Modern Culture

…transforming… health…

Much like the legalization of cannabis, voters may have pushed laws faster than some legislatures would have liked. …in the case of psychedelics, demonstration projects could help control sky-high costs. Psychedelic therapy has already received criticism because of its relatively high cost, which can be upwards of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. In the middle of…

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Politics

…coalition seeks to reschedule ‘magic mushrooms’ under international law

Their game plan? To get psilocybin rescheduled under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. …if the initiative is successful, it would put some additional pressure on many governments to act and maybe have other governments take a second look at their psilocybin legislation. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):New coalition seeks to reschedule ‘magic mushrooms’…

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Psychology

Oregon voters legalized psilocybin use. But what about microdosing?

“There is going to be microdosing throughout Oregon regardless of what this committee does,” Dr. James Fadiman said, about an hour after witnessing the argument between the subcommittee chairs. “The question is, can it also help people use it more safely and more effectively?” Last week’s [in Jan. 2022] argument over whether Fadiman would speak…

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Anthropology

Virginia lawmakers propose decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms

The legislation would reduce the penalty for possession – currently a Class 5 felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison – to a $100 civil fine. Three Virginia lawmakers introduced new bills to decriminalize the possession of psychedelics… have introduced legislation that would end felony penalties for possession of psychedelic mushrooms, citing the drug’s growing acceptance in…

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Psychology

Inside the growing wellness trend of psilocybin mushroom microdosing

…much like cannabis’ transition from stigmatized plant to decriminalized cash cow, today’s wellness industry is now embracing mushrooms as another form of nature’s medicine… …she sees the allure of psychedelics as being about “connection to the heart, period. It’s been seriously lacking. And that’s the thing that I feel like ancient cultures [understood] — the…

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Modern Culture

…magic mushrooms makes music more emotional to our brain

They found that the psilocybin increased the participants’ reported emotional response to the music by an average of 60 per cent. “This shows that combination of psilocybin and music has a strong emotional effect, and we believe that this will be important for the therapeutic application of psychedelics if they are approved for clinical use,”…

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Medicine/Healing

…ayahuasca healing ceremonies… [and neuroticism]?

Results showed that neuroticism declined substantially the week following the ayahuasca ceremony and remained substantially below baseline levels three months following the ceremony. “We found substantial changes in personality traits, particularly neuroticism, following ayahuasca use,” says Brandon Weiss, a psychologist at Imperial College London and the lead author of the paper. “These changes persisted over…

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Anthropology

Seattle… psychedelics… [update]

Proponents of the legalization of psychedelics… Seattle’s City Council approved a resolution… to decriminalize a wide range of activities around psychedelic drugs, including the cultivation and sharing of psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine and non-peyote-derived mescaline. The… measure extends what is already Seattle city policy not to arrest or prosecute people for personal drug possession to…

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