| STAT |
| ⬡ How much naloxone is needed to reverse an opioid overdose? New high-dose treatments are raising questions |
| ⬡ There’s a new crop of treatments for ADHD in kids. Are they any better? |
| Scientific American |
| ⬡ People of Color with Long COVID Face Uphill Battle to Be Heard [Part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2022 fellowship] |
| ⬡ Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? |
| National Geographic |
| ⬡ Killing cockroaches with pesticides is only making the species stronger |
| ⬡ Parasites may gross us out, but they hold ecosystems together |
| ⬡ These ants can shrink and regrow their brains |
| ⬡ Tree of heaven is a hellish invasive species. Could a fungus save the day? |
| WIRED |
| ⬡ Inside the Push to Legalize Magic Mushrooms for Depression and PTSD |
| Ars Technica |
| ⬡ Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever |
| ⬡ Bioplastics continue to blossom—are they really better for the environment? |
| ⬡ Vicodin, ketamine, and caffeine: The ingredients of a good space pharmacy |
| The Guardian |
| ⬡ Trump administration proposes 11th-hour plan to strip California desert protections |
| ⬡ Fight to protect Joshua trees faces stiff local opposition in California |
| ⬡ US rivers and lakes are shrinking for a surprising reason: cows |
| ⬡ Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe? [Editor’s pick: best of 2019] |
| Pacific Standard |
| ⬡ The Many (Surprising) Health Benefits of Meth [reprinted in Filter] |
| Smithsonian |
| ⬡ Why Did a Venomous Fish Evolve a Glowing Eye Spike? |
| Undark |
| ⬡ A Doctor’s Impassioned Critique of Big Pharma [reprinted in Salon] |
| ⬡ The Rise of Harm Reduction in the War on Drugs [reprinted in Salon and Mother Jones] |
| ⬡ How Plants Conquered the Earth |
| ⬡ Can We Break the Cycle of War and Famine? |
| ⬡ To Combat Binge Drinking, a Search for Chemical Solutions |
| ⬡ For Medical Marijuana, Is it the Whole Plant That Matters? |
| ⬡ Should Pregnant Women Have Access To Supervised Injection Sites? |
| ⬡ Montana Attorney Moves to Prosecute Women Who Use Drugs and Alcohol During Pregnancy |
| Salon |
| ⬡ Why housing advocates oppose a new California law designed to help the homeless |
| ⬡ An animal tranquilizer poisoning the heroin supply has drug policy experts worried |
| ⬡ DEA says “rainbow” fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that’s nonsense |
| ⬡ Aaron Rodgers fumbles the science on psychedelics. Drugs like ayahuasca can alter the brain—but how? |
| ⬡ Why does marijuana make it hard to remember stuff? |
| ⬡ Why bees love weed — and why it might even be good for them |
| ⬡ Does cannabis really make people apathetic? New research suggests the “lazy stoner” myth isn’t true |
| ⬡ A drug that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria could stave off the coming superbug crisis |
| ⬡ A virus that causes polio-like symptoms is spreading among children, CDC warns |
| ⬡ Ocean spray may have created conditions for life to form on Earth, new study suggests |
| ⬡ Did humans domesticate plants, or did they domesticate us? |
| ⬡ How a Chinese fossil discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth |
| ⬡ How to mummify a dinosaur |
| ⬡ Why hot foam could be the weed killer of the future |
| ⬡ “A magical moment”: NASA pulls a “Deep Impact” as its spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid |
| ⬡ Why “diamond rain” could be normal weather across the universe |
| Discover Magazine |
⬡ This Russian Start-up Wants to Put Billboards in Space. Astronomers Aren’t Impressed.
