This Week in Psychedelics - 1.21.22

Cannabis

• Thailand Plans to Make Marijuana Legal, Scrapping Jail Terms and Fines for Possession (Bloomberg)

• U.S. Senate Candidate Smokes Marijuana Blunt In Campaign Ad About Harms Of Criminalization (Marijuana Moment)

• After One Year As President, Biden’s Marijuana Promises Remain Unfulfilled (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi House Approves Medical Marijuana Bill With Amendments (Marijuana Moment)

• It’s high time that people caught with cannabis be spared jail, declare public (The Telegraph)

• London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire (Filter)

• Kansas Medical Marijuana Hearings Cancelled After Senate GOP Leader Reroutes House-Passed Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• What Is THC-O Acetate, And Why Is It Getting Attention? (Forbes)

• Study Shows Cannabis was Food Staple for Ancient Chinese Dynasty (High Times)

• Most Americans Predict Biden Won’t Uphold Marijuana Decriminalization Promise In 2022, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Austin, Texas Cannabis Decriminalization Initiative Set for Ballot in May (High Times)

• Rhode Island Governor Includes Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In Budget Request (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis use impacts cognitive ability beyond intoxication: study (CTV News)

• Minnesota Democratic Leaders Preview Marijuana Legalization Plan For 2022 (Marijuana Moment)

• Ohio Advocates Submit Additional Signatures for Cannabis Proposal (High Times)

• Kentucky Addresses Cannabis Reform Through New Legislation (High Times)

• Canada might be home to the world’s first airport dispensary (Leafly)

• Nebraska Activists Say New GOP Medical Marijuana Bill Is A ‘Poison Pill’ Meant To Detract From Ballot Efforts (Marijuana Moment)

• South Dakota Governor Demands Cannabis Advocates Cover Legal Costs (High Times)

• Banking Activity Increases In States That Legalize Marijuana, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis Companies Target Teens on Social Media, Study Claims (High Times)

• Cloudastructure’s Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Cannabis Surveillance (High Times)

Magic Mushrooms

• Controversial Kansas Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients (Marijuana Moment)

• New Research Probes Psilocybin’s Effect on Suicidality (Lucid News)

• Optimi Health Submits Natural Psilocybin Combined Drug Delivery and Extraction Formulations for Provisional Patent (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Why MDMA Makes You Horny (VICE)

• Use of ecstasy and cocaine drops during pandemic (Irish Examiner)

• Numinus Announces Key Milestones in MAPS-Sponsored MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The MDMA Comedown: Why Coming Down From Molly Feels So Bad (DoubleBlind)

• A psychedelic trip to recovery: How psychedelics can help treat PTSD (The Ubyssey)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Files for Clinical Trial and Ethics Approval for Phase 1 DMT Human Stroke Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Why Do People See Elves And Other "Entities" When They Smoke DMT? (IFLScience)

Ayahuasca

• Do Ayahuasca Healing Ceremonies Really Work? (Psychology Today)

Morning Glory Seeds

• What Is LSA? Your Guide To The Complicated Psychedelic (Healing Maps)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• BetterLife Receives FDA Response On Its Pre-IND Application For Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Treatment With BETR-001 (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Study: Cannabinoids May Help Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies (The Marijuana Herald)

• Trial Will Test Synthetic Cannabinoid for Weight Loss in Obesity (Medscape)

• Dyadic Introduces Novel Method to Produce Synthetic Cannabinoids and Precursors Utilizing C1 Cell Line Production Platform and Patent Pending Process (GlobeNewswire)

Ketamine

• Plastic Surgeons Are Using Ketamine to Make Nose Jobs More Pleasant (Allure)

Datura

• Are your food grains adulterated with poisonous dhatura (Times of India)

Miscellaneous

• DEA Proposes Adding 5 More Psychedelics to Schedule 1 Controlled Substances (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic use is only “weakly” associated with psychosis-like symptoms, according to new research (PsyPost)

• Utah Lawmaker Files Bill To Explore Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics (High Times)

