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How… [Cascadia] has adapted to the psilocybin movement…

As the psilocybin movement… continues to grow… residents can now order magic mushrooms online, delivered right to their door… psilocybin is in a similar place to cannabis when considerations were first made to legalize the substance… Moms who microdose are among the fastest growing groups of followers in the psychedelic movement, according to industry observers…

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How to protect yourself from super-strength [MDMA]

It’s never been more important to keep yourself… safe… MDMA has become more potent, more mixed, and less secure – it’s important that partygoers and ravers have as much information as possible to stay out of danger. …warnings have spiked over added chemicals to drugs such as MDMA such as PMA, n-ethylpentylone, clephedrone/4-CMC and eutylone.…

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Mind-altering drugs are here to stay

Michael Pollan and others are doing all of us a great service in their roles in leading the psychedelic revolution by fostering a public discussion about how inadequate our language is to the task of fully understanding the pull and power of drugs in our lives. Psychotropic drugs impact brain chemistry and bodily functions, activating…

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Is the psychedelic… about to…

We’re firmly within the midst of a psychedelic renaissance, with substances lengthy regarded merely as leisure medicine… …corresponding to psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA – being reappraised as potential therapies for quite a lot of psychological well being situations. At the same time, legislation and stigma surrounding psychedelics has slowly begun to loosen in recent years,…

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The rise of casual shrooms

Many mushroom users are treating them less as self-growth substances, and more as some fun… how has this happened and what does it all mean… I dived into the rise of the casual mushroom user to find out. James Morsh… tells me that, “Mushrooms have almost become a staple in the ‘sesh diet’ in certain social…

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Booze traded for psychedelics at weddings

…interesting trend – trading mushrooms for booze. Lots of folks… don’t want that awful champagne hangover the next day, so they’re choosing to party with mushrooms… usually in the form of tasty chocolates. …for lots of folks it’s just a pleasurable experience… within limits. Beats getting drunk. The rub, of course, is that when someone…

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…the way to… psychedelic…

At 28% usage across the population, psychedelics have penetrated mainstream American culture to a significant extent. It looks like those old D.A.R.E. lessons were every bit as effective as researchers expected: A 1992 Indiana University Study found that participation in the anti-drug program increased rates of “hallucinogenic” drug use among graduates. That certainly provided job…

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To the field

Whatever liberatory potential lies in psychedelics, whether medical treatment or spiritual awakening or simple joy, I am for. Whatever new traps and new prisons lie within them, I am against. All I can do is to try to sort it all out and to share information and perspectives that I think will help set the…

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With magic mushrooms, small businesses lead…

…who gets to capitalize on magic mushrooms – and how they gain access – remains a key question. The challenge for regulators is how to create a framework that will allow legal mushroom businesses to thrive against fierce competition from the underground. “We know there is an unregulated market, as well as centuries of use…

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