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⬡ To Save the Internet, Silicon Valley is Sending it to Space
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| ⬡ Beyond Psilocybin: Mushrooms Have Lots of Cool Compounds Scientists Should Study |
| ⬡ The Other Magic Mushroom: Why a Canadian Startup is Suddenly Interested in the Fungus From Super Mario |
| ⬡ The Scientist’s Drug Dealer: How Researchers Get Illicit Drugs |
| ⬡ The ‘Father of Cannabis Research’ on the Untapped Potential of Marijuana as Medicine |
| ⬡ Delta-8-THC Promises to Get You High Without the Paranoia or Anxiety [excerpt in May 2021 issue] |
| ⬡ Sometimes, Viruses Can Be Good For Your Health |
| ⬡ What Science Says About Using Sleep Medications |
| ⬡ The Microbiome Impacts Sleep Quality, and Vice Versa |
| ⬡ The Microlaunch Space Race Has Begun |
| ⬡ These Four New STIs Are On the Rise |
| ⬡ Peer Into the Rainforest’s Stunning Biodiversity, A Tribute to Andreas Kay |
| ⬡ Are Insects Going Extinct? The Debate Obscures the Real Dangers They Face |
| ⬡ While We Worry About Honeybees, Other Pollinators Are Disappearing |
| ⬡ From Popular Anesthetic to Antidepressant, Ketamine Isn’t the Drug You Think It Is |
⬡ The U.S. May Ban Kratom. But Are its Effects Deadly or Lifesaving? |
| ⬡ Cocaine E-Cigarette Could Help People Struggling with Addiction |
| ⬡ The Mysterious Ingredients in Your Cannabis Vaporizer—and the Health Risks They May Pose |
| ⬡ What Is CBD Oil and Why Do People Take It? |
| ⬡ MDMA Makes Octopuses Want to Mingle, Too |
| ⬡ A Bleary Unicorn: The Elusive Hangover Cure [reprinted in Nautilus] |
| ⬡ Drugs from Bugs: Bioprospecting Insects to Fight Superbugs |
| ⬡ Wine And Whines: Listening To Insect Booty Calls To Preserve Vineyards |
| ⬡ Scientists Gave Monkeys Ayahuasca and It Helped Their Depression |
| ⬡ NASA’s Interplanetary Internet, Coming Soon To A Planet Near You |
| Supercluster |
| ⬡ How To Destroy The Big Bang |
| The Outline |
| ⬡ Why Some South American Indigenous Tribes Give Their Dogs Psychedelic Drugs |
| ⬡ What Are ‘Narcan Parties?’ And Do They Really Exist? |
| Medium // OneZero, Future Human, Elemental |
| ⬡ Global Warming Could Make Drug-Resistant Superbugs Even More Deadly |
| ⬡ The Key to Tracking Coronavirus Could Be Your Poo |
| ⬡ Cities Around the World Are Looking for Clues About Covid-19 In Human Poop |
| ⬡ A Biotech Startup Won a Patent to Combine Elements of Weed and Psychedelics |
| ⬡ The Latest Findings on Why It’s So Hard to Quit Drinking |
| ⬡ Prescription Alcohol Can Help Problem Drinkers |
| ⬡ Bee-Friendly Companies Are Getting the Science of the Crisis Completely Wrong |
| Double Blind |
| ⬡ Toad Rage: Is 5-MeO-DMT Taken from Toad Venom Better than a Synthetic Version? |
| ⬡ What Removing the “Hallucinations” from Psychedelics Means for Psychotherapy |
| ⬡ Why You Need to be Careful About the Ketamine Clinic You Choose |
| ⬡ This Company is Developing a Drug Based on Ibogaine for the Opioid Crisis |
| ⬡ Scientists are Using AI to Develop New Psychedelic Drugs |
| ⬡ MDMA-Assisted Therapy is Less Effective if You Take Antidepressants |
| ⬡ After Permitting Psilocybin for Terminal Patients, Canada Could Open the Door to Psychedelics |
| ⬡ Psychedelic Gold Rush? Psilocybin Startup Compass Pathways Goes Public at More than $1B |
| ⬡ Psychedelics on the Stock Exchange? |
| ⬡ Redesigning Psychedelic Mushrooms to Never Cause a “Bad Trip” |
| ⬡ Where Will Psychedelics and Other Drugs Be Decriminalized Next? |
| ⬡ The “911” for Mental Health Crises is Now Live—But Will it Actually Help People? |
| ⬡ Sacred Tobacco: On Rapé [Print] |
| The Postscript |
| ⬡ Stories That Matter: Tracing Conflict Minerals in Africa |
| Broccoli Magazine |
| ⬡ Issue 08: Understanding Addiction [PDF] [Order here.] |
| Men’s Health |
| ⬡ Most Strains of Weed Are More Alike Than People Think |
| Filter |
| ⬡ Psychedelics’ Exciting Potential to Benefit Autistic People [Also a Narcotica episode.] |
| ⬡ Nutrition Is an Overlooked Aspect of Harm Reduction |
