Rehab centers for substance use and eating disorders could empty out as more people turn to psychedelics. Again, we’re not at this point yet. But such is the promise of psychedelic medicine. If the research pans out, the world of mental health care may look very different in the coming decades. Psychedelic treatment won’t be…
*Gastón Guzmán Huerta (August 26, 1932 – January 12, 2016), a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, was an authority on the genus Psilocybe. Unlike 4/20, 9/20 events aren’t intended as gatherings for people to get high together. Instead, they’re mostly lectures, salons, or meetups that prioritize the goals of research and policy rather than the joys…
Even if they get the right substance, White says, students might not use it safely because of a lack of education. So instead, he advocates working with law enforcement, school administrators and medical professionals to teach students about the real risks and safest methods, a process called “harm reduction.” They’ve faced some opposition from college…
Even under Trump and with the Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, marijuana prohibitionists in the US are losing the war on that drug. Now is a good time to take a hard look at their terms of surrender and the path forward to legalization of psychedelic medicines. Legalization of therapeutic botanicals pursued solely through the marketplace…
Cocaine and ecstasy users have been promised they will not be arrested if they take their drugs to the on-site festival lab run by the charity The Loop … Attendees at the Kendal Calling music festival in Cumbria this past weekend were able to get their pills and powders tested for potency and adulteration without…
“If done with the appropriate support and preparation in place, it’s incredibly safe,” she says, pointing out there’s also a risk in taking antibiotics. “It’s a matter of taking appropriate precautions.” Ayahuasca, he says, “doesn’t solve the problem. It gives you hints on how to solve your own problems. “In Brazil, they’re [researching] the tea,…
“There is a lack of information from universities because there is a nervousness about them talking about something that’s illegal,” she says. “They know it happens, but they aren’t sure of their role in intervening. They can’t tell people that getting into debt with drug dealers is a bad idea, or [to use] certain drugs…
When we find out someone who doesn’t fit that dirty, scabbed, disheveled description has used drugs or become addicted to them, it shatters our narrative. We need to support each person who use drugs regardless of how they look; their socioeconomic status; their age; their race; if they live in the suburbs, in a small…
“[This] adds critical evidence that on-site pill-testing services may be a valuable public health and safety tool.” Study: Many recreational drug users say they wouldn’t take pills shown to be adulterated, fake… “People would be safest not taking any street drugs at all, but if free, no-fault testing can reduce deaths and other catastrophic consequences,…
“Open dispensaries provide over $30,000 per year in social benefit in terms of larcenies prevented,” authors concluded. Researchers identified an immediate increase in criminal activity – particularly property crime, larceny, and auto break ins – in the areas where dispensary operations were forced to close as compared to crime rates in those neighborhoods where marijuana…
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