Medicine/Healing

Psychedelic mushroom dispensaries… continue to operate despite legal challenges

Comparisons are drawn between the struggle for… magic mushrooms and the fight for cannabis. Eugene Oscapella, a criminology professor and lawyer, explains that the police have limited resources and face competing priorities. “We have stock nearby for emergencies,” said owner Edgars Gorbans, “After the raid, after one hour, the store was fully stocked up and…

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Politics

Manufacturing psilocybin isn’t difficult… industry is

The strictly facilitated model is not the only way to envision psilocybin access; community-based ceremony, the ability to experience psilocybin around members of your own community, is preferable to many groups and cultures. Some advocates say that legalization without decriminalization makes community-based sharing less accessible. How extreme is wealth inequality in Oregon? So extreme that,…

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Politics

…practical guide…

Existing commercial interests in the medical psychedelics sphere may unfortunately be ambivalent about, or even actively obstruct wider reform efforts where they perceive it as undermining progress towards medical or therapeutic commercialisation… [therefore] exploring options for non-commercial market models can also be an important component of this strategy. This should certainly include allowing home cultivation,…

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Politics

…store selling psilocybin mushrooms vows to reopen after police raid

A downtown Kelowna store that’s been selling psilocybin mushrooms was raided by police on Friday, but the owners vow to reopen soon. Essence Wellness… stating they’ll be reopening “in the next coming days.” Storefronts selling psilocybin products have been recently popping up in Vancouver, where they’re following the example set by the “grey market” cannabis…

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Politics

…groundbreaking…

The psychedelic gold rush raises a range of challenging questions around the commercialisation and availability of psychedelics and the risk of corporate capture… [therefore]… …a four-tiered regulation model “that attempts to manage the variety of psychedelic preparations and the different ways in which they are used”. These include: 1) Private use, home cultivation, foraging and not-for-profit…

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Medicine/Healing

…mushroom gummies are flooding… dispensaries anyway

“In California enforcement is not something happening when it comes to psilocybin products,” the founder of psilocybin gummy brand Cubiq tells Los Angeles magazine under the pseudonym “Maria Sabina”… “There are brands moving psilocybin all over the world,” Sabina says. “…the underground market has been thriving for many years with great demand.” According to Sabina, branded psychedelic products began…

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Science

Psychedelic mushroom use linked to lower psychological distress in those with adverse childhood experiences

…researchers have uncovered a potentially promising connection between the use of psychedelic mushrooms and a reduction in psychological distress, particularly among individuals who have experienced adverse childhood experiences. The study was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. …study aimed to explore the relationship between psilocybin use and psychological distress, with a specific focus on individuals…

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Psychology

…mushroom store owner speaks out after… raid, seizure

“We are not afraid to disrupt a system (the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) that currently does not support a collaborative approach in addressing concerns for individuals that have recently found a lifeline in our products and support services,” said Danielle Vaughan, owner of Essence Wellness. The small shop located in downtown Kelowna has been…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon… psilocybin… center will open…

Tom Eckert [originally of IP-12 (broad psilocybin mushroom cultivation decriminalization for Oregonian adults 21 and older) which he supported switching to IP-34 which subsequently turned into M109] and Rachel Aidan [formerly of the bankrupt Synthesis Institute in Oregon] are the co-founders of the Center: a 5,000-square-foot facility located at the corner of Burnside and MLK…

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