Weekly Psychedelic Links - June 2022

6.3.22

Cannabis

• Virginia: Approved Budget Recriminalizes Public Marijuana Possession Over Four Ounces of Marijuana (NORML)

• Connecticut Gov. signs bill to crack down on weed gifting (Leafly)

• North Carolina Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Finds THC Detected in Blood or Breath Does Not Indicate Impairment (High Times)

• Medicinal cannabis reduces pain and the need for opiate painkillers among cancer patients (PsyPost)

• North Carolina Lawmakers Advance Bill To Make Hemp Permanently Legal (High Times)

• With veto, path to marijuana legalization in Delaware still open but fraught with unpredictability (WHYY)

• FBI Marijuana Arrest Data May Be Critically Flawed, And DOJ Is Being Asked To Investigate (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Senate Approves Bill Allowing Public Employees to Use Medical Pot (High Times)

• New York Senate Passes Gray Market Cannabis Bill (High Times)

• Legal Cannabis Use Could Disqualify White House Intern Applicants (Forbes)

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

• Gen Z Prefers Weed Over Booze (High Times)

• Marijuana Research Has Exploded In Recent Years Despite Barriers Caused By Prohibition, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Peru Issues Draft Law to Allow and Regulate Patient-Grown Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• New York Senate Approves Bill To Mandate Medical Marijuana Health Insurance Coverage (Marijuana Moment)

• Austria Imports Record Amount of Medical Weed While Constitutional Challenges Loom (High Times)

• Weed Joke on Jeopardy! Triggers Viewers (High Times)

LSD

• Neuroscientists gain a deeper understanding of how LSD affects molecular brain activity (PsyPost)

• Ceruvia Lifesciences to Supply LSD to Qualified Researchers at No Cost (PR Newswire)

Magic Mushrooms

• Oregon Officials’ Rejection Of Rules For Spiritual And Religious Psilocybin Use Called Into Question (Marijuana Moment)

• In Algeria, Ancient Cave Art May Show Psychedelic Mushroom Use (Atlas Obscura)

• New studies shed light on the mysterious process by which psilocybin can rapidly improve depression symptoms (PsyPost)

• B.C. company opens Canada's largest licensed psychedelic mushroom growing facility (CBC)

• Policy and Legal Considerations for Religious and Community Use of Psilocybin Mushrooms under Oregon Measure 109 (Chacruna)

MDMA

• A Balm for Psyches Scarred by War (The New York Times)

• 'Highly unusual': Methamphetamine found in MDMA tablets for the first time in New Zealand (Stuff.co.nz)

Peyote

• The Navajo Nation to Protect the Sanctity of Azeé – Peyote Medicine from Legalization and Commercial Use (Chacruna)

Nitrous Oxide

• Warning over climate threat from laughing gas used during childbirth (Sydney Morning Herald)

• Linking nitrous oxide to climate risk is yet another example of the disdain shown to women’s pain (The Guardian)

Ketamine

• Ketamine can treat depression — but teletherapy could make it accessible (Inverse)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to decriminalize some drugs in British Columbia for three years (The Guardian)

• Maryland Bill To Fund Psychedelics Research And Access For Veterans Takes Effect Without Governor’s Signature (Marijuana Moment)

• DARE 2.0 is "Keepin' it Real" in US schools (Substance)

• Indigenous and drug policy groups seek to preserve traditional approaches as psychedelic markets open in Oregon (OPB)

• Michigan Activists Give Up 2022 Push For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative, Shifting Focus To 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

• The Intertwined Prohibitionist Histories of Psychedelics and Kratom (Psychedelics Today)

• Why this startup is encouraging employees to microdose psychedelics at work (Fast Company)

• From Psychedelic Pharma To Crop Gene Editing - The UK’s Big Opportunity (Forbes)

• Don’t Count on RFRA to Protect Psychedelic Churches (Lucid News)

• Tripping over the potential of psychedelics for autism (Spectrum)

• Understanding the Current Legal Status of Psychedelics in the United States (JD Supra)

• Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression? (New Scientist)

6.10.22

Cannabis

• Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use (BBC)

• Prescription cannabis products with more THC may ease chronic pain, at least a little, study finds (CNN)

• North Carolina Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill To House, But Questions Loom About Further Action This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: Lawmakers Decline to Overturn Cannabis Legalization Veto (NORML)

