Anthropology

…mushroom decrim campaign cleared to begin voter signature drive

January 10, 2020By

…psilocybin initiative would decriminalize personal use, possession, and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms for residents over age 18. It would also allow clinicians and researchers to use psilocybin for medical and scientific purposes, create a licensing and regulatory system for retail psilocybin sales, and provide expungement and post-conviction relief for psilocybin offenses. Original Article (Filtermag):California’s Mushroom…

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Biography/Memoir

…psychedelic wonder drug is almost here[?]

January 5, 2020By

[Some] micro-doser[s] [claim he/she/they] doesn’t have time for an eight-hour-long trip. They have businesses to scale. … [however, research] supports the idea that… [visionary states] play a significant role in patient recovery. “They come to a profound shift of worldview, essentially a shift in a sense of self,” Griffiths said on the same segment. “Their…

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Science

Why chronic microdosing might [be risky to the] heart

January 5, 2020By

There have been several FDA-approved medications with 5HT2B receptor activation withdrawn from the US market due to the risk of VHD with heart valve thickening and murmurs: Fen-Phen (fenfluramine/phentermine) and Redux (dexfenfluramine) in 1997 and Permax (pergolide) in 2007. Roughly 25% of patients taking these medications daily developed new onset VHD according to incidence statistics…

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Biography/Memoir

Psilocybin microdosing… how much is too much?

January 5, 2020By

Mushroom expert Paul Stamets cautions that there can be a difference… between batches of the same species. Despite these variables, some rough calculations can be done that may provide some insight for microdosing dried mushrooms. How does 0.5 – 2.0 mg (0.0005 – 0.002 g) of psilocybin translate into a dose of dried psilocybin mushroom…

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Medicine/Healing

Will [psilocybe mushroom] dispensaries become a thing…

January 5, 2020By

In many cases, the legal cannabis industry has used alcohol and tobacco as their model for a legal market. In turn, it’s tempting for the coming psychedelic industry to use cannabis as theirs, but this approach might be just as flawed as the Controlled Substances Act which places fundamentally different substances in the same category……

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Politics

Decriminalizing psychedelics – change your mind, then change the law

January 5, 2020By

But why is decriminalization, specifically, important to this movement? Why not aim for other approaches, like legalization (where psychedelics are regulated like alcohol), or medicalization (where psychedelic therapy is the only legal option)? This first wave of acceptance towards psychotropic plants is now starting to include psychedelics, with successful psychedelic decriminalization efforts in both Denver…

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Biography/Memoir

What the future holds for [psychedelic mushrooms]

January 5, 2020By

“We’re talking about several thousands… that are suffering every day that treatment continues to be withheld from them,” Bruce Tobin [of the University of Toronto launched the Centre for Psychedelic Studies] said. “Treatment delayed is treatment denied.” [Dana Larsen], the longtime cannabis rights advocate from Vancouver is known for protesting against drug laws… has now…

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Science

Meth use up sixfold, fentanyl use quadrupled in U.S. in last 6 years

January 5, 2020By

Samples testing positive for fentanyl also tested positive for meth rose almost 14-fold… and by more than sixfold for cocaine and heroin. Similarly, the percentage [of] tests coming back positive for the highly potent — and sometimes fatal — opioid fentanyl have more than quadrupled since 2013, the study found. Original Article (UPI):Meth use up…

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Biography/Memoir

…psilocybin trial data explores group psychedelic sessions

January 5, 2020By

The motivation behind these group dosage experiments is primarily about exploring ways to streamline the treatment process… [COMPASS claims] scheduling more than one patient at a time offers the potential for accelerating the pace of clinical trials. However, it is worth noting, this particular study was conducted with psychologically healthy individuals, and not subjects suffering…

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