• Psychedelics ‘Train Has Left the Station’ Says Federal Drug Official as More States Seek Access (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Sydney Researchers Awarded Over $2.2 Million By Australian Government To Study MDMA, Psilocybin (Forbes)

• Missouri Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic legalization now (The New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog)

• Psygen Receives Dealer’s Licence To Become Canada’s First Dedicated Psychedelics Manufacturing Facility (The Dales Report)

• Allowing psychedelic assisted therapy is an enlightened move, medical experts say (National Post)

• Majority of Mental Health Patients Support Access to Psychedelics, Survey Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Psychedelic Company Highlights in 2021 (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia (TalkingDrugs)

• Pandemic Tripping With Psychedelics (Green Market Report)

• What are the potential risks of microdosing psychedelics? (Leafly)

• Cybin Set to Measure Psychedelic Effects on the Brain Using Kernel Flow’s Revolutionary Technology (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• Peek Inside Philadelphia’s Psychedelics Revolution (Philadelphia Magazine)

• Psychedelic Science Leader Eleusis to Become Public Company in Merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How Port Townsend, Washington, Decriminalized Psychedelics (Filter)

• Athletes and Psychedelics: Mental Health and Performance (Truffle Report)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 11.5.21

Cannabis

• Voters In Seven Ohio Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Ballot Measures, With Seven Others Defeated (Marijuana Moment)

• 3 Years Since the UK Legalised Medical Cannabis, and Only 3 NHS Prescriptions (Drug Science)

• New Congressional Report Provides Pathway for How the Biden Administration Can Deschedule Marijuana and Issue Blanket Pardons to Past Offenders (NORML)

• Pakistan Vows Cannabis Reform by End of Year (High Times)

• Strong Majority Of Americans Continues To Support Marijuana Legalization At Record High Level, New Gallup Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving? (The Guardian)

• Philadelphia Voters Approve Marijuana Referendum Calling For Statewide Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• Virginia: Election Outcomes Likely to Influence Marijuana Legalization Launch (NORML)

• DEA Emboldens Delta-8 Hemp Businesses By Signaling That The Cannabinoid Is Federally Legal (Marijuana Moment)

• Marijuana Legalization Is Not Associated With Increased Mental Illness Or Suicide, New Study Finds, Despite Opposition Claims (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi Governor Stalls Medical Cannabis Bill (High Times)

• Legalizing Marijuana Reduces ‘Race-Based Arrests,’ American Medical Association Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis growers eye drought-resistant strains to cope with water shortage (Marijuana Business Daily)

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

• Medical marijuana could ease anxiety, depressive symptoms, study shows (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Concentrates and vape products maintain dominance among heavy cannabis users (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Government-Grown Marijuana Is Genetically Closer To Hemp Than Cannabis Sold In Dispensaries, Another Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Edibles and beverages are popular choices with new cannabis users (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Army Recruits Who’ve Used Marijuana ‘Perform No Worse’ Than Other Soldiers, Military-Funded Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• World-first trial of psilocybin therapy for anxiety disorders to begin in Australia (Happy Mag)

• Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy might help to reduce attachment anxiety (PsyPost)

• Microdosing Moms: Psilocybin & Postpartum Depression Relief (Truffle Report)

• COMPASS Pathways to launch phase II trial of COMP360 psilocybin therapy for PTSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Psilocybe subaeruginosa: Australia’s Most Famous Magic Mushroom (DoubleBlind)

• A Case Study on Microdosing and Self-Care (The Third Wave)

• Psyched Wellness Announces That the Amanita Muscaria Mushroom Has Been Successfully Added to the Natural Health Products Ingredients Database (NHPID) of Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Missing Mushroom: Psychedelic Science and the Future of Psilocybin (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Braxia Scientific Graduates First Cohort of Medical Professionals from Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Training Program; Ready to Start Health Canada Approved Psilocybin Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Filament Health Announces FDA Authorization of Clinical Trial with First-Ever Direct Psilocin Administration and First-Ever Psychedelic Botanical Drug Candidates (Psilocybin Alpha)