• Voters In Five Texas Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization In November, Activists Say (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Legislature Passes Bill to Protect State Workers from Termination for Medical Cannabis (Ganjapreneur)

• Portugal Group Demands Freedom to Vote for Personal Use of Cannabis (High Times)

• The Rapidly Expanding Cannabis Industry Needs To Get Its Marketing Act Together, A New Report Finds (Forbes)

• If you’re high your love life might not be as great as you think (New York Post)

• Ukraine to Legalize Medical Cannabis, Health Minister Says (High Times)

• Illinois Governor Signs Bill To Close Marijuana Expungement ‘Loophole’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Inflation’s so insane Snoop Dogg gave his blunt roller a raise (Leafly)

• Legal Cannabis Use Could Disqualify White House Intern Applicants (Forbes)

• West Virginia Activists Are Collecting Signatures To Put Marijuana Decriminalization Measures On Local Ballots (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Cannabis & Sleep Disorders: What Do We Really Know? (The Fresh Toast)

• Is the word ‘marijuana’ racist? (Leafly)

• Opening the Curtain on Cannabis in the Opera (High Times)

LSD

• LSD microdosing does not appear to improve mood or cognitive ability, according to new placebo-controlled study (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

• Clinical Trial in South Africa to Study Efficacy of Psilocybin on Women with HIV and Depression (High Times)

MDMA

• Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Legalize MDMA Prescriptions Pending Federal Approval (Marijuana Moment)

• Brexit helping cause harmful increase in fake ecstasy, study warns (The Guardian)

Ayahuasca

• I Tried Everything. Then I Tried Ayahuasca. (Esquire)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic Pharma’s Big Spin (Lucid News)

• The Nationwide Reach of Harmful Drug “Paraphernalia” Laws (Filter)

• Tracing The History of Hallucinogens in China (TalkingDrugs)

• How psychedelic drugs might treat depression (BBC)

• Bosses want to feed psychedelics to their staff (The Economist)

• The Great Cannabis Microdosing PR Conspiracy (High Times)

6.17.22

Cannabis

• Germany set to legalise sale of cannabis in licensed shops (Metro)

• Study Finds Weekly Cannabis Use Has Minimal Impairment on Physical Health (High Times)

• How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use (The Guardian)

• Analysis: Cannabis Retailers Drive Economic Growth, Are Not Magnets for Crime (NORML)

• Maine’s Legal Marijuana Stores Are Effectively Displacing Illicit Market, State Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand Leaders Demand Cops Stop Spraying Chemicals on Cannabis (High Times)

• Study: Regular Cannabis Consumers Perform Better Than Occasional Users on Distracted Driving Tasks (NORML)

• Kentucky Governor Issues Medical Marijuana Executive Order Creating Advisory Committee To Study Patient Access Options (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Shows Medical Cannabis Enrollment Has Quadrupled (High Times)

• EPA Warns Workers They’re Banned From Using Marijuana Or Investing In The Industry In New Memo (Marijuana Moment)

• DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests (NORML)

• Athens, Georgia on Cusp of Major Decriminalization Ordinance (High Times)

• Teen Marijuana Use Dropped Dramatically In Colorado In 2021, State Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Lawsuit Seeks Insurance Coverage for Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• GOP Senate Candidate Pushes ‘Pot For Potholes’ Marijuana-Funded Infrastructure Plan In Hilarious Campaign Ad (Marijuana Moment)

• Superior Court in Brazil Affirms Right to Cannabis Home Grow (High Times)

• Federal Court Sides With Nebraska Medical Marijuana Activists In Lawsuit Over Ballot Requirements (Marijuana Moment)

• West Virginia Advocates Collecting Signatures for Decriminalization Ballot Measures (High Times)

LSD

• The Elephant in the Room is LSD (Lucid News)

Magic Mushrooms

• Psilocybin-induced mystical experiences linked to lasting positive psychological effects (PsyPost)

• Anticipating Legalization: Making Psilocybin Accessible (Cannabis Science and Technology)

• Could magic mushrooms in care homes help curb fear of death? Psychedelic drugs could 'revolutionise' end-of-life treatment, expert says (Daily Mail)

MDMA

• Paraguay May Be Shifting from Producing LSD and MDMA to Consuming Them (InSight Crime)

5-MeO-DMT

• What’s the Best Way To Take 5-MeO-DMT in a Clinical Trial? (Technology Networks)

