Medicine/Healing

Federal appeals court rules against DEA In psilocybin rescheduling lawsuit brought by doctor who wants to give psychedelic to cancer patients

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a lawsuit over a Washington State doctor’s petition to reschedule psilocybin. The court said DEA failed to explain its reasoning when it denied the petition, and it ordered the agency to provide a more complete justification… “Given the inadequacy of the DEA’s denial…

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Spirituality

Divinity… how shroom churches offer meaning

It’s the search for meaning, purpose, and spirituality outside conventional religious institutions. Many non-religious people are finding solace in psychedelic churches. There, psychedelic journeys and communal connections allow them to experience key elements of religious life. [For example]… don’t require belief in God or the supernatural. Instead, they aim to address questions of purpose, meaning,…

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Politics

Eureka City Council… decriminalizes psychedelic…

Eureka City Council approved a measure decriminalizing entheogenic plant medicines and fungi such as psilocybin mushrooms within the Eureka city limits. A local teacher, Rachel Riggs, told the council that she believes psychedelics can provide unparalleled healing in a community with an elevated rate of adverse childhood experiences… “Entheogens are anti-addictive [and are] among the…

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Biography/Memoir

…story… seriously…

…while memes and social media played up on the mushroom angle, most the content failed to mention that Emerson also told law enforcement that he hadn’t slept for more than forty hours, and that it had actually been two days since he had eaten those shrooms. The national stories have made no mention of toxicology…

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Medicine/Healing

A new era of psychedelics…

For those who have long worked on psychedelics research, the sudden expansion in access in Oregon and [home-grow] Colorado, along with cities like Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., have prompted a mix of elation and trepidation. Oregon… requiring neither a doctor’s supervision nor a specific medical diagnosis… [Colorado… home cultivation and sharing for adults…

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Medicine/Healing

Federal court hears case challenging DEA decision to deny psilocybin rescheduling petition without consulting health officials

Matt Zorn, one of the attorneys representing Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, accused DEA at oral argument of wanting “to control the practice of medicine.” The current case, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, stems from Aggarwal’s response to last year’s ruling. In February 2022, the doctor filed a formal petition with…

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Science

Psychedelic users tended to have better mental health outcomes during the… pandemic

A recently published study, which was conducted during the… pandemic, suggests that individuals who have used psychedelic substances experience lower psychological distress, improved well-being, and enhanced post-traumatic growth. The new findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports. …pandemic presented an unusual opportunity to investigate the relationship between hallucinogenic drug use and mental health. With much of…

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Anthropology

Harvard launches new study of psychedelics in society and culture

The $16 million gift will include an endowed professorship with a broad focus on human health and flourishing… These fellowships in Psychedelics, Transcendence, and Consciousness Studies, based between Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, will engage researchers from different fields to forge cross-disciplinary research. Original Article (Harvard University):Harvard launches new study of psychedelics in…

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Spirituality

City shuts down psychedelic church on Detroit’s west side

“They padlocked a church,” said Shaman Shu. Soul Tribes International Ministries has operated from the historic Bushnell Congregational Church site since early 2023. He said the padlocks came a week after police raided the place searching for psilocybin mushrooms, or shrooms, as they’re called in street terms. “I think it’s religious redlining,” Shu said. “I…

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