This Week in Psychedelics - 12.18.20

Cannabis

• Adult caution list: Those caught in possession of cannabis for personal use may not face criminal charges (TheJournal.ie)

• Senate Passes Marijuana Research Bill One Week After House Approves Similar Legislation (Marijuana Moment)

• Monitoring the Future Study: No Increase in Youth Marijuana Use Following Statewide Legalization (NORML)

• Washington State Could Legalize Marijuana Home Cultivation Under New Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Life-changing’ impact of medical cannabis in epilepsy patients revealed (Cannabis Health News)

• Feds Announce $350K Grant To Develop Method To Distinguish Hemp And Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Record Number of Scientific Papers Published in 2020 About Cannabis (NORML)

• Tainted vapes recalled as Oregon regulators plan wider ban (Leafly)

• Study provides clues about how minor cannabinoids work in the body (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era (VICE)

• The Struggle for Medical Marijuana Access in Brazil (Filter)

LSD

• MindMed plans to commence LSD-assisted therapy for anxiety disorder next year (Seeking Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Jersey Lawmakers Send Marijuana And Psilocybin Bills To Governor (Marijuana Moment)

• Former cancer patient finds deep healing in psilocybin trip (Times Colonist)

MDMA

• Bill to decriminalise small amounts of MDMA, heroin, ice and other drugs to be introduced in ACT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

DMT

• DMT Research Affords New Hope for Stroke Victims (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ayahuasca

• Joe Wicks wants to head to the Amazon and try hallucinogenic plant after backing out first time round (Metro)

Salvia Divinorum

• Miley Cyrus celebrates 10-year anniversary of infamous bong video (The GrowthOp)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Experimental vaccine can counter dangerous effects of synthetic cannabinoids (Science Daily)

Miscellaneous

• Canada to Consider Allowing Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy under Special Access Program Amendment (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Revive Therapeutics: The Psychedelics Company Working On A Covid-19 Treatment (Forbes)

• Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder (The Daily Beast)

• A “Humane” Global Drug War Is Possible, House Commission Tells Biden (Filter)

• Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA (Filter)

• Why We All Need to Be Spanked and Trip Right Now (DoubleBlind)

• Can Psychedelics Bring on Your Menstrual Period? (High Times)

• Insights Into the Neurophysiology of Tryptamine-Derived Hallucinogens (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Why Psychedelic Reform Will Surpass Cannabis: 6 Reasons (Psychedelic Passage)

• A Historian’s Reflection on Music and Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• Indigenous Healers Fundraise To Combat Cultural Destruction (Lucid News)

• Can Psychedelics Help Us Face Our Fear of Death? (DoubleBlind)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 6.19.20

Cannabis

• Louisiana Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Into Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Pennsylvania: Supreme Court Rules That Medical Cannabis Use Is Permissible While on Probation (NORML)

• New Jersey Assembly Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Ahead Of Legalization Referendum (Marijuana Moment)

• Switzerland releases details on recreational marijuana experiment, but full legalization likely years away (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Nevada Pardons More Than 15,000 People With Marijuana Convictions Under Governor’s Resolution (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraskans hustle to get medical legalization on ballot, with July 3 deadline (Leafly)

• Science Reveals The Cannabis Industry’s Greatest Lie: You’re Buying Weed Wrong (And So Is Everyone Else) (Forbes)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Plan Supreme Court Appeal After Federal Judges Deny Electronic Signature Case (Marijuana Moment)

• Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research (The Conversation)

• Library Of Congress Highlights Racist News Coverage Used To Justify Criminalizing Marijuana A Century Ago (Marijuana Moment)

• Patients Who Use Medical Cannabis Report Being Happier and Healthier Than Those Who Don’t (Grit Daily News)

• Fed report urges doctors to treat cannabis users as drug addicts (Leafly)

• Colorado Governor Could Issue Marijuana Pardons Under Social Equity Bill Lawmakers Sent To His Desk (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Can Increase Intimacy and Reduce Anxiety During Sex, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• CDC Flooded With Comments On Marijuana And Kratom As Alternative Painkillers Ahead Of Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

• These 3 Marijuana Nonprofits Are Offering Real Responses To The Pandemic And Racial Injustice (Green Entrepreneur)

• A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization (NORML)

• Lawmakers Push USDA To Let Hemp Farmers Access Coronavirus Relief Funds (Marijuana Moment)

• Why the Cannabis Sector May be Turning a New Leaf (Investopedia)