Iboga

• Ibogaine Isn’t a “Cure” for Addiction—But It Can Be a Useful Detox Tool (Filter)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Oregon ban on synthetic cannabis products will be nation’s first (Oregon Live)

Ketamine

• Exploring Ketamine’s Antimicrobial Effects & Fungal Sources: Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The 'normalised' drug that the UK takes more of than any other country (Liverpool Echo)

Miscellaneous

• Mind-Altering Drug Docuseries Lined Up At Netflix From Alex Gibney & Michael Pollan (Deadline)

• Malaysia Ends Mandatory Death Penalty for Nonviolent Drug Crimes (High Times)

• Is drug testing going to become a regular part of UK festivals? (iTV)

• Missoula City Council measure would decriminalize hallucinogenic plants (Missoula Current)

• Local Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure Stalls In Amherst, Massachusetts (Marijuana Moment)

• The abuse of power in psychedelic retreats (leafie)

• Psychedelics Can Help Boost Scientific Creativity, Review Finds (Analytical Cannabis)

• NFTs Are Getting Psychedelic. Is It Worth the Trip? (Lucid News)

• Michigan moves to outlaw fake urine as marijuana popularity soars (MLive)

6.24.22

Cannabis

• Psychosis, Addiction, Chronic Vomiting: As Weed Becomes More Potent, Teens Are Getting Sick (The New York Times)

• California may require labels on cannabis products to warn of mental health risks (OPB)

• Vets And Medical Cannabis: It’s The Least We Can Do (Forbes)

• Louisiana: Multiple Marijuana Reform Bills Signed Into Law; Measures Take Effect August 1 (NORML)

• Spain Approves Medical Cannabis Reform: Pharmacy Dispensation Planned for End of 2022 (High Times)

• Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Drunk Driving And Safer Roads, Study On Auto Insurance Data Suggests (Marijuana Moment)

• Switzerland to Lift Ban on Medical Cannabis (High Times)

• DEA Marijuana Busts Increased In 2021, Seizing Over 5.5 Million Plants (Marijuana Moment)

• U.S. English Teacher Sentenced to 14 Years in Russia for Pot ‘Smuggling’ (High Times)

• North Carolina House Republicans Block Senate-Passed Medical Marijuana Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis ‘Very Promising’ as Opioid Replacement, Early Study Results Show (High Times)

• U.S. Supreme Court Denies Medical Marijuana Workers’ Compensation Cases (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Shows Cannabis Use Could Lead to Increased Kindness and Empathy (High Times)

• Senate Committee Votes To Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work For CIA, NSA And Other Intelligence Agencies (Marijuana Moment)

• Analyses: Drug Interdiction Efforts at US Borders Typically Yield Only Small Quantities of Marijuana (NORML)

• MLB Teams Can Now Be Sponsored By CBD Companies, Baseball League Official Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence for Weed Possession (High Times)

• Scientists find little evidence to show cannabis oils help end pain, according to major study (Daily Mail)

• District of Columbia: Council Advances Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers (NORML)

• New Gene Technology Allows Growers To Boost THC Levels In Cannabis (Forbes)

LSD

• ‘I’m happier now and nowhere near as intense’: GoDaddy.com’s founder pivots to LSD (The Daily Dot)

Magic Mushrooms

• Judges Deny Challenge to Psilocybin Patent (VICE)

• COMPASS Pathways presents largest ever study of psilocybin therapy, at American Psychiatric Association annual meeting (Psychedelic Alpha)

• Pa. bill to study of psilocybin – the drug in magic mushrooms – as mental health treatment languishes in Harrisburg (PhillyVoice)

• Oregon County Considers Banning Legalized Psilocybin Therapy (Filter)

• How an NHL Enforcer Broke His Body — and Turned to Psychedelics to Heal His Brain (Rolling Stone)

MDMA

• MDMA trials under review in Canada over alleged abuse of study participants (The Guardian)

• Canadian Firm Seeks Approval to Manufacture MDMA and Other Psychedelics (High Times)

DMT

• DMT is Effective at Treating Depression, New Study Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• What do we see when dying? How a psychedelic trip can trigger at life’s end, and why we need to be better prepared for it (South China Morning Post)

Ayahuasca

• An Ayahuasca Retreat Claims to Sell 'Miracles.' Former Workers and Guests Say It's Unsafe and Abusive. (VICE)

