CANNABIS

LSD

Once An Alcoholic, I Lost My Desire To Drink After Taking LSD (Reset.me)

Air station sailors facing LSD charges (Navy Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

Denver Could Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms on Tuesday (Leafly)

Decriminalize Nature! Interview with Matthew Kahl about the Denver Psilocybin Ballot Measure (Psychedelic Times)

'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream? (The Guardian)

A Growing Movement Wants To Loosen Laws Around Psilocybin, Treat Mushrooms As Medicine (KUNC)

The First Psychedelic Mushroom Con Was a ’Shroom School for the Serious (Dallas Observer)

The Magic of Mushrooms (Psychology Today)

Psilocybin Helped Me Process The Sudden Deaths of My Mom and Close Friend (Reset.me)

MDMA

Local Non-Profit Pushes for Medical Use of MDMA (KNWA)

Otago rates high on MDMA use (Otago Daily Times)

Drug researcher says MDMA shouldn't be included in wastewater testing (Newstalk ZB)

MDMA: Why it's 'impossible' to know how the drug affects you (BBC)

Boy, 13, died after taking 'Donkey Kong' ecstasy tablets (Mirror)

AYAHUASCA

Meet the Person Serving Ayahuasca to Inmates in Brazil: An Interview with Edilsom Fernandes (Kahpi)

How the "Ayahuasca Diet" Can Maximize Your Psychedelic Experience (MERRY JANE)

MESCALINE

100 years of mescaline (Springer Link)

NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

Acquired synaesthesia following 2C-B use (Springer Link)

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

Illegal drug lab manufacturing synthetic cannabis explodes in Texas; four injured (The GrowthOp)

NITROUS OXIDE

Researchers use nitrous oxide to unravel rapid function of antidepressant mechanisms (News-Medical.Net)

Ohio University expels fraternity chapter after student's death (The Athens News)

Whippits don’t belong in smoke shops (Los Angeles Times)

KETAMINE

Team finds ketamine alleviates acute pain during ambulance rides (Medical Xpress)

Visions to Heed: Ketamine’s Breakout In Psychedelic Therapy (Psychedelic Support)

Costa Rica Sees Growing Demand for Ketamine, Synthetic Drugs (Insight Crime)

Columbia Ketamine Program helps patients with treatment-resistant depression (Healio)

PCP

Were Cast and Crew on the Film ‘Titanic’ Sickened by PCP-Laced Seafood Chowder? (Snopes)

Man Allegedly High On PCP Attempts To Grab OKC Officer's Gun (KWTV)

HPD: Man tosses PCP out car window while leading Houston police on chase (Chron)

OPIATES/OPIOIDS

Fentanyl use could end the opium era in Mexico: 'the only crop that paid’ (The Guardian)

NJ has naloxone 'deserts' in opioid hotspots (Futurity)

UK online pharmacies accused of 'aggressive' tactics to sell opiates (The Guardian)

Missouri students push for opioid overdose antidote in dorms (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Liquid Handcuffs”—A Documentary to Free Methadone (Filter)

Drug-Injection Sites Are Battleground in Fight Against Opioid Overdoses (The Wall Street Journal)

Why Aren’t More People Taking Naloxone Overdose Reversal Training? (Observer)

5 things responsible for the opioid crisis — besides Big Pharma (Deseret News)

COCAINE

Cocaine deaths up in US, and opioids are a big part of it (Lowell Sun)

METHAMPHETAMINE

As Meth Use Surges, First Responders Struggle To Help Those In Crisis (NPR)

CAFFEINE

Caffeine, an alternative for traditional solar cells (The Asian Age)

Consumers are drinking more caffeinated beverages nationwide, study finds (Consumer Affairs)

Why do people love coffee and beer? It's the buzz, not the taste, study finds (NBC News)

Researchers study connection of adolescent caffeine consumption and substance abuse (Medical Xpress)

This Portland Coffee Brand Is Creating Zero Waste Cafes (Forbes)

Coffee Shops Build Employee Loyalty, According to Science (Inc)

Ask the Pharmacist: Caffeine is a natural option for ADHD (Marco News)

TOBACCO

A Device That Heats Tobacco, But Doesn't Burn It, Can Now Be Sold in the U.S. Here's What to Know About IQOS (TIME)

Why Big Tobacco and Big Vape love comparing nicotine to caffeine (The Verge)

US lawmakers push bipartisan bill to raise the federal minimum buying age for tobacco to 21 (CNBC)

AHA backs federal efforts to raise tobacco sale age to 21 (Cardiovascular Business)

Doctors Speak On Proposal to Raise Tobacco-Buying Age (Spectrum News 1)

ALCOHOL

KRATOM

Gov. Ducey signs bill regulating the sale of kratom products in Arizona (KTAR)

Bill to Criminalize Kratom in Louisiana Under Consideration (Big Easy Magazine)

Herbal supplement kratom is tied to more US deaths (Fox5NY)

KHAT

Farmers raise concerns over high levies on khat transport (The Standard)

DATURA

Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium (Phys.org)

MISCELLANEOUS

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