Politics

Mushrooms and other psychedelics gain foothold…

Fourteen cities nationwide have passed similar legislation allowing people to cultivate, use and distribute the psychedelics… there are no documented cases of fatalities as a result of overdosing on psilocybin mushrooms or entheogenic plants, according to the American Addiction Centers. Council member Luke Londo said the measure’s passage makes the investigation and arrest of adults…

READ MORE
Spirituality

Oregon psilocybin and religious practices

Jon Dennis finished by explaining… “the religions would no longer have to operate underground”… …emphasized that the nature of such services embodies concepts such as divinity, sacredness, and spirituality. Original Article (Harris-Bricken):Oregon psilocybin and religious practicesArtwork Fair Use: dbking

READ MORE
Psychology

How the drug war dies

Americans can’t be allowed to forget that the War on Drugs is and always has been… political manipulation – not a way to help people with addiction or to protect lives. The rise of the Internet… allowed perspectives that the mainstream media had ignored to reach larger audiences… early users of the Internet – mainly…

READ MORE
Science

Shroom dosage…

 If [a] recent study, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, is anything to go by, weight-adjusted dosing is just an exercise in futility. Researchers issued participants – whose weights ranged from 108 pounds to 249 pounds – different doses of shrooms with the aim of analyzing whether heavier individuals would experience a more pronounced trip. In the…

READ MORE
Biography/Memoir

How to grow…

“Take your time; you cannot rush it. My biggest tip is to never cut corners,” Quinn said… I look forward to… where Americans are able to grow these tools for healing right in their home without fear of legal repercussions. Mycology as a whole is incredibly complicated… you can do it a million different ways.…

READ MORE
Politics

Open [now, four psilocybe mushroom dispensaries]

Ultimately, the recent rise of psilocybin mushroom dispensaries in British Columbia – and general lack of deterrence – shows a growing demand and a paradigm shift towards greater embrace of psilocybin throughout North America – mirroring the ongoing attitude shift towards cannabis and other psychedelics.  There are now four dispensaries that sell psilocybin mushrooms in the city,…

READ MORE
Anthropology

…natural psychedelics in the pacific northwest

Many activists and organizations all over the Pacific Northwest are pushing to decriminalize natural psychedelics… in addition to all of the other Oregon momentum, a movement is beginning in Eugene as well. When it comes to psychedelic mushrooms, the Pacific Northwest… they grow here all on their own. As we saw with cannabis prohibition, it…

READ MORE
Spirituality

Guide to… psychedelic…

These recent developments in drug decriminalization… means we might have more friends forcing us to listen to their drug trips at dinner, but it’s also an opportunity for more people to try an alternative approach… …taking psychedelics… check all the boxes. Nature, no extreme conditions, having loved ones around, contained setups, etc… learned how to…

READ MORE
Politics

Hazel Park becomes third Michigan city to decriminalize natural psychedelics

Hazel Park City Council voted unanimously Tuesday [3/22/2022] to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants. The resolution defines entheogenic plants as “plants, fungi, and natural materials that can benefit psychological and physical wellness, support and enhance religious and spiritual practices, and can reestablish human’s inalienable and direct relationship to nature.” They include psychedelic mushrooms,…

READ MORE
Spirituality

Oregon 1st in US to soften on hard drugs, ‘magic’ mushrooms

“Measure 110 [in Oregon] is arguably the biggest blow to the war on drugs to date.”, says Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which was behind the hard-drugs measure. It received 59% yes votes and 41% no votes, with roughly 1.9 million votes counted, according to unofficial partial results from the secretary…

READ MORE