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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