Politics

Avoiding the power trip

Maybe most important of all… looking at what Timothy Leary would have called the “set and setting” in which today’s psychedelic renaissance is occurring. Is it one of love, mutual aid, and collective development? Or is it about control, profit, and further domination? This matters. …this dovetailed all-too-well with John Barlow telling the psychedelic internet that…

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Politics

Many counties are voting to opt out… [of M109]

…you won’t be able to purchase it and take it home, Angela Allbee said… if you were to just look at the map… you’ll quickly grow concerned and confused about the future of Measure 109 in Oregon. After all, didn’t the state vote “Yes?” …clients will have an opportunity to take psilocybin in a controlled,…

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Spirituality

San Francisco… resolution… naturally-occurring psychedelics

San Francisco lawmakers… introduced a resolution aiming at locally deprioritizing law enforcement on the possession, use, cultivation and social sharing of naturally-occurring psychedelic substances like psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine… “We believe decriminalization offers… public safety and risk reduction by promoting safe access, safe spaces and above ground education and training,” clinical psychologist with Decriminalize Nature San Francisco, Dr. Jennifer Christian.…

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Modern Culture

…the way to… psychedelic…

At 28% usage across the population, psychedelics have penetrated mainstream American culture to a significant extent. It looks like those old D.A.R.E. lessons were every bit as effective as researchers expected: A 1992 Indiana University Study found that participation in the anti-drug program increased rates of “hallucinogenic” drug use among graduates. That certainly provided job…

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Biography/Memoir

Lane county…

The Lane County District Attorney’s Office reinstated the No File Policy for nonviolent, Class C felonies and low-level misdemeanor crimes. Among other crimes, here’s a list that the DA’s office will dismiss: all possession of a controlled substance charges and delivery of controlled substances charges that are non-prison eligible… the policy does not apply to…

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Politics

Psilocybin microdosing… scientific [studies]

The new study is one of the first to use placebo controls, the researchers [erroneously, apparently] said. For their study, researchers recruited 34 people who were planning to start a microdosing regimen. For 1 week, some of the subjects got a half gram of dried mushrooms in a gel cap, and others got a placebo……

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Politics

Cities, counties will ask voters to ban psilocybin facilities

Measure 109 Implementation and Local Government Role. (Alex Cuyler, Lane County Intergovernmental Relations Manager)… this issue does not neatly fit into existing County Policy… under Measure 109, psilocybin-producing fungi is recognized as a crop for the purpose of a farm use, a farm, and farming practice… service center may not be located in municipalities on…

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Medicine/Healing

…soaring… psilocybin retreats

“…if we can help people suffering from PTSD, depression, trauma, and addiction – including veterans, cancer patients, and others – supervised psilocybin therapy is a treatment worthy of further consideration,” says Oregon Governor Kate Brown. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated psilocybin therapy as “breakthrough therapy” for treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder…

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