End Drug War And Pursue Different Strategy (Marijuana Moment)

  • The Undergrowth of Psychedelic Australia (Kahpi)

  • Beyond Michael Pollan: Where to learn more about psychedelics. (Medium)

  • Can Psychedelics Help Veterans with Chronic Pain? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

9.30.22

Cannabis

  • Switzerland: Revision of Narcotics Act – Switzerland fully legalizes medicinal cannabis (Global Compliance News)

  • Free medicinal cannabis to be donated to epileptic children in the UK (Sky News)

  • Medical cannabis for doggies, kitties is fully legalized in California (Leafly)

  • Medical Marijuana Helps Patients Reduce Use Of Addictive Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maltese Non-profit Cannabis May be The Way Forward (TalkingDrugs)

  • Check in, smoke up and tune out: Cannabis-friendly vacation rentals are catching on (CNBC)

  • Despite The Munchies, Marijuana Legalization Is Tied To Lower Obesity Rates, Stereotype-Busting Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Investigators say more than 70% of cannabis growers use illegal water (Santa Barbara News-Press)

  • Germany Versus The United States: Which Will Legalize Cannabis First (Forbes)

  • As cannabis usage grows, so does the need for employers to revisit their workplace drug policies (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  • Could Cannabis and Psychedelic Drugs Make Breast Cancer Treatments More Effective? (PR Newswire)

  • Federal Marijuana Prohibition Is Putting Patients At Risk Of Consuming Contaminated Products, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Supreme Court trial on homegrow ban reveals a bigger issue in federal cannabis legalization (Leafly)

  • Medical Marijuana Patient Plans To Sue Feds For $3.5 Million Over ‘Discriminatory’ Cannabis Raid On Tribal Land (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is Big Tobacco Pivoting to Big Cannabis? (High Times)

  • Wisconsin Governor’s Push To Allow Ballot Initiatives Could Put Marijuana Legalization Before Voters (Marijuana Moment)

  • Majority Of D.C. Voters Support Marijuana Legalization And Oppose Crackdown On Unregulated ‘Gifting’ Market, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Missouri Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Leads In New Poll, But With Less Than 50 Percent (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Connecticut to Offer Legal MDMA and Psilocybin Therapy as Early as Next Year (DoubleBlind)

  • DEA Claims Doctors Requesting Psilocybin For Dying Patients Have Commercial Interests (Benzinga)

  • Woman’s Breast Cancer Returned Immediately After Dropping Treatment With Cannabis, Shrooms (High Times)

  • Psilocybin Shows Gender-Specific Effects on CNS Reactivity and Behavioral Responses (Gilmore Health News)

  • Psyence Group Completes Export of Psilocybin Mushrooms to Portugal (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • MDMA in the UK Is Finally Pure Again (VICE)

Ayahuasca

  • Aaron Rodgers fumbles the science on psychedelics. Drugs like ayahuasca can alter the brain—but how? (Salon)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • 'A lot of MDMA that wasn't MDMA': The early results from inside Australia's first drug testing clinic (SBS)

  • atai Life Sciences Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Trial for its MDMA Derivative, EMP-01 (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • LSD-Like Molecules Counter Depression Without the Trip (UC San Francisco)

  • BetterLife Files Comprehensive Patent for BETR-001 and Other LSD Derivatives (Psychedelic Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • A new urine test could help curtail the use of the latest synthetic cannabinoids to enter the drug scene (Medical Xpress)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • How Interdisciplinary Research Could Reveal Psychedelics’ Blind Spots (Microdose)

  • New Theory Believes Psychedelics Could Benefit Long-Term Space Travelers (High Times)

  • After rocky start, hopes up in Oregon drug decriminalization (ABC)

  • Psychedelic drugs: how to tell good research from bad (The Conversation)

  • Do You Even Trip, Bro? A Look At Psychedelic Masculinity, From Joe Rogan To Mike Tyson (Benzinga)

  • I went to the only psychedelic dispensary in North America—here’s how they do it (The Manual)

  • The Racism and Classism Hidden Behind “Moms who Microdose” (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Whole-Body Effects of Psychedelics Part 3 – The Heart (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Majority Of Mainers Support Drug Decriminalization And Other Harm Reduction Policies, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Why Tripping at Raves Can Be Just As Healing as Ceremony (DoubleBlind)

