Spirituality

…a trip to the Amazon or whatever… out of the question

A church in New Hampshire offers the use of ayahuasca… “a trip to the Amazon or whatever was totally out of the question ’cause I’m poor,” says Quiles. …several times a month, people pay around $700 for a weekend of ayahuasca in the woods… a 2006 Supreme Court ruling sided with a church serving ayahuasca,…

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Biography/Memoir

…to help you trip…

…the San Pedro cactus… LaManna graduated from Central Michigan University in 2013 with a BA in business administration – as well as two felony convictions for selling psilocybin. “That freed me to go an alternative route in life,” he said. “I can’t get jobs in corporate America. It pitted me against the system. That led…

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Modern Culture

How to protect yourself from super-strength [MDMA]

It’s never been more important to keep yourself… safe… MDMA has become more potent, more mixed, and less secure – it’s important that partygoers and ravers have as much information as possible to stay out of danger. …warnings have spiked over added chemicals to drugs such as MDMA such as PMA, n-ethylpentylone, clephedrone/4-CMC and eutylone.…

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Medicine/Healing

‘…saved my life’

…mind-altering root bark of the Iboga plant is used ritualistically to promote health and happiness. Though the… visions he experienced in his first Iboga journey were terrifying at the time, he’s come a long way since venturing through some of the darkest parts of his psyche. On the other side of his temporary descent into…

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Psychology

Study finds lsd therapy strikingly effective at reducing anxiety and depression

…published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, a team of Swiss researchers administered 20 participants, who were diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, and a further 22 participants with a mental disorder, significant amounts of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)… Participants of the study received either LSD or a placebo over three visits covering a 24-week period. The ones who…

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Politics

San Francisco supervisors vote to decriminalize shrooms… other plant-based psychedelics

The San Francisco Board of Supervisor Dean Presston said that “San Francisco joins a growing list of cities and countries that are taking a fresh look at these plant-based medicines, following science and data, and destigmatizing their use and cultivation. Today’s unanimous vote is an exciting step forward.” Decriminalizing plant-based psychedelics is not as culturally…

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Politics

Oregon… Measure 109… equity

While there is likely some local economic value in opting into Measure 109, the developing psilocybin industry is presenting regulatory and capital barriers that are already pricing out small and medium sized businesses… Measure 109 explicitly forbids local government from imposing local taxes. Creating a situation where only the most well capitalized businesses can enter…

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Psychology

Integration of psychedelic experiences linked to self-actualization via improvements in personal development and self-insight

The study, which appears in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, provides evidence that this is the case for both clinical and non-clinical populations… the participants answered questions regarding their integration practices in the wake of their psychedelic experiences. In other words, they reported the extent to which they intentionally revisited aspects their psychedelic experiences, incorporated…

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Politics

Pennsylvania announces program to pardon thousands of pot convictions

Pennsylvania residents who have previously been busted for cannabis now have a pathway to a clean record.  “PA Marijuana Pardon Project,” billed as an “effort to quickly pardon thousands of Pennsylvanians from minor, non-violent marijuana-related convictions.” “This pardon project has the potential to open the door for thousands of Pennsylvanians – the college grad looking…

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Politics

…psychedelics could unlock a whole new trip…

…psychedelic dispensaries… decriminalization effort can help kick off a shift to a three-tiered model for distribution that spans clinical, ceremonial-based and recreational uses.  “If we can figure out a model where all three of those coexist in a way that allows people growing natural medicine to exist next to UC San Francisco that’s distributing synthetic…

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