Cannabis
- Legalizing Marijuana Doesn’t Lead To Higher Youth Use, New Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)
- House Rules Committee Blocks FY19 Marijuana Amendments (NORML)
- Cuomo Administration Report Backs Marijuana Legalization In New York (Marijuana Moment)
- People Really Do Have A Marijuana “Jay-Dar,” New Study Finds (Marijuana Moment)
- Lebanon to consider legalizing cannabis growing (The Jerusalem Post)
- Legalizing Marijuana Helps Police Solve Other Crimes, New Study Shows (Marijuana Moment)
- Anti‐tumoural actions of cannabinoids (British Pharmacological Society)
- Cannabis Illicit Market Shrinking, New DEA, Homeland Security Numbers Suggest (High Times)
- Major Alcohol Association Endorses States’ Rights To Legalize Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
- Police ‘decriminalising cannabis’ as prosecutions fall away (The Guardian)
- Why Congressional Democrats Deleted Their Anti-Marijuana Tweet (Marijuana Moment)
- British public backs legalisation of cannabis so it can be sold like cigarettes and alcohol, poll reveals (The Independent)
- Jury Acquits Marijuana Patient Who Admitted To Breaking Georgia Law (Marijuana Moment)
- Oklahoma: Attorney General Warns Regulators Acted Improperly When Amending Voter-Initiated Marijuana Measure (NORML)
- DoorDash CEO Says Company Not Quite Ready For Marijuana Delivery (Marijuana Moment)
- £3,655 fee for medicinal cannabis deters patients (The Sunday Times)
- County Officials From Across The U.S. Push Feds To Reform Marijuana Laws (Marijuana Moment)
- How Canada legalising recreational marijuana could vault country to forefront of cannabis research (South China Morning Post)
- Arizona Court Rules Cannabis Extracts Not Protected Under Medical Marijuana Act (High Times)
- Sen. Jeff Merkley “Disappointed” That Democrats Blocked His Marijuana Banking Amendment (Marijuana Moment)
- A Guide To Using Cannabis-Infused Tinctures And Topicals During That Time Of The Month (Forbes)
- Cannabis perfume 'set to become the scent of the summer' (The Telegraph)
- How Many Medical Marijuana States Are There? Advocates Disagree On The Number (Marijuana Moment)
- If You're Curious About Cannabis, Try Microdosing (Forbes)
- Republican politicians continue to screw over their own when it relates to marijuana (Rooster)
- Thailand Wants to Have Its (Hash) Cake and Eat It Too (Bloomberg)
- Voters In Key Congressional Districts Support Marijuana Legalization, Poll Says (Marijuana Moment)
- Marijuana Bills Increasingly Focus on Social Justice (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
- Cannabis Blockchain Solutions Make Sense in Growing Sector (Crypto Disrupt)
- Oregon Plans New Cannabis Harvest Regulations to Combat Illicit Market (High Times)
- Border Patrol Reflects On Feds’ Friendlier Historical Approach To Marijuana (Marijuana Moment)
- The Cannabis Branding Battle Ahead (Forbes)
Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms
- Third Time’s A Charm? Denver Keeps Trying To Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms (The Fresh Toast)
- Brain scientists meet to share data on magic mushrooms and other matters (GeekWire)
MDMA/Ecstasy
- A Psychedelic Study In Connecticut Aims to Bridge the Racial Gap in MDMA Psychotherapy (Psychedelic Times)
- Ecstasy For PTSD: ‘It Gave Me My Life Back’ (CBS Denver)
- Young people 'plan to take drugs' at vigil for Shakira Pellow who died after taking MDMA (Cornwall Live)
Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT
- Australian Grass Got Kangaroos So High on DMT They Couldn't Walk Straight (Inverse)
- Statement on Ayahuasca (Chacruna)
- Man receives 10 years for DMT possession (Daily Chronicle)
Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals
- Festival goers on molly tested, turns out most of them took bath salts (Rooster)
Dissociatives
- UA Clinical Trial to Repurpose Ketamine for Parkinson’s Patients (The University of Arizona Health Sciences)
- Low-dose ketamine may be an effective alternative to opioids (EurekAlert!)
- Man sues police over ketamine injection (KARE11)
- Keep up ketamine trial, mother pleads (Otago Daily Times)
- Boy, 13, collapsed after masked yobs 'forced him to drink ketamine' (Birmingham Live)
Opiates/Opioids
- Dutch cut overdose deaths by dispensing pure heroin (Cleveland.com)
- 'Potential game-changer:' Town of Cary will screen human waste to measure opioid use (WRAL)
- 'For Me, It's Personal.' CDC Chief Reveals Fentanyl Almost Killed His Son (TIME)
- How Naloxone Could Be Sold Over-The-Counter (Forbes)
- Evolving opioid epidemic poses challenge for public health officials (Politico)
Kratom
- Kratom Effects At Low Doses And High Doses (Kratom Guides)
- FDA cracks down on 'opioid-like' substance kratom (WBMF)
Kava
- Quality standards being developed for Pacific kava (Radio New Zealand)
Khat
- Ambulance driver arrested for transporting khat (Jamaica Observer)
Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy
- Can a Comedown Kill You? (VICE)
- Caves all the way down: Is psychedelics research closer to theology than to science? (Aeon)
- Senators Honor The DEA On Its 45th Birthday (Even Though They Lost The Drug War) (Marijuana Moment)
- Should We Loosen the Restrictions on Psychedelics? (Scientific American)
- For Babies, Life May Be a Trip (The Wall Street Journal)
- There’s No Rational Way to Justify America’s Drug Laws (VICE)
- White House Opposes Legalization Of All Drugs, Press Secretary Says (Marijuana Moment)
- British YouTubers on drugs film themselves taking heroin, LSD and ecstasy for "trip reports" kids as young as 12 watch (Mirror)
- One in three drug tests at HMP Nottingham positive (BBC)
- A Conversation about Intersectionality in the Psychedelic Community (Psymposia)
- Pill testing at festivals has hidden benefits that could reduce drug taking (ABC.net.au)
- The 5 drugs that feel the best, according to scientists (Rooster)
- Why Are Psychedelics Illegal (Medium)
- Sessions' Escalating Drug War Causing Cold Feet Over Safe Injection Centers (Reason)
- MADE Festival to provide drug testing in attempt to prevent deaths in Perry Barr (Birmingham Live)
- Judges Can Require Drug Users On Probation To Remain Drug-Free, Court Rules (WBUR)
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