This Week in Psychedelics - 6.5.20

Cannabis

• Marijuana Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice (NORML)

• Joe Biden’s New Disability Plan Includes Boosting Medical Marijuana Research (Marijuana Moment)

• Dangers of Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Be Overblown, Two Studies Suggest (MERRY JANE)

• West Coast cannabis dispensaries report looting in weekend rioting (Leafly)

• Trump Reelection Campaign Attacks Biden As ‘Architect’ Of The War On Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana: Bills Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access Sent to Governor’s Desk (NORML)

• Weed Sales on the Dark Web Surged Early in the Pandemic (WIRED)

• State-regulated marijuana vape cartridges aren’t safe, doctor and whistleblower say (Hawaii News Now)

• Australia's biggest medicinal cannabis plant to be built in secret Melbourne location (The Age)

• In Case You Needed Clarification: Weed Doesn't Cause Strokes, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Vermont Senate Votes To Double Amount Of Marijuana That Can Be Possessed And Grown Without Jail Time (Marijuana Moment)

• Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage (Leafly)

• People who use high-potency cannabis could have a higher risk of anxiety, study finds (Insider)

• Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Decline Year-Over-Year (NORML)

• New Jersey Lawmakers File Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ahead Of Broader Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• After Apple Bans Vape Apps From App Store, PAX Creates Website for Vape Management (MacRumors)

• Aphria, Aurora And Other Big Ag Cannabis Companies Pull Out Of Jamaica (Forbes)

• US agency funds dubious study to relieve cannabis withdrawal with nicotine (Leafly)

LSD

• LSD Is Surging in Popularity. New Research Unpicks the Trends. (Filter)

• MindMed Launches Project Lucy Focused on LSD Experiential Therapy For Anxiety Disorders (PR Newswire)

• MindMed's Microdosing Division Further Expands Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Microdosing LSD For Adult ADHD (PR Newswire)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Provides Funding for LSD Research Study (BioSpace)

Magic Mushrooms

• Breakthrough psilocybin study uncovers neurochemical origins of human ego (New Atlas)

• Field Trip Collaborates with Jamaican University Researchers to Investigate New Psilocybin Therapies (Lucid News)

• UK Researchers Raise Nearly $70,000 to Research Psilocybin's Impact on OCD (MERRY JANE)

• NeonMind Files for U.S. Provisional Patent to Use Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Weight Loss (Yahoo! Finance)

• TheraPsil launches program to assist patients in accessing legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (Globe Newswire)

• Magic Truffles Firm Gets Canadian Stock Market Listing (High Times)

DMT

• CB Therapeutics Achieves Another Breakthrough with the Biosynthesis of DMT and Related Tryptamine-based Compounds (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Can Learning to Navigate Ayahuasca Hallucinations Help in Psychosis Treatment? (Kahpi)

5-MeO-DMT

• Spanish Porn Star Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Toad Venom Ritual (Rolling Stone)

Salvia Divinorum

• What is Salvia divinorum? (Psychedelic Science Review)

Nitrous Oxide

• Largest study of its kind of women in labor finds nitrous oxide safe, side effects rare (EurekAlert!)

• Use of nitrous oxide or 'hippie crack' on the rise during pandemic (TheJournal.ie)

Ketamine

• Anesthetic drug Ketamine uses serotonin receptors to relieve depression (News-Medical.net)

Datura

• Toé (Brugmansia suaveolens): The Path of Day and Night (Chacruna)

• Ask a Ranger: Sacred Datura of Southwest part of history of hallucinogens (Arizona Daily Sun)

Miscellaneous

• The DEA Has Been Given Permission To Investigate People Protesting George Floyd’s Death (BuzzFeed News)

• Paranormal Psychedelic Experiences Surveyed in Comprehensive Study (Lucid News)

• Scientists Explain How Psychedelic Drugs Can Lead People to Lose Their Sense of Self (The Swaddle)

• U.N. Condemns 'Deep-Seated Impunity' in Philippines' Drug War (TIME)

• Whistleblowers Report Facebook for Ignoring Illegal Drug Sales on Platform (MERRY JANE)

• Global Drug Survey predicts that "following lockdown, many regions will be flooded by high purity drugs" (Hot Press)

• Psychedelic Studies Have Marginalized LGBTQI+ Communities for Years—These Researchers Are Changing That (DoubleBlind)

