Biography/Memoir

…potency of psychedelics in the brain

[From his two-story lab in University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Bryan Roth’s experiments are underway to remove the powerful hallucinogenic effects from psychedelic drugs… idea prompted a $27 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a secretive research organization within the U.S. military… everyone from the Department of…

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Biography/Memoir

…administration plans for legal psychedelic therapies within two years

…letter from the Health and Human Services Department discloses the anticipated FDA approval of MDMA and psilocybin treatments… the May [2022] correspondence, not shared publicly until now, is the clearest indication yet that top officials are preparing for the approval of psychedelic drugs – demonized for decades after former President Richard Nixon sought means to…

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Politics

What mushrooms can do for N.J.: A Q&A with a psilocybin expert

New Jersey just launched its recreational marijuana industry three months ago, and now its architect is proposing that the state legalize psilocybin, the… compound found in magic mushrooms. The bill drafted by Sen. Nick Scutari allows anyone over 21 to use the psychedelic drug and to grow it at home – no prescription necessary… Original…

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Biography/Memoir

Eugene police responds… overdoses

According to Lane County Public Health and Eugene Police, the community is seeing an increase in street drugs containing fentanyl – a powerful, illicit opioid with high risk for overdose. “We have seen fentanyl contamination in cheap, counterfeit pills sold as common medications such as oxycodone, Adderall, or Xanax,” the department said. “We also have…

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Politics

Psychedelic mushrooms… on the Colorado ballot in November…

“Decriminalization isn’t a popular thing for companies and corporations and venture capital,” Rodgers said. “Decriminalization is for the people.” [Colorado] Initiative 61 would halt legal penalties for the possession, use, growth, gifting or delivery of these substances for people over 21. It goes further than Denver’s decriminalization initiative, which deprioritized criminal penalties for psilocybin possession…

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Science

…alcohol study… published in the Lancet… finds only risks, zero benefits for young adults

The analysis published in The Lancet Medical Journal suggests that for young adults ages 15-39, there are no health benefits to drinking alcohol, only health risks. “Our message is simple: young people should not drink, but older people [ages 40+ without underlying health conditions] may benefit from drinking small amounts… it’s important to communicate the…

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Science

Psilocybin supply chain… production… explained

1. Whole Fungi 2. Full-spectrum psilocybin, 3. naturally-sourced isolated psilocybin, 4. biosynthesized psilocybin, 5. chemically-synthesized psilocybin. Original Article (Greentrepreneur):The psilocybin supply chain every production method explainedArtwork Fair Use: LKaiser1

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