Psychology

Oregon now offers psilocybin…

“They’re very edible,” he said. “Almost like eating a nut.” …the new system is not considered medical… thinks he might take psilocybin again, to continue his personal growth… when psilocybin can be obtained for as little as $20 a dose… Original Article (Oregon Public Broadcasting & Filter Mag):Oregon now offers psilocybin therapy. Here’s what one…

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Estrogen impacts the effects of psilocybin for women

We are left behind in mainstream medical system and so when you when we want to discuss these things… women have had a lot of difficulty in the mainstream medical system—and that’s not to say that I have a problem with the mainstream medical system—however, there is a history of women being gaslit at the…

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Psychology

Psychedelic users show greater psychological strengths and improved well-being, study finds

The paper titled “Psychedelics and Psychological Strengths” discusses findings from three studies conducted through online surveys from a total of 3,157 participants. The researchers used controls for demographic variables, subjects’ use of other psychoactive drugs, and their beliefs about the potential benefits of psychedelic substances. The findings revealed that classical psychedelic users have “greater psychological…

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…cities… psychedelic mushrooms… advocates praise…

…a shroom tender… psilocybin is still astoundingly just like cannabis, a schedule one controlled substance… criminal penalties for people who are just trying to help themselves and heal themselves. There’s no reason to get law enforcement involved with any of this. Now, I can see both sides of the argument about the benefit of doing…

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Psychology

…you need to know about magic mushrooms

Like the endless mycelial networks that thread through our planet’s ecosystems, magic mushrooms are now thoroughly entangled in 21st century culture. So, as we step further into a future in which psilocybin gummies will most probably become a normal fixture on the shelves of health food stores… shrooms – defined by their main psychedelic compound, psilocybin –…

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…change the world

Oregon leads a new era of psilocybin… …first encountered psilocybin like many people have: in her youth. Original Article (Bend Bulletin):Oregon’s first licensed psilocybin facilitators want to change the worldArtwork Fair Use: Public domain

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Psychology

The three types of psychedelic high

The Ohio State University College of Social Work conducted a study where they asked 1,000 participants to report the types of high some psychedelics gave them. They experimented with the effects of LSD, psilocybin… mescaline, ayahuasca, and 5-MeO-DMT (a close relative of DMT)… the research yielded 3 distinct types of psychedelic highs. (High scoring) –…

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Psychedelic patents and pharma… drug reform advocacy

…drug prohibition is clearly one of the larger drivers of systemic inequality in the psychedelic industry, including many of the perceived problems of medicalisation. When a hospital or clinic is the only place people can access relatively harmless and common drugs, the problem is not just the hospital, the practitioners, or the manufacturer of the…

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Psychology

How psychedelics help with gender identity and transition

…psychedelic medicines may provide a pathway for trans and gender diverse people to reconnect with themselves and increase access to gender affirmation, thus reducing the need for gender affirmation from others. …the psychedelic community suffers from a highly gendered essentialized understanding in the physical sense too, where there are often two therapists in a room…

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