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…stores are booming as interest grows… magic mushrooms, psilocybin and microdosing… growing trend…

“This is not an underground phenomenon anymore. There are businesses that make a living out of microdosing, and obviously that changes the game a little bit,” said Balázs Szigeti, professor at Imperial College London, one of the most renowned research centres in the field. Health Canada says the national Drug Analysis Service (DAS), which operates…

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…statewide psychedelics…

…campaign… by Decriminalize Nature Boulder County… one-page measure would allow adults 21 and older to possess, cultivate, gift and deliver psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline and DMT. Further, the measure says that it would be lawful to conduct psychedelics services for guidance, therapy and harm reduction and spiritual purposes with or without accepting payment. It would…

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What to know before trying psychedelics…

…it’s natural to feel apprehensive about an unfamiliar experience, like trying psychedelics for the first time. But, “good preparation can reduce the likelihood of unpleasant effects and make the experience more meaningful and impactful.” …educational and reliable information about psychedelics can help you feel more confident going into the experience… you can also talk with…

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Michigan activists file psychedelics… ballot initiative for 2022

After local legislators passed that decriminalization resolution in 2020, the Washtenaw County prosecutor announced that his office will not be pursuing charges over possessing entheogenic plants and fungi, “regardless of the amount at issue.” Michigan activists have filed a statewide ballot initiative that would legalize possessing, cultivating and sharing psychedelics and set up a system for their…

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The war against cannabis… it’s time to call it…

Let’s face it, for the past half a century the US has been in a REAL hot war, a “forever war” against cannabis, a war against Americans on American soil. Here’s another big number: 545,602 That’s the of number of Americans arrested for cannabis related crimes in 2019… that’s more cannabis arrests than for all…

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…transforming… health…

Much like the legalization of cannabis, voters may have pushed laws faster than some legislatures would have liked. …in the case of psychedelics, demonstration projects could help control sky-high costs. Psychedelic therapy has already received criticism because of its relatively high cost, which can be upwards of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. In the middle of…

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…magic mushrooms makes music more emotional to our brain

They found that the psilocybin increased the participants’ reported emotional response to the music by an average of 60 per cent. “This shows that combination of psilocybin and music has a strong emotional effect, and we believe that this will be important for the therapeutic application of psychedelics if they are approved for clinical use,”…

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Equity, liberty and access in the psychedelic space…

When I think about the most traumatized people in our society, race is certainly a major factor, but class too is absolutely massive. So many people are stuck in real scarcity. Chronic scarcity in communities usually leads to chronic trauma, and of course that can be compounded with other forms of oppression. How can we…

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…drug policy priorities are a small step in the right direction, but old attitudes linger

Young drug reformers also had a few bones to pick with the administration’s priorities… applauded priorities like more access to treatment and more research on racial equity… complained that the administration priorities “fail to provide adequate support to Young People Who Use Drugs (YPWUD) in this country” – especially those who use drugs non-problematically. “[T]here…

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