Law enforcement officials made it clear that the targeting of low-level sales will end. To add icing to the cake, the charges against all 47 people arrested in the first five months of 2018 will be dismissed. The 47 people who were arrested so far in 2018 were approached by undercover officers posing as buyers.…
Over the last several days, I have been truly humbled by the outpouring of support and generosity by the defenders of kratom. The truth is on our side – kratom is safe, not highly addictive, and helps millions of people live a happier life. Last week, we asked you to help us achieve our goal…
How did a small nonprofit, with $200 in its bank account just a few years prior, grow to be so influential, so quickly? It may have had the DEA to thank for its growth. AKA’s campaign quickly gained traction when the DEA proposed to schedule the drug. Ash hired lobbyists, scientists, and a legal team. AKA’s success in confronting the…
May 16, the Louisiana House unanimously approved a resolution from state Rep. Frank Hoffmann directing the department to study the plant and products containing kratom. locally, it’s only a minor issue on health officials’ radar — while they may be skeptical of the science of its medicinal use, its impact isn’t as dire as federal warnings suggest. Previous…
Mushrooms contain many different molecules. Psilocybin [ingested, converts to psilocin]… the active chemical that is responsible for much of –but not all of–the psychoactivity in magic mushrooms. However, in addition to psilocybin, magic mushrooms also comprise many other psychoactive molecules. For example, the following tryptamine molecules are present in various types of mushrooms: [3-(2-trimethylaminoethyl)-1H-indol-4-yl] dihydrogen…
Everyone here at Ladybud Magazine agrees with Corbett’s assertion that he should not face jail or criminal charges for picking mushrooms. Corbett was arraigned on charges of felony possession of a controlled substance [for picking mushrooms]. He now faces up to five years in prison and a fine of as much as $10,000. He was…
I am not ready to confront my demons on some 12-hour ayahuasca trip, but I was intrigued to try a little bit of brain hacking of my own. If it is improving the mood and productivity of the professional elite in Silicon Valley, what could it do for me – a writer with a tendency…
Catch their info table at Exploring Psychedelics 2018. It’s group conversation time with James Joseph, Prism Marlow, and Vip Short of the Eugene Center for Ethnobotanial Studies discussing their collection of books on psychedelics, forming a 501(c)(3), and the state of the psychedelic movement in Oregon PODCAST LINK Original Article (Entheogenic Evolution Podomatic):Podcast ECfESArtwork Fair…
“It appears they [Insys] are trying to kill a non-pharmaceutical market for marijuana in order to line their own pockets,” a spokesman for Arizona’s marijuana legalization campaign said of Insys last year … The company [Insys] last year said that it opposed the marijuana legalization measure because “it fails to protect the safety of Arizona’s…
In Oregon and Denver, where marijuana is legal for recreational use, activists are now pushing toward a psychedelic frontier: “magic mushrooms.” Tom Eckert, a Portland, Ore.-based therapist who leads the psilocybin decriminalization campaign with his wife, Sheri, said the proposed limitations on psilocybin use are important. “Psilocybin is generally safe, but it puts you in…
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