This Week in Psychedelics - 12.17.21

Cannabis

• Malta becomes first EU country to legalise cannabis for personal use (Euronews)

• St. Louis Mayor Signs Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• No Fentanyl Found in Cannabis After All, Vermont Police Say (High Times)

• Viral story shared across social media about two teens overdosing on fentanyl-laced marijuana in Springfield was untrue (MassLive)

• Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation (Bangkok Post)

• Government-Funded Study Shows Unprecedented Decline in Marijuana Use By Young People (NORML)

• Pfizer to Acquire Pharmaceutical Company Testing Cannabinoid Treatment (High Times)

• Heavy metals in cannabis plants could affect human health, study finds (New Atlas)

• Rhode Island Legalization Bill Set for Early 2022 Introduction (High Times)

• Baltimore: City Officials Move to Abolish Pre-Employment Drug Screens for Many Public Employees (NORML)

• Smoking CBD-Rich Marijuana Has ‘No Significant Impact’ On Driving Ability, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis use could cause harmful drug interactions (ScienceDaily)

LSD

• Cary Grant Is High on LSD in ‘Flying Over Sunset.’ Everyone Else Has a Bad Trip. (The Daily Beast)

• PharmaTher Announces Positive Research Results for LSD Microneedle Patch (BioSpace)

• MindMed Initiates Phase 2a LSD Trial for the Treatment of Adult ADHD (Psilocybin Alpha)

Magic Mushrooms

• New Filing Challenges Compass Pathways’ Infamous Patent on Synthetic Psilocybin (VICE)

• Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy reduces loss of meaning and suicidal ideation among cancer patients (PsyPost)

• With health care workers hurting, a doctor wants to see if a psychedelic can help (NBC News)

• COMPASS Pathways announces positive outcome of 25mg COMP360 psilocybin therapy as adjunct to SSRI antidepressants in open-label treatment-resistant depression study (Psilocybin Alpha)

• More patients granted psilocybin exemption by federal government (CBC)

• Warning: Oregon Legalized Supported Adult Use of Psilocybin, Not Psychedelic Therapy (Chacruna)

• New York Lawmaker Files Bill To Legalize Medical Psilocybin Treatments, With Focus On First Responders And Veterans (Marijuana Moment)

• This Trippy New Book Takes You Through Modern Mushroom History—With Cartoons (DoubleBlind)

• Psyched Wellness Announces Path to Market for AME-1-derived Products in the USA (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Silo Wellness announces series of psilocybin retreats in Jamaica (Globetrender)

• HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from Jamaica Facility into the U.S. for Research Purposes (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• The Big Return – and Decline in Quality – of MDMA (VICE)

• Latest trials confirm the benefits of MDMA – the drug in ecstasy – for treating PTSD (The Conversation)

• MDMA could soon be used to treat PTSD according to physicians (Mixmag)

Ayahuasca

• Study links the ceremonial use of ayahuasca to robust reductions in neuroticism (PsyPost)

• Educating Gringos in Shipibo Ways (Chacruna)

• Esther Jean Langdon: Half a Century of Research About Shamanism and Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Cybin Awarded Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for CYB004 (Deuterated Psychedelic Tryptamine) for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

• atai Life Sciences Announces Successful Outcome of Phase 2a Biomarker Trial of RL-007 in Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (Psilocybin Alpha)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• Tainted synthetic marijuana linked to severe bleeding cases in Florida (Live Science)

Miscellaneous

• Psychedelics Rejected for Therapeutic Use in Australia (VICE)

• Can a Values-Centered Psychedelic Ecosystem Effectively Compete? (Lucid News)

• Mind Medicine Australia’s Response to the Announcement of the TGA NOT to Reschedule the Medical Use of MDMA for Treatment Resistant PTSD and the Medical Use of Psilocybin for Treatment Resistant Depression as Part of Therapy. (Mind Medicine Australia)

• How Do Psychedelics Change Your Personality? These Researchers Tried To Find Out (IFLScience)

• ‘This isn’t the 60s again’: psychedelics business takes off amid culture clash (The Guardian)

