“Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and Big Industry are going to try to monetize literally anything that they can. And so there’s a sense in which this is a wider, or deeper, or more intractable problem than just thinking about these particular drugs that we’re now discussing.” With a drug like MDMA, what’s interesting is it…
These performance-enhancing effects of psychedelics may be “without dispute” in certain underground sub-cultures but it is unlikely an elite athlete would be taking a high dose of LSD before participating in a major gold-medal event in the Olympics. Her description of the experience doesn’t suggest the drug made it easier to run the long marathon.…
The concept of social sharing or decriminalized shared use is essential in psychedelic policy reform for several reasons. First, simple decriminalization for personal possession is insufficient to protect the most common dynamic of psychedelic use: a small group of people sharing psychedelics, often with a guide or group leader facilitating the experience… …the bill now…
What was once a war on drugs has turned into a public push for the decriminalization and legalization of illegal drugs with potential therapeutic benefits… Now, the psychedelics… [are] in the spotlight, with states [and cities] across America looking to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms. Original Article (PR Newswire):Psychedelic decriminalization creating market opportunitiesArtwork Fair Use: karode13
A team of researchers in Europe recently conducted what they describe to be “one of the largest longitudinal European multicenter studies on the topic” of residual effects of cannabis use on neurocognition (decision making skills)… Decision making is not impaired when cannabis is used in moderation, and onset of use occurs after the age of 15. “We…
In 2016, the… legal clash between the LPs and patient collectives ended in a victory for Canadian patients. Namely that the right of home grow in Canada was challenged in court. Patients (at least in Canada) won the day… That said, the same could not be said of Germany. Indeed, the same month that Canadian…
The survey found younger voters to be more likely to say psychedelic substances have medical uses… Fifty-three percent of 18-29 year olds said “magic mushrooms” have medicinal benefits while majorities of voters 30 and older said they do not… the 2020 election saw several states ease restrictions on recreational drug use. Original Article (The Hill):Poll:…
The class divide over the stimulant of choice: either to promote production or to inhibit escape, only furthered a sense of class camaraderie: a distinction that Engels and fellow socialists would ironically grasp onto. Liquor became the target of socialists while beer became their unifier for the working class. For an industrializing world, coffee fit…
…given to patients in the study in 2016 and resulted in immediate, substantial relief of symptoms that was sustained and documented at their follow-ups more than six months later. …it’s thought that because [psilocybe mushrooms] can affect mood and perception to “regulate arousal and panic responses,”… interacts with the networks of the brain to shape…
For their study, the researchers analyzed data from 171,766 adults who responded to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2015 and 2018. After controlling for a number of variables – including age, sex, household income, education and the use of other drugs – the researchers found that those who reported having ever…
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