Thich Nhat Hanh quote… says that those who have been touched by war are the “tip of the candle” and best equipped to bring peace… Absolutely. Our government was originally conceived of simply to ensure the natural rights of its citizens- the personal freedoms, individual liberties, and natural human rights that we are all born…
Canada’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and the Associate Minister of Health decided to publicize that she met with the [Oregon] Psilocybin Advisory Board is interesting… …it potentially points to the direction that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is planning on taking when it comes to drug reform. As for the potential legalization of psilocybin or…
The first is more scientific. Simply put, you decide whether a compound is “psychedelic” by seeing which brain receptors the molecule binds with. If a drug binds with specific serotonin receptors in the brain, the 5-HT2A receptors, it is considered a psychedelic. If it does not, then it is not a psychedelic. So, based on this…
As our society moves deeper into the psychedelic renaissance, and civilians push governments to once and for all end the war on drugs, many different options are proposed. Psychedelic decriminalization, medicalization, a legalization are all suggested pathways that each carry their own benefits. So what’s the difference? However, for many, the different but similar-sounding terminology…
After reading the Soul Quest denial letter, I decided to conduct this in-depth scholarly analysis of the legal definition of religion under the First Amendment, considering the scientific research, the newly established archeological evidence, and the relevant case law. The Soul Quest denial letter leaves no doubt in my mind, and the mind of other…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is pulling back efforts to list certain hallucinogens as Schedule I substances after being challenged… an attorney experienced in cases against the DEA, said: “The public’s being listened to – but because it is putting pressure on the right levers of power in the right way.” This is the second time in [2022] that the DEA abandoned…
It was only a matter of time until fentanyl… marketed the way designer drugs are, as colorfully branded pills and in other forms. There’s no other way to look at what’s happening in the United States with opioids as anything other than an epidemic. In fact, according to NIDA’s data, deaths involving synthetic opioids other…
Michael Pollan and others are doing all of us a great service in their roles in leading the psychedelic revolution by fostering a public discussion about how inadequate our language is to the task of fully understanding the pull and power of drugs in our lives. Psychotropic drugs impact brain chemistry and bodily functions, activating…
We’re firmly within the midst of a psychedelic renaissance, with substances lengthy regarded merely as leisure medicine… …corresponding to psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA – being reappraised as potential therapies for quite a lot of psychological well being situations. At the same time, legislation and stigma surrounding psychedelics has slowly begun to loosen in recent years,…
…recognition of the fundamental, positive role played by drugs and ecstatic experience may run contrary to the negative bias shaped by the backlash against the counterculture of the 1960s. Thus far, we find no ancient evidence for hostility or stigmatization. Instead, drug use seems to have been an integral feature of community life, as well…
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