Medicine/Healing

…a compelling case for the use of magic mushrooms in pain relief

Indeed, in April [2024], the Yale School of Medicine published the results of the first randomised control study of psilocybin for pain relief. Although it enrolled just 10 CH [Cluster Headache] sufferers, half of those who received psilocybin as opposed to a placebo reported a reduction in attacks. Precisely how psilocybin interrupts the cycle of headaches is an open question. Brain scans suggest…

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Science

…’terrifying’ threat from xylazine…

“Almost 100% of our drug supply is fentanyl and 80% to 90% of that fentanyl is adulterated with xylazine,” said Dr. Elizabeth Krans, a physician and researcher at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. Xylazine is a potent animal tranquilizer normally used by veterinarians. For reasons that aren’t completely clear, drug gangs began mixing it into…

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Biography/Memoir

Compass veers off course, delaying phase 3 psychedelic data and laying off 30% of staff

Compass will part ways with approximately 30% of its workforce, including some management positions… one year ago, the company expected to have data from the first phase 3 trial of its COMP360 psilocybin therapy in treatment-resistant depression by the summer of 2024. Compass CEO Kabir Nath framed that delay in the context of the FDA’s rejection of…

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Biography/Memoir

Man accused of distributing psilocybin mushrooms to 20 Boulder County high school students faces 40 counts

Benjamin Harmon, 24, faces a total of 40 charges, including 21 felonies for distributing drugs to minors, at times within 1,000 feet of a school, sexual assault on a child using force and sexual exploitation of a child, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said… The investigation was launched by the University of Colorado after…

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Biography/Memoir

Ballot question 4 to legalize psychedelics…

If the measure passes, Massachusetts residents over 21 would be able to grow, possess, and use certain natural psychedelics – but the commercial sale of the substances would remain prohibited. Supporters – including the Washington, D.C.-based New Approach PAC and Massachusetts for Mental Health Options – have raised more than $6 million dollars in support…

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Spirituality

Quebec religion wants Health Canada’s blessing to use magic mushrooms in ceremonies

Gratitude Sanctuary, known as Sanctuaire de la Gratitude in French… in Ottawa says the group believes people receive “their own teachings when entering the sacred space opened by the consumption of psilocybin mushrooms.” …first asked Health Canada about an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in January 2022… Health Canada said it was…

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