• Another Phoenix Church Sues DEA Over Religious Use of Ayahuasca (Phoenix New Times)

• The Ayahuasca King's Last Tour (The Texas Observer)

Ketamine

• Tripping Through Motherhood: How Some Women Are Using Ketamine to Treat Postpartum Depression (Glamour)

• Exploring Ketamine’s Antimicrobial Effects & Fungal Sources: Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

Miscellaneous

• After Six-Decade Hiatus, Experimental Psychedelic Therapy Returns to the V.A. (The New York Times)

• Two psychedelic-related initiatives may be on the 2022 Colorado ballot (The Denver Channel)

• Alliance launches to advance psychedelic healthcare in Europe (Psychedelic Health)

• After Six-Decade Hiatus, Experimental Psychedelic Therapy Returns to the V.A. (The New York Times)

• States are embracing psychedelics, paving the way for FDA approval (DoubleBlind)

• Rabbi Ben Gorelick Plans to Use Religious Freedom Against an 8-Year Minimum Psychedelic Charge (High Times)

• Numinus Applies for International Patent Filing of Psychedelics Production Process (Psychedelic Alpha)

• The New Psychedelic Plot (The Wall Street Journal)

• Efforts to Decriminalize Psychedelics Can Extend to Rural Places, Too (The Daily Yonder)

• Recreational psychedelics remain far behind on legalization path (Pique Newsmagazine)

• Psychedelic Therapy Will Not Save Us (Mad in America)

• Mummies who mushroom: The mums using psychedelics to take the edge off modern parenthood (Harpers Bazaar)

• Extending the Reach of Psychedelic Therapy With Psychoplastogens (Technology Networks)

• The Great Microdosing Debate (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Celebrating the Psychedelic Dawn (Lucid News)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 10.15.21

Cannabis

• Man to be Hanged in Singapore for Importing About Two Pounds of Pot (High Times)

• Activists seek to legalise marijuana in hippie haven of Nepal (The Times)

• Companies are selling saliva kits so customers can figure out the best marijuana strain and get HIGH (Today UK News)

• Republican Ohio Lawmakers Announce Marijuana Legalization Bill, Reflecting Recent Bipartisan Shift On Issue (Marijuana Moment)

• New NORML Report Highlights Concerns Regarding Sale of Unregulated Delta-8 THC, Similar Products (NORML)

• Marijuana legalization used to right wrongs from drug war (UPI)

• Virginia Medical Marijuana Patients See High Prices And Long Waits For Approvals (Marijuana Moment)

• Harborside Announces Planned Commercial-Scale Renewable Energy Microgrid Project at Salinas Production Campus (PR Newswire)

• South Dakota Activists Launch Marijuana Legalization Signature Drive To Get On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey: 60% of cannabis users want to get high with a grandparent (Leafly)

• Mississippi ‘Not Quite Ready’ to Implement Medical Cannabis (High Times)

LSD

• Is LSD Addictive? Is It Safe To Use For Mental Health Issues? We Provide Guidance (Healing Maps)

Magic Mushrooms

• A Strategy for Rescheduling Psilocybin (Scientific American)

• Denver City Panel Pushes To Expand Psilocybin Decriminalization With Gifting And Communal Use (Marijuana Moment)

San Pedro

• What is San Pedro? Facts about the Psychoactive Plant (The Third Wave)

Ketamine

• FDA Backs Ketamine to Treat This Rare and Debilitating Pain Syndrome (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Miscellaneous

• Voters Across The U.S. Will Decide On Marijuana And Psychedelics Ballot Measures Next Month (Marijuana Moment)

• How COVID-19 Opened the Door to a New Era in Psychedelic Medicine (TIME)

• No, Psychedelic Treatment Doesn't Look Like 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Verywell Health)

• On Sacred Reciprocity: Giving Back to our Indigenous Predecessors in the Psychedelic Movement (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Trying Psychedelics Just Once Might Reduce Your Chances Of Cardiometabolic Disease, Study Finds (IFLScience)

• Is Mysticism Becoming A Problem For Psychedelic Medicine? (Forbes)

• Is There a Dependable Way to Induce an Ego Death Experience with Psychedelics? (Lucid News)

• Ego Death: Is This The Most Important Result From Psychedelic Therapy? (Healing Maps)

• Why Psychedelic Stocks Have Crashed in the Last 3 Months (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Navigating a Double-Edged Sword: Toward Psychedelic Apprenticeship (Chacruna)