  • Math Over Myth: MindMed’s Self Destructive Stock Mission (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Men More Likely To Have Substance Abuse Disorder, Women More Likely To Overdose (High Times)

  • Psychedelic Retreats Offer Healing Only for the Wealthy (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelic therapy could reduce anxiety, distress among patients with cancer (Healio)

  • The Narrowing of Psychedelic Discourse (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Is Now a Good Time to Invest In Psychedelics Stocks? (The Motley Fool)

  • The Messy Job of a Psychedelic Integration Coach (Psychedelic Spotlight)

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Weekly Psychedelic Links - April 2022

4.1.22

Cannabis

  • New Hampshire House Approves State-Run Marijuana Legalization Bill And Rejects Psilocybin Decriminalization Measure (Marijuana Moment)

  • Hopes fade in Kentucky for legalizing medical marijuana this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • New Jersey Regulators Delay Launch of Recreational Pot Sales (High Times)

  • Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Increase Marijuana Penalties For Children—But Not Adults (Marijuana Moment)

  • South Dakota: Governor Noem Vetoes Marijuana Expungement Legislation (NORML)

  • Alabama Senate Committee Approves Bill To Force Women Who Want Medical Marijuana To Show Negative Pregnancy Tests (Marijuana Moment)

  • Medical marijuana bill in Tennessee falters (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Dutch Coffeeshops Doubt Quality and Success of Pending National Cannabis Trial (High Times)

  • The Struggle for Cannabis Legalization in Bermuda (High Times)

  • Missouri Lawmakers Approve GOP-Led Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Their Own Cannabis Banking Bill (High Times)

  • How Legal Cannabis Could Revive Southern Economies (Rolling Stone)

  • Weed Sprouts Across New Zealand Parliament Grounds Weeks After Occupation (High Times)

  • CBD May Help Boost Cognitive Performance in Gamers (High Times)

  • Study Finds Hemp Feed Can Reduce Stress in Cattle (High Times)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • The Next Big Addiction Treatment (The New York Times)

  • Psyched Wellness and the National Research Council of Canada Announce Preliminary Data from Studies of Neuroprotective Properties of AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Can magic mushrooms be used to treat racial trauma? (The Guardian)

  • Colorado Still Hammering Out Details for Decriminalizing Psilocybin (Green Market Report)

  • 2 people who used 'magic' mushrooms then developed rare 'wood-lovers paralysis' describe losing control of their bodies: 'I couldn't even chew' (Business Insider)

MDMA

  • Footage of therapists spooning and pinning down patient in B.C. trial for MDMA therapy prompts review (CBC)

Ayahuasca

  • Machine Gun Kelly Recounts Life-Changing Ayahuasca Trip on ‘Kimmel’ (Rolling Stone)

Iboga

  • Ibogaine blocks some of the rewarding effects of alcohol in rodent model of addictive behavior (PsyPost)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Myriad New Drugs Complicate Legalization, as Well as Harm Reduction (Filter)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • Georgia Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create Psychedelic Study Committee (Marijuana Moment)

  • Michigan Activists Begin Signature Gathering For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Following State Certification (Marijuana Moment)

  • Positive Drug Tests for US Workers Reportedly Hit 20-Year High (Filter)

  • New study explores relationship between psychedelics and consciousness (ScienceDaily)

  • How to Microdose Drugs Based on What You’re Using (VICE)

4.8.22

Cannabis

  • House Approves Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill For Second Time In History (Marijuana Moment)

  • House of Representatives Passes Bill to Expand Cannabis Research (High Times)

  • Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Launch In New Mexico (High Times)

  • D.C. Lawmakers Reject Bill To Effectively Legalize Marijuana Sales For Adults And Crack Down On ‘Gifting’ Market (Marijuana Moment)

  • Maryland will vote on legal cannabis in November (Leafly)

  • Regulate cannabis like corn? US Farm Bill proposal raises eyebrows, hopes (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Thailand dreams of high-end cannabis tourism after marijuana is legalised (The Guardian)

  • Medical marijuana patients targeted by sneaky new federal drug testing rule (Leafly)

  • Judge Rules in Favor of Mother for Cannabis Use While Pregnant (High Times)