DMT

• Algernon Pharmaceuticals Establishes 6 hours as Optimum Treatment Period for DMT in Neuron Study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaDrug Advances Psychedelics Program with Analogue DMT Formulations to Treat Eye Diseases (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Understanding A DMT Trip: From The Experience To Potential Side Effects (Healing Maps)

Mescaline

• Mescaline Revelations: Hume, Buddhism, and the Illusory Nature of the Self (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

• The Compounds in Psychedelic Cacti (Psychedelic Science Review)

Iboga

• Ibogaine and Iboga: Traditional Use, Conservation, and Ethical Considerations (DoubleBlind)

Morning Glory Seeds

• Forgotten Psychedelics: LSA — Also Known as Ololiuqui (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• atai Life Sciences Announces Supportive Interim Data from First 8-Patient Cohort of Phase 2a Trial for Novel Treatment of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ketamine

• Ketamine rapidly improves cognitive function, making those in suicidal crisis less likely to harm themselves (Medical Xpress)

• Kernel’s Brain-Imaging Helmet Approved For Clinical Trial On Patients Using Ketamine (Forbes)

• Klarisana's Newest Ketamine Study Shows IM Ketamine Therapy Comparable to IV Administration (PR Newswire)

• Study: Mixing CBD With Ketamine Might Be Great For Depression (Forbes)

• Ketamine Users Can Ensure Safety with DanceSafe’s New Testing Kit (Lucid News)

• Parents Are Very Open to Ketamine Therapy for Kids, Study Finds (Psychedelic Spotlight)

DXM

• ‘Robotripping’: Perth teens creating cough syrup cocktails as they chase a cheap high (The Age)

Miscellaneous

• Detroit Voters Decriminalize Psychedelics, Joining Ann Arbor (DoubleBlind)

• FDA Approves First Clinical Trial Using Naturally Sourced Psychedelics (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• The False Promise of Psychedelic Utopia (VICE)

• Classic Psychedelics Aren’t Addictive (Discover Magazine)

• Psychedelic Therapy Is Hyped, But It’s Not Risk-Free: How Therapy Abuse Can Retraumatize Clients (Forbes)

• New Orleans shoeshine man wins legal battle over $30,000 seized by DEA agents (NBC News)

• Washington D.C.’s 1st Year of Psychedelic Decrim (Truffle Report)

• Statewide Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Are Growing Across the Nation (Lucid News)

• PharmaTher Provides Research Update on Microneedle Patch Delivery Technologies for Psychedelics (Yahoo!)

• Wonderland: Miami Takes Shape as the Largest Psychedelic Medicine Business Event (High Times)

• Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Has Raised Over $300 Million for Treatment and Services (Filter)

• ‘I’ve experienced states of consciousness beyond this life’: The people turning to psychedelics on their deathbeds (The Independent)

• How the Psychedelic Community Should Respond to Sexual Abuse (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic Research Beyond Depression & Trauma Part II (Truffle Report)

• Science Has Shown Me the Way Ahead with Psychedelics (Chacruna)

• We must address and deconstruct the stigma of psychedelics (The Michigan Daily)

• How Psychedelics Help with Parenting (Reality Sandwich)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 2.26.21

Cannabis

• Murphy signs N.J. legal weed bills, ending 3-year saga (NJ.com)

• North Dakota House votes to legalize recreational marijuana (KXNet.com)

• Alabama Senate passes medical marijuana legislation (WTVM)

• South Dakota: House Members Approve Legislation to Delay Implementation of Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Law (NORML)

• Virginia OKs smokable flower in move that could spur medical marijuana sales (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Marijuana legalization passes in Minnesota House Committee vote (KIMT)

• Cannabis legalization bill headed to House floor (Albuquerque Journal)

• FDA to include cannabis on essential drugs list (Bangkok Post)

• Virginia Conference Committee Faces Saturday Deadline To Finalize Marijuana Legalization Proposal (Marijuana Moment)

• Pa. lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to legalize recreational marijuana (WHTM)

