Biography/Memoir

Why scientists invented a magic mushroom that has no magic

…a team of scientists from China designed a new drug they say acts in a similar fashion to… psilocybin, but without leading to hallucinations. Sheng Wang, a biochemist with the Chinese Academy of Science and a senior author of the new study,” said, “The hallucination effects definitely restrict their potential use. But now, non-hallucinogenic drugs…

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Biography/Memoir

Hempcrete insulation submitted for U.S. building codes

Under current U.S. codes, builders, engineers, and architects must get approval to use hempcrete on a project-by-project basis, although the material is commonly used in the United Kingdom and France and has been approved for use for 30 years in Europe. The U.S. Hemp Building Foundation, the non-profit arm of the U.S. Hemp Building Association (USHBA), earlier…

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Biography/Memoir

[Oregon]… psychedelics scheduling… DEA

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) (on a call with former Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello)… said that while he’s yet to meet with Anne Melissa Milgram [Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)], he looks forward to doing so and will convey that the psilocybin case “is a golden opportunity for that agency to get in step…

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Politics

growing… policy on psychedelic…

[Oregon’s Measure 109] …does not legalise psilocybin [for homegrowing, as cannabis is now] or make it available at dispensaries, as cannabis is now… …screening process should help exclude those unsuited to it. Oregon’s health department will license the centres, facilitators, psilocybin producers and testing labs… does not mean Oregonians can pick up a few mushrooms…

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Biography/Memoir

69 years ago… groundwork… psychedelic

This drug, Moksha, could be seen as the mirror image of Soma: a fantastic agent for spiritual liberation that provides a full-blown mystical experience and stands at the foundation of the utopian society described in the novel… Huxley’s fascination with the threat and promise of consciousness-altering chemicals constitutes a thread that runs through his writing. Brave…

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Politics

Psilocybin equity bill introduced to Oregon legislature

…introduced Senate Bill 1580 to the Oregon legislature. If passed the bill will establish the “Task Force on Psilocybin Equity” that will research problems relating to access and equity in Oregon’s emerging psilocybin program. SB 1580 charges the task force with studying: (1) barriers low-income and people of color will face in establishing psilocybin-related businesses…

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Politics

How Port Townsend, Washington, decriminalized psychedelics

Decriminalization in Port Townsend applies only to adults over 18 – it remains illegal to distribute entheogens to children, or for children to use them – but includes the cultivation of entheogens… in November 2020, Port Townsend activists were jolted into “non-stop” action when police arrested Annie… for charges including possession of psilocybin… was facing…

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Politics

Psychedelic legalization now

Change state law to allow immediate legal access to psychedelics at the local level… Let local governments decide how to regulate their markets. It’s clear that many local governments are prepared to decriminalize personal possession of psychedelics and some non-commercial supply-side activity, as we see from the wave of local level-decriminalization that started in Denver…

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Science

…patent challenge targets crystallography errors

In the paper, the authors highlight errors they discovered in the patent granted to COMPASS Pathways… COMPASS fell victim to that problem by not distinguishing between different crystalline forms. In other words, COMPASS fell victim to the problem it claimed to solve. The Petition claims that COMPASS Pathways never reported the crystal structure for its…

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