• Psychedelic Reciprocity: Patents and Indigenous Knowledge (Truffle Report)

• Stewarding Psychedelic and Ecological Biospheric Wisdom with Deborah Parrish Snyder (Chacruna)

• Numinus Upgrades Psychedelics Lab to Increase Research Service Capabilities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics: 2A or Not 2A?-Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Exploring Creepy Psychedelic Art (Reality Sandwich)

• Mindset Pharma Expands Benchmarking Data for First Generation Psychedelics Through the COPE Program with InterVivo Solutions (Psilocybin Alpha)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.27.21

Cannabis

• Legal Pot Delivery Sales Launch in Denver, Colorado (High Times)

• New Jersey: Many Cities Opting Out of Retail Marijuana Sales Ahead of Rollout (NORML)

• New Mexico Approves Cannabis Rules and Prepares for Legalization (High Times)

• Manitoba and Quebec still won’t let you grow weed at home (Leafly)

• Third North Carolina Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana firms and advocates struggle as Instagram targets accounts (Marijuana Business Daily)

• The Ecology of Good Weed (Nautilus)

• What is delta-10? (Leafly)

• Feds And California Governor Exploring Rules For Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals (Marijuana Moment)

• Commercial Drivers Consume Cannabis More than Any Other Drug, Data Shows (High Times)

• Ohio Attorney General Certifies 2022 Marijuana Legalization Ballot Petition (Marijuana Moment)

• Aurora sends first shipment of ‘free’ marijuana to France (Marijuana Business Daily)

LSD

• Microdosing LSD Makes Me a Better Mom (Psychedelics Today)

Magic Mushrooms

• Will A Psilocybin Patch Be The Next Big Thing In Psychedelics? (Forbes)

• Psilocybin Therapy and the Rise of Existential Medicine (DoubleBlind)

• All-Inclusive Magic Mushroom Retreats Are the New Luxury ‘Trips’ (Bloomberg)

• Tryp Therapeutics Completes Psychotherapy Training for Phase 2a Study at the University of Florida (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Rise of Shroom Slang and the New Language of Tripping (DoubleBlind)

MDMA

• Women Behind the Scenes in Psychedelic Science: Making MDMA a Legal Medicine with Amy Emerson (Chacruna)

DMT

• Psilera Collaborates with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to Research DMT and New Analogues to Combat Addiction (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How Long Does DMT Last? (Healing Maps)

• PharmaDrug Announces Clinical Research Collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University to Evaluate DMT in a Comparative Clinical Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• DMT-Inspired Artwork by Harry Pack (Sam Woolfe)

• What Is DMT? From Its Purpose To Understanding Its Side Effects (Healing Maps)

Ayahuasca

• What Do Ayahuasca Visions Really Mean? (Reality Sandwich)

• Ancestral Psychedelic Therapy Using Ayahuasca (Benzinga)

• An Ayahuasca Research Break Down (Reality Sandwich)

5-MeO-DMT

• Spanish couple arrested over toad-venom and ayahuasca rituals (The Guardian)

Peyote

• What Is Peyote And How Does It Work? (Healing Maps)

Salvia Divinorum

• Twitter Thread Of The Craziest Experiences People Had Tripping On Salvia Proves We Were Lucky To Survive The 2000s (BroBible)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Scientists Isolate Two New Compounds from Toad Venom (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Mindset Pharma Broadens its IP Portfolio by Filing U.S. Provisional Patent Extending its DMT and 5-MeO-DMT Inspired Psychedelic Drug Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Neuropathy After Recreational Use of Laughing Gas (MedPage Today)

Ketamine

• There’s Finally an Accurate Drug-Checking Kit for Ketamine (Filter)

• Same But Different: Antidepressant Mechanisms of Psilocybin and Ketamine (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Awakn Life Sciences Initiates the First Ketamine Treatment Study for Gambling Addiction Led by Professor Celia Morgan (Yahoo! Finance)

• Ketamine For Pain: Understanding The Pros And Cons (Healing Maps)

• HMNC Brain Health and Develco Pharma Partner to Initiate Ketamine Study Targeting Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) (Yahoo! Finance)

