The relationship that social groups establish with nature is based upon representation and idea systems, mainly religious and philosophical. However, the urban and industrial society path, based on gains, has been leading to serious environmental problems, among them, the Amazon deforestation. …the formation of religious territories of organizations that make use of the tea Ayahuasca…
The ayahuasca group presented a lower level of grief in the Present Feelings Scale of Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, showing benefits in some psychological and interpersonal dimensions. The death of a loved one is ultimately a universal experience. However, conventional interventions employed for people suffering with uncomplicated grief have gathered little empirical support. The…
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and the majority of Americans with problematic substance use start smoking, drinking or using other drugs before the age of 18. The most effective way to combat these startling statistics is to use education to inform teens of the facts surrounding…
“Only long after his [President Nixon’s] presidency did he acknowledge that the War on Drugs had probably been a mistake,” Stone said. “But he only acknowledged that when I showed him the statistics.” Stone, who remained close to Nixon after the disgraced president resigned from office midway into his second term, said his former mentor…
Hilda Burke, a London-based psychotherapist and couples counselor, says the common thread between couples seeking therapy is that they’ve lost the ability to communicate with each other. “They’ve become so polarized that they can’t really go over to the other person’s island and see how it is from their perspective.” Dr. Ros Watts is a…
The magical effect of magic mushrooms was hailed in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, during an application by a horticulturalist, who is fighting to have this fungi legalised … Vandenberg said she is not a criminal, yet she is treated as one because of her beliefs. Channelie Vanderberg (corr) turned to the court for a…
Despite the stigma surrounding these controlled substances, new data from YouGov shows that many Americans are ready to embrace psychedelic therapies. While more than half of all Americans may support research into psychedelics for therapeutic use, a 63% majority also said they would personally be open to medical treatment with psilocybin, ketamine, or MDMA if…
Vandenberg’s submission mirrored Cromhout’s contention that the criminalisation of psychedelic mushrooms was absurd, as there existed no evidence that it was harmful or addictive; it punished offenders for a victimless offence; and it disregarded documented beneficial effect in combating mental disorders like depression and anxiety. Vandenberg said in court papers she intended challenging the constitutionality…
About 250 million people [3.33% of world population] used [illegal] drugs in 2015, the report says. Of them [using], 29.5 million [only 12%] had a drug use disorder, including addiction. (these statistics based of world population of 7.5 billion) “Despite decades of global prohibition and tens of billions of dollars invested annually in anti-trafficking measures,…
Modern relationships are challenging for a whole range of reasons, and these reasons might be very different from one couple to the next. Drug-based treatments aren’t always going to be the best approach, and sometimes they should even be avoided. From the perspective of evolutionary biology, love is a complex neurobiological phenomenon that has been…
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