• Studies Into Psychedelic Drugs Reveal Significant Medical Potential (PR Newswire)

• Biden-Bernie “Unity Task Force” Makes Dispiriting Criminal Justice Reform Picks (Filter)

• Sacred Reciprocity: Supporting the Roots of the Psychedelic Movement (Chacruna)

• Taking Drugs Like A Nerd (Maps of the Mind)

• Psychedelics will see a boom much like cannabis. Here's how entrepreneurs can stay ahead of the curve. (Business Insider)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.7.20

Cannabis

• Bernie Sanders Pledges Legal Marijuana In All 50 States On Day One As President (Forbes)

• Businesses Are More Profitable And Innovative In States With Legal Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Nepal’s Communist Party Wants to Legalize Weed and Ban Booze (MERRY JANE)

• Vermont Committee Unanimously Approves Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Another Vermont House Committee OKs Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales (Marijuana Moment)

• Gallup: Twelve Percent of Adults Acknowledge Smoking Marijuana (NORML)

• Virginia Lawmakers Approve Another Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD May Treat Psychosis Rather Than Cause It, Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Liberal Americans Are Six Times More Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Conservatives, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Whoopi Goldberg's cannabis company has shut down (CNN)

• Cannabis in South Africa: the duplicity of colonial authorities (TalkingDrugs)

Magic Mushrooms

• Inside the Campaign to Legalize Magic Mushrooms in California (Reason)

MDMA

• Speech Pattern Technology Can Now Detect If You’re High on MDMA (MERRY JANE)

5-MeO-DMT

• Supportive Context is Associated With Positive Effects From Inhaling 5-MeO-DMT (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 5-MeO-DMT: The 20-Minute Psychoactive Toad Experience That’s Transforming Lives (Forbes)

PCP

• What is PCP? The ‘angel dust’ drug used in Netflix’s The Stranger (The Tab)

Opioids

• The highs and lows of the opium trade in southern Africa (TalkingDrugs)

• "Gray death" drug is so dangerous, police say you shouldn't even touch it (CBS News)

Cocaine

• A fingerprint can show if someone has taken cocaine or just touched it (New Scientist)

• Enhanced cocaine vaccine blocks the high in mice (Futurity)

Caffeine

• Caffeine has been a boon for civilization, Michael Pollan says. But it has come at a cost. (The Washington Post)

Nicotine

• The vaping 'flavor ban' goes into effect today. Here's what it does (The Hill)

• Mismatched tobacco laws could put federal funding for NC at risk (The News & Observer)

• American Lung Association Gives Arizona Failing Grades in Tobacco Control Report (Phoenix New Times)

• American Lung Association gives Georgia low grades for tobacco use (11Alive.com)

• Michigan receives 'F' grade for tobacco prevention, new report shows (WWMT)

Alcohol

• Baby boomers are the booziest generation – and are driving a 60 per cent rise in alcohol-related hospital admissions (The Telegraph)

Kratom

• Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm (Medical Xpress)

• Maryland bills aim to restrict kratom (The Southern Maryland Chronicle)

Kava

• The great kava boom: how Fiji's beloved psychoactive brew is going global (The Guardian)

Miscellaneous

• Measure To Decriminalize Psychedelics Advances In Washington, D.C. (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists find a new trippy link between psychedelics and climate change (Inverse)

• Psychedelics linked to persisting reductions in cannabis, opioid, and stimulant use (PsyPost)

• Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day? (Psymposia)

• DEA’s National Drug Threat Assessment Shows Decrease in Drug Overdose Deaths (Pharmacy Times)

• A New Nonprofit Is Betting on Psychedelic Therapy (Outside Magazine)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 11.15.19

Cannabis

• CDC Identifies Vitamin E Oil Additive as a “Very Strong Culprit of Concern” in Vaping-Related Lung Injuries (NORML)

• First cannabis-based medicines approved for use on NHS (The Guardian)

• The Media Is Spinning the Latest Weed and Birth Defects Study All Wrong (MERRY JANE)

• Michigan Teen Receives Double Lung Transplant After 'Enormous' Damage From Vaping (TIME)

• Ohio bans vitamin E acetate from medical marijuana vapes after CDC links it to lung illnesses (Cincinnati Enquirer)