Miscellaneous

• California Bill To Legalize Psychedelics Possession Put On Pause Until 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin University Launches Psychedelics Center With Goal Of Increasing Diversity In Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Startup Miraculix Creates First Rapid, Mobile Test Kits For Concentrations of MDMA, LSD, and Psilocybin (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics and Breastfeeding: What We Know—and Don’t Know—About a Taboo Subject (DoubleBlind)

• Study to Determine if Psychedelics Help to Quit Cigarette Smoking (High Times)

• Freaks of Color Tell Psychedelic Stories That Inspire (Lucid News)

• The Stamets Stack: Can Microdosing Really Change Your Brain? (DoubleBlind)

• Biden’s Extension of Title 42 Subjects Refugees to More Drug-War Violence (Filter)

• This West Philly Doctor Says Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Could Change Your Life (Philadelphia Magazine)

• 10 Best Trippy Festivals and Events Coming Up (Reality Sandwich)

• UK Venture Round Shines Spotlight on Europe’s Psychedelics Scene (Labiotech.eu)

• Psychedelic-Induced Theism: Common Misconceptions (Truffle Report)

• The Meaning of Psychedelics (Maps of the Mind)

• Why the Term ‘Drug’ is Difficult to Clearly Define (Sam Woolfe)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.13.21

Cannabis

• Native American tribe in North Carolina legalizes medical cannabis (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Marijuana Sales Increased In Multiple States During COVID, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Study suggests cannabis can induce a psychedelic-like “oceanic” experience (PsyPost)

• Weedmaps adds in-app cannabis purchasing for iPhone users (TechCrunch)

• Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly to go public (The Seattle Times)

• Senate Votes To Let Researchers Study Marijuana From Dispensaries (Marijuana Moment)

• Here’s where New York’s next governor stands on marijuana legalization (Leafly)

• California High Court: Recreational Cannabis Law Doesn’t Apply To Inmates In Prison (CBS SF BayArea)

• These States Possess the Highest Number of Cannabis Consumers Per Capita (NORML)

• Illinois Announces Cannabis Dispensary License Lottery Winners (Forbes)

• Wisconsin Lawmakers Unveil New Marijuana Legalization Bill—At A Cannabis Shop In Illinois (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Think Cannabinoids in Sativex Can Actually Beat Brain Cancer (MERRY JANE)

• Wyoming Officials Clear 2022 Marijuana Ballot Initiatives For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

• Oklahoma Activists Prepare 2022 Ballot Measures to Legalize Marijuana And Overhaul State’s Medical Cannabis System (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Advocates Reveal Updated 2022 Ballot Strategy Featuring Two Separate Initiatives (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• A 13th Century Fresco Might Feature a Psychedelic Mushroom (InsideHook)

• In Canada, End-of-Life Therapy May Be the Path to Legal Psilocybin (Filter)

• Canadian Groups Push For Legal Psilocybin: Survey Shows Support (Truffle Report)

• Myth Busting: Magic Mushroom Spores Have Little to do with Potency (Psychedelic Science Review)

• How magic mushroom ingredient psilocybin helps patients with depression or PTSD change how they feel, by rewiring the brain with more connections (South China Morning Post)

• Tryp Therapeutics Partners with Calvert Labs to Conduct Exploratory Studies for Proprietary Psilocybin Formulations (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• An Exploration of Ayahuasca Art History (Reality Sandwich)

5-MeO-DMT

• Why Are Celebrities Smoking Toad Venom? (Yahoo!)

Salvia Divinorum

• atai Launches Revixia Life Sciences to Develop Salvinorin A for a Variety of Mental Health Conditions (Psilocybin Alpha)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Psilera Initiates Landmark Preclinical Studies with New Psychedelic Derivatives aimed at Reducing Alcohol Consumption (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Bexson Biomedical Launches New Project, Applying Subcutaneous Delivery Technology To Multiple Psychedelic Compounds For Therapeutic Use (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Where Cannabis Synthetic Spice Came From and Is It Related To HHC? (CBD Testers)

Ketamine

• Could Ketamine Restore Child-like Brain Plasticity and Learning? (Lucid News)

• Will Ketamine Help Sleep? We Explain Any Benefits (Healing Maps)

• We Just Got Closer to Understanding Why Ketamine Is Such a Powerful Antidepressant (ScienceAlert)

• Study finds cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression (News-Medical.net)

• How Much Does A Ketamine Infusion Cost? (Healing Maps)

PCP

• Why Does The Psychedelic Scene Ignore PCP? [Part 1] (Psychedelics Today)

