To recoup the tens-to-hundreds of millions of dollars invested in securing FDA approval and related patents, and then the expense of thereafter marketing their wares for a profit, the corporate owners of these future FDA-approved psychedelics are not acting out of principled charity or for the goodwill of all humankind. They are going to make…
…one topic has received increasing public attention. Once called a “non-starter” by some legislators, the right of [people] to cultivate (or “home grow”) a limited number… has become a real possibility. The possibility [that some legislation]… would not allow home grow is a perplexing one. Every one of the 11 states that have legalized cannabis…
Dr. Bruce Tobin… said the decision is a “huge milestone in Canadian medical history,” [and] said there was an emerging need for doctors and other healthcare workers to have legal access to psilocybin for training purposes… “Imagine what it would be like to go to a sex therapist who you know has never had sex.”…
As a former crack cocaine user, I’ve been on both ends of sharing a glass stem. I know how people experiencing stimulant dependency may be more inclined to take risks, like sharing pipes… The renovated site has stainless steel booths for people to inject, snort or orally consume their drugs. It includes a separate room, with…
The catalyst… was the section 56 class exemption which opened avenues furthering the universality of Canadian access to marijuana. But what does this have to do with the legalization of psychedelic drugs? In making this decision, the Canadian government had set a… precedent: If illicit drugs can be shown to have significant medical benefits they…
…no stranger to the psychedelic scene having collaborated with Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Mark Pesce, and Erik Davis. …the mental health epidemic as an externality of capitalism, and placing our trust in… cures [that generate profits at the expense of individual and natural rights]. Will [the current pandemic] be to…
The politics around psychedelics are changing as well: With great effort from advocates, various measures to decriminalize possession [and cultivation] of certain entheogens have passed in Oakland, [Ann Arbor, Michigan], Santa Cruz, Calif., as well as Denver [Colorado], and similar campaigns are underway in… other cities, [such as Portland, Oregon]. Sara Reed, study coordinator of…
…suffering from chronic Lyme disease, I tried all kinds of treatments… psychedelics can… increase awareness of what’s happening inside someone’s body. After my first iboga ceremony with a shaman in Mexico, I was shocked that not only did my Lyme symptoms completely lift, but the pain that I’d been feeling in my knees after falling…
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound… it is found naturally in several species of mushrooms, it has been widely documented in a variety of cultures. [Reporters] reached out to the lead researchers [at Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness, which collaborates with the non-profit, Unlimited Sciences] of the clinical trial, but the institutional review board…
That is why he’s one of a handful of terminally ill… who are appealing to the… health minister for a special exemption on compassionate grounds that would allow them to use… “magic mushrooms.” “Most people come out of this experience with a more spiritual connection to whatever it is they believe in. For me, that…
