Biography/Memoir

…Head of drug enforcement administration to leave

[In] July [of 2017, President Trump of the United States] told law enforcement officers “please don’t be too nice” when handling crime suspects. Mr. Rosenberg forcefully rejected [those] comments, sending an email to all D.E.A. employees at the time to tell them that they should not mistreat suspects. “We must earn and keep the public…

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California’s cannabis priestess arrested on felony charge

[Reverand Heidi] Grossman-Lepp charged that the raids violated the sect’s religious freedom. The police actions, she said, were akin to sending armed agents “into a Catholic Church to smash all the wine, destroy all the communion and arrest people for worshipping.” … [Another individual] joined the church as an affiliate congregation, put in a new…

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Science

Mind-altering therapy : psilocybin therapy to combat depression

Spokesperson Tracey Cheung told us natural psilocybin extraction is difficult and expensive to produce to cGMP standards. “Given the urgent unmet need, Compass has chosen to synthesize psilocybin to expedite research and regulatory approval to bring this treatment to patients without unecessary delays,” she said. “We plan to extend research into extracts at a later…

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Spirituality

Florida’s ayahuasca church wants to go legal

In the letter, the US Drug Enforcement Agency asked Young and his cohort to apply for exemption status, which would allow them to provide ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic Amazonian tea, legally. It would also make Soul Quest the first homegrown psychedelic healing center in the US, permanently altering the way the government views the intersection of…

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Psychology

Study: alcohol is far worse for mental health than psychedelics

“Drug experts consistently rank LSD and psilocybin mushrooms as much less harmful to the individual user and to society compared to alcohol and other controlled substances.” These words from a study by Norway’s Research Council mimic the self-reported effects of psychoactives, as well: Most users report deep or meaningful experiences while using LSD or mushrooms.…

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Biography/Memoir

Weed warriors: meet six women shaping the cannabis industry

“Being at the forefront of something like this,” she says, “as a woman, is unbelievable.” ​As a product, cannabis “crosses genders, ethnicities, economic backgrounds and political views,” says Sally Nichols, a leading pot investor. ​Original Article (Rolling Stone):Weed Warriors: Meet Six Women Shaping the Cannabis IndustryArtwork Fair Use: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

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