  • Delaware Marijuana Legalization Effort Revived With Two-Track Approach Following House Defeat (Marijuana Moment)

  • Canadian Airport Could Get Cannabis Dispensary (High Times)

  • Marijuana Legalization Tied To Significant Decrease In Foster Care Placements, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Georgia Medical Cannabis Bill Dies in State Senate (High Times)

  • South Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Approved In House Committee And Heads To Floor (Marijuana Moment)

  • 5,000 British adults could take part in cannabis trial (The Times)

  • Europe’s First Cannabis Wellness Spa Opens in Switzerland (High Times)

  • Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative Following Legal Challenge By Competing Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

  • Feeding Cows Hemp Helps Them Chill Out, Federally Funded Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Hemp Paper Could Be the Future of Printing (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • These Natural Psilocybin Droplets Come in Exact Dosages and Don’t Upset Your Stomach (Lucid News)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Rules ‘May Have a Negative Impact on Lower Income Individuals’ (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • People who used 'magic mushrooms' less likely to develop opioid use disorder, study finds (USA Today)

  • New research sheds light on how psilocybin influences sleeping patterns (PsyPost)

  • Oregon's proposed Psilocybin rules await public comments (KDRV)

  • New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • Melmac Mushroom Strain: Effects, Potency & More (DoubleBlind)

  • Terminally Ill Patients Fight for Access to Psilocybin Under Federal “Right to Try” Act (Lucid News)

  • Mushrooms Have Their Own Language, New Study Suggests (Psychedelic Spotlight)

MDMA

  • Colorado Lawmakers Approve MDMA Bill While Rejecting Broader Psychedelics Measure As Ballot Initiatives Loom (Marijuana Moment)

Ayahuasca

  • Children Sacrificed by Incas Found With Cocaine, Ayahuasca in Their Bodies (Newsweek)

  • Building peace with psychedelics: Here’s what happened when Palestinians and Israelis took ayahuasca together (Big Think)

  • A Medicine Heritage of 160 Indigenous Peoples: The Origins of Ayahuasca Before Globalization (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Beckley Psytech Announces Dosing of First Healthy Volunteers in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Assessing Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Second Innovative Formulation of 5-MeO-DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Field Trip Health Ltd. Granted US Patent Covering Novel Psychedelic Molecule FT-104 (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • PharmaDrug Advances DMT-Analogue Program for Glaucoma with Production of Medical Device Designed to Provide Sustained Control of Elevated Intraocular Pressure (Yahoo!)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • UK woman dies after eating a synthetic cannabis gummy (Newshub)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine prescribed in P.E.I. for major depression inaccessible because of costs, patient says (SaltWire)

Miscellaneous

  • Canada’s SAP Expansion Signals a Step Forward for Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

  • Michigan Has Real Shot at First-in-the Nation Psychedelic Decrim Victory (Filter)

  • LSD Capitalism Promises a Bad Trip for Us All (Jacobin)

  • Trials starting soon at the University of Texas Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy (KVUE)

  • Funders at Johns Hopkins Shape The Future of Psychedelic Research (Lucid News)

  • Just How Far Can Psychedelics Push The Boundaries of How We Assign Consciousness? (ScienceAlert)

  • 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies (TechCrunch)

4.15.22

Cannabis

  • Maryland Governor Lets Bill To Implement Marijuana Legalization Take Effect Without His Signature (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia: Gov. Youngkin Moves to Re-criminalize Personal Possession of Marijuana (NORML)

  • The Feds Will Return More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Money That California Cops Stole From Armored Cars (Reason)

  • Psychologists have developed a new psychometric assessment of cannabis intoxication (PsyPost)

  • Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses (NORML)

  • Majority Of Europeans Support Marijuana Legalization, New International Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Mayor of Amsterdam Threatens To Ban Tourists From Coffeeshops (High Times)

  • Spanish police take down 'Europe's biggest' cannabis farm (Reuters)

  • NYC Mayor Wants To ‘Explore’ Putting Marijuana Greenhouses On Rooftops Of Public Housing Buildings (Marijuana Moment)

  • Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program (NORML)

  • Illinois Bill To Close Marijuana Expungement ‘Loophole’ Heads To Governor, While Workplace Protection Measure Stalls (Marijuana Moment)

