Spirituality

Glut of marijuana in Oregon is cautionary tale…

*book copies available at ECfES.org Public Lending Library (this copy hand-signed by Stephen Gaskin of the Farm in his book, Cannabis Spirituality) For now, Oregon’s smaller marijuana businesses are trying to stay afloat. A newly formed group will launch an ad campaign this fall to tell Oregonians why they should pay more for mom-and-pop cannabis. Oregon Craft…

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Biography/Memoir

Entheogenic Evolution podcast with Martin Ball, Ph.D.

Catch their info table at Exploring Psychedelics 2018. It’s group conversation time with James Joseph, Prism Marlow, and Vip Short of the Eugene Center for Ethnobotanial Studies discussing their collection of books on psychedelics, forming a 501(c)(3), and the state of the psychedelic movement in Oregon PODCAST LINK Original Article (Entheogenic Evolution Podomatic):Podcast ECfESArtwork Fair…

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Spirituality

This is why psychedelics improve your relationship

Psychedelics are truly being studied as medicine and not a menace. The promise of psychedelics as a treatment for PTSD seems to have no ceiling, but other findings have shown that psychedelics improve relationships. Finding a partner is one of life’s most worthwhile challenges. Magic mushrooms and MDMA and LSD might be catalysts to a…

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Modern Culture

The best psychedelic blogs and publications

An educational, yet leisurely self-paced stroll through the gardens of ethnobotanical and psychedelic plant science, health, policy, and human-rights knowledge… …the Eugene Center for Ethnobotanical Studies blog will take you on EXPLORATORY EXCURSIONS INTO GAIAN DATA FORESTS. Original Article (Think Wilder):The best psychedelic blogs and publicationsArtwork Fair Use: ECfES

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Science

Inaugural kratom leadership summit showcases collaboration between scientists, advocates, community

More than 50 leading kratom vendors and advocacy groups gathered to discuss the future of kratom in America at the first Kratom Leadership Summit on Monday, April 30, 2018. Henningfield told attendees that the FDA and those fighting to ban kratom are misguided in their understanding of the plant’s effects and its purported opioid-like qualities.…

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Politics

Drugs should be legalised, regulated, and taxed

This is not about whether you think drugs are good or bad. It is an evidence based position entirely in line with the public health approach to violent crime. When law enforcement officers call for drugs to be legalised, we have to listen. So too when doctors speak up. Last month the Royal College of…

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Biography/Memoir

DEA [and FDA] OKs synthetic marijuana for pharma company that spent $500,000 to keep [the plant, marijuana] illegal

“It appears they [Insys] are trying to kill a non-pharmaceutical market for marijuana in order to line their own pockets,” a spokesman for Arizona’s marijuana legalization campaign said of Insys last year … The company [Insys] last year said that it opposed the marijuana legalization measure because “it fails to protect the safety of Arizona’s…

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Science

The prohibition of psychedelics… [hinders] the evolution of humanity

At the outset of the study, 27 professionals from various fields were given three tests which objectively measure creativity … Several days later they took the tests again. Except this time they were under the influence of 200mgs of mescaline. Their scores improved dramatically … Creativity drives societal and technological progress. Psychedelics markedly increase creativity.…

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Politics

The cure for PTSD is illegal

Twenty United States veterans commit suicide every day … To say that America is simply “failing its veterans” is an understatement. The government has played an active role in facilitating and perpetuating the mental health crisis among our veterans and the population at large.​ The DEA, however, designated MDMA a Schedule 1 narcotic in 1985,…

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