Cannabis
Mississippi governor signs law allowing medical marijuana (Leafly)
The NFL is throwing $1 million into cannabinoid research (Leafly)
House Officially Approves Marijuana Banking Amendment To Large-Scale Bill Set For Final Passage Friday (Marijuana Moment)
Delta-8 Debate: The 2018 Farm Bill gave rise to an unlikely intoxicant (Marijuana Business Daily)
House Advances SAFE Banking Act as Part of the America COMPETES Act (NORML)
Driving Performance and Cannabis Users’ Perception of Safety - Review (Drug Science)
Minnesota: Patients’ Access to Herbal Cannabis Products Begins March 1 (NORML)
Claim of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Overdoses in Connecticut was False (High Times)
Cannabis being used to treat symptoms of Long Covid in new landmark trial (Mirror)
‘The science about the benefits of cannabis is limited’: Does legalizing marijuana lead to an increase in tobacco use? (MarketWatch)
Utah Lawmakers Pass Bill To Protect Medical Cannabis Patients (High Times)
A Cannabis Monopoly Asteroid is Coming (Marijuana Moment)
Petition Forces Ohio Lawmakers into Action on Cannabis Legalization (High Times)
Marijuana legalization push increasingly unites unlikely political bedfellows (Marijuana Business Daily)
2021: A Year In Review For The Cannabis Industry (Forbes)
Top Maryland Lawmaker Files Marijuana Legalization Bill In Anticipation Of Ballot Referendum Passing (Marijuana Moment)
Pennsylvania Issues Mandatory Recall for Hundreds of Cannabis Products (New Cannabis Ventures)
Wisconsin Governor Vetoes GOP Bill To Increase Marijuana Extraction Penalties (Marijuana Moment)
Republican Lawmakers in Virginia Have Drafted New Cannabis Legislation (High Times)
Marijuana Banking Reform Cleared For House Floor (Again) Following Committee Action On Large-Scale Bill (Marijuana Moment)
Can Cannabinoids Unlock a Better Understanding of Our Bodies and Brains? (Discover Magazine)
Nearly One In Ten New Missouri Jobs Came From Medical Marijuana Industry In 2021, Trade Group Report Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Jackson seeks cannabis exemption as part of shock comeback at age 40 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
LSD
Fish on acid? Microdosing zebrafish with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans (The Conversation)
What to know about microdosing LSD (Medical News Today)
Magic Mushrooms
Virginia Psilocybin Decriminalization Bill Defeated In Senate Committee After Top GOP Lawmaker Flips Support (Marijuana Moment)
Religious Practice Under Oregon Measure 109 (Psychedelics Today)
Maine Lawmakers Hear Testimonies For and Against Psilocybin Bill (Truffle Report)
Seattle Doctor Files DEA Petition To Reschedule Psilocybin For Medical Use (Marijuana Moment)
America’s only psychedelic mushroom store is a church in Oakland. We observed the sacrament (Leafly)
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Cancer Patients’ Case To Use Psilocybin Under Right-To-Try Laws (Marijuana Moment)
Psyched Wellness Announces Additional Positive Results from the 14-day Oral Toxicity Study of AME-1 (Psilocybin Alpha)
Health Canada Grants Private Company Approval for Healthcare Professionals to Take Psilocybin, Prove Safety (Truffle Report)
MDMA
Couple Takes MDMA Right Before Grandfather Dies, Trips in Front of Family (Newsweek)
DMT
Entheon Biomedical Announces the Approval of DMT Clinical Trial (Psilocybin Alpha)
Ayahuasca
Yaminawa Women and Ayahuasca: Shamanism, Gender, and History in the Peruvian Amazon (Chacruna)
Women Who Heal: Musicians in the Urban Ayahuasca Scene (Chacruna)
Madrinha Rita: Brazilian matriarch of ayahuasca (Chacruna)
5-MeO-DMT
Inside a 5-MeO-DMT Retreat: Who Should and Shouldn’t Embark on This ‘Hero’s Journey’ (Psychedelic Spotlight)
Peyote
Mining is Threatening the Peyote Tradition in Mexico (Truffle Report)
Ketamine
Testimony: Minneapolis police trained to ignore city's civil rights report on ketamine and excited delirium (StarTribune)
Can Ketamine and A.I. Improve Wellness? (Inc)
PharmaTher Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)
Miscellaneous
Who Will Control the Future of Psychedelics in Colorado? (Westword)
Utah Lawmakers Vote To Study Benefits Of Psychedelics In Treating Mental Health Disorders (Marijuana Moment)
Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Proposal Filed in Michigan (Truffle Report)
I Read Every Neuroscience Study On Psychedelics Published Since 2017. Here’s What I Learned (Healing Maps)
Researchers use linguistic analysis to uncover differences between psychedelic drug experiences (PsyPost)
Psychedelic therapy effective in reducing suicidality, more trials needed (Healio)
Psychedelic or Not: Of Mice, 5-HT2A Agonists, and Head Shakes (Psychedelic Science Review)
One Year on, Oregon Drug Decriminalization Is Boosting Harm Reduction and Housing (Filter)
Looking Ahead to a Psychedelic 2022 (Psilocybin Alpha)
The Tortured Double Think of the New Drug Strategy (Transform)
What Happens When Psychedelic Treatment for PTSD Turns Into a Bad Trip (Slate)
Are Double-Blind Studies Holding Back Psychedelic Research? (The Dales Report)
What Research Doesn’t Tell Us About Older Psychedelic Users (Lucid News)
Jeering Psychedelics: A Critique of Jacques Mabit’s Criticism of Queering Psychedelics (Chacruna)
Are psychedelics dangerous? - What the research says (Drug Science)
Psychedelics Without the Trip Could Be 'Healing Magic' for Mental Health (Singularity Hub)
Clinical study of psychedelic drugs for cancer patients could be a ‘game changer’ (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common (The Economist)
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