• Pew Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Say “Marijuana Should Be Made Legal” (NORML)

• Bernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• Apple Removing Vaping-Related Apps From App Store Today Amid Public Health Concerns (MacRumors)

• From ‘Veronica Mars’ to toxic vapes: The rise and fall of Honey Cut (Leafly)

• You Can Get A Master's In Medical Cannabis In Maryland (NPR)

• Mass Lifts Ban on Medical Cannabis Flower Vapes, But Oil Carts Still Restricted (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Prohibition Is Delaying Federal Response To Vaping Crisis, CDC Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Surprise! Michigan adult-use cannabis sales begin Dec. 1 (Leafly)

• Young Americans Are Smoking More Weed and Less Tobacco, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Millions of Brits using street cannabis to treat chronic health conditions (Health Europa)

• How Vietnam veterans expanded America’s cannabis strains (Leafly)

• Cannabis Is the Most Effective Treatment for Endometriosis, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Neil Young says his US citizenship application is being held up because he uses marijuana (CNN)

• Illegal Pot Grows Are Poisoning Animals and the Environment in National Parks (MERRY JANE)

• Where Presidential Candidate Deval Patrick Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• What’s Lost When Psychedelic Mushrooms Become Synthetic Psilocybin (DoubleBlind)

• Taking a Deep Look at Psilocybin for Depression Research (Psychedelics Today)

• Explorer’s Guide: Microdosing Magic Psilocybin Truffles (Maps of the Mind)

MDMA

• DJ fell from cliff in Cornwall and died while on MDMA (Cornwall Live)

• ‘Beautiful’ girl, 15, died after taking MDMA that cost just £2.50 (The Sun)

• A Guide to Taking Ecstasy as Safely as Possible (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca, Depression and Me (Chacruna)

5-MeO-DMT

• Meet 5-MeO-DMT, the 'powerful' psychedelic that improves depression in one hour (Big Think)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Project CBD releases special report on synthetic cannabinoids and vaping-related lung injuries (Project CBD)

• ‘Synthetic Marijuana’ Is A Dangerous Misnomer That People Need To Stop Using (The Fresh Toast)

Nitrous Oxide

• Amazon and eBay 'must block illicit nitrous oxide sales' (BBC)

Ketamine

• Why ketamine is so good against depression (ZME Science)

Opioids

• New fingerprinting technology will reveal whether someone has recently used heroin – even if they have washed their hands afterwards (Daily Mail)

• At-home naloxone kits have reversed over 50K opioid overdoses in B.C.: health authority (Global News)

• Vancouver pilots new fentanyl-patch program to combat opioid crisis (The Globe and Mail)

• Mass. Has The First Jail In The Country That's Also A Licensed Methadone Treatment Provider (WBUR)

• Bill Would Require Ohio Pharmacists Be Educated About Naloxone Law (Statehouse News Bureau)

• Pa. is treating more opioid overdoses as homicides. Defense lawyers are learning to fight back. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Bill would let Florida schools keep, administer OD antidote naloxone (WPTV)

• Narcan carries heavy costs (The Salem News)

Cocaine

• A Pack of Feral Hogs Sniffed Out a Cocaine Stash in Italy (Rolling Stone)

• Startling number of senior citizens abusing cocaine in the UK (New York Post)

Methamphetamine

• Why Meth Is Making a Big Comeback (VICE)

• Meth Has Many Medical Benefits. Stigma Holds Them Back. (Filter)

• Her baby was stillborn because of meth, police say. Now she’s charged with murder (Los Angeles Times)

Caffeine

• This influencer is trying to make coffee vaping sexy (New York Post)

• What to know about caffeine withdrawal headaches (Medical News Today)

• What are the health benefits of yerba maté tea? (Medical News Today)

Tobacco

• The Vaping Industry Is Furious at President Trump — Could it Cost Him the Election? (Rolling Stone)

• Pending Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes in Massachusetts Authorizes Forfeiture of Vapers' Cars (Reason)

• Vaping May Be Worse for Heart Health Than Tobacco Cigarettes, New Study Finds (TIME)

• New York will raise the age to purchase tobacco starting Wednesday (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

• House votes to ban flavored tobacco, heavily tax vaping products (Boston Herald)

