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Weekly Psychedelic Links - October 2022

10.7.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

  • Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production (Reuters)

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

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

  • Regulators finally approve hempcrete for US homes (Leafly)

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

MDMA

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

DMT

Ayahuasca

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

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

Nitrous Oxide

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

Ketamine

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

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Timothy Leary’s psychedelic eugenics (Medium)

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

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

10.14.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Magic Mushrooms

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

  • Can Psilocybin Challenge Our Pharmaceutical Dependence? (Vogue)

MDMA

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

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

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

Nitrous Oxide

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

  • Treating postpartum depression with psychedelics (The Print)

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

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

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

  • What Made María Sabina Unique (DoubleBlind)

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

10.21.22

Cannabis

  • German cannabis legalisation plans LEAKED (VolteFace)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

MDMA

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

5-MeO-DMT

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.28.22

Cannabis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • How does THC affect prenatal development? (Leafly)

Magic Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

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

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

DMT

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

Ayahuasca

Peyote

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

Novel Psychoactive Substances

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

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

Synthetic Cannabinoids

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

Ketamine

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • An Exploration of Psychedelics and Creativity (Drug Science)

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

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

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

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8.5.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison for drug possession and smuggling (Leafly)

  • Another American Caught With Weed in Russia Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison (High Times)

  • Cannabis no more of a risk than tobacco and alcohol – study (Cannabis Health News)

  • Federal Marijuana Records Would Be Expunged Under New Bipartisan Congressional Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • New Study Says Legalization Hasn’t Caused More Teens To Try Cannabis (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis Cafes Emerge in Post-Legalization Thailand (High Times)

  • Study Shows Cannabis Users 55% Less Likely to Develop Common Liver Cancer (High Times)

  • Arkansas Marijuana Campaign Files Lawsuit To Put Legalization Measure On Ballot After State Board’s Rejection (Marijuana Moment)

  • US weed homegrowers produce 8x more than Colorado legal market, says new report (Leafly)

  • Feds Seek Contractor To Help Test Marijuana Compounds In People’s Breath (Marijuana Moment)

  • New 3D Structures of Cannabinoid Receptor Inform Safer Drug Design (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • New Report Recommends Tips for Successful Cannabis-Impaired Driving Campaigns (High Times)

  • Colleges In States That Legalize Marijuana See A Boost In Application Numbers, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Brazilian Government’s Selective Blindness to Cannabis Evidence (TalkingDrugs)

  • Largest Federal Workers Union Calls For Ending Marijuana Tests For Most Government Employees In Legal States (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin Microdosing Shows No Benefit to Creativity, Cognition, Perception in New Scientific Study (Willamette Week)

  • Oregon Psilocybin Rules Set To Be Finalized in December (High Times)

  • Lead Plaintiff in Canadian Right To Try Lawsuit Shares His Psilocybin Story (Lucid News)

  • The Rise of Casual Shrooms (VICE)

MDMA

  • It’s Festival Season! How Should We Group Dose MDMA? (Lucid News)

DMT

Ayahuasca

Mescaline

  • Mescaline: A Neglected Tool for Psychotherapy (Sam Woolfe)

Peyote

  • The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains (DoubleBlind)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Ketamine

  • Double-action mechanism found that makes ketamine less addictive (New Atlas)

  • How ketamine chic became the new heroin chic (Dazed)

Miscellaneous

  • Poll States 28% of Americans Have Tried At Least One Psychedelic Substance (High Times)

  • The Need for 100,000 Psychedelic Facilitators is Real (LA Weekly)

  • Morgan Stanley Publishes Optimistic Report on Psychedelics (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • California Bills To Legalize Psychedelics Possession, Allow Interstate Marijuana Commerce And More Teed Up For Key Hurdle Next Week (Marijuana Moment)

  • MindMed Board of Directors Approves Reverse Share Split (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority Of Americans Support Psychedelics Research For Military Members, New Poll Finds As Bipartisan Reform Advances In Congress (Marijuana Moment)

8.12.22

Cannabis

  • Report: Spike in Marijuana Positives Fueling Truck Driver Shortage, Supply Chain Disruptions (NORML)

  • Ottawa on track to spend $200M per year on cannabis for veterans (CBC)

  • Wisconsin Governor Pardons Several for Cannabis Offenses (High Times)

  • Missouri will vote on marijuana legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State To Put Marijuana Legalization Initiative On Ballot, But Votes May Not Be Counted (Marijuana Moment)

  • Colorado Marijuana Shops Are 98 Percent Compliant With ID Checks To Prevent Underage Sales, State Regulators Say (Marijuana Moment)

  • Cannabis And Lower COVID Hospitalizations: Is There A Connection? Here’s What A New Study Found (The Fresh Toast)

  • Biden DOJ Says Medical Marijuana Patients Are Too ‘Dangerous To Trust’ In Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit On Gun Rights (Marijuana Moment)

