Biography/Memoir

…the… psychedelic mushroom…

Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) filings reveal that… atai Life Sciences disposed of around 2.7 million Compass Pathways shares for gross proceeds of just over $16 million. That represents around a third of atai’s stake in Compass. Meanwhile, Colorado is reaching its second year of decriminalizing [and legalizing] mushrooms and DMT for personal use and growth… “This 70-year effort to criminalize…

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Politics

…women are being prosecuted for using marijuana… while pregnant following Roe’s repeal…

Wendy Bach, principal investigator of the report and professor at the University of Tennessee law school… “We learned that prosecutions in the year after Dobbs represent a high-water mark in pregnancy criminalization, following from increased suspicion and surveillance of pregnant people,” she said. “It is significant that… in thirty-one of those eighty-six cases, the only…

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Science

Psilocybin increases optimistic engagement over time: computational modelling of behaviour in rats

The model revealed that after receiving psilocybin, rats achieve more rewards through increased task engagement… As optimism bias is associated with increased engagement with the world and depression is linked to diminished optimism… all experimental procedures were conducted in accordance with the Australian Code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes and…

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Medicine/Healing

Psilocybin shows greater long-term benefits over SSRI for depression

A direct comparison between the experimental psychedelic drug psilocybin and a standard SSRI antidepressant shows similar improvement of depressive symptoms, but that psilocybin offers additional longer-term benefits… Lead researcher Mr. Tommaso Barba (Ph.D. candidate from Imperial College, London) said, “This is the first work to compare the long-term effects of these two drugs in the…

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Biography/Memoir

Psilocybin CEO arrested at airport fleeing stock fraud charges

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the chief executive officer of psilocybin company Minerco Inc. (OTC: MINE), Julius Jenge was arrested… The former CEO was fleeing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into the stock fraud allegations around the penny stock company Minerco… In 2021, the company began touting its psilocybin business and Minerco…

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Modern Culture

…psychedelic mushrooms-lovers enjoy first Denver Shroom Fest…

Denver Shroom Fest’s founders say the decriminalization has led to safer access for all users. As lovers of magic mushrooms gather to celebrate recreational use… [&] a medcinal microdose clinic… it’s like joining the Costco of magic mushrooms… then you get measured dose medicines. Original Article (CBS News):As psychedelic mushrooms-lovers enjoy first Denver Shroom Fest,…

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Politics

Raids on magic mushroom dispensaries are a knee-jerk reaction…

The recreational and medicinal markets are far more intertwined than many are aware. As so often happens… we have seen this phenomenon with cannabis and opioids, and it now appears to be happening with psychedelics. A recent survey found that less than 34 per cent of Canadians who reported using psychedelics did so to self-medicate…

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Psychology

Over 5 million Americans could benefit if psilocybin approved for depression

In the mid-range of estimates, anywhere from 56% to 62% of Americans currently being treated for depression could be eligible to try psilocybin. The number could even grow higher if people currently untreated for their depression decide they would like to try psilocybin, the investigators noted. Original Article (Newsweek):Over 5 million Americans could benefit if psilocybin…

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