Politics

New York lawmakers file [psilocybin] legalization bill for 2023

As New York begins legal recreational marijuana sales… state lawmakers have pre-filed a bill… State and local law enforcement would be prohibited from cooperating or providing assistance to the federal government for the purpose of enforcing controlled substances laws against activities made legal under the state law… make legal the “possession, use, cultivation, production, creation, analysis,…

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Biography/Memoir

…adopting [adult-use] psilocybin…

André Ourso and Angela Allbee said… [Oregonians] concerns have been addressed… …psilocybin… equity and access… and affordability… Original Article (KOIN):Oregon’s final rules for adopting psilocybin services are setArtwork Fair Use: AirGrib

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Politics

Psilocybin officially legal to possess and grow…

Governor Jared Polis issued the proclamation on Tuesday, December 27, 2022… Certain psychedelics are now officially legal to possess and grow in Colorado under state law, with the governor formally declaring the results of a ballot initiative that voters approved… Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Psychedelics like psilocybin are now legal in Colorado with governor’s proclamation on…

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Modern Culture

…Magic mushroom day trip…

Mushroom trips typically last four-to-six hours, so it’s wise to eat beforehand. Eat a clean and simple meal centered on something like oatmeal, yogurt, or rice. Don’t stuff yourself and avoid alcohol. …if you know where to look, they’re about as easy to procure in the city as cannabis… if you’re not excited about choking…

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Anthropology

Tripping with my Mom

After a few failed attempts at finding fungus in the neighboring cow pasture, Mom got an eighth from a friend and said she’d split it with me. Mom and I started tripping. The mushrooms made everything seem fresh. On one of the first trips from my mother’s homegrown batch, I remember watching the green nautiluses…

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Medicine/Healing

Treatment costs, access and magic mushrooms dispensaries

Neuroscience professor at Carleton University and former researcher and policy analyst at the Canadian Center for Substance Use and Addiction Zachary Patterson sees parallels between these new psilocybin dispensaries and cannabis dispensaries’ status before October 2018. Magic Mush is the third magic mushroom dispensary opening in Ottawa after Health Canada’s opening of legal pathways for…

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Politics

…easily decriminalize “shrooms”

In relation to public policy and political activism, the difference between incrementalism and passing internal pieces of legislation, within the larger goal at hand, is that one approach is counterproductive, while the other uplifts and creates positive change. Incrementalism is the false idea of a compromise that is not only counterproductive, but harmful to the…

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Psychology

Magic mushrooms… safe

…the county containing [the Oregon State capitol], Salem voted to ban psilocybin services. A shop in Portland called the Shroom House [allegedly did]… shops in Vancouver, British Columbia [are] openly selling magic mushrooms. The police aren’t getting involved and are instead targeting violent criminal organizations that produce and traffic harmful opioids, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation…

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Spirituality

Psychedelic chaplains… spiritual guides

The first wave of psychedelic chaplains is already here… reconnecting the link between psychedelics and religion, as science reconnects the link between the drugs and health. As states decriminalize psychedelics, said Ron Cole-Turner, professor emeritus at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary who often writes on theology and psychedelics, recreational, ceremonial and religious uses for psychedelics will likely…

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