• Cardiologists warn vaping is so dangerous and addictive it should be banned (Sky News)

• With vape curbs pending, White House questions FDA tobacco role (Chicago Tribune)

• More vapers are making their own juice, but not without risks (CNN)

• What The U.S.-China Trade War Has Meant For North Carolina Tobacco Farmers (WUNC)

• Minnesota was winning the war on teen tobacco use. Then vaping became popular. (TwinCities.com)

Alcohol

• Denver Wants to Test Out Public Drinking Zones in 2020 (MERRY JANE)

• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: The 'heartbreaking' reality (BBC)

Kratom

• Kratom products may cause liver injury, new analysis led by Philadelphia physician finds (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• DEA Kratom Ban Update 2019 (Kratom Guides)

• Inside Plan to Bring Kratom Consumer Protection Act to Colorado (Westword)

• Hundreds told Clearwater not to ban kratom. Officials were baffled. (Tampa Bay Times)

• Kratom may be effective, but not entirely safe to treat alcohol use disorder (News-Medical.net)

• Kratom And Your Blood Pressure (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom Tea for Improved Sleep (My MMA News)

• Kratom Packaging – Right Kind Of Packaging For Kratom (Kratom Guides)

• Can You Buy Kratom In San Diego? (Kratom Guides)

Khat

• Experts Now Warn Chewing Khat Increases Chronic Liver Disease Risk (Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• Paul Stamets Announces the Launch of First-Ever Microdosing App (The Third Wave)

• Santa Cruz Will Consider Decriminalizing Psychedelics This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram are the newest dark alleyways dealers use to sell drugs (Rooster Magazine)

• Psychedelics as Anti-Inflammatory Agents (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Festival-goers in Victoria could be subject to pill testing in 2020 under new bill (The New Daily)

• Study: How Punitive Policies Harm Pregnant Drug Users (Filter)

• Cincinnati-area high school announces mandatory drug tests for all students beginning in 2020 (WIS TV)

• Postal Service Unveils ‘Drug Free USA Forever’ Stamp Commemorating 1980s Anti-Drug Program (Marijuana Moment)

• The Drug Policy Reform Movement Debates Its Next Moves (Filter)

• The Sydney students synthesising psychedelics for health research (The University of Sydney)

• CSSDP to provide free drug-testing kits to students (The McGill Tribune)

• Drug policies used to criminalise the LGBTQIA+ community in Uganda (Talking Drugs)

• How psychedelics could reduce existential distress for end-of-life patients (The Varsity)

• What is Psychedelic Microdosing? (News-Medical.net)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.23.19

CANNABIS

• Federal Data Shows Youth Marijuana Use Isn’t Increasing Under Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Illicit Cannabis Vape Carts Hospitalized 7 in California, Doctors Say (Leafly)

• Maryland Court Rules Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Search A Person (NPR)

• Step Aside, Cannabinoids: Weed’s Flavonoids Fight Cancer, Too (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana Flower Offers More Pain Relief Than Other Cannabis Products, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Texas Might Have Accidentally Decriminalized Marijuana (GQ)

• Bernie Sanders Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

• Canadian Men Are Twice as Likely to Use Cannabis as Women, Survey Says (MERRY JANE)

• New Industry-Backed Marijuana Legalization Measure Filed In Florida (Marijuana Moment)

• The FBI Just Launched a Corruption Probe Into the Weed Industry (MERRY JANE)

• No eating, no drinking, and now, no marijuana before surgery, doctors say (The Boston Globe)

• Oklahoma Bans Employment Discrimination Against Marijuana Patients (MERRY JANE)

• Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What's Up With That? (NPR)

• Elizabeth Warren’s Criminal Justice Plan Involves Legalizing Marijuana And Safe Injection Sites (Marijuana Moment)

• State shuts down Walled Lake marijuana testing lab for fudging test results (Detroit Free Press)

• Canadian woman faces lifetime ban after getting caught with CBD oil at U.S. border (CBC)

• Credit Unions Can Bank Hemp Businesses, Federal Agency Announces (Marijuana Moment)

• Jacksonville lawyer who claimed marijuana was legal must pay arrested clients $370k (The Florida Times-Union)

• Fatty meal might affect how you absorb CBD (UPI)

• North Carolina House OKs Ban on Smokable Hemp (Leafly)