  • Several GOP Senators Oppose Legalizing Pot Following MORE Act Vote (High Times)

  • North Dakota Activists File New Marijuana Legalization Initiative For 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • The first New Jersey recreational dispensaries will open April 21 (Leafly)

  • South Dakota Marijuana Activists Issue ‘Yellow Alert’ For Signature Drive To Put Legalization On Ballot As Deadline Nears (Marijuana Moment)

  • How are Cannabis Cultural and Harm Reduction Practices Created? (TalkingDrugs)

  • Seven In Ten North Carolina Voters Back Medical Marijuana Legalization As Senate Reform Bill Remains Stalled (Marijuana Moment)

  • Six In Ten Louisiana Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

  • Freedom to Operate Releases Study to Protect the Development of LSD-based Therapies from Unfounded Patent Claims (PR Newswire)

  • Why Investors Should Care About MindMed’s LSD Trial for Anxiety (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows (The New York Times)

  • How credible is psilocybin-assisted therapy? Study suggests people are cautious about psychedelic treatment for depression (PsyPost)

  • Oklahoma Senators Approve Psilocybin Research Bill But Delete Decriminalization Provision Passed By House (Marijuana Moment)

  • Protestors Target the DEA in Support of Psilocybin for Terminally Ill Patients (Lucid News)

  • On Entheogenic Practitioner Duties and Privileges under Oregon’s 109 Program (Dr. Bronner's)

  • Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience (Herald and News)

  • Mommies Who Mushroom (Harper's Bazaar)

MDMA

  • Health Canada announces review of all MDMA trials, as complaint alleges major flaws and safety issues (CBC)

Ayahuasca

  • ‘We expect to win.’ Ayahuasca churches vow to remain as court case largely dismissed. (Religion News Service)

  • This golfer drank urine, did hallucinogens and ate 800 grapes a day to fight disease (New York Post)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Could the Sonoran Desert Toad Cure Narcissism? (Psychedelics Today)

  • I’m a 1-percenter who found purpose in life tripping on toad venom: What it’s like (New York Post)

Iboga

  • Why Ibogaine Is a Promising Treatment for Addiction (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Researchers May Have Created LSD-Analogs that Treat Depression Without the Trip (Lucid News)

  • Cybin Announces Positive CYB004 Data Demonstrating Significant Advantages Over Intravenous and Inhaled DMT (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • 9 years after an acid trip, I still have anxiety-inducing visual distortions that only stop when I sleep (Insider)

Ketamine

Miscellaneous

  • Psychedelic Stocks Are Having A Really Bad Trip (The Washington Post)

  • Numinus Acquiring Novamind in First Major Psychedelics Merger (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Survey Suggests Psychedelics are Linked to Neo-Shamanistic Beliefs (Lucid News)

  • Do Psychedelics Need Psychiatrists? (NEO.LIFE)

  • Can the Clever Use of Old Legal Strategies Thwart Psychedelic Monopolies? (VICE)

  • Study maps psychedelic-induced changes in consciousness to specific regions of the brain (PsyPost)

  • Maryland Bill To Fund Psychedelics Research And Access For Veterans Goes To Governor’s Desk (Marijuana Moment)

  • Decriminalize Nature Feels Growing Pains as Local Groups Clash with Board (Lucid News)

  • Missouri Bill Would Allow Therapeutic Psychedelic Use (High Times)

  • What it’s like tripping on mad honey, the hallucinogen that (maybe) is an aphrodisiac (Salon)

  • When Will The Media Take Drug Deaths Seriously? (Volteface)

  • Why Psychedelics Could Soon Replace Antidepressants (PR Newswire)

4.22.22

Cannabis

  • Switzerland aims for summer start of recreational cannabis trial program (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Marijuana Legalization Tied To ‘Significant Reductions’ In Prescription Drug Use, Researchers Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Belize Close to Legalization, Evangelicals Want Anti-Reform Referendum (High Times)

  • Early Lines and Free Doughnuts: Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in New Jersey (The New York Times)

  • DEA Says Illegal Marijuana Trafficking From Mexico Is Declining Amid State Legalization Movement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Another U.S. Senate Candidate Tokes in Campaign Ad in Indiana (High Times)

  • Cannabis: How It Affects Our Cognition And Psychology – New Research (IFLScience)