• 2022 Global Drug Survey: Help make it bigger than ever for its 10 year anniversary (TalkingDrugs)

• Most Addiction Specialists Support Legalized Therapeutic Psychedelics (Medscape)

• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy on the Rise in VA Hospitals (Lucid News)

• Psychedelics and Substance Use Disorder: 4000 BCE to Present Day (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Many Indians Are Experimenting With Psychedelics, Other Drugs to Deal With Mental Health Issues (The Swaddle)

• Editor’s Choice Award 2021-Best Study on Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity (Psychedelic Science Review)

• atai Impact Establishes the atai Fellowship Fund in Psychedelic Neuroscience with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics (Psilocybin Alpha)

• How to Start Microdosing Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)

• Understanding HPPD to Prioritize Harm Reduction of a Very Real Psychedelic Risk (Psychedelic Spotlight)

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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 - 1.22.21

Cannabis

• France launches public consultation on legalising cannabis (France24)

• UFC ditch marijuana ban but fighters warned to ‘temper enthusiasm’ after Usada rule change (The Independent)

• Biden Taps Marijuana Legalization Supporter To Lead Democratic National Committee (Marijuana Moment)

• American Medical Association Asks Court To Overturn Medical Marijuana Vote In Mississippi (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona: Adult Use Marijuana Sales On Track to Begin This Month (NORML)

• This Michigan marijuana dispensary is giving free weed to anyone who got the COVID-19 vaccine (Detroit Metro Times)

• Trump Grants Clemency To Marijuana Prisoners On Last Day In Office (Marijuana Moment)

• Study: Nearly Half of Medical Cannabis Users Cease Using Opioids for Pain After Twelve Months (NORML)

• Congressman Files First Federal Marijuana Reform Bill Of 2021 (Marijuana Moment)

• Could Medical Cannabis Help with the Treatment of Movement Disorders? (Canex)

• Latest Canadian cannabis recalls include melting vape pens, moldy bud (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Virginia Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved By Senate Committee, With Home Cultivation Provisions Intact (Marijuana Moment)

• “Game changer” for the sector: First cannabis company expected to list on LSE next month (Cannabis Health News)

• Police Find 1st 'Cannabis Factory' In London's Financial District, Destroy 826 Plants (NPR)

• Hash landing: New Zealand police ditch annual helicopter hunt for cannabis dens (The Guardian)

• Phytol cited as potentially dangerous cannabis vape ingredient (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Study: Cannabis Use Associated with Reduced Alcohol Intake Among Treatment-Seeking Drinkers (NORML)

• Research establishes antibiotic potential for cannabis molecule (ScienceDaily)

• Women who use cannabis may have harder time conceiving (Healio)

• How Some THC Is Legal — For Now (Rolling Stone)

Magic Mushrooms

• Florida Lawmaker Introducing Psilocybin Mushroom Legalization (Forbes)

• Unique magic mushroom microdosing study to begin in Australia (New Atlas)

• How Mixing Mushrooms and MDMA Affects Your Body and Brain (VICE)

• Patient hopes Canada will introduce regulations for treatment with 'magic mushrooms' (CTV News)

• BC Craft Supply Co Announces Letter of Intent with Psilocybin Research and Development Company Ava Pathways (Globe Newswire)

MDMA

• MindMed Announces the Start of the First-Ever Clinical Trial Combining MDMA and LSD (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Insight into Ayahuasca’s Antidepressant Effects (Psychedelic Science Review)

5-MeO-DMT

• New Toad Venom Compound Synthesized for Clinical Use: 5-MeO-DMT Succinate (Psychedelic Science Review)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

• NCSA: Synthetic cannabis a cause for concern (Loop Barbados)

Ketamine

• Ketamine Clinicians Publish Ethical Guidelines to Raise Treatment Standards (Lucid News)

• Colorado officials resume review of ketamine program after Elijah McClain's death (CNN)