Magic Mushrooms

• Combining therapy with the psychedelic drug psilocybin results in large reductions in anxiety and depression (PsyPost)

• Colorado Activists Likely To Pursue 2022 Psilocybin Ballot Measure After Poll Shows Support (Marijuana Moment)

• Numinus receives Health Canada OK for mushrooms research (PressReader)

• Palliative Canadians endure punishing waits while Health Minister delays approval of Psilocybin mushrooms; TheraPsil expands effort to Ontario (Globe Newswire)

• A Deep Dive Inside Oregon’s Path to Legalizing Psilocybin Therapy (DoubleBlind)

• Life Sciences Firm Expands Collaboration Efforts with Major US University to Develop Psilocybin-Based Medicines (StreetWise Reports)

• New Wave Holdings Corp- Launching the first publicly-traded Psilocybin-growing operation (Value the Markets)

• Cannabis Company Eyes Medicinal Magic of Mushrooms (Real Money)

• Psilocybin to Treat Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Cute as Children, but Not Handsome as Adults: María Sabina, Life Magazine, and Cold War Propaganda (Chacruna)

DMT

• MindMed To Evaluate Ayahuasca's Active Ingredient DMT In Phase 1 Clinical Trial Collaboration (BioSpace)

• NeonMind Files Patent Application for Therapeutic Use of DMT (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Is Ayahuasca Possibly Less than Five Hundred Years Old? (Chacruna)

Iboga

• Could ibogaine offer a revolutionary long-term solution to addiction? (Health Europa)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• New K2 Compound in Canadian Heroin Supply Amid Surging Fatal ODs (Filter)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous oxide use among young people is increasing in lockdown because it’s cheap and accessible (iNews)

Ketamine

• Why People are Using Ketamine Nasal Spray to Party (DoubleBlind)

• High Doses of Ketamine Can Temporarily Shut Down the Brain, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Champignon’s Dr. Mcintyre / Canadian Rapid Treatment Centre of Excellence (CRTCE) Published in Two Peer Reviewed Study Journals (Globe Newswire)

Miscellaneous

• UNC to Receive $26.9M from DARPA to Develop Psychiatric Medicines (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Microsoft reportedly tried to sell facial recognition tech to the DEA (Engadget)

• Mira X Acquisition Corp. Announces Proposed Qualifying Transaction with Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. (Yahoo! Finance)

• Fixing American policing also requires an end to the war on drugs (Baker Institute Blog)

• Champignon Provides Corporate Update; Announces Name Change, Rebranding and Planned Spin Out (Globe Newswire)

• CFN Enterprises Launches Premier Psychedelics Stock Index Site: PsyIndex.com (Stockhouse)

• Beyond Stigma: How Researchers May Trigger Drug Users (Filter)

• Psychedelics Quickly Creating a Potential $100 Billion Market Opportunity (Baystreet)

• New Wave Holdings Corp Appoints Dr. Dennis McKenna to Psychedelic Research Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

• Seed crystal: on the contributions of Alexander Shulgin to the science of consciousness (Medium)

• Psychedelic Medical Start-Up AWAKN Life Sciences Enters the UK Market with Dr. Ben Sessa (Yahoo! Finance)

• Mota Ventures Appoints Roger C. Clinton as Member of Advisory Board to Verrian GmbH (MarketWatch)

• L’Chaim Psilocybin: How Psychedelics are Reigniting Judaism (DoubleBlind)

• Greenstar Biosciences Signs Agreement to Acquire 100% of Eleusian Biosciences Corp. (Yahoo! Finance)

• 2nd Gen Psychedelic Drugs For Depression Can Be Safer For Older Adults (Forbes)

• ‘Canada’s first psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy centre’ changing how we treat depression (GlobalNews)

• Don’t Get Caught in a Trip Trap; Psychedelic Lessons for this Collective Moment (Lucid News)

• How psychedelic drugs could help our veterans (9News)

• Pure Extracts: The Second Wave of Psychedelic Operators (The Deep Dive)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 3.6.20

Cannabis

• Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth (The Guardian)

• Utah’s first medical marijuana dispensary is now open (Leafly)

• Mexican Senate Committees Advance Marijuana Legalization Bill To Floor Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Ohio Activists Formally File Measure To Put Marijuana Legalization Before Voters This Year (Marijuana Moment)

• The Smell of Weed Does Not Justify Warrantless Searches, New Study Proves (MERRY JANE)

• UK Government Looks To Ease Barriers On Bulk Importation Of Medicinal Cannabis (Forbes)