• Oregon Has Way Too Much Legal Weed. This Is Where It's Going (VICE)

• Colorado man who says he was delivering hemp charged in SD with selling marijuana (Rapid City Journal)

• Nearly every single person arrested for weed in NYC this year was black or Latinx (Queens Daily Eagle)

• CBD Infused Food Products Ruled Illegal in Washington State (Sapling)

• ‘The system is swamped.’ Canada can’t keep up with requests to study cannabis (Science Magazine)

• Marijuana Can Boost Risks of Drinking Alcohol (Psych Central)

• Canadians continue to buy cannabis illegally (Quartz)

• Contrary to widespread belief, cannabis addiction is possible. Here’s what it’s like (Global News)

LSD

• Tripping on Broadway: A New Musical Explores LSD Use by Cary Grant and More (The New York Times)

• How Peter Fonda’s LSD trip with the Beatles produced a classic John Lennon lyric (Los Angeles Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Psilocybin-assisted mindfulness meditation linked to brain connectivity changes and persisting positive effects (PsyPost)

• Canada Now Has Psilocybin Dispensaries (DoubleBlind)

• Why Do Magic Mushrooms Cause “The Yawns”? (Psychedelic Science Review)

• The trippier side of fungus (Telluride Daily Planet)

MDMA

• MDMA treatment for alcoholism reduces relapse, study suggests (The Guardian)

• Man dies from 'severe reaction' to MDMA days after the authorities warned of a strong batch of the drug circulating in Jersey (Jersey Evening Post)

• Woman fell off Cornwall cliff and died after quitting social media and taking MDMA pills (Cornwall Live)

• Girl, one, found CHEWING on MDMA capsule she found in dumped in a playground (The Sun)

DMT

• How to Breakthrough on DMT (Greencamp)

AYAHUASCA

• The Ayahuasca Privilege (DoubleBlind)

SALVIA DIVINORUM

• Salvia and “The Wheel” (The Psychedelic Scientist)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Dangerous Synthetic Cannabinoids Found in Liquid Claiming to be CBD (Cannabis Now)

• Spice crisis deepens as 9 kids collapse after taking zombie drug and deaths surge (Mirror)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Mum died after self-medicating with 100 canisters of laughing gas (Metro)

KETAMINE

• A single ketamine infusion combined with mindfulness-based therapy shows promise in treatment of cocaine addiction (PsyPost)

• Ketamine may not be an actual antidepressant, but may decrease the burden of symptoms (Medical Xpress)

• Boise organization researches ketamine use to treat depression (The Arbiter)

• Donald Trump Thinks He Can Stop Veteran Suicides With Ketamine (Spin)

OPIOIDS

• Wide distribution of Naloxone effective in preventing opioid-related deaths (Medical Xpress)

• ‘Saved from a horrible fate’: Legal heroin prescribed to hundreds of UK drug users, figures reveal (The Independent)

• 76% of opium produced in the world is discovered in Iran (Tehran Times)

• Access to naloxone reduces opioid overdose deaths, saves money, study says (UPI)

• Naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses, can save lives. Here's why you should learn how to use it. (The Washington Post)

• How often is fentanyl in your drugs? Some hard data (Rooster Magazine)

• Canada Might Have Found a Back Door to End the War on Drugs (VICE)

• How the Shakers Became America’s Best Opium Producers (The Daily Beast)

• Op-Ed: A drug called buprenorphine saved me from heroin addiction. It could save millions more — if we let it (Los Angeles Times)

• People Have Used, Abused Opioids For Thousands of Years (The Fix)

• Opium addiction in Korea's past (Korea Times)

• Babies born after opioid exposure deserve legal recognition, lawyers argue (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

• Wisdom teeth removal is contributing to the opioid crisis, experts warn (CBS News)

• 'What Would You Do?' focuses on the opioid crisis (ABC News)

COCAINE

• Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two users (BBC)

• Crack Cocaine Makes a Paris Neighborhood ‘Hell’ for Users and Residents (The New York Times)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• Meth and heart disease correlation not fully understood (Medical Xpress)

• The ‘fourth wave’ of the opioid crisis: Feds warn of a rise in meth use (TribLIVE)

CAFFEINE

• Mormons warn that coffee, vaping are no-nos despite fancy names, alluring flavors (Fox News)