• PharmaTher Signs Exclusive Worldwide License Agreement for Patented Ketamine Formulation Targeting Mental Health, Neurological and Pain Disorders (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Icelandic Government Proposes Drug Decriminalisation (The Reykjavik Grapevine)

• Peter Thiel-backed psychedelics start-up targets schizophrenia ahead of IPO (CNBC)

• Psychedelic Therapy Schools Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms (Bloomberg)

• The Biden Administration and Drug Policy: Expectation Versus Reality (Filter)

• North American Psychedelics Index Published: Which Companies Will Be in the First Psychedelic ETF? (Psilocybin Alpha)

• A New Supreme Court RFRA Ruling May Be a Boon to Psychedelic Religions (Chacruna)

• Senator wants to 'lock in' 2020 drug laws (Idaho Press)

• NeonMind Lists on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Is Psychedelic Medicine the Antidote to Anti-Black White Racism in the US? (Chacruna)

• The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics and Nature Explored in New Study (Lucid News)

• Psychedelic Authoritarianism Harm Reduction: “QAnon Shaman” Edition (Psymposia)

• Here’s What’s Missing From Conversations About Psychedelic Integration (DoubleBlind)

• Attorney General Merrick Garland a Disheartening Prospect (Filter)

• Dopamine Release and Duration of Action: Rules of Thumb to Predict Addictive Potential of Phenethylamines (Spirit Pharmacist)

• Ergot in Canada: A Lost Tradition? (Chacruna)

• BetterLife Pharma Is Developing Second Generation Psychedelics: Drugs That Leave Out The Trip (Forbes)

• Former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie supports increased accessibility of psychedelic drugs (The Canberra Times)

• Could Biden Make His Country’s Global Drug War Even More Imperialist? (Filter)

• What Will The Psychedelics Space Look Like In 2021? Experts Weigh In (Yahoo! Finance)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 12.13.19

CANNABIS

• Marijuana Legalization Could Be Coming To These States In 2020 (Forbes)

• Six Cases of Vaping Illness Linked to Legal Weed Vapes Sold in Massachusetts (MERRY JANE)

• Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak (AP News)

• Heavy Metal Injury Caused by Vaping Confirmed in First Case Study (MERRY JANE)

• No vapes for Newfoundland and Labrador either (Leafly)

• MLB Officially Removes Marijuana From Banned Substances List For Baseball Players (Marijuana Moment)

• People with Depression Are Twice as Likely to Use Pot, New Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• California Declares Pot Smoke and THC a Risk to Pregnant Women and Fetuses (TIME)

• Weed Doesn’t Make Us Stupid, Yet Another Study Confirms (MERRY JANE)

• Bees Like Big Hemp And They Cannot Lie, Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)

• A Company Is Sending Cannabis and Coffee to Space to See if They Mutate (VICE)

• Applying CBD Topically Can Help Jaw Pain and Facial Stress, Study Finds (MERRY JANE)

• Study: Marijuana Retailers Not Selling to Underage Customers (NORML)

• States prepare to purge tens of thousands of pot convictions (Los Angeles Times)

• Trinidad And Tobago Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Cannabis and driving study casts doubt on zero-tolerance limits for THC (Global News)

• Israel Is Finally Allowed to Export Medical Cannabis Overseas (MERRY JANE)

• NHS approves CBD drugs for the first time (Leafly)

• ‘You smoke weed?’ Teacher says her medical pot use led to harassment in suburban district (Chicago Sun Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• New psilocybin trial data explores group psychedelic sessions (New Atlas)

• Oregon Activists Begin Signature Gathering For 2020 Drug Decriminalization Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Magic Mushroom Pill Is Being Developed to Treat Diabetes and Stop the Munchies (MERRY JANE)

• New Psilocybin Microdosing Data: How Much is Too Much? (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

• Study: MDMA may have a surprising effect on our ability to learn (Inverse)

• MDMA Could Be Tailored to Make It More Suitable for Treating Mental Illness (Scientific American)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Spice related hospital admissions in Sheffield fall (The Star)

NITROUS OXIDE

• Netherlands set to ban recreational use of laughing gas (NL Times)