  • Voters Across Wisconsin Will See Marijuana Questions On Their Ballots In November (Marijuana Moment)

  • ‘Very good for tourists’: Thailand aims for high season with U-turn on cannabis (The Guardian)

  • The (Possibly) Best and Worst Countries To Get Caught With Pot (Benzinga)

  • New Florida Marijuana Legalization Initiative Filed For 2024 Ballot, With Backing Of State’s Largest Medical Cannabis Company (Marijuana Moment)

  • Can memory loss be good? How cannabis can help with PTSD (Leafly)

  • Arresting illicit weed sellers repeats our drug war mistakes (NJ.com)

LSD

  • Neuroscience research suggests LSD might enhance learning and memory by promoting brain plasticity (PsyPost)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin therapy is prompting states to reconsider laws about magic mushrooms (USA Today)

  • Many Oregonians will have to vote again on psilocybin (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

  • Buried Treasure: How Does Psilocybin Reduce Compulsivity? (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Can Psilocybin Treat Obesity? New Evidence, Future Directions (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • Inside the lab that's creating enough psilocybin for everyone on Earth (Wisconsin Public Radio)

  • Phase 2 clinical trial to examine efficacy of psilocybin for anorexia nervosa (Healio)

  • Coos County cities move to ban psilocybin for medical use in their communities (KCBY)

  • Optimi Health To Launch Therapeutic Psilocybin Product In Partnership With Patient Advocate Thomas Hartle (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Las Vegas Wastewater Study Finds Absolutely Bonkers Spike In MDMA Levels During EDC (BroBible)

  • Where Ecstasy Meets Power: The Unique Risks of MDMA Therapy (Sam Woolfe)

Ayahuasca

  • Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Won’t Be Disciplined for Using Psychedelic Drug (Sports Illustrated)

  • Aaron Rodgers’ former Packers QB coach reacts to psychedelic drug revelation (New York Post)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • Psilera’s New Compounds Show Potential for Significant Treatment Improvement in Depression and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Majority of 'Bath Salt' Deaths Concentrated in Just Two States (Medpage Today)

  • Woman likely drowned after taking hallucinogenic drugs, coroner finds (Stuff.co.nz)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

  • States That Legalize Marijuana See ‘Significant Reductions’ In Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisonings, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • A 'very unpleasant time' - new synthetic drug in NZ (Radio New Zealand)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Urgent warning to parents over teens inhaling nitrous oxide after canisters found across Dublin (The Irish Sun)

Ketamine

  • How The Brain Changes In People With Chronic PTSD Following Ketamine Treatment (Healing Maps)

Miscellaneous

  • VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence (Technology Review)

  • The DARE Program Is Back in Some School Districts — Here’s What to Know (Teen Vogue)

  • Compass Pathways Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • An initiative to decriminalize most plant-based psychedelics is likely to fall short on signatures (Colorado Public Radio)

  • Colombia’s New President Wants to End the Drug War. Can He Succeed? (Filter)

  • Bear high on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' rescued in Turkey (Irish Mirror)

  • How Do We End the ‘War on Drugs’? Perhaps Scandinavia Has the Answer.. (Volteface)

  • Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit (MIT Technology Review)

  • Over the counter culture: Are psychedelics coming to the corner shop? (The Independent)

  • Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs (STAT)

  • Muslims on Drugs: Psychedelics, Queerness, and Identity in the Post-9/11 Era (DoubleBlind)

  • What Role does Philosophy Play in the Future of Psychedelics? (TalkingDrugs)

  • First Reddit Community-Led Scientific Study to Launch on Quantified Citizen (Yahoo!)

  • Red Wall Voters Want Drug Law Reform – New Polling Shows (Volteface)

  • Psychedelic Clinical Trials and the Michael Pollan Effect (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Young Psychedelic Philanthropist Blazes Path for the Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

  • Rediscovering Our Ancestral Roots of Exploration (Chacruna)

  • What Happens when Psychedelics Meets Video Games? (Lucid News)

8.19.22

Cannabis

  • Brittney Griner Appeals Conviction in Russian Drug Case (High Times)

  • North Dakota will vote on cannabis legalization in November (Leafly)

  • Arkansas court orders recreational cannabis amendment put back on ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand, says health minister (Reuters)

  • South Dakota Reservation Bans Alcohol, Allows Cannabis (High Times)

  • Analysis: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Becoming More Pronounced in Prohibition States (NORML)

  • ‘Clean weed’ is about to be everywhere in California. Here’s what you need to know (Los Angeles Times)

  • Ohio Voters In Seven More Cities Will Decide On Marijuana Decriminalization At The Ballot This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Idaho Activists Launch Medical Marijuana Ballot Push For 2024 (Marijuana Moment)

