Cannabis

LSD

LSD Administered as a Single Dose Reduces Alcohol Consumption in C57BL/6J Mice (Frontiers in Pharmacology)

On LSD at a 'Rainbow Gathering,' man strangled woman and bit someone's finger off (Bring Me The News)

Psilocybin/Magic Mushrooms

Magic Mushrooms Break on Through to Biosynthetic Reality (GEN)

FDA Approves Landmark Psilocybin Trial for Treatment-Resistant Depression (MD Magazine)

MDMA/Ecstasy

Dutch ecstasy, amphetamine production among world's largest (Deutsche Welle)

Mum's horrific warning as 14-year-old son 'left to die' in street after taking 'MDMA' (Scottish Daily Record)

Ayahuasca/DMT/5-MeO-DMT

Study Investigates Near-Death Experiences and Dimethyltryptamine (Psychedelic Times)

Why Some Meth and DMT Users Are Using Vapes (VICE)

British teen died after drinking ayahuasca with Colombian tribe (New York Post)

Ayahuasca Freed Me From Chronic Depression and Suicidal Thoughts (Reset.me)

'Patients Say Ayahuasca Is Like a Reboot for the Brain' (Haaretz)

Peyote/San Pedro/Mescaline

Peyote Veneration in Challenging Times: Issues of Land and Access in South Texas (Environment & Society Portal)

Synthetic Cannabinoids/Psychoactive Research Chemicals

Spice should be upgraded to Class A drug, say police and crime commissioners (The Independent)

'Fake MDMA' that keeps users awake for three days found in London for first time (Metro)

'UPS' pills being sold as MDMA can cause "extreme anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations" (Mixmag)

Dissociatives

Ketamine May Ease Depression By Acting Like an Opioid, Study Suggests (TIME)

Ketamine Offers Hope For Chronic Depression But Is Hard To Obtain (Ladybud)

Opiates/Opioids

Huge North Carolina Fentanyl Bust Turns Out To Be 13 Pounds of Sugar (Reason)

Mexicans Urge Legalizing Poppies to Weaken Drug Cartels (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Mexico Congress receives initiative to legalize opium poppy (The Yucatan Times)

Opioid crisis: breakthrough in hunt for non-addictive painkiller (The Guardian)

Fentanyl for sale to UK users through Chinese websites (The Guardian)

Beijing rejects Trump's claims that China is behind fentanyl crisis (CNN)

Dozens sickened after exposure to heroin, fentanyl at Ohio, Pennsylvania prisons (NBC News)

Kratom

Kratom proponents act as feds push to make it a controlled substance (KNOE)

CU Kratom Critic: "We Don't Know If It Works or What the Proof Is" (Westword)

Benefits and advantages of kratom powder (Augusta Free Press)

Kava

Kava bar workers find a new home after striking out at Bushwick tea room (amNY)

Khat

More than $124K In Khat Drug Seized At DFW International Airport (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)

Miscellaneous Psychedelics/Psychoactives/Drug Policy

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