KETAMINE

• Genetic Lead Suggests Ketamine May Benefit Autism, Tourette's and Schizophrenia (MedicalResearch.com)

OPIOIDS

• In documents, US officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired (Stars and Stripes)

• Home Depot faces Twitter backlash after blaming opioid crisis for recent rise in store thefts (USA Today)

• Ten years ago, OxyContin sales dominated Philly’s pharmacies. How the powerful painkiller helped fuel a crisis. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• A Dire Shortage of ADD Meds Is Pushing Some Patients to Street Meth (Filter)

CAFFEINE

• Nestle Is Planning To Make Caffeinated Water As A Solution To Midday Drowsiness (Delish)

NICOTINE

• Ban on vape sales in Massachusetts ends Wednesday — what happens next? (The Boston Globe)

• The FDA Can Now Regulate Vapes and E-Cigs Like Tobacco, Court Rules (MERRY JANE)

• Pace of Flavor Bans Accelerated in 2019 (CSP Daily News)

• Palo Alto: Council unanimously supports banning e-cigarettes, flavored tobacco (The Mercury News)

• Bill to raise minimum age to buy tobacco products in Kentucky to 21 pre-filed (WKRC)

ALCOHOL

• Yet More Research Links Even Light Drinking to a Higher Cancer Risk (Gizmodo)

• Study debunks the myth that an imposed floor on alcohol prices would punish the poor (Phys.org)

GHB

• What is GHB?: Dangerous party drug linked to multiple overdose deaths (9News)

NOOTROPICS

• How to Use Nootropics for Social Interactions (Psychology Today)

KRATOM

• Kratom leaves to be left out of new narcotics list in Thailand (AsiaOne)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Everyone Should Understand the Potential Heart Risk of Psychedelics (The Psychedelic Scientist)

• Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here (Fast Company)

• This Was The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans (BuzzFeed News)

• Study: Prior Authorization Requirement for Addiction Meds Is Killing NY Drug Users (Filter)

• Bill would require drug screenings for children at their annual physical (WKBW)

• ACT pushes for national pill-testing after study finds it encouraged people to ditch unsafe drugs (The Guardian)

• Pete Buttigieg Backs Supervised Injection Facilities For Illegal Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

• 'Drugs Without the Trip' Might Be Peak Silicon Valley (VICE)

• Ten Must-Experience Events For The Cannabis & Psychedelic Community In 2020 (Forbes)

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This Week in Psychoactives - 9.27.19

CANNABIS

• Canberra becomes the first city in Australia to legalize marijuana (CNN)

• House Passes Cannabis Banking Bill in Historic Vote (Leafly)

• Cannabis Delivery Wins Final Approval in Massachusetts (Leafly)

• Twice as Many Americans Use Cannabis for Medicine Over Recreation, Study Says (MERRY JANE)

• Cannabis-based drug for childhood epilepsy approved for use in UK (The Guardian)

• Brain activity 'dampened' by vaped THC, similar to those with schizophrenia: study (CBC)

• Lower Doses Of Marijuana May Be More Effective For Improving Libido, Review Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• New Washington DC Law Allows Students to Use Medical Marijuana in Schools (MERRY JANE)

• Marijuana use higher among white New Yorkers, though 94% of pot busts are people of color (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

• The DEA Joins the FDA in THC Vapes Crackdown (Filter)

• Illinois Governor Will Pardon Thousands of Former Cannabis Offenders (MERRY JANE)

• Wisconsin and South Dakota Are Preparing 2020 Legalization Measures (Leafly)

• Senior Marijuana Use Increases, But Where Is The Research? (The Fix)

LSD

• The FBI Just Arrested a 'Psychedelic Nazi' on LSD After Tapping His Wild Text Chats (VICE)

• Disneyland Paris visitor on bad LSD trip falls into Adventureland lake, turns up naked after 130-person search (The Orange County Register)

• Syracuse Man Arrested After Punching Officer While On Apparent LSD Trip (Times-Union Newspaper)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