  • Alberta cannabis sales slow to grow as online identity verification deters consumers, say retailers (CBC)

  • Gallup: Those with First-Hand Experience with Cannabis Likely to Perceive It Positively (NORML)

  • Majority Of Texas Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

  • Most Wisconsin Voters—Including Republicans—Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Is Oregon Ready for the Coming Psilocybin-Fueled Mushroom Tourism Boom? (Portland Monthly)

  • Optimi Health Unveils Canada’s First Natural Therapeutic Psilocybin Product For Approved Patients (Psychedelic Alpha)

MDMA

  • Warnings over dangerously high-strength MDMA pills found at Boardmasters (Mixmag)

DMT

  • Small Pharma Receives Approval for DMT-Assisted Psychotherapy and SSRI Drug Interaction Study (Psychedelic Alpha)

Ayahuasca

  • The Misfortune of “Right Wing” Psychedelia” in Brazil (Chacruna)

  • Anonymous Letter to Conservative Masters of the UDV (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Nitrous Oxide

  • Atlanta neighbors frustrated by nitrous oxide use outside Widespread Panic show (KMIZ)

Ketamine

  • We Asked the Experts: What Exactly is in Ketamine? (TalkingDrugs)

Miscellaneous

  • Video of a forester who found a drunken bear gorged on hallucinogenic honey became a hit on the Internet (The Saxon)

  • California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Gutted by Key Committee (DoubleBlind)

  • Psychedelics as a sacrament? Lawsuit says drugs are a religious right. (The Washington Post)

  • Integration of psychedelic experiences linked to self-actualization via improvements in personal development and self-insight (PsyPost)

  • Two In Five Americans Say They’ve Changed Their Mind On Drug Policy, With Most Becoming “More Liberal,” Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

8.26.22

Cannabis

  • Federal Trade Commission issues refunds to CBD buyers, here’s why (Leafly)

  • Nebraska Officials Will Take A Second Look At Signatures For Rejected Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures (Marijuana Moment)

  • New medical marijuana campaign launches in Idaho for 2024 ballot (Marijuana Business Daily)

  • Study Shows 20% Increase in Frequency of Cannabis Consumption in Recreational States (High Times)

  • FBI Says CBD Use Is An ‘Automatic Disqualifier’ For Employment Despite Federal Hemp Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma’s legalization initiative at risk due to state delay (Leafly)

  • The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal (The Washington Post)

  • U.S. Forest Service Reminds Workers Of Federal Marijuana Ban And Warns Against CBD Use (Marijuana Moment)

  • Dennis Rodman Proposes To Negotiate Russia Brittney Griner Release (High Times)

  • Why The Legal Cannabis Industry Needs The Black Market (Forbes)

  • Legalization Opponents Sue To Block Initiative From Missouri Ballot (High Times)

  • Cannabis for Chronic Pain Linked to Slightly Increased Risk of Arrhythmia (Healthline)

LSD

  • First Patient Dosed in Trial of LSD for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Psychiatric Times)

Magic Mushrooms

  • Psilocybin May Help Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Shows (TIME)

  • Three Out Of Four Oregon Counties Will Vote On Banning Or Postponing Psilocybin Services This November (Marijuana Moment)

  • Inside Paul Stamets’ Massive Microdosing Study (DoubleBlind)

Ayahuasca

  • Mormon Bishop And Former GOP Utah Rep. Champions Ayahuasca After Faith-Affirming Psychedelic Experience (Marijuana Moment)

5-MeO-DMT

  • Trip Advisors: Group Promotes 5-MeO-DMT Harm Reduction By Exposing Shamanic Hustlers (Forbes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

  • The DEA is Attempting to Ban Two New Psychedelic Drugs (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Clearmind Medicine Announces Additional Positive Pre-Clinical Results for its Cocaine Addiction Treatment (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • BetterLife Lead Drug (BETR-001) Promotes Structural Neural Plasticity with Possible Nootropic Effects Similar to That of LSD Without Hallucinogenic Side Effects (Psychedelic Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

  • Laughing Gas During Labor Is Becoming More Popular Among Women in the United States (People)

Ketamine

  • Ketamine’s upgrade to an employee benefit in US may hasten the legitimacy of psychedelics in SA (BizNews)

DXM

  • FDA Approves First, Only NMDA Receptor Antagonist for Major Depressive Disorder (Pharmacy Times)

Miscellaneous

  • Psychedelic Stocks: MindMed and atai Slash their Pipelines, Mydecine Collapses (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Psychedelics Use Increasing Among Adults, But Decreasing For Teens, New Federally Funded Studies Find (Marijuana Moment)

  • Psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences linked to increased pro-environmental behaviors (PsyPost)

  • How near-death experiences and psychedelics alter attitudes about death (EurekAlert!)