• Marijuana legalization proposed in Maryland Legislature (The Washington Post)

• Kansas Governor’s Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced As Lawmakers Take Up Separate Legalization Proposal (Marijuana Moment)

• Colorado families ask for statewide school cannabis access (The Colorado Sun)

• Study: Enactment of Marijuana Legalization Laws Associated with Reductions in Opioid Prescribing Patterns (NORML)

• Legal Marijuana States See Reduced Workers’ Compensation Claims, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Missouri pushes back deadline for medical cannabis businesses to open (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Study: Cannabis Mitigates Symptoms in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Fibromyalgia (NORML)

• South Carolina Voters Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana By A Five-To-One Ratio, New Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• Aion Therapeutic Opening the First International Treatment Center for Psychedelic Psychiatry in Jamaica; Hires Leading Psychiatrist as Medical Director (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Penis Envy Mushrooms: Murder & Conspiracy Behind the World’s Trippiest Shroom (DoubleBlind)

• Red Light Holland, the First Public Candian Psychedelics Company, Is Ready To Sell You Magic Truffles (Lucid News)

MDMA

• MDMA proves a promising alcoholism treatment in world-first trial (New Atlas)

• The Effects of Antidepressant Discontinuation on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Root Beer and MDMA: Degrees of Separation (Truffle Report)

DMT

• PharmaDrug Files For FDA Orphan Drug Designation For DMT In Kidney Transplantation and Expands on Its Psychedelics Strategy (Psilocybin Alpha)

• The Ultimate Guide to DMT Pricing (Reality Sandwich)

Iboga

• Ibogaine Addiction Therapy: Then and Now (Truffle Report)

Morning Glory Seeds

• Microdosing LSA: People are Microdosing Acid’s Less Known, Legal Cousin (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Synthetic cannabis: an unknown gamble with potentially fatal consequences (Stuff.co.nz)

Ketamine

• Elijah McClain's mother relieved he 'is no longer labeled a suspect' after investigation into officers' actions (CNN)

• Aurora, Colorado, to hire independent police monitor after investigation into Elijah McClain's death (KDRV)

• What To Look For When Searching For A Ketamine Clinic (Healing Maps)

PCP

• Rochester police officers involved in suffocation death of Daniel Prude will not face charges (KTLA)

Miscellaneous

• Norway seeks to decriminalise recreational drug use (RTÉ)

• Vermont Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants (Truffle Report)

• NYU Langone Health Establishes Center for Psychedelic Medicine (NYU Langone Health)

• Missouri Bill Would Add MDMA, Psilocybin Mushrooms And LSD To Right-To-Try Law (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Therapy Needs to Confront the Mystical (VICE)

• After a Year of Controversy, MAPS Canada Executive Director Mark Haden Announces Resignation (Psymposia)

• Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Criminalization Of Drug Possession (Marijuana Moment)

• Casey William Hardison: A Clandestine Chemist’s View on Cognitive Liberty (Filter)

• Why the US Has Embraced Drug Law Reform, But the UK Won't (VICE)

• The Guardian view on illegal drugs: the laws don’t work (The Guardian)

• An Urgent Plea to Users of Psychedelics: Let’s Consider a More Ethical Menu of Plants and Compounds (Tim Ferriss Blog)

• What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs? (The New Republic)

• Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin: A Retrospective (Truffle Report)

• The Farmer and The Cowman Should Be Friends: Why the Pharmaceutical Industry and Grassroots Reformists Should Join Forces (Psychedelics Today)

• Microneedle patches for microdosing psychedelic pharmaceuticals (EurekAlert!)

• Meet the Psychedelic Rapper Running for New York City Mayor (DoubleBlind)

• The Case For Psychedelic Couples Counseling (GQ)

• Love and Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Divide (Chacruna)

• How Psychedelics Impact Startle Response (Truffle Report)

• The Problem and Paradox of Bad Trips, Part 2 (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Joe Rogan: Dedemonizing Psychedelics (Reality Sandwich)

• Psychedelics, Capitalism, and the Commodification of the Sacred (The Third Wave)

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