Miscellaneous

• These States Could Have Marijuana And Psychedelics Legalization On The Ballot In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Fireside Project Expands Psychedelic Support Service with App Launch (Lucid News)

• Biden Exploring Clemency For People With Federal Drug Convictions, White House Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Wearable Psychedelics Could Soon Give Users Maximum Control Over Their Trip (VICE)

• Why Aren’t Psychedelic Drugs Prohibited in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics May Inspire Healthier Habits, Survey Finds (Lucid News)

• Tripping Together (NEO.LIFE)

• Campaign will target middle-class drug users (The Times)

• Psychedelics As Medicine: Right To Try Case Versus DEA (JD Supra)

• Prisoners Sue After Drug Testing of Their Legal Mail Gave False Positives (Filter)

• Psychedelic Research Has a Racist Past (Mad in America)

• The Wonderful and Absurd Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part Two: Freedom and Unfreedom) (Chacruna)

• Safely Exploring High Doses of Psychedelics (Maps of the Mind)

• The Cosmic Giggle: Laughter and Psychedelics (Reality Sandwich)

• Psychedelic Decriminalisation Only Scratches the Surface (VolteFace)

• In Awe: Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and the Mystical Experience (Psychedelic Science Review)

• What Do I Need To Know About Tripping Alone In Nature? (Lucid News)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 8.6.21

Cannabis

• Louisiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Law Takes Effect (NORML)

• Missouri Probation Officers Are Sending People Back to Prison for Legally Using Medical Cannabis (MERRY JANE)

• Trial to test if cannabis-based mouth spray can treat brain tumours (The Guardian)

• Wyoming Marijuana Decriminalization And Medical Cannabis Initiatives Clear First 2022 Ballot Hurdle (Marijuana Moment)

• Puerto Rico: Law Signed Protecting Medical Cannabis Patients from Employment Discrimination (NORML)

• Arkansas Marijuana Activists Push For Legalization Ballot Initiative In 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• How the CIA used LSD to fight communism (Big Think)

Magic Mushrooms

• Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Legal Access to Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy, Poll Reveals (Psilocybin Alpha)

• COMPASS Pathways’ Psilocybin Patent Questioned By UK Patent Examiner (Psymposia)

• Does This Medieval Fresco Show A Hallucinogenic Mushroom in the Garden of Eden? (Atlas Obscura)

• Filament Health Is the First Public Company to Be Issued a Patent for Extraction of Natural Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Enzymes Responsible for DMT Synthesis Coexist in Mammalian Brain Cells (Psychedelic Science Review)

• PharmaDrug Forms Research Collaboration with Terasaki Institute for Novel Ocular Drug Formulation Program to Deliver DMT and Other Tryptamines to Treat Eye Disease (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Addiction Treatment: Ayahuasca May Help Addicts Stop Abusing Alcohol and Drugs (Gilmore Health News)

Mescaline

• Could Synthetic Mescaline Protect Declining Peyote Populations? (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Deadly drug 25B-NBOH sold as powdered LSD in Melbourne, spike in Victorian hospitalisations (News.com.au)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Lawsuit Filed Over Massachusetts Prisons’ Use of Faulty Drug Tests (Ganjapreneur)

Ketamine

• With a nudge from AI, ketamine emerges as a potential rare disease treatment (STAT)

• Ketamine May Combat Depression in Teens (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• Usona Institute Breaks Ground for Global Center in Psychedelic Science (The Joplin Globe)

• Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since 1993 (BBC)

• The Story of “El Chapo” and Why the Drug War Will Never End (The Nation)

• First-ever research centre for psychedelic drug therapy is opening in Australia (Mixmag)

• Fireside Project Releases App for Psychedelic Peer Support (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Modernization of Sacred Plant Medicine Traditions: At What Cost? (Psychedelics Today)

• The Wonderful and Absurd Adventures of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part One) (Chacruna)

• Researchers Concerned About Whitewashing of Psychedelic-Assisted Mental Health Research (Mad in America)

• Awakn Life Sciences Announces Its Second Location in the UK for “Awakn Clinics London,” Providing Treatment to the Largest City in the UK (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Two Years After Oakland’s Psychedelic Decrim, What’s Been the Impact? (Filter)

• Improving Y/Our Relationship with Psychedelics (Maps of the Mind)

• Advancing the Psychedelic Renaissance (Reality Sandwich)

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