Biography/Memoir

Vancouver police arrest two people associated with drug-advocacy group that hands out free illicit drugs

The drugs are distributed as part of DULF’s [Drug User’s Liberation Front] compassion club, which enrolls people who use drugs as members and then distributes up to 14 grams of a substance to them per week, according to the group’s website… police seized what is believed to be heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine… Previously the group has…

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Biography/Memoir

The Psychedelic Cup… psilocybe mushrooms

..the Psychedelic Club of Denver… host[ed] The Psychedelic Cup, Colorado’s first psychedelic mushroom competition open to the public, on November 2nd, 2023 at Mile High Station… …together, celebrate… local mycologists’ expertise, and learn more about the mushrooms we grow and consume… everyone over 21… join the competition and witness how their mushrooms stack up against others…

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Medicine/Healing

…using magic mushrooms…

Mason Marks, the senior fellow and lead of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation at Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center, told… in an interview… that psilocybin is clearly growing in popularity as various states and cities promote new laws to decriminalize and legalize the drug. “The pieces of legislation are growing, they’re being replicated…

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Medicine/Healing

Federal appeals court rules against DEA In psilocybin rescheduling lawsuit brought by doctor who wants to give psychedelic to cancer patