This Week in Psychedelics - 11.26.21

Cannabis

• The new German government plans to legalize cannabis. (The New York Times)

• Mexico Senate on Track to Endorse Recreational Cannabis by December (High Times)

• Uber Eats users in Ontario can now buy cannabis through the app (Engadget)

• New GOP weed approach: Feds must ‘get out of the way’ (Politico)

• South Dakota Supreme Court kills adult-use legalization (Leafly)

• Is Fentanyl-Tainted Marijuana 'Something Real' or 'Just an Urban Legend'? (Reason)

• A New Center at CSU Aims to Unlock the Secrets of CBD (5280)

• Indica and sativa labels are largely meaningless when it comes to cannabis complexities (The Conversation)

• St. Louis Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

• Analysis: Marijuana Legalization Associated with Improved Clearance Rates for Violent Crimes (NORML)

• Illinois Judge Rules Weed Odor is Not Probable Cause For Searches (High Times)

• Ohio Marijuana Activists Almost Have Enough Signatures To Force Lawmakers To Consider Legalization (Marijuana Moment)

• New Mexico Issues First Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation License (High Times)

• Taliban Contracts Australian Company To Grow Cannabis In Afghanistan (Marijuana Moment)

• Mississippi lawmakers unlikely to reach medical marijuana deal this year (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Dogs Are Being Exposed To Marijuana Through Human Poop And Pet Owners Should Beware, Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Majority Of Texas Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds (Marijuana Moment)

• Arizona Cannabis Social Equity Program Faces Legal Challenge (High Times)

• Canada’s first regulated cannabis suppositories target female consumers (Marijuana Business Daily)

• Montana: Officials Create New Drug Court to Focus Solely on Expunging Past Marijuana Convictions (NORML)

• Few Medical Cannabis Licenses in Portugal Have Been Awarded (High Times)

• Pennsylvania order targeting vaporized products upends cannabis market (Marijuana Business Daily)

• CNN’s Sixth WEED Documentary Features the Benefits of Medical Cannabis for Autism (High Times)

LSD

• New graphic novel depicts famed history of LSD research in Sask. (CBC)

Magic Mushrooms

• Magic mushroom study hints psilocybin repairs alcohol-induced brain damage (Inverse)

• COMPASS Pathways granted fifth US patent for crystalline psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think about the universe (Big Think)

• What Happens When Zen Monks Take Mushrooms? (Lucid News)

• HAVN Life Successfully Exports Psilocybin from its Jamaica Facility into Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Police Presence at Music Festivals Linked to "Panic Overdoses": Study (EDM)

DMT

• Entheon Biomedical Provides Update on Clinical and Preclinical DMT Programs (Psilocybin Alpha)

Ayahuasca

• Ayahuasca users report psychological benefits after taking placebo at a ritualistic ceremony (PsyPost)

• Are All Ayahuasca Retreats The Same? You Might Be Surprised (Healing Maps)

Peyote

• Mining and Poaching Threatens 15,000-Year-Old Peyote Tradition in Mexico (DoubleBlind)

San Pedro

• San Pedro: What is it Like to Experience Mescaline from San Pedro? (The Third Wave)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• Mescaline-Like Psychedelic Alters Synaptic Plasticity (Technology Networks)

Ketamine

• Ketamine benefits neurocognition in depression with suicidal ideation (Healio)

• Wesana Health Clinics Surpass 4,000 Administered Ketamine Treatments (Psilocybin Alpha)

• PharmaTher Applies for FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Ketamine to Treat Rare Neurological Disorder Status Epilepticus (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Navigating the Patchwork of New York City Ketamine Clinics (Lucid News)

Miscellaneous

• New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First (Filter)

• U.S. Reports More Than 100,000 Overdose Deaths In One Year (High Times)

• New study finds 'microdosing' psychedelics can be effective in treating anxiety, depression (The Hill)

• Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users (Filter)

• Colorado Springs Pushing to Decriminalize Psychedelics (Truffle Report)

• The Rise of Psychedelic Retreats (The New York Times)

• How to Cultivate a More Ethical, Inclusive Psychedelic Future (Lucid News)

• Why Are Some People More Sensitive to Psychedelics Than Others? (Sam Woolfe)

• Cybin Awards Grant for Psychedelic Treatment Clinic at Lenox Hill Hospital to Benefit Underserved Communities (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously (Medpage Today)

• Psychedelics and Mysticism: The Debate Continues (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Psychedelics, Cognition, and Sleep Disorders (Truffle Report)

• Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? (Medpage Today)

• Revive Therapeutics Files for ODD Designation for Bucillamine Treatment Targeting Rare Liver Disorders, COVID-19 (Truffle Report)

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This Week in Psychedelics - 9.17.21

Cannabis

• FDA And CDC Issue Warnings On Delta-8 THC Products Derived From Hemp (Marijuana Moment)

• World Anti-Doping Agency Reviews Marijuana Ban For Athletes Following Pushback On Richardson Suspension (Marijuana Moment)

• California: Lawmakers Advance Legislation Providing for Medical Cannabis Use in Hospitals (NORML)

• Runner’s High Gets New Meaning (The Wall Street Journal)

• Cannabis-Related Arrests in Virginia Decrease By 90 Percent After Legalization (High Times)

• Cannabis use linked to subtle abnormalities in speech production (PsyPost)

• Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Virginia Judge Jails Woman For Using Marijuana Before Testifying Against Alleged Domestic Violence Abuser (Marijuana Moment)

• New Jersey Has Expunged A Third Of A Million Marijuana Convictions Since July (Marijuana Moment)

• New Hampshire Lawmakers Take First Step To Put Marijuana Legalization On 2022 Ballot (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan Medical Marijuana Activists Push Back Against Alleged Corporate Effort To Restrict Home Cultivation (Marijuana Moment)

LSD

• LSD-triggered altered behaviors linked to abnormal brain communication (Medical Xpress)

• Miami student seriously injured after he jumped off roof while on LSD (Oxford Observer)

Magic Mushrooms

• First subject dosed in psilocybin trial for rare headache disorder (Pharmaphorum)

• California Activists Cleared To Collect Signatures For Psilocybin Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic shroom fest gets green light from University of Michigan (MLive)

• What Happens When Dogs Eat Shrooms (DoubleBlind)

• Nova Mentis Applies to US FDA for Psilocybin Orphan Drug Designation Fragile X Syndrome Treatment (Psilocybin Alpha)

MDMA

• Turns Out Your DNA Sticks to MDMA Caps. That Could Help Police Track Down Drug Dealers. (VICE)

• Wesana Health Commits Funding of $1.5 Million To Support MAPS’ Research Pipeline (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Letter With MDMA Sent From the UK House of Commons to Prisoner (EDMTunes)

DMT

• How to Integrate Those Difficult-to-Remember DMT Experiences (Sam Woolfe)

• DMT vs. Mushrooms: Are We All Tripping On The Same Thing? (DoubleBlind)

5-MeO-DMT

• Tourists Are Now Smoking Toad Venom in Mexico’s Hipster Town Tulum (VICE)

Peyote

• Santa Cruz City Council Removes Peyote from List of Decriminalized Psychedelics (Good Times Santa Cruz)

Iboga

• Post-9/11 war vets go to Mexico to treat trauma with a psychedelic that's illegal in the US (Stars and Stripes)

Novel Psychoactive Substances

• COMPASS Pathways acquires IP portfolio of novel psychedelic compounds and prodrugs (Psilocybin Alpha)

• Mindset Pharma Further Validates Lead Candidate, MSP-1014, as a Next Generation Psilocybin Analog through Drug Discrimination Assay (Psilocybin Alpha)

Nitrous Oxide

• Nitrous-oxide: Laughing gas hits a new high in Ireland (The Irish Times)

Ketamine

• Colorado attorney general report found Aurora police racially biased and fire department administered ketamine illegally (CNN)

• Ketamine monotherapy reduces suicidal ideation in adults with depression (Healio)

• Psychable is the First Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Company to Offer a Buy One, Give One Program (GlobeNewswire)

• Sharon Osbourne Says She Underwent Ketamine Therapy After Leaving The Talk amid Controversy (People)

• Perception Neuroscience initiates Phase 2a study of PCN-101 (R-ketamine) for treatment resistant depression (Psilocybin Alpha)

Miscellaneous

• Detroit Voters Will Decide On Psychedelics Decriminalization Ballot Measure In November (Marijuana Moment)

• Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Psychedelics Decriminalization Bill (Forbes)

• Addiction specialists accused of 'massive conflict of interest' for ties to drug-testing industry (CBC)

• Tim Ferriss Gift Creates Journalism Fellowships at Berkeley’s new Center for Science of Psychedelics (UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)

• Seattle bid to decriminalize psychedelics could have ‘profound’ effect on treating addiction (MyNorthwest.com)

• Psychedelic medicine comes to the VA (The Psychedelic Renaissance)

• House Could Vote On Psychedelics Research For Military And Marijuana Banking As Part Of Defense Bill (Marijuana Moment)

• Survey: U.S. College Students Drank Less, Used More Marijuana And Psychedelics During Covid-19 (Forbes)

• Congressional Panel Votes To Repeal Drug Conviction Penalty Blocking Education Tax Credit (Marijuana Moment)

• Psychedelic Use on the Rise As Gen Z Seeks To ‘Enhance Connectedness’ (VICE)

• Seattle Councilmember Says He’ll Introduce Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure By Year’s End (Marijuana Moment)

• A Renaissance for Psychedelics Could Fill a Long-Standing Treatment Gap for Psychiatric Disorders (Scientific American)

• Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms: are these drugs the future of therapy? (The Guardian)

• Fear of Death Impacts Quality of Life-How Psychedelics Can Help (Psychedelic Science Review)

• Washington State Activists Announce 2022 Drug Decriminalization Ballot Campaign (Marijuana Moment)

• Digital Psychedelia: Hidden Experience and the Challenge of Paranoia (Somatosphere)

• A Workbook for Psychedelic Integration Focuses on Life’s Big Questions (Lucid News)

• The impact and importance of psychedelic medicine (Open Access Government)

• 'Nine Perfect Strangers' is a deranged portrait of psychedelic wellness retreats (Mic)

• Understanding ‘Spiritual Emergency’ in the Context of Psychedelics (Psychedelics Today)

• What Substances Are More Likely To Be Contaminated With Fentanyl? (Lucid News)

• Discovering New Psychedelic Drugs (Reality Sandwich)

• Studying Psychedelics Pt I: North American Research (Truffle Report)

• The Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics: 2A or Not 2A? – Part 1 (Psychedelic Science Review)

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