  • Florida bride and caterer charged with lacing wedding food with cannabis (CNN)

  • What Impact Will the French Elections Have on Cannabis Reform? (High Times)

  • Recreational marijuana consumption lounge opens in New Mexico (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Delaware Lawmakers Revive Pot Legalization Effort (High Times)

  • Ohio Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill On 4/20 That Mirrors Ballot Initiative Activists Are Pursuing (Marijuana Moment)

  • US lawmakers are warming up to the cannabis industry (CNN)

  • How 4/20 Became the Biggest Day in the Stoner Calendar (VICE)

  • New Hampshire Senate Committee Rejects Cannabis Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • Florida Official Sues Biden Administration Over Gun Rights For Medical Marijuana Patients On 4/20 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Survey Shows Cannabis Use on the Upswing (High Times)

LSD

  • MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Maine Senate Approves Medical Psilocybin Bill, But House Refusal Kills Measure For The Year (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction (TIME)

  • How psychedelic mushrooms helped pro surfer Koa Smith overcome depression and trauma: ‘I never slipped back’ (The Independent)

  • Treating depression with psychedelics: red flags and FAQ (Eiko Fried)

  • Filament Health Is Issued Patent By United States Patent And Trademark Office (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

  • Colorado House Passes Bill To Legalize MDMA After Federal Approval, Sending It To The Senate (Marijuana Moment)

  • Understanding the Effects of MDMA on Bipolar Disorder (Healthline)

Iboga

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Cybin Announces Publication of International PCT Patent Application for Inhalation Delivery of Multiple Psychedelic Molecules (Psilocybin Alpha)

  • Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Psychedelic companies are betting big on ketamine as the next Prozac (Fast Company)

Miscellaneous

  • A psychedelic therapist allegedly took millions from a Holocaust survivor, highlighting worries about elders taking hallucinogens (STAT News)

  • Study suggests belief-changing psychedelic experiences tend to increase the attribution of consciousness to other beings (PsyPost)

  • Drug War Industries Face Obsolescence (Drug WarRant)

  • Exclusive Data Shows Canadian Cops Target More Black and Indigenous Folks for Drug Arrests (VICE)

  • Massachusetts Psychedelics Activists Plan To Put Decriminalization On Local Ballot And Force Lawmakers To File State Bills (Marijuana Moment)

  • What’s the Best Psychedelic Therapy Protocol? It’s Debatable. (Lucid News)

  • Honduras Shows How Drug Policy is Also Climate Policy (TalkingDrugs)

  • GoDaddy Billionaire Bob Parsons Believes Psychedelics Can Heal Trauma—And He’s Putting His Money (And Brain) On The Line (Forbes)

  • Pioneering Clergy of Diverse Religions Embrace Psychedelics (Lucid News)

  • The Emergent Field of Psychedelic Chaplaincy (Chacruna)

  • Kevin O’Leary Predicts These 3 Psychedelic Companies Will Merge, But Should They? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Are psychedelics the answer to solving the mental health crisis? (Euronews)

4.29.22

Cannabis

  • Biden Finally Grants Relief To People With Federal Marijuana And Drug Convictions After More Than A Year In Office (Marijuana Moment)

  • In Mexico, this city ordered its cops to let everyone smoke weed—and not just on 4/20 (Leafly)

  • Maine: Various Marijuana Bills Become Law Absent Gov. Mills’ Signature (NORML)

  • Florida bride, caterer charged after wedding guests drugged with cannabis at reception (Global News)

  • Medical Cannabis Bill in Wisconsin Likely Already Dead (High Times)

  • Virginia: Senate Kills Governor’s Recriminalization Amendment, Bill Addressing Synthetically Derived Marijuana Products (NORML)

  • Mayhem Erupts at Melbourne Cannabis Rally as Police Haul Off Patients (High Times)

  • New Hampshire Senate Defeats House-Passed Marijuana Home Grow Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Study Shows Drivers in Legal States Less Likely to Drive While High (High Times)

  • Austin, Texas Voters Can Officially Start Voting On Local Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

  • Positive Drug Tests for Pot Hit All-Time High (High Times)

  • Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, With Majorities Embracing Pro-Reform Politicians, Two New Polls Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Is Cannabis Legalization Moving Forward in Taiwan? (High Times)