• Is It Better to Drink Coffee Before or After You Exercise? The Answer Might Surprise You (Yahoo! Lifestyle)

TOBACCO

• Tobacco industry anti-smoking ads reached less than half of U.S. adults (Reuters)

• Why US lags behind on graphic cigarette warnings (BBC)

• NYC Is Coming For Your Flavored Juul Pods (Gothamist)

ALCOHOL

• Costa Rica Confirms 2 More Suspected Alcohol Poisoning Deaths, Raising Death Toll to 25 (TIME)

• Why Warning Pregnant Women Not to Drink Can Backfire (The New York Times)

KRATOM

• Kratom would require prescription in Michigan under Senate bill (WJRT)

• Kratom Legality In Texas: Is It Legal To Buy, Carry, and Consume In The State? (Kratom Guides)

• Is It Legal To Carry Kratom Products In Ohio? (Kratom Guides)

• Does Kratom Really Help Athletes in Sports? (The Sports Daily)

• What is kratom and why is its safety being questioned? (Health24)

KAVA

• Kava Consumption Still An Issue Says Methodist Church President (Fiji Sun)

SANANGA

• Sananga: Amazonian Eye Drops That Improves Vision! (The Costa Rica News)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Dozens of People in Multiple States Have Lung Disease Linked to Vaping, and No One Knows Why (Gizmodo)

• Vaping May Harm Your Blood Flow—Even Without Nicotine (WIRED)

• The World’s First Clinical Trials on Microdosing LSD and Psilocybin Are Coming (MERRY JANE)

• Berkeley, CA May Be Next the City to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics (Filter)

• Synthetic Drugs Will Change the Global Drug Trade Forever (VICE)

• Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience (New Scientist)

• Pupils who take drugs, drink and smoke more likely to be unhappy (The Guardian)

• Americans spend $150B on cocaine, meth, marijuana, heroin (UPI)

• Use of Marijuana, Meth, Hallucinogens Up in New SAMHSA Survey (Medscape)

• What Science Says About Using Sleep Medications (Discover Magazine)

• Psychedelics and Women’s Health (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Argentina Tries To Stop Synthetic Drug Traffickers Sidestepping Prosecution (InSight Crime)

• Should Psychedelic Therapists Have First-hand Experience with Psychedelics? (Chacruna)

• Safe injection rooms are key to halting rise in drug deaths – expert (The Guardian)

• Psychedelic Yoga (Psychology Today)

• Man Who Died of OD Was Allegedly “Kicked Out of Treatment for Smoking” (Filter)

• Why are stimulant-related deaths spiking in the U.S.? (Salon)

• Turf war between rival drug gangs sparks surge in shootings (Liverpool Echo)

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On the Monday following each edition of “This Week in Psychoactives,” I post a “Last Week in Psychoactives” video recap to my YouTube channel. After that is done, I retroactively add the video to the corresponding blog post. Here is this week’s video recap, which actually covers the past four weeks’ worth of news since I was away on vacation for a few weeks:

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This Week in Psychoactives - 8.9.19

CANNABIS

• Study Reviews How Marijuana Compounds Inhibit Tumor Growth And Kill Cancer Cells (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Finds Cannabis Dispensaries Reduce Opioid Deaths by 21% (Leafly)

• 14% of Americans Say They Use CBD Products (Gallup)

• The Mexican Government Is Taking Public Input On How Best To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Louisiana Patients Finally Get Their Medical Marijuana (Leafly)

• California OKs cannabis sales and use at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival (Los Angeles Times)

• Federal Court Says Ohio Officials Can Block Local Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Groups File 2020 Cannabis Legalization Initiative (Leafly)

• Navy Bans Sailors From Using CBD Despite Federal Hemp Legalization, New Memo Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Delaware: Law Signed Reducing Marijuana Penalties for Juvenile Offenders (NORML)

• Study: Colorado Teens Reduce Cannabis Smoking, Increase Edibles (Leafly)

• Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• With little funding or political will, Michigan police let black market weed slide (MLive)

• Top Senate Democrat Announces Construction Of Only Hemp Seed Bank In The U.S. (Marijuana Moment)

• Bernie Says He’d Legalize Cannabis Through Executive Order (Leafly)

