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A nuanced reflection on Maria Sabína

One cannot talk about María Sabína’s public memory without talking about the impact of colonization and patriarchy. In many cultures under colonized rule, syncretism is the practice of an attempted amalgamation of different religions. In Sabina’s case, she took the religion of the Spaniards, Catholicism, and used that to mask their Indigenous practices. Original Article…

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Who’s researching the researchers?

Ricardo Pereyda accepted the role of vice president and COO of the veteran-focused Weed for Warriors Project (WFW). He brought along another veteran named Sean Kiernan – who had also been involved with Sue Sisley and MAPS – to act as CFO for WFW (Kiernan would later become the CEO of the organization.). When it…

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…cannabis… loss

Both men were well-respected, longtime players in the Oregon cannabis scene and contributed greatly to the development of Oregon’s regulated cannabis industry. Two longtime Oregon cannabis industry figures were murdered in January in Houston, Texas, in crimes some believe are possibly connected to illicit cannabis. Dana Ryssdal, co-founder of Oregon-based cannabis distribution company LTRMN Inc,…

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…scientists… grow magic mushrooms 

“In Vancouver, there are magic mushroom stores operating openly. Not long before cannabis was legalized, we had cannabis stores openly operating,” Ben Lightburn says.  …consumers will want naturally extracted psilocybin over synthetic is because of something called the “entourage effect,” which is the idea that a natural plant has more than just one active ingredient… they…

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Oregon’s emerging psilocybin mushroom market braces for dose of financial reality

Like many Oregonians who voted to approve psilocybin treatments through Measure 109, Noah Heller was excited about the possibility… Rose City is the first lab in the state to apply for a license and meet Oregon Health Authority requirements for testing the purity and potency of psilocybin mushrooms. “It’s super expensive,” Daniel Huson said of launching…

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Coverage… Oregon psilocybin cubensis manufacturer license

Oregon Health Authority (OHA)… has issued… the state’s first psilocybin [cubensis] license… Satori Farms PDX LCC, a women owned business… received a manufacturer license… Original Article: March 21, 2023; EDELIC Center. March 22, 2023; EDELIC Center (9:32 AM PDT) & FOX KPTV News Channel 12 (9:34 AM PDT) & NBC KTVZ News Channel 21 (10:55…

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…psilocybin straight to your door

Derek Chase started making mushroom gummies about two and a half years ago. Previously, he worked corporate jobs at Johnson & Johnson and L’Oréal… I, for one, was simply interested in the scalable dosing for chill long weekends and maybe a slight creativity boost – both of which the gummies provided, from the lowest dose…

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…a political action committee

 …aim to secure federal funding… [Decriminalize Nature DC IP-81] pushed through an initiative that made cultivation and possession of plant and fungi medicines the lowest priority for local police and prosecutors… The founders behind [this] newly formed Psychedelic Medicine PAC also aim to secure federal funding to further education and research efforts… among those lessons……

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An updated (living) list of North American psychedelic dispensaries

At Fungi Shop [925 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC] Kaitie Degen offers sweet treats, gummies, chocolate bars, and more. Operating similarly to… other brick-and-mortar mushroom dispensaries, Zoomers [1181 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC] requests potential customers to apply for membership and self-diagnose with an ailment that psilocybin could offer help for before being allowed to shop there.  Zide Door…

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