Cannabis
South Dakota: Republican Governor Officially Backing Litigation to Reject Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization Initiative (NORML)
Montana Lawmakers Reject Funding To Implement Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization Program (Marijuana Moment)
Mississippi: Medical Organizations Join Legal Fight to Overturn Election Result Legalizing Medical Cannabis Access (NORML)
Amsterdam doubles down on plans to restrict tourist access to cannabis coffee shops (CNN)
New Jersey Is ‘On The Verge’ Of Implementing Marijuana Legalization, Governor Says In State Of The State Speech (Marijuana Moment)
Mexico releases long-awaited medical cannabis regulations (Marijuana Business Daily)
Activists Give Out Free Marijuana To Encourage COVID Vaccination With ‘Joints For Jabs’ Campaign (Marijuana Moment)
USDA Releases Final Rule For Hemp, Two Years After Crop Was Federally Legalized (Marijuana Moment)
UK grants second only licence to grow medical marijuana (Financial Times)
Virginia Governor Unveils Bill To Legalize Marijuana As Lawmakers Schedule First Hearing (Marijuana Moment)
New Mexico Governor Says Marijuana Legalization Is A 2021 Priority (Marijuana Moment)
Kansas Lawmakers Push To Legalize Medical Marijuana In 2021 (Marijuana Moment)
Colorado authorities issue recall of contaminated cannabis (Marijuana Business Daily)
USDA Approves Hemp Regulatory Plans From Rhode Island And Another Indian Tribe (Marijuana Moment)
The Future of Fully Legal Cannabis (Playboy)
Top Texas Lawmakers Say Medical Marijuana Expansion Is On The Table For 2021 (Marijuana Moment)
Survey: Most Americans Say Marijuana Possesses Less Abuse Potential Than Alcohol (NORML)
North Dakota Activists Submit 2022 Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative (Marijuana Moment)
North Dakota Lawmakers File Bill To Significantly Expand Marijuana Decriminalization Law (Marijuana Moment)
Legalizing marijuana boosts junk food sales (The Academic Times)
Medical Marijuana Leads To Reduced Opioid Use, New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
Cannabis dispensaries struggle to find financial support amid pandemic (KRON4)
FDA Unveils Plan To Fill CBD Research Gaps With ‘Real-World Data’ In 2021 (Marijuana Moment)
Introducing Mode: The world's first smart cannabis dosing device (KVVU-TV)
Arizona Prepares To Accept Marijuana Applications Next Week As New Draft Legalization Rules Are Issued (Marijuana Moment)
LSD
LSD Could Be the Key to Alleviating the Mental Health Crisis—if Government Allows It (Foundation for Economic Education)
MindMed Expands Psychedelic Microdosing Division, Adds Groundbreaking Study Evaluating LSD Microdosing Through Next-Gen Digital Clinical Markers (Psilocybin Alpha)
Magic Mushrooms
Psychedelic Mushrooms Grew in a Man's Veins After He Injected Them (Gizmodo)
NeonMind Engages Dr. C. Laird Birmingham to Develop Protocols for Phase 2 Clinical Trial Using Psilocybin to Treat Obesity (Psilocybin Alpha)
Psilocybin is Being Studied to Help Treat Autism Spectrum Disorder (Baystreet)
Psilocybin produces an immunology-related genetic response in the prefrontal cortex of pig brains (PsyPost)
CBDV Begins Research on Psilocybin with Section 56 Exemption from Health Canada (Psilocybin Alpha)
Core One Labs Announces Breakthrough in Solving Psilocybin Dosing Problems by Introducing Biosynthetic Psilocybin to its Patented Thinstrip Delivery Method (AccessWire)
Silo Pharma Provides Details of Patent License Agreement for Psilocybin and Cancer Applications (GlobeNewswire)
Revive Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration with North Carolina State University for Natural Biosynthesis Enzymatic Platform To Develop Psilocybin (Psilocybin Alpha)
MDMA
Should You Say “I Love You” While on MDMA? (DoubleBlind)
Awakn Life Sciences Appoints CRO to Conduct Phase II Study of MDMA as a Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (Psilocybin Alpha)
Peyote
Inside a Massive, Illicit Peyote Ceremony During Mexico's COVID Lockdown (VICE)
Iboga
Ibogaine vs. Iboga Alkaloids for Treating Addiction (Psychedelic Science Review)
Nitrous Oxide
Police investigation launched after cargo of nitrous oxide canisters discovered in Ribble Valley (Burnley Express)
Ketamine
A Deadly ‘Ketamine Cocktail’ Is Causing Overdoses on the Streets of Bangkok (VICE)
Novamind Expands Psychedelic Medicine Access in Utah (Psilocybin Alpha)
Miscellaneous
Somerville, Massachusetts Decriminalizes Naturally Occurring Psychedelics (DoubleBlind)
COMPASS Pathways establishes Centre of Excellence with Sheppard Pratt to accelerate research and improve patient experience in mental health care (COMPASS Pathways)
New York, Virginia And Other States Consider New Drug Decriminalization Bills (Marijuana Moment)
The World's ‘Largest Illegal Darknet Marketplace’ has Been Shut Down (VICE)
UFC looks into Johns Hopkins study on psychedelic drugs as potential therapy for fighters (ESPN)
Michigan Prosecutor Won’t Pursue Most Marijuana Or Psychedelics Cases, ‘Regardless Of The Amount’ (Marijuana Moment)
DEA Agents Report Agency’s Lack of Basic COVID-19 Safety Measures (Filter)
When Getting High Is a Hobby, Not a Habit (New York Times)
How This Black-Led Psychedelic Collective Is Combining Anti-Racism With ‘Sacred Plant Medicine’ (Vogue)
Eleusis Accelerates Psychedelic Drug Discovery and Development Team with Appointment of David Nichols, Ph.D., as Director of Molecular Pharmacology (Psilocybin Alpha)
Coping with Antidepressants and Psychedelics (Spirit Pharmacist)
Psychedelic Illusions are Not Pathological, and May Even Help You See Better (Chacruna)
Engineering Psychoplastogens: Toward a Safer Alternative for Treating Depression (Psychedelic Science Review)
Silo Pharma Enters into Sponsored Research Agreement for Potential Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Approach with University of Maryland, Baltimore (Psilocybin Alpha)
Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets (TalkingDrugs)
Numinus Wellness Forges Forward into Psychedelic Discovery Research with the Orbitrap Exploris 120 Mass Spectometer (Cision)
Having A Bad Trip On Psychedelics: Is There Some Value? (Healing Maps)
The Emerging Revival of Psychedelics in Neuroscience (Psychology Today)
Mental Health Demand For Development Of Psychedelic Drug Therapies Is Increasing (PR Newswire)
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