CANNABIS

Congress Schedules Hearing To Discuss Ending Marijuana Prohibition (Marijuana Moment)

Study Finds ‘Recreational’ Cannabis Consumers Using It Medically (Leafly)

Maine: Governor Signs Legislation Finalizing Rules for Retail Marijuana Sales (NORML)

Marijuana Decriminalization Officially Takes Effect In New Mexico (Marijuana Moment)

The Cannabis Debate: 63 per cent of Londoners think UK should follow Canada and make drug legal (London Evening Standard)

Scientists Sue DEA Over Marijuana Cultivation Application Delay (Marijuana Moment)

Virginia: New Medical Cannabis Laws Take Effect July 1 (NORML)

New Jersey: Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure Signed Into Law (NORML)

Into the light: New Zealand's cannabis growers gear up for referendum (The Guardian)

The cannabis-psychosis debate is being driven by fear mongering, not facts (The Globe and Mail)

LSD

How to Trip Well With LSD (High Times)

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

The psychedelics evangelist: A German financier wants to turn magic mushrooms into modern medicine (STAT)

Magic Mushrooms Guide: Where Shrooms Are Legal and How To Take Psilocybin (Newsweek)

Do you know the mushroom man? (Mashable)

MDMA

Police warn of ‘punisher’ ecstasy after 19-year-old found dead in Shanklin (On The Wight)

Teenage Boys Taken To Hospital After Suspected MDMA Incident In Warwickshire (Heart)

Mourners asked to wear blue at funeral of Preston teenager killed by MDMA overdose (Lancashire Post)

AYAHUASCA

What Is Ayahuasca? Experience, Benefits, and Side Effects (Healthline)

IBOGA

The iboga tree affair: A confiscated shrub, hallucinogenics and suspended professors rile Miami University campus (Cincinatti.com)

KETAMINE

US Veterans Can Now Get Ketamine for PTSD, But Not Cannabis (MERRY JANE)

OPIOIDS

The US opioid epidemic is driving a spike in infectious diseases (Nature)

Facebook Is Censoring Posts That Could Save Opioid Users' Lives (VICE)

Stop persecuting doctors for legitimately prescribing opioids for chronic pain (STAT)

How Mexico Became the World's Second Largest Opium Producer (Sputnik International)

COCAINE

Global cocaine production reaches all-time high after soaring 25% in one year, UN study concludes (The Independent)

METHAMPHETAMINE

Meth addiction is an epidemic, and it’s complicating the homeless relief effort (Los Angeles Times)

CAFFEINE

Teens Are Probably Drinking Too Much Caffeine (The Atlantic)

PBR Just Released a Hard Coffee With Alcohol and Caffeine (Thrillist)

TOBACCO

Age for buying tobacco, nicotine products in Virginia now 21 (Channel3000)

Governor signs bill to increase tax on all tobacco products in Maine (News Center Maine)

Researchers find correlation between vaping cannabis and other tobacco use (Medical Xpress)

Can vapes save the world from smoking? (Medical Xpress)

ALCOHOL

New report reveals staggering cost to NHS of alcohol abuse (The Guardian)

Alcohol's secondhand effects are more serious than we think, study says (Big Think)

Trump Says He's 'Never Had a Glass of Alcohol.' These People Say Otherwise. (VICE)

Alcohol bottles might be more dangerous than the alcohol (New York Post)

What to know about alcohol and brain damage (Medical News Today)

Alcoholic beverages should carry cancer warnings, health groups say (CBS News)

Man claims he was served ‘toxic’ alcohol instead of water at Bronx eatery (New York Post)

KRATOM

As Indonesia Plans to Crack Down on Kratom, the FDA Denies Involvement (Inverse)

Current perspectives on the impact of Kratom use (Dove Medical Press)

City Council to consider Kratom ban for anyone under 21 (KQ2.com)

KHAT

Tough battle against ‘muguka’ chewing culture (Daily Nation)

MISCELLANEOUS

Canadian Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Decriminalize All Drugs (Marijuana Moment)

What to expect when your city is expecting a supervised injection site: Lessons from around the globe (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

How a confidential informant ran a North Philly drug business — all while working for the DEA (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand Praised Anti-Drug Scientology Group (Filter)

Why is psychedelic culture dominated by privileged white men? (AlterNet)

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