• Why the Magic Mushroom Story Could be as Big as the Cannabis Boom (PR Newswire)

• Mixing Meditation and Magic Mushrooms? (Mindful)

MDMA

• New research shows MDMA can be comedown-free (Mixmag)

AYAHUASCA

• My 30 Years of Providing Shamanic Healing with Ayahuasca (Kahpi)

• Stopping Veteran Suicide with Ayahuasca: Interview with Wyly Gray of Veterans of War (Psychedelic Times)

• Ayahuasca Has a Special Connection with My People, the Shipibo (Kahpi)

• One man’s journey with ayahuasca (GQ)

• Ayahuasca: tradition versus tourism (The Mancunion)

IBOGA

• Opioid addicts seek alternative treatment in Mexico (10News)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

• Ben Westhoff on the Origins of Deadly Party Drugs in Fentanyl, Inc. (Westword)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

• Older adults with COPD more likely to use synthetic cannabinoids, study finds (Medical Xpress)

OPIOIDS

• Pennsylvania Giving Away Free Naloxone To Combat Overdoses (The Fix)

• Should Heroin Be Used to Treat Addiction? (Pain News Network)

• The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail (Filter)

METHAMPHETAMINE

• SAMHSA’s “Meth Monster” Video Is Pure Fear-Mongering Propaganda (Filter)

• Their unborn baby tested positive for meth. Then they learned their house was once a meth lab. (CBS News)

• Mexican drug cartels fueling meth comeback in US, with seizures at 'historically high levels' (Fox News)

CAFFEINE

• Study says too much caffeine can trigger migraines (WKRC)

• Coffee May Lower Risk of Gallstones (The New York Times)

TOBACCO

• Walmart to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes in Stores (TIME)

• Vape brand Juul is reportedly at the center of a criminal probe (Engadget)

• Juul hires former tobacco exec as CEO and ceases all US marketing (Engadget)

• Survey Suggests Lung Disease Misinformation Has Compounded Confusion About the Hazards of E-Cigarettes (Reason)

• Big Tobacco Will Take Advantage of the Mysterious Vaping Illness (VICE)

• LA Board Of Supervisors Votes To Ban Flavored Tobacco (CBS Los Angeles)

• Plan To Raise Age To Buy Tobacco To 21 In Denver Moves Ahead (CBS Denver)

ALCOHOL

• Why alcohol remains a big threat to unborn babies in South Africa (The Conversation)

KRATOM

• Florida man with Down syndrome died in hot car as caretaker slept off kratom overdose: sheriff (Fox News)

• How Kratom can be beneficial for sports athletes? (GHANAsoccernet.com)

• What Type Of Kratom Information Will You Find On Reddit? (Kratom Guides)

• Kratom In Michigan: Legal or Regulated? (Kratom Guides)

• Meet the Plant That Is In the News For All the Wrong Reasons (Grit Daily)

MISCELLANEOUS

• Dr. Bronner’s Donates $150k to Legalize Medical Psilocybin in Oregon (DoubleBlind)

• Massachusetts Implements Emergency Ban on All Cannabis and Nicotine Vapes (MERRY JANE)

• Over 800 cases of vaping illnesses reported to CDC (The Hill)

• Psychedelics Can Help Treat a Variety of Psychiatric Disorders, New Review Says (MERRY JANE)

• ‘Vaper’s lung’ likely to enter the medical lexicon (The Irish Times)

• The Truth About Looking in the Mirror on Psychedelics (VICE)

• Can microdosing psychedelics take the edge off a first date? (Mic)

• Enough evidence to support introduction of pill testing in NSW, inquiry told (The Sydney Morning Herald)

• Inside the centre exploring the effect of psychedelic drugs on mental health (The Independent)

• Psychedelic Therapy Advocate Recalls Coming Of Age In The 1960s (High Times)

• Alan Watts and Psychedelic Christianity (The Institute for the Advancement of Psychedelic Christianity)

• How to Do Psychedelics Without Killing Yourself (The Stranger)

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