“This was supposed to be a big game-changer,” said Dr. Erick Turner, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University. But the data on the drug (esketamine) was “nothing to write home about,” he added. Johnson & Johnson, which owns Janssen, submitted five studies in its application to the FDA, only two of which were…
Except for three police officers involved in a highly publicized killing in August 2017, no one has been convicted in any “drug war” killings, Human Rights Watch said. Philippine National Police said its forces had killed more than 5,500 people during drug raids. Local rights groups as well as the United Nations Office of the…
Insiders often refer to the “cannabis space” – a term broad enough to include a social justice movement and unapologetic capitalism – and recognize no contradiction between them. In Steve Schain’s view, even the largest and most professionally run companies are being built to be acquired when major agriculture, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies consider it…
In Mexico, authorities say more than 60,000 people… …have been disappeared since the beginning of the U.S.-backed drug war in 2006. Original Article (Democracy Now):Mexico: 60,000 people disappeared since U.S.-backed drug war beganArtwork Fair Use: Grupo Reforma
[Some] micro-doser[s] [claim he/she/they] doesn’t have time for an eight-hour-long trip. They have businesses to scale. … [however, research] supports the idea that… [visionary states] play a significant role in patient recovery. “They come to a profound shift of worldview, essentially a shift in a sense of self,” Griffiths said on the same segment. “Their…
“I compare taking LSD to being a good rider of a powerful horse,” says [Amanda] Feilding. “In the right, carefully controlled, setting and with the right intention, you could use the psychedelic to achieve whatever you want. [On micro-dosing] “My current hypothesis is that it basically changes your brain in the same way as a…
Mushroom expert Paul Stamets cautions that there can be a difference… between batches of the same species. Despite these variables, some rough calculations can be done that may provide some insight for microdosing dried mushrooms. How does 0.5 – 2.0 mg (0.0005 – 0.002 g) of psilocybin translate into a dose of dried psilocybin mushroom…
“We’re talking about several thousands… that are suffering every day that treatment continues to be withheld from them,” Bruce Tobin [of the University of Toronto launched the Centre for Psychedelic Studies] said. “Treatment delayed is treatment denied.” [Dana Larsen], the longtime cannabis rights advocate from Vancouver is known for protesting against drug laws… has now…
Private investment in the space needs to be coupled with research into their social impact… Liana Gillooly, a development officer at MAPS, a non-profit investigating the therapeutic uses of psychedelics, with an early focus on MDMA as a potential treatment for PTSD. But Gillooly said that funding needs to be set aside for “safe contexts”…
Mycologist Paul Stamets believes psilocybin should be offered over the counter. By whatever mechanism they work, psychedelics have long been shown to increase positive outlooks and decrease negative sentiments. That is valuable… We’ve exhausted the alternatives and found them insufficient. This is not medical advice—just common sense. Original Article (BigThink):Are over-the-counter psychedelics in our future?Artwork…
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