  • Does Microdosing Actually Work? The Science Is Still Conflicted (VICE)

  • Issues of Patient Safety and Ethical Violations in Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Science Review)

  • As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger (Lucid News)

  • This Psychedelic Theater Troupe Has Been Quietly Changing the World for Decades (DoubleBlind)

  • Do Psychedelic Trips Actually Start In The Gut Instead Of The Brain? (Healing Maps)

  • The Psychedelic Community Takes Itself Too Seriously (Psychedelic Alpha)

  • Ethics in Psychedelic Therapy: The Promises and Pitfalls of Increased Suggestibility (Sam Woolfe)

  • Do You Even Trip, Bro? On Psychedelic Masculinity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • How Long Can the Psychedelic Renaissance Last? (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • The Legal Risks of Psychedelic Therapy and Coaching (EntheoNation)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 3.18.22

Cannabis

  • Israeli Town of Tira Founds First Medical Cannabis Cafe (High Times)

  • Kentucky House Passes Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

  • Delaware House Shoots Down Recreational Legalization Bill (High Times)

  • New VA Veteran Suicide Program Won’t Allow Cannabis as Treatment (High Times)

  • Mike Tyson's cannabis brand is making ear-shaped weed gummies (NBC News)

  • Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Led To More Youth Use, Report From Alcohol And Tobacco Industry-Backed Group Says (Marijuana Moment)

  • Oklahoma Thieves Impersonate Cops and Raid Several Pot Farms (High Times)

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

  • Montana Supreme Court OKs Temporary Rules For Cannabis Expungement (High Times)

  • New Orleans City Council Urges End To Marijuana Testing For Government Employees (Marijuana Moment)

  • Georgia Lawmakers Consider Separate Medical Cannabis Production Bills (High Times)

  • Some Mississippi Cities Move To Ban Medical Marijuana Businesses (Marijuana Moment)

  • European Commission Sets Standards for Hemp Food (High Times)

  • Jones Soda Company Announces Cannabis-Infused Product Line (High Times)

LSD

  • Montreal researchers find that, like Prozac, LSD may be useful for anxiety treatment (CTV News)

  • Novamind to Host MindMed Phase IIb Trial for LSD and Anxiety (BioSpace)

Magic Mushrooms

  • California Activists Drop 2022 Psilocybin Legalization Ballot Initiative After Falling Short Of Signature Requirement (Marijuana Moment)

  • Little evidence on how psilocybin therapy interacts with existing psychiatric treatments, review finds (OHSU News)

  • California Psychedelics Investors Are Closely Monitoring Oregon’s Psilocybin Market (Willamette Week)

  • Washington State Legislature Approves $200,000 In Psilocybin Research Funding In Budget (Marijuana Moment)

  • Novamind announces phase 2 trial examining psilocybin for MDD (Healio)

  • Psilocybin Is The Most Studied Psychedelic (Green Market Report)

MDMA

  • MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD could save the health care system millions of dollars, study suggests (PsyPost)

  • Dose-ranging study provides insight into MDMA’s effects on memory, addiction, and depression (PsyPost)

Ayahuasca

  • Federal judge dismisses ayahuasca church’s request for overturn of DEA decision (WFTV)

  • Study will investigate ayahuasca to overcome prolonged grief (Ruetir)

  • Controversy Over Injustice Against Ayahuasca Traditional Knowledge Rebounds (Chacruna)

Ketamine

  • A Ketamine Clinic Treads the Line Between Health Care and a ‘Spa Day for Your Brain’ (The New York Times)

Miscellaneous

  • Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Bill To Fund Psilocybin And MDMA Therapy (Marijuana Moment)

  • Students Launch Bid to Decriminalize All Drugs in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Filter)

  • New Research Explores Whether Therapeutic Psychedelics Can Fix ‘Biophobia’ (Forbes)

  • Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs (The Verge)

  • Feds Reveal Which Industries Drug Test Workers The Most And Least In New Report (Marijuana Moment)

  • MDMA use drops due to COVID lockdowns, other drugs rise -EU report (Reuters)

  • What do psychedelic drugs do to our brains? AI could help us find out (MIT Technology Review)

  • How Can We Apply Harm Reduction to HPPD? (Psychedelics Today)

  • Colorado Activists Pick One Of Several Psychedelics Reform Initiatives To Pursue For November Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

  • London should pilot drug checking and consumption rooms, says report (London Evening Standard)

  • Current Psychedelic Therapies Use Flawed Models of the Mind – It’s Time for Relational Therapy (Healing Maps)

  • Mind Cure Health Halts All Psychedelic Business Activity (Psychedelic Spotlight)

  • Are drug wars protection rackets? (Drug WarRant)

  • Microdosing Is On The Rise But Is It Healthy? (The Dales Report)

  • Terence McKenna’s Anarchic Psychedelic Religion (JSTOR Daily)

  • Coming of Age in the Psychedelic Sixties (Chacruna)

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