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

  • Kentucky Governor Approves Cannabis Research Facility (High Times)

  • Could Elon Musk’s Twitter end the cannabis social media ban? (Leafly)

  • Washington Lawmakers Delete the Word ‘Marijuana’ from State Statutes (High Times)

  • North Dakota Officials Approve Marijuana Legalization Ballot Language, Clearing Campaign For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

  • President’s Son Suggests Cannabis Legalization in Nicaragua (High Times)

  • Weed could be grown in space – and it might be the best cannabis yet (New York Post)

  • Kentucky Governor Announces Medical Cannabis Plan (High Times)

  • NY weighs giving pizza joints, other eateries OK to sell cannabis-infused food (New York Post)

  • Italian City of Bologna Supports Recreational Cannabis Reform (High Times)

  • Now that cannabis is legal, do I have to hire potheads? (New York Post)

  • The Battle for Cannabis Legalization Is On in Honduras (High Times)

  • Australia Poll Finds 50% in Favor of Recreational Pot Reform (High Times)

LSD

  • MindMed Collaborator Dr. Matthias Liechti to Present Topline Clinical Trial Results for LSD in Anxiety Disorders at PSYCH Symposium (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • The dark side of the acid counterculture movement (Far Out)

Magic Mushrooms

  • This Ottawa store is selling magic mushrooms to protest 'unjust' laws (CBC)

  • The Mission to Make Psilocybin Available to UK Cancer Patients (Filter)

  • People who hear about psilocybin-assisted therapy think it’s important to have a guide who has used psilocybin (PsyPost)

  • Hyphae Labs Expands Harm Reduction to Consider Psilocybin (Lucid News)

  • Do magic mushrooms have ‘strains’ like cannabis? (Leafly)

  • One Psychedelic Ride: Brooklynites Bike for the Decriminalization of Magic Mushrooms (BK Reader)

  • Can a Religious Exemption Boost Legal Psilocybin Access in Oregon? (Filter)

  • Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Has Potential for Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

MDMA

  • Colorado Bill To Legalize MDMA Prescriptions Heads To Governor Following Senate Passage (Marijuana Moment)

  • MAPS Navigates Multiple Scandals: Why Health Canada Is Reviewing MDMA Trials (Psychedelic Spotlight)

DMT

  • How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything (VICE)

Ayahuasca

  • The surprising reason Inca children were drugged before human sacrifice (Big Think)

Peyote

  • Decrim Movement Split Over Peyote, Possession Limits, and Tactics (Lucid News)

Iboga

  • Could Ibogaine Help Address the Opioid Crisis? (Lucid News)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Mindset Pharma Strengthens IP Portfolio with Another New Provisional Patent Application Covering its Next-Generation DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Drug Candidate Compounds (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ketamine

  • Psychedelic spirituality: Ketamine and the future of mental health (KCRW)

  • 'They were going to cut my throat': Sharon Osbourne slams cancel culture and admits she underwent ketamine therapy after fiery on-air debate led to TV suspension and death threats (Daily Mail)

Miscellaneous

  • A New Database Seeks to Prevent “Bad” Psychedelic Patents (Lucid News)

  • Push To Decriminalize Drugs In Washington State Survives Early Challenge (Marijuana Moment)

  • Biden’s Drug Strategy Mixes Harm Reduction With Harm Production (Filter)

  • The Advantages of Psychedelic Prohibition (DoubleBlind)

  • Drug Decriminalization Inches Closer in Saskatoon, Canada (Filter)

  • Urban Outfitters Is “Mainstreaming Psychedelics” Because They’re Selling Psychedelic Water That’s Not Actually Psychedelic (DoubleBlind)

  • First Annual California Psychedelic Conference Highlights Influential People (High Times)

  • Are ‘Pseudodelics’ The Future For Mental Health? (Volteface)

  • How To Open Your Wallet: The Hyped and Distorted Claims of Online Psychedelic Marketing (Psymposia)

  • Avoiding the Power Trip (Medium)

  • Understanding 3 Risks of Investing in Psychedelic Stocks (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas: A Respectful Path Forward for the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

  • The Trials and Tribulations of Psychedelic Research (Microdose)

  • Psychedelic Navigation across the Seas (Tam Integration)

  • Psychedelics Meets the Theory of Everything (Lucid News)

