Biography/Memoir

Should you be psyched about psychedelics?

Ryskowski said that entheogens can offer healing that won’t be found in traditional medicine. “It means real healing,” he said. “People lose so much of their lives to mental health issues.” Ray Ryskowski said that the conference was something he’s wanted to organize ever since. “We’ve been working up to the conference for years with…

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As tobacco sales dry up, Kentucky farmers look to the state’s ‘original crop’ — hemp

“This is about evolving,” the 43-year-old said, gingerly pinching stalks of hemp that dangled like light fixtures.“Tobacco here is very much the past,” Furnish said. “Hemp is the future.” The hemp provision, which had bipartisan support, labels hemp a commodity crop — like soybeans and corn — and offers farmers insurance if they choose to…

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Black Americans Are Building A Space In Psychedelic Drug Culture After Being Ignored For Decades

…Michael Pollan, Michael Mithoefer, and other white men who are supporting the use of psychedelic drugs to combat mental health issues. The problem goes beyond researchers too: raters (people who subjectively evaluate a patient’s response to a medical treatment); sponsors (an individual, institution, company or organization that takes the responsibility to initiate, manage or finance…

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Philippines: Duterte’s ‘drug war’ claims 12,000+ Lives

Duterte has responded to increased criticism of his anti-drug campaign by impugning, harassing, and threatening critics of the government and human rights defenders. Since the “drug war” began on June 30, 2016, Duterte and his officials have publicly reviled, humiliated and, in one instance, jailed human rights advocates. Senator Leila de Lima, the president’s chief…

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Kratom advocates take their fight to Washington as potential federal ban looms

“Our goal is to educate in an effort to be proactive rather than reactive,” a spokesperson for Kratom Community Grassroots, a nonprofit advocacy organization, told HuffPost. “Many legislators are leaving office with new Representatives and staff taking their place. Educating will be an ongoing endeavor to increase awareness and maintain our access to kratom.” The…

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