• Impression Healthcare (ASX:IHL) to start cannabis trials for treatment of brain injury (The Market Herald)

• What Is CBM and What Does This Uncommon Cannabinoid Do? (MERRY JANE)

• Baseball Players Can Smoke Marijuana But Can’t Be Sponsored By Cannabis Companies, MLB Says (Marijuana Moment)

• Utah’s cannabis czar is leaving his job (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Magic Mushrooms

• The Capital That Ate Wellness Is Going to Eat Your Mushrooms (The New York Times)

• Beta-Carboline Alkaloids Found in Psilocybe Mushrooms (The Third Wave)

Ketamine

• Toronto Just Opened a Ketamine Clinic to Help People With Depression (VICE)

• IV Ketamine Shows Promise for Chronic Pain, But Doubts Remain (Filter)

• K-Holing: Why Ketamine Causes Wild Hallucinations (VICE)

Opioids

• Younger drug users moving away from injecting heroin (BBC)

• Study: Stopping Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Veterans’ Deaths (Filter)

• Illegal opium cultivation on the rise in Bandarban (Dhaka Tribune)

Cocaine

• Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying to destroy coca: Trump (Reuters)

• United States and Colombian Officials Set Bilateral Agenda to Reduce Cocaine Supply (WhiteHouse.gov)

Methamphetamine

• California May Soon Pay People to Reduce Their Meth Use (Filter)

• A New Wave Of Meth Addiction Is Hitting Queer People Of Color. But The Help Is Not There. (BuzzFeed News)

Caffeine

• Truck drivers with high caffeine intake crash more often than others (Medical Xpress)

• Caffeine boosts problem-solving ability but not creativity, study indicates (ScienceDaily)

Nicotine

• House Lawmakers Vote to Ban All Flavored Tobacco (Convenience Store News)

• The UK Government Says What the US Won't: Vaping Is Safer Than Cigarettes (VICE)

• Starting July 1st you'll have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products in New Mexico (CBS4Local.com)

Benzodiazepines

• Bitter pill: Benzodiazepine medication by Irish over-65s in Ireland highest in OECD (Irish Examiner)

Kratom

• Oklahoma House passes bill to regulate drug called kratom (The Journal Record)

• Kratom in the crosshairs: Mississippi considers limit or ban on herbal drug (Jackson Clarion Ledger)

• Liver Experts Sound Alarm on Kratom (Pharmacy Practice News)

• Popular Kratom Vendor Shows How Kratom Is Manufactured (New Kerala)

• This New Johns Hopkins Kratom Survey Offers Insightful Takeaways (Kratom Guides)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelic therapy is on the cusp of legalization—and plagued with sexual abuse allegations (Quartz)

• Hawaii Senate Approves Drug Defelonization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Oregon Activists Collect Enough Signatures For Drug Decriminalization And Treatment Measure (Marijuana Moment)

• Did the UN’s Anti-Narcotics Board Just Recommend Decriminalizing Drugs Globally? (MERRY JANE)

• DC Psychedelics Activists, Citing Coronavirus Concerns, Want Online Petition Gathering Option (Marijuana Moment)

• Therapists Are Unprepared to Talk to People About Taking Psychedelics (VICE)

• A Statement Regarding “The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences” (Psymposia)

• American teens are delaying first use of drugs, including tobacco and alcohol, study finds (MinnPost)

• Did Ancient Buddhists Use Psychedelics? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics for Climate Action? (Psymposia)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.28.20

Cannabis

• Marijuana use is rising sharply among seniors over 65, study says, and there are serious risks (CNN)

• Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Officially Passes Vermont House Of Representatives (Marijuana Moment)

• Mexican Senate Committees Meeting This Week To Finalize Marijuana Legalization Plan (Marijuana Moment)

• Luxembourg’s government reportedly weighs plan to legalize recreational marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Presidential Candidates Clash Over Marijuana Legalization At Democratic Debate (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis for pain: Does medicating with marijuana increase abuse risk? (Leafly)

• Israel's Prime Minister To Explore Marijuana Legalization (Reason)

• Moldy, Yeasty Legal Weed Products Prompt Health Advisory in Nevada (MERRY JANE)

• Elizabeth Warren Has A New Plan For Legalizing Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)

• Labor unions flex their muscle in fight with California cannabis industry (Los Angeles Times)

• Cannabis excellence: LSSU launches new chemistry facility (The Mining Journal)

• More Than 80% of Denver Teens Don’t Smoke Weed, New Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Henderson marijuana dispensary hosts cannabis-based blood drive (KTNV)

