Science

Hemp extraction to mushroom extraction?

…can cannabis equipment be used for mushroom extraction? Psilocybin and cannabis are polar opposites – literally. Cannabinoid molecules are nonpolar, while psilocybin is… because cannabinoids are nonpolar molecules, typically extracted through CO2, hydrocarbon, butane or ethanol, that equipment wouldn’t suffice to extract a polar molecule, like psilocybin. There are some exceptions, however… natural extraction methods…

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Psychology

…about older psychedelic users

…since psychedelics have been proven to reduce inflammation, they could be helpful for older people’s aches and pains… potential for psychedelics helping older people with cognition, like slower word finding, that experience of knowing there’s a word for what you want to say but you need to recall it. “They just aren’t as sharp and then…

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Psychology

MDMA… marriage…

“We literally said on the drive to this house, ‘If this doesn’t work, we’re done,’” Ree said… a qualitative study published in January [2022] described how eight couples used MDMA privately to enhance their relationships… an emerging cognitive-relational model of “evenings with Molly” contrasts with existing models of use by suggesting the possibility of informed,…

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Politics

Oregon [109] psilocybin… draft

…draft rules prohibit use of the aforementioned dung and wood chips in cultivation and production of psilocybin products. These media are traditionally often used. …prohibitions include producing psilocybin using genetically modified organisms, and producing synthetic psilocybin. This final prohibition cuts against the FDA and big pharma psilocybin model, which is synthetic all the way… on offer are:…

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Biography/Memoir

Secret DEA files sell for just $5…

…had been selling the files for just $50, according to a search warrant and criminal charges filed in the trafficking investigation. Some government “paperwork” on a drug trafficking investigation in West Virginia was being leaked, including confidential information previously provided by the witness… Original Article (Forbes):Secret DEA files sell for just $5 on facebook – here’s how…

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Science

…controlled crystal engineering process for large-scale synthesis of psilocybin polymorphs

Polymorphs B, A, and H… supported through Usona as an open access paper… peer-reviewed study… shows three most pharmaceutically relevant crystalline forms of psilocybin have been consistently created and observed since 1959. The ability of a unique crystalline arrangement to solidify in more than one form, called polymorphs, can be optimized using precise combinations of…

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