“Most states already have an Indoor Clean Air Act, which prevents cigarette smoking inside,” Martinez tells High Times. “After legalization passed in Oregon, someone specifically added cannabinoids to the state’s Indoor Clean Air Act, so we would like to get that reversed.The bill would not only allow stand-alone cannabis cafes, it would also permit licensed…
*The power of psychedelics is that they can reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime. —Sam Harris *About 20 million Americans have done mushrooms. And the Global Drug Survey says mushrooms carry the lowest physical risk of any recreational drug. “I’m…
It’s a new front in the crucial struggle to roll back the horror that is psychedelic prohibition. There are now two fronts open. First, there is the laborious, time-intensive and money-intensive pathway to obtaining the federal government’s approval of psychedelic substances for marketing in interstate commerce (i.e. demonstrating to the satisfaction of the FDA that…
Cannabis, like all psychoactive drugs, puts the user on a different level from the sober person, or from people on other drugs. That creates a distance. Drunk people can talk to each other wonderfully; two dudes on acid see the same visual distortions but for a dude who’s wasted [on liquor] to talk to a…
*ECfES Conservatory The fallout from the murder of Maestra Arévalo Lomas is emblematic of a common problem, what we are framing as spiritual extractivism. NGOs have left, foreigners have forgotten, and ayahuasca tourism is doing what ayahuasca tourism does – come in, get the medicine, feel unified with the universe, go back. However, as the…
But does soon-to-be-filed legislation do enough to ensure social equity under a legal cannabis system? The letter outlines seven policies that Baraka hopes will be featured in the marijuana legalization bill, which legislative leaders have said they hope to introduce and pass as soon as this month … The mayors emphasized the importance of remediating the…
Drug decriminalization is a rational and fiscally sound policy rooted in health and human rights. Governments throughout the U.S. and around the world have an indisputable moral and scientific imperative to pursue it. Not only does drug decriminalization drastically reduce the number of people mired in the quicksand of the criminal justice system – it…
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Even the old guard is taking note of this development, recognizing the new generation’s skill in working with psychedelics and the advances in their therapeutic use. [Jack Kornfield writes}, “It has to be done carefully and with the boundaries that the Buddha offered regarding ethics—not to harm yourself and not to harm others.” Those pushing…
Oregon is also stepping into the spotlight in this movement. A 2017 bill passed by the legislature moved toward decriminalizing heroin, cocaine, and a host of other substances, including psychedelics. The governor signed it shortly afterward, making these drugs a misdemeanor instead of a felony. Intention matters as well. Treating psilocybin as a party drug can result in unexpected and…
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