• Ohio Marijuana Legalization Measure To Be Filed For November Ballot This Week (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed Is Better at Preventing Cavities Than Most Toothpaste Brands, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Mississippi Lawmakers Attempt To ‘Kill’ Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative With New Strategy (Marijuana Moment)

• Capitol Confidential: THC bill would kill Arizona’s medical marijuana system (Leafly)

LSD

• This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once (VICE)

• Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease? (Forbes)

Magic Mushrooms

• Could CBD and Psilocybin Treat Brain Injuries? This University Plans to Find Out (MERRY JANE)

MDMA

• Israel Makes A Big Move Toward The Acceptance Of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy For PTSD (Forbes)

• Belgian woman dies after taking sip of MDMA-laced wine (The Guardian)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• The Unintended Consequences of Prohibitionist Policies - Mephedrone (Drug Science)

Ketamine

• Lawsuit: Ketamine clinic caused psychosis (Albuquerque Journal)

Opioids

• In 2019 speech, Bloomberg mocked Brooklyn father and son who died from heroin as ‘not a good family’ (NY Daily News)

• Inside the Middlesbrough clinic where heroin users get a 'last chance' (BBC)

• Teaching Children How to Reverse an Overdose (The New York Times)

• Mother of dead heroin addict to Chicago Police Department: ‘Enforce the law’ (Chicago Sun-Times)

• What happens when naloxone expires (KUSA)

• Enhancing Rates Of Opioid Overdose Education And Naloxone Distribution In Emergency Departments (Health Affairs)

Cocaine

• The World's Biggest Legal Coca Industry Might Get Shut Down (VICE)

• Why the FDA Approval Process Is Under Scrutiny Following Approval of ‘Numbrino’, a Cocaine-Based Nasal Spray (Grit Daily)

• U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose (Science News)

Methamphetamine

• Meth Still a Missouri Problem, but Now It Comes From Mexico (The New York Times)

• DEA labels North Texas a 'meth hub' after spike in drug seizures (WFAA)

Nicotine

• Inside the Philip Morris campaign to 'normalize' a tobacco device (Reuters)

• New Juul patent application hints at AI-powered vape to help users quit nicotine (The Verge)

• House tobacco bill revives talk of nicotine limits (Politico)

• A New Bill Would Ban The Sale of All Flavored Nicotine Products (Colorado Public Radio)

• Governor Cuomo pushing ban of flavored nicotine vaping products, restricting ads aimed at youth (INFORMNNY)

Benzodiazepines

• Understanding the link between nicotine use and misuse of 'benzos' (EurekAlert!)

Alcohol

• 27,000 Mass. drunken-driving convictions may be tossed out due to faulty breathalyzer machines, lawyer says (The Boston Globe)

• Alcohol-Linked Deaths Soaring in U.S., Women Hit Hardest (U.S. News and World Report)

• Chicago Approves Earlier Start for Sunday Alcohol Sales (Eater)

GHB

• New report shows illicit drug GHB deaths could be prevented (Medical Xpress)

• Call for 'date rape' drug GHB to be reclassified (BBC)

Kratom

• Kratom at Risk in Colorado Without Legislation, Activists Say (Westword)

• Drug Tests Show Kratom Use Doubled in U.S. (Pain News Network)

Kava

• Utah's Attorney General hosts a kava ceremony in the Capitol (Fox 13 Now)

Miscellaneous

• Supervised-injection site in Philadelphia gets final green light from federal judge (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility next week, organizers say (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel (Associated Press)

• Europe’s psychedelic science renaissance has started (Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research)

• Beyond Mushrooms: The Mysterious, Magical World of African Plant Medicine (DoubleBlind)

• Should Breakthrough Psychedelic Research Make Us Question Our Assumptions About Mental Illness? (Psychedelics Today)

• End-to-end solution in psychedelic therapies establishes Numinus as leader in emerging space (Investing News)

• Scotland's drug death crisis in six charts (BBC)

• Psychedelics May Aid in Deprogramming Addiction (Psychedelic Science Review)

• They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself (NPR)

• Podcast Host Joe Rogan Is Steadily Documenting A Psychedelic Record Of The 21st Century (Forbes)

• Vans Adds Psychedelic Tie-Dye To Their Iconic Checkerboard Print (Sneaker News)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 2.14.20

Cannabis

• Top Mexican Senator Says Marijuana Legalization Bill Will Be Approved This Month (Marijuana Moment)

