CANNABIS

Vitamin E Suspected In Serious Lung Problems Among People Who Vaped Cannabis (NPR)

The Mysterious Vaping-Induced Lung Illness Has Officially Killed Two People (MERRY JANE)

Mexican Senator Files Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline (Marijuana Moment)

Vape Pen Lung Disease Has Insiders Eyeing Misuse of New Additives (Leafly)

Thailand Includes Low Level Cannabis And Hemp Extracts On Its Approved Medical Marijuana list (Forbes)

Three million Americans tried weed for the first time last year (Rooster Magazine)

Hemp Farming Quadrupled In The U.S. This Year, New Report Shows (Forbes)

Medical marijuana laws impact use among sexual minorities differently than heterosexuals (Science Daily)

Body Cameras for Cannabis Delivery Raise Concerns About Privacy in Mass. (Leafly)

Oakland says big pot grow in homeless encampment is illegal — but leaves it alone (San Francisco Chronicle)

Cannabis may hold promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind use (Science Daily)

LSD

Meet the doctor behind historic New Zealand LSD microdosing experiment (Newshub)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

A multi-million dollar donation just created a bonanza of magic mushroom research (Quartz)

Oregon Psychedelics Activists Clash Over Changes To Psilocybin Mushroom Ballot Measure (Marijuana Moment)

Why Do Magic Mushrooms Cause Nausea? (Psychedelic Science Review)

MDMA

MDMA for Racial Trauma (DoubleBlind)

Several Polk County high school students hospitalized after being exposed to MDMA (ABC Action News)

Man who took MDMA had 300 mini-seizures and parents twice told to say goodbye (Mirror)

AYAHUASCA

The 21 Best Scientific Papers About Ayahuasca (Chacruna)

Ayahuasca and the Problems of the World (Kahpi)

Woman, 34, dies after taking psychedelic drug during ‘spiritual cleansing’ ceremony in Cyprus (ItzaGoal365)

5-MEO-DMT

Inhaling Powdered Toad Secretions Just Once Is Linked to Feeling Happier For a Month (ScienceAlert)

KETAMINE

Ketamine Use in New York Skyrockets (Leader Bulletin)

Mum's heartbreaking plea to families after son, 25, found dead in bath (Birmingham Live)

PCP

Casper PD: Man on PCP Left Teeth Marks in Patrol Car Door (K2 Radio)

OPIOIDS

OxyContin maker prepares 'free-fall' bankruptcy as settlement talks stall (Reuters)

Man Charged By Federal Prosecutors In Connection With Mac Miller's Death (NPR)

DC is offering the overdose reversing drug Naloxone for free at these select pharmacies (WJLA)

Researchers find alarming risk for people coming off opioids (UW Medicine)

Treat the fentanyl crisis like a poisoning outbreak (Los Angeles Times)

Liverpool's 40-year battle with heroin is reaching terrifying new levels (Liverpool Echo)

Hidden History: Humans Have Been Using Opium For Millennia (WGBH)

How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians (BBC)

Ben Westhoff's 'Fentanyl, Inc.' confronts horrible truths about America's opioid epidemic (USA Today)

Law enforcement seizes enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people (WCVB)

COCAINE

Chronic cocaine use modifies gene expression (Medical Xpress)

Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction: Study (Times Now)

METHAMPHETAMINE

NYC Meth Deaths Up Sharply in Recent Years (GayCityNews.com)

CAFFEINE

Drinking This Much Coffee Could Protect Against Gallstones (Newsweek)

Caffeine Headaches: Telltale Signs And Symptoms (Medical Daily)

TOBACCO

Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes (The Washington Post)

Walgreens raises minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 (WILX)

ALCOHOL

A Rat Study Finds that Acupuncture Can Treat Alcohol Addiction... in Rats (Gizmodo)

In Europe, people continue to consume more alcohol than in any other place in the world (World Health Organization)

Daybreak app more than halves alcohol use in three months (Medical Xpress)

KRATOM

Franklin becomes first municipality in state to ban sale of kratom (WMUR)

Legislation filed that would regulate sale of kratom and CBD products in Pa. (The Indiana Gazette)

Can Kratom be beneficial for MMA fighters and athletes? (Pro MMA Now)

Organic Kratom can Improve Mental and Physical Health for an Active Lifestyle (Big Time Daily)

KAVA

World's first kava tissue lab opens in Fiji (Radio New Zealand)

Is kava legal in Australia? (Better Homes and Gardens)

MISCELLANEOUS

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