  • Is Nanotechnology The New Path For Psychedelics? (Green Market Report)

  • Why psychedelics like psilocybin from magic mushrooms and LSD are seeing a surge in medical interest, in treatments for depression, addiction and more (South China Morning Post)

  • Are psychedelics undergoing a spiritual and therapeutic awakening? (KCRW)

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This Month in Psychedelics - February 2022

A lot happened in the world of psychedelics in February. A southern U.S. state legalized medical marijuana, scientists created a new way to make 5-MeO-DMT, a follow-up study found psilocybin therapy was an effective treatment for major depression for one year, zebrafish microdosed LSD, and the NFL invested $1 million into cannabinoids.

There’s a lot to get through this month, so without further ado, let’s jump into the news:

Policy

Wins

Southern states have been among the last to warm up to cannabis policy reforms, but Mississippi legalized medical marijuana for people with qualifying debilitating conditions like cancer or sickle cell disease. The law went into effect but it may still be several months before dispensaries will open.

Future

Following last month’s news about the DEA trying to criminalize five more psychedelics, a judge granted a hearing for opposition to the proposal. It will take place in May.

Industry

The recent explosion of interest surrounding 5-MeO-DMT has put a strain on the population of Sonoran Desert toads, which has been under threat of being wiped out because of their highly sought-after psychedelic venom. However, scientists may have found a solution to help conserve the species—a new way to farm 5-MeO-DMT that doesn’t involve milking toads. To make matters even better, the company behind this discovery plans to operate in the spirit of open science by supplying other companies with free samples of the substance as long as they make a commitment to open science.

Sustainable iboga is hard to find in the West, but Gabon has taken the first step toward setting up a legal distribution channel for the plant. In this model, participating villages will work alongside Gabon’s Ministry of Forests, a North American iboga therapy center operator, and the NGO Blessings of the Forest.

Money changed hands from the profit sector to a non-profit company this month as MAPS became the beneficiary of a handsome $500k donation from atai Life Sciences’ philanthropy arm, atai Impact.

Research

Published Studies

Ravers and festival-goers often refer to experiencing the dreaded “comedown” after taking MDMA, but a new study indicated that the drug itself doesn’t actually cause comedowns. Instead, factors such as the unknown purity of illicit substances, lack of rest, and becoming dehydrated can contribute to whether they occur or not.

The jury’s still out when it comes to whether microdosing is effective or just a placebo, but another trial found no evidence that microdosing LSD does anything. However, a different study found that giving microdoses of LSD to zebrafish may indicate its potential benefits for humans. As always, we need more research. But especially in the case of microdosing.

New research trials looking at using psychedelics to treat depression reported positive results. One follow-up study found that psilocybin therapy relieved major depressive disorder symptoms for up to one year in most patients. Two studies found that ketamine is capable of alleviating depression and quieting suicidal thoughts. And the first-ever clinical trial of DMT for major depressive disorder showed promise.

Cannabis is often blamed for causing people to become lazy and sit around on the couch wasting the day away. But over the last few years, many studies have found the exact opposite. Another one was added to the pile this month, as it found that consuming cannabis does not result in “amotivational syndrome.”

Future Studies

Concussions have been a big topic in the sports world for the last few years. A lot of effort is going into researching what can be done to recover from head injuries, and the NFL made big moves by investing $1 million into cannabinoid research. Two medical teams will investigate how cannabinoids affect pain management and neuroprotection.

Miscellaneous

You may recall that last year a U.S. sprinter named Sha’Carri Richardson was suspended from competing in the 2021 Summer Olympics due to a positive cannabis test. That was bad enough on its own, but this month Richardson suggested there may be a racist double standard at play after the Olympics allowed a Russian skater to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics even after failing a drug test—for a performance enhancing drug, no less! There are some differences between the two cases, but it does seem a bit questionable, to say the least.

And last up for this recap is a reminder that although psychedelics have the potential of uncovering the truth sometimes, the insights that they give you aren’t always true. It’s tempting to fall into the mental trap of believing that everything you experience while tripping is correct, but if you or someone you know has been feeling that way lately then be sure to check out the linked article above.

That’s all for this month’s update. Remember to always test and weigh your drugs and until next time—keep thinking wilder.

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