• Trump Budget Proposes Ending State Medical Marijuana Protections And Blocking DC From Legalizing (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Senate Committee Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill Days Before Session Ends (Marijuana Moment)

• USDA Won’t Increase THC Limit On Hemp Despite Requests From Farmers And Lawmakers (Marijuana Moment)

• Croatia Introduces Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana: MP Mirela Holy (Total Croatia News)

• Students at a Colorado university can soon major in cannabis (Mashable)

• Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Bill In Committee Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Pro Tip: Don't Ever Inject Marijuana (MERRY JANE)

• Scotland’s first medicinal cannabis clinic to open ‘soon’ prescribing marijuana for chronic pain, depression and anxiety (The Scottish Sun)

• Marijuana Decriminalization Approved By Virginia Senate And House (Marijuana Moment)

• Weed and AI Can Help Us Find New Ways to Get Stoned (VICE)

• Las Vegas dispensary offers free joints to Nevada primary voters (Leafly)

• Medical Marijuana Can Treat Vomiting and Pain Linked to GI Disorders, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Texas Researchers Say They Found A Way To Help Cops ID Pot With 100% Accuracy – Using Lasers. (KUT)

• Cans suck the THC buzz out of pot drinks. Where does that leave Canopy Growth? (Yahoo! Finance)

• Study: Medical Cannabis Access Associated with Fewer Workers’ Comp Claims (NORML)

• New Hampshire: Home Cultivation Legislation Advances (NORML)

Magic Mushrooms

• Denver Makes History With First Meeting of Psychedelic Mushroom Panel (Westword)

• The Top Psilocybin Mushroom Stocks to Watch in New Year 2020 (Baystreet)

• Cybin Partners With Toronto Centre For Psychedelic Science For Psilocybin Research Project (Benzinga)

MDMA

• UK Teen Dies After Consuming MDMA and Reportedly Being Denied Access to Water (EDM)

• Ira Glass Talks High Maintenance and What Taking Ecstasy Taught Him (GQ)

DMT

• How DMT Switches the Brain’s Reality Channel (Kahpi)

Ketamine

• UK Assessment Agency Rejects Spravato Ketamine Nasal Spray (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Another Round of Research Shows Ketamine May Help Alcoholism (Medscape)

PCP

• Houston is the largest metro area with significant PCP problem, report says (Houston Chronicle)

Opioids

• Study: Opioid Substitution Meds, Not Detox, Prevent Overdose (Filter)

• Injected Heroin Use Still Near All-Time Highs in U.S., May Explain Hepatitis-C Rise (The New York Times)

• What an 1890s opioid epidemic can teach us about ending addiction today (STAT)

Cocaine

• UC researchers develop antibody to neutralize cocaine high (WKRC)

Methamphetamine

• Will “Sobering Centers” Help People Who Use Methamphetamine? (Filter)

• What meth does to your body and why it makes people so manic (Cincinnati.com)

Caffeine

• Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit) (NPR)

• New Research Suggests Drinking Coffee Can Help Make Bones Stronger (CBS Philly)

• Is Coffee Good For You? (The New York Times)

Nicotine

• Trump doesn’t want the FDA to regulate tobacco (STAT)

• Dismantling NY Mag’s Disgraceful Hit-Job on Vaping (Filter)

• House committee OKs bill to put nicotine and tobacco purchase age in line with federal law (The Neighbor)

• Proposal would raise legal age to buy tobacco in Idaho to 21 (Twin Falls Times-News)

Benzodiazepines

• Author Jordan Peterson is recovering from physical dependence to benzodiazepine in Russia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

GHB

• Banning GHB at Raves Is Dangerous (TalkingDrugs)

Nootropics

• If You’re Going to Use Nootropics, Shouldn’t You Know Exactly What You’re Taking? (Futurism)

• Are Nootropics And Brain Supplements Side-Effects Free? (KHTS)

Kratom

• Missouri lawmaker proposes bill to ban kratom (KFVS)

• The 7 Dangers of Vaping Kratom You Might Not Know (Kratom Guides)

Miscellaneous

• Move Over, Pot: Psychedelic Companies Are About to Go Public (Bloomberg)

• Trump Again Applauds Death Penalty For Drug Offenses (Marijuana Moment)

• Everything You Should Know About the Campaign to Decriminalize Naturally Occurring Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics (Psymposia)

• The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences (Chacruna)

• Conservative Indiana Adopted Needle Exchanges But Still Faces Local Resistance (Kaiser Health News)

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