| ⬡ Here’s What a Legal Market for Cocaine Could Look Like [Also posted on InSight Crime] |
| ⬡ Fears About Kratom Use During Pregnancy Are Overblown |
| ⬡ Are More Clubbers Taking Ketamine Without Knowing It? |
| ⬡ More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks |
| VICE — [2013 — Present] |
Motherboard
⬡ The Plan to Test Cities’ Sewage for Drugs Is a New Form of Mass Surveillance |
| ⬡ Scientists Used Cellphones and Sewage to Pinpoint Neighborhoods With Drug Users |
| ⬡ How To Build A Wireless Internet Service Provider |
| ⬡ The FDA Just Expanded Access to MDMA as a Therapy for PTSD |
| ⬡ Scientists Discover Two New Cannabinoids, THCP and CBDP |
| ⬡ Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions Trying to Synthesize THC From Yeast |
| ⬡ This Startup Says It’s Making Odorless Weed |
| ⬡ Colorado Wants to Track Weed With Chemicals and the Blockchain |
| ⬡ Big Tobacco Will Take Advantage of the Mysterious Vaping Illness |
| ⬡ Researchers Find Unexpected White Blood Cells in Patients With Mysterious Vaping Illness |
| ⬡ A Brief and Beautiful History of Neuroimaging |
| ⬡ The Beekeeper Who Makes Synth Music With His Bee Colonies |
| ⬡ Cat Tongues Inspire Hairbrush That Could Help Beat Allergies |
| ⬡ California Lawmakers Want Twitter Bots Branded With Disclaimers |
| ⬡ Kentucky Lawmakers Are Leading the Fight to Federally Legalize Hemp |
| ⬡ Drug Needle Vending Machines Are Coming to Las Vegas |
Tonic
⬡ Experts Are Concerned that Kratom Will Become the Next Marijuana |
| ⬡ Does Smoking Heroin Really Cause Brain Damage? |
| ⬡ Inside The Movement to Legalize Weed Extracts for Kids With Autism |
| ⬡ This Bill Could Give Jeff Sessions the Power to Ban Kratom |
| ⬡ A Bill That Would Save Lives in Pennsylvania Probably Won’t Pass |
| ⬡ Apologizing All the Time Could Be a Sign of Anxiety |
| ⬡ CBD Could Help People Smoke Fewer Cigarettes |
| ⬡ Weed Seems to Protect Your Liver From the Effects of Hard Drinking |
| ⬡ The Scientific Explanation for Why Edibles Get You So High |
| ⬡ Why Doesn’t Health Insurance Cover Medical Marijuana? |
| ⬡ E-Cigarettes Are Dangerous for People Who Don’t Already Smoke |
| ⬡ Teens May Not Know That All JUUL Vapes Contain Addictive Nicotine |
| ⬡ A Former NHL Fighter Is Now One of Hockey’s Biggest Weed Advocates |
| ⬡ People with Chronic Pain Will Protest the CDC’s Crackdown on Opioids |
| ⬡ Even After Overdosing, Most Pain Patients Still Get Opioids |
| ⬡ Smoking One Cigarette a Day Is Way Worse than Experts Thought |
VICE News
⬡ Arizona Sheriff’s Warning to Hikers About ‘Mexican Drug Assassins’ Is Probably Bullshit |
| ⬡ This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once |
| ⬡ Prescribed Ketamine Turned These Men Violent, Allege Lawsuits |
| ⬡ DMT Can Change Your Belief in God, Survey Suggests |
| ⬡ Hawaii Is One Step Away From Taking a Close Look at Decriminalizing All Types of Drugs |
| ⬡ Here’s What Happened at the Anti-Islam Protest and ‘Draw Muhammad’ Contest in Arizona |
| ⬡ This Toy Assault Rifle for Toddlers Is a Twisted Take on Playtime |
| ⬡ Meet The Musician Who Uses The US-Mexico Border Wall As An Instrument |
| ⬡ Meet The Girl Who’s Crowdfunding Her Abortion |
| ⬡ ‘On the Beach’ Was the Film That Made Me Fear the Apocalypse |
| ⬡ Arizona’s Nomadic, Autistic Astronomer |
| ⬡ Memory Hole Collects the 90s Home Movies That Were Too Weird for TV |
| ⬡ I Used Ketamine to Treat My Depression [Not me, someone else, that’s just the headline] |
| ⬡ I Paid for a Bot to Send Me Useless Junk for a Month |
| ⬡ Flagstaff, Arizona, Is Giving Panhandlers Coupons to Stop Them from Buying Drugs |
| ⬡ A Phoenix Artist Is Giving Away His Work For Free, But You Have To Find It First |
| ⬡ An Iraqi Painter Moved To America For A Better Life And Got Robbed Anyway |
| ⬡ Reasons Why Phoenix Is the Worst Place Ever [A lot of people got mad about this and the New York Times cited it.] |
Noisey
⬡ The Psychedelic Tale of Terence McKenna’s Forgotten Music About DMT |
| ⬡ The World According To Zackey Force Funk |
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