• Colorado Sold Twice As Much Recreational Marijuana As Medical Cannabis Last Year (Marijuana Moment)

• Wisconsin man — who arrived in U.S. in ’81 as Cambodian refugee — is deported for marijuana offenses, leaving behind his wife and new baby (Chicago Tribune)

• Is Cannabis Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics (Leafly)

• NASA Warns Employees That Using CBD Products Could Get Them Fired (Forbes)

• Could a cannabis substance replace opioid pain relievers? (Medical News Today)

• Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Clears Early Hurdle On Way To 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

MDMA

• Warning Issued for Dangerously Strong Ecstacy Pills in Europe (EDMTunes)

• Number of people hospitalised with 'severe illness' from ecstasy at Indiependence Festival in Cork (Irish Mirror)

• Alert after MDMA pill that is three time the adult dose is identified at Boomtown (Daily Echo)

AYAHUASCA

• Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop (Chacruna)

MESCALINE

• Here are 7 notorious Peyote and Mescaline aficionados who used these drugs to open new doors in human perception and understanding (AlterNet)

PEYOTE

• The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science (Chacruna)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Sea of laughing gas canisters left on beach after Brighton Pride (Metro)

KETAMINE

• Ketamine Changes Course of Major Depressive Disorder Treatment (Psychiatry Advisor)

• Royal Navy pleads with sailors to stop taking ketamine amid fears that the Class B drug is rife among junior naval personnel on ships and submarines (Daily Mail)

OPIOIDS

• Decline in opioid deaths is tied to growing use of overdose-reversing drug, CDC says (Los Angeles Times)

• Study Finds Increase in Pharmacy Dispensing of Naloxone, More Efforts Needed to Improve Access (Pharmacy Times)

• “Go Slow”—Baltimore’s Peer-Led Fentanyl Harm Reduction Campaign (Filter)

• Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl (The Daily Signal)

• Autopsy: Bonnaroo attendee died from drug overdose involving fentanyl and ecstasy (The Tennessean)

COCAINE

• Colombia’s Drug Strategy Paradox – Less Coca Crops, More Cocaine (InSight Crime)

CAFFEINE

• Here's How Much Caffeine May Trigger a Migraine, According to a New Study (TIME)

• Why Alcohol, Nicotine Disrupt Your Sleep More Than Coffee (Healthline)

• Teenager commits suicide by overdosing on caffeine (Independent Online)

• Science Says Drinking Coffee Helps People Slow Aging, Lose Weight, and Cheat Death. These Fascinating Studies Explain Why It's a Miracle Drink (Inc.)

• Caffeine and how it affect’s the central nervous system. (Thrive Global)

TOBACCO

• Dayton, Ohio, will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco, nicotine (New York Daily News)

• Tobacco plant buffet: Sticky surface traps insects and another feasts, study says (WRAL)

ALCOHOL

• Low-level alcohol use increases miscarriage risk (Medical Xpress)

• Alcohol Producers Tout Wellness Benefits. Health Experts Say Don't Swallow Claims (NPR)

NOOTROPICS

• Say no to nootropics (Deccan Herald)

KRATOM

• Ohio delays kratom ban; bill proposed to regulate the herbal supplement (Cincinnati.com)

• What is kratom? Users praise its pain-relieving ability, but Louisiana officials look to ban it (The Advocate)

• PM says kratom can be legalised ‘if proved useful’ (ThaiVisa News)

• Kratom: The Real Problem With This Botanical Drug (Medical Daily)

• Kratom In Your Skin Care Products (Kratom Guides)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Ireland Partially Decriminalizes All Drugs (Cannabis Now)

• Another Study Confirms Psychedelics Can Help Treat Depression and Anxiety (MERRY JANE)

• CDC: Fatal Overdoses Are More Common in Cities Than Rural Areas (Filter)

• The Top 10 Psychedelic Research Papers of the Last 10 Years (Psychedelic Science Review)

• 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites (Filter)

• Bernie Sanders Wouldn’t Legalize Drugs Other Than Marijuana, He Tells Joe Rogan (Marijuana Moment)

• The Most Psychedelic Technology in Human History is Here, and it’s Called Neuralink (Psychedelic Times)

• Remembering Psychedelic Therapy Research Elder, Dr Claudio Naranjo (Kahpi)

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