A major reason for the death penalty in China is to dissuade drug trafficking, and the public nature of these executions shows China’s commitment to this policy, which has gained widespread public support. For example, in December 2017, thousands of observers watched as 10 people were sentenced to death in a sports stadium in Lufeng…
Nick Powers, an Associate Professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury and a psychedelic drug advocate, warned that, “As Johns Hopkins research and MAPS push the legalization of psilocybin and MDMA… [they] most likely will become medicine for the elite… because I imagine the treatment may or may not be covered by health insurance, it…
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…
The proposed Denver measure would apply only to that city, while in Oregon mushroom use would be allowed only with the approval of a physician and under the supervision of a registered therapist. None of the proposed initiatives envisions fully legalizing psilocybin mushrooms, which would allow the government to regulate and tax sales in a…
*book copies available at ECfES.org Public Lending Library (this copy hand-signed by Stephen Gaskin of the Farm in his book, Cannabis Spirituality) For now, Oregon’s smaller marijuana businesses are trying to stay afloat. A newly formed group will launch an ad campaign this fall to tell Oregonians why they should pay more for mom-and-pop cannabis. Oregon Craft…
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…
The leaders of the professional psychedelic research community have come together to defend their heritage of collaboration and frontline social justice. Signatories have committed to uphold the following principals : *Intellectual and scientific integrity: “We affirm that we report the truth as we find it, not as we or others might prefer it to be…
Psychedelics are truly being studied as medicine and not a menace. The promise of psychedelics as a treatment for PTSD seems to have no ceiling, but other findings have shown that psychedelics improve relationships. Finding a partner is one of life’s most worthwhile challenges. Magic mushrooms and MDMA and LSD might be catalysts to a…
An educational, yet leisurely self-paced stroll through the gardens of ethnobotanical and psychedelic plant science, health, policy, and human-rights knowledge… …the Eugene Center for Ethnobotanical Studies blog will take you on EXPLORATORY EXCURSIONS INTO GAIAN DATA FORESTS. Original Article (Think Wilder):The best psychedelic blogs and publicationsArtwork Fair Use: ECfES
More than 50 leading kratom vendors and advocacy groups gathered to discuss the future of kratom in America at the first Kratom Leadership Summit on Monday, April 30, 2018. Henningfield told attendees that the FDA and those fighting to ban kratom are misguided in their understanding of the plant’s effects and its purported opioid-like qualities.…
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