Quiet spoken lady on disability who volunteered at animal rescue charity & self medicated with cannabis for pain sent to prison for 60 days over 2.5 grams of cannabis… “Here, in this court, she has run out of road,” [the judge] said. Again another example of a judge completely out of touch as to what…
…there has been a huge uptake in LSD consumption. From 2015 to 2018, there was a 56 percent increase in overall LSD usage, a 70 percent increase for college graduates, a 59 percent increase for people aged 26 to 34 and a whopping 223 percent for people aged 35 to 49. Mental health issues like…
…the last 3 months, MindMed is down a 31%, ATAI Life Sciences, has plummeted 32%, and Compass Pathways, has fallen 19%. The carnage is not limited to the big 3 players either… It will take 3-5 years for these companies to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that their medicines are both safe and more effective…
Before the voting of Bill 399, the Government, opposed to the legislation and to the regulation of cannabis cultivation in Brazil, tried to strategically hinder its advance. The Ministry of Health suggested and considered the incorporation of CBD oil into the Universal Health System (SUS, in Portuguese). The only concentration allowed, though, would be 200mg/ml.…
…the pharmaceutical industry spent $3.48 billion dollars on lobbying in 2020… here were 1,502 pharmaceutical lobbyists in 2020, 63.58% of whom were former government employees. So of course, when you have billions of dollars invested… you can ask your good ol pals at the FDA to approve all kinds of drugs. However, while the cannabis industry…
Substances 2021 (in grams)Marijuana 2,000,000Marijuana extract 500,000All other tetrahydrocannabinol 1,000 Psilocybin 1,500Psilocyn 1,000MDMA 50LSD 40Mescaline 25 DMT 505-MeO-DMT 35MDA 55 2022 proposed (in grams)Marijuana 3,200,000Marijuana Extract 1,000,000All other tetrahydrocannabinol 2,000Psilocybin 3,000MDMA 3,200LSD 500Mescaline 100DMT 2505-MeO-DMT 550MDA 200 Original Article (Federal Register & Marijuana Moment):Proposed aggregate production quotas for Schedule I… & DEA proposes dramatic increase in marijuana and psychedelic production in 2022 calling for…
“So, it makes sense that the benefits of the discovery or rediscovery of the healing power of these entheogens by the west are enjoyed first and foremost by indigenous people, communities of color, and local communities, in general.” [said Oakland District 5 City Council Member Noel Gallo]. Building upon the initial Oakland decriminalization of the…
Your set and setting greatly influence how and when and where this happens, not always in a predictable way. Under-dosing (or low dosing), for example, can help you navigate the strange in-between of being neither here nor there, not fully able to communicate with either the sober or altered worlds. Moderate dosing can teach you…
We can think of the ego as three components. Self-Image. The view an individual holds of themselves. Self-Esteem. How much value an individual places on themselves. Self-Identity. The many beliefs, opinions, ideologies, and affiliations that an individual holds… Researchers from Imperial College London have found that the mystical experience drives the efficacy of psychedelic therapy. Patients…
Psychedelics may reopen “critical periods” in neurodevelopment… A hypothesis puts forward evidence for a model of the co-evolution and advantages to the consumption of psychedelics by humans in pre-history. Four factors may have contributed to the inclusion of psychedelics in their diet: 1) management of psychological distress, 2) enhanced social interactions, 3) facilitation of collective rituals, and 4)…
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