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

• Prolonged DMT Infusions could be a Breakthrough for Stroke Patients (Psychedelic Spotlight)

Ayahuasca

• Combating Suicidality: A Role for Psilocybin and Ayahuasca? (Psychedelic Science Review)

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

• Acid for Anxiety: Fast and Lasting Anxiolytic Effects of LSD (Psychedelic Science Review)

• A Communist LSD Trip: The Story of Czechoslovak Acid (Prague Morning)

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

• New novel drug test can identify latest synthetic cannabinoids (Cannabis Health News)

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

• Couple Sentenced to Eight Years for Czech Ayahuasca Ceremonies (Psychedelic Spotlight)

• A Legal Ayahuasca Church Thrives in Southern California (Lucid News)

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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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 Psychedelics - 5.8.20

Cannabis

• Louisiana Lawmakers Vote To Allow Medical Marijuana For Any Debilitating Condition And Legalize Delivery Services (Marijuana Moment)

• New Zealand Government Unveils Final Marijuana Legalization Measure For 2020 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign’s New Signature Strategy Involves Masks And Disposable Pens (Marijuana Moment)

• Joe Biden Includes Marijuana Decriminalization In New ‘Plan For Black America’ (Marijuana Moment)

• Europeans Are Relying on Darknet Weed to Stock Up During COVID-19 Lockdowns (MERRY JANE)

• North Dakota Marijuana Legalization Campaign Reassesses 2020 Ballot Strategy But Concedes 2022 Is More Likely (Marijuana Moment)

• Maryland: Governor Vetoes Bill Shielding Marijuana-Related Convictions from Public View (NORML)

• Montana Marijuana Activists Will Begin Signature Gathering For Legalization Measure With New Safety Protocols (Marijuana Moment)

• Nearly 15 Percent of Colorado Weed Failed Microbial Testing in 2019 (Westword)

• Researchers develop chemistry needed to create marijuana breathalyzer (Phys.org)

• Marijuana Bumper Stickers? No Thanks, Drivers Say In National Survey (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Police Make Fewer Traffic Stops Following Marijuana Legalization, But People of Color Still Disproportionately Targeted (NORML)

• USDA Unveils Guidelines For Federal Loans To Hemp Business (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychemedics Announces a “Vaping Panel” to Detect and Deter the Use of Marijuana, CBD and Nicotine (Yahoo! Finance)

• Missouri Lawmakers Defeat Amendment To Require They Consume Marijuana Before Voting (Marijuana Moment)

• Famous Moms Explain How Weed Has Helped Them Become the Best Parents Possible (MERRY JANE)

Magic Mushrooms

• Can Psilocybin Help You Lose Weight? (DoubleBlind)

• Psychedelics Decrim Activists Mark First Anniversary Of Denver’s Historic Psilocybin Mushroom Vote (Marijuana Moment)

• Mazatec Perspectives on the Globalization of Psilocybin Mushrooms (Chacruna)

• NeonMind and Translational Life Sciences to Design Psilocybin Mushroom Clinical Trials (MarketWatch)

• We Asked Experts How Risky It Is to Self-Medicate With Mushrooms (VICE)

• Will Psilocybin Clinics Be The Next Big Thing In Treating Depression? (The Fresh Toast)

MDMA

• The 17 best films about MDMA and ecstasy (Mixmag)

DMT

• Fundamental Perception of Reality Altered After Using Psychedelic DMT (Newswise)

• Entheon Biomedical Announces Private Placement to Begin Pre-clinical Trials with Psychedelic Compounds DMT & 5 MEO DMT (Yahoo! Finance)

Ayahuasca

• Official Trailer for 'The Medicine' Documentary All About Ayahuasca (First Showing)

Iboga

• Antidepressant-Like Effect with A Single Dose of Ibogaine and Noribogaine in Rats (Psychedelic Science Review)

Ketamine

• Psychedelics Company Lands Deal To Dispense Ketamine Treatment Through 1,000+ Pharmacies In Canada (Forbes)

• Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles Deemed 'Essential' Business During COVID-19 Pandemic (Digital Journal)

DXM

• Beware of dextromethorphan, a common cough suppressant that would promote the growth of coronavirus (The Medical Progress)

• The Enduring Popularity of a DXM Robotrip (Emergency Medicine News)

Miscellaneous

• Netflix And Trip: Take A Psychedelic Adventure In This Star-Studded Documentary (Forbes)

• Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, Psychedelic Reform Campaigns Go Digital (DoubleBlind)

• Campaign To Decriminalize Psychedelics In DC Cleared For Signature Gathering (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Liberty Summit Demonstrates Diversity in Cyberspace (Lucid News)

• Coronavirus crisis could increase users' drug habits – report (The Guardian)

• US Cities Are Now Ignoring Minor Drug Crimes to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (MERRY JANE)

• Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising (VICE)

• Global Drug Survey: Special Edition on COVID-19 (TalkingDrugs)

• CaaMTech Partners with the National Institutes of Health to Study Synthetic Tryptamines (Psychedelic Science Review)

• MindMed’s CEO Jamon “JR” Rahn Wants Nothing To Do With Those Psychedelic Decrim People (Psymposia)

• Why Taking Psychedelics While on Antidepressants Could Make Treatment Ineffective (DoubleBlind)

• SSDP Conference: Ending Mass Incarceration Takes More Than Drug Policy Reform (Filter)

• I’m Selling Party Drugs on Lockdown Because People Are Yearning For Them (VICE)

• Champignon Brands forms North American planning committee to accelerate US expansion (Proactive Investors)

• Psychedelic Drugs Can Improve Quality Of Life - And Death - For Older Adults (Forbes)

• The Psychedelic Research Hiatus And Its Relevance Today (Psychedelics Daily)

• Mindset Pharma Synthesizes Second Generation Medicinal Psychedelic Compounds (Yahoo! Finance)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 3.20.20

Cannabis

• Amid Coronavirus, San Francisco, New York, Deem Marijuana Businesses 'Essential' (NPR)

• Dutch queue for cannabis as coronavirus closes cafes (FRANCE 24)

• Cannabis cafes can offer takeaways to head off the return of street dealers (DutchNews.nl)

• 'The legal stuff is garbage': why Canada's cannabis black market keeps thriving (The Guardian)

• Colorado Just Issued The First Marijuana Delivery License In The State (Marijuana Moment)

• Medical Marijuana Doctors Can't Use Telemedicine During Virus Outbreak (Westword)

• Legalizing Marijuana Increases Housing Prices, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• CBD Alone Can Treat Depression and Break Drug Addictions, Case Study Shows (MERRY JANE)

• Connecticut Residents Strongly Support Legalizing Marijuana, Poll Shows (Marijuana Moment)

Magic Mushrooms

• California Psilocybin Legalization Activists Request Online Signature Gathering Amid Coronavirus (Marijuana Moment)

• Study Indicates the Magic Mushroom Compound Baeocystin is Not Psychedelic (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Hawaii Lawmakers Introduce Plan To Study Psychedelic Mushrooms With Goal Of Legalizing Access (Marijuana Moment)

• Scientists Solve Another Crystal Structure of the Psilocybin Analog Miprocin, 4-HO-MiPT (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Study Shows Norpsilocin is More Potent Than Psilocin at 5-HT2A (Psychedelic Science Review)

• A Hockey Player Blamed Shrooms for His Brutal Attack on a Woman. It Worked (VICE)

Ayahuasca

• What Are the Coronavirus Risks with Ayahuasca Ceremonies? (EntheoNation)

Peyote

• Native American Churches Request that Peyote Not Be Included in Decriminalization Initiatives (Psymposia)

Opioids

• Coronavirus Is Leading to Shortages of Fentanyl And Meth (VICE)

Cocaine

• Fiona Apple quit cocaine after ‘excruciating’ night with Quentin Tarantino (Page Six)

Nicotine

• JUUL Tricks Its Customers Into Advocating for the Florida Flavor Ban (Vaping360)

• A Scientist Persuaded Italy to Exempt Vape Shops From COVID-19 Lockdown (Filter)

• Ireland bans menthol cigarettes and rolling tobacco starting May 20 (Euronews)

• Young adults don't know what's in nicotine products they vape, study finds (Medical Xpress)

• Minimum price for tobacco could boost health of poorer people, study suggests (BT)

• British American Tobacco circumventing ad ban, experts say (The Guardian)

Alcohol

• States Boost Hospitality Industry With Booze Delivery and Takeout Sales (U.S. News and World Report)

• So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast (Filter)

Kratom

• Kentucky Poison Control Center Officials Call Kratom A Drug of Concern (Kratom Guides)

Kava

• Kava consumption banned in all police premises (The Fiji Times)

Khat

• Governor Bans Sale of Miraa Over Coronavirus Fears (Kenyans.co.ke)

Miscellaneous

• Harm Reduction in the Time of Coronavirus (Medium)

• Baltimore To End Most Drug Prosecutions Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (Marijuana Moment)

• ‘Business Is Booming’ for Drug Dealers Who Deliver (The Daily Beast)

• 'Dosed' Review: The Case for Plant-Based Recovery (The New York Times)

• Myths and Realities About the Decriminalization of Psychedelics in the US (Chacruna)

• Safe injection sites: Coronavirus underlines why they make sense (New York Daily News)

• Microdosing or Using Psychedelics? How to Support Academic Research (Medium)

• Prohibition Partners Releases PSYCH: The Psychedelics as Medicine Report (Prohibition Partners)

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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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