Psychology

Can psychedelic[s]… treat physical pain?

…he was pleasantly surprised to find that his physical pain seemed to decrease as well, even on the days he was not taking anything. …feeling anxious and depressed, Kevin (a pseudonym) decided to try… psychedelics, including psilocybin-containing “magic mushrooms.” Twice a week… takes about half a gram of the outlawed fungi. This amounts to too…

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Politics

…ending silence around psychedelic…

Unlike community and underground settings with their implicit ethos of personal responsibility, reputational accountability, and “buyer beware,” drugs sold as medical treatments and administered by experts strip people of protective caution.  What’s new in the “psychedelic renaissance” is that, at a time when other medications have lost their momentum, pharma and the mental health industry are…

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Anthropology

There will be oil

Compared to 4/20, 7/10’s calendar placement also makes the holiday a summertime holiday… 4/20 is about as mainstream as it gets for cannabis holidays… but… celebrating another date the past few years: 7/10. Read that number upside down and it spells “OIL.” Original Article (Eugene Weekly):There will be oilArtwork Fair Use: rodzief

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Anthropology

Cannabis goes green

…people can use their own backyards, gardens and homes… gardeners can choose to omit the use of pesticides or synthetic chemicals in home-grown produce.   …starting an independent garden of any kind benefits the planet from lessening long-distance transportation for cannabis or food, which is the largest source of fossil fuel emissions globally at 29 percent……

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Psychology

…cannabis… social life

For centuries, cannabis has been used to open minds to new perspectives and allow people to see problems from whole other angles.  …cannabis can help you to appreciate those around you more than if you hadn’t taken it, it can even help you appreciate your surroundings… aid in your social skills as it can open…

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Psychology

Seattle… entheogen enforcement and decriminalization resolution

WHEREAS, punitive drug policies disproportionately impact people of color and low-income communities; and state and federal scheduling of entheogens and other substances has served as a pretext for disrupting and criminalizing those communities and destroyed countless lives and torn families apart, this resolution is an effort to begin correcting the irreparable harm caused by the…

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Modern Culture

Thousands attend… psychedelic shroom festival in Ann Arbor

Police reported there were no issues or arrests. Several elected officials joined psychedelic activists Sunday in rallying the crowd to get behind efforts to decriminalize… state Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor. “It does no good to criminalize these plants.” Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit and Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris told the crowd about their…

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Modern Culture

Shroom delivery is now a thing

The educational component is what the activists in Colorado are focusing on through the Denver Mushroom Cooperative – an above-ground organization… leaders of the co-op go into private homes, helping people set up their own mushroom grows… And at a cannabis festival she went to recently, Melissa Lavasani [chairwoman of the Capitol’s Decriminalize Nature legislation,…

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Biography/Memoir

…Sacklers’ immunity threatened as Department of Justice moves to block opioid deal

The Department of Justice is fighting to strip the billionaire Sackler family of the sweeping legal immunity granted as part of a controversial $4.5 billion opioid settlement. …in filings, DOJ trustee Harrington argued that the releases are unconstitutional because they deprive people of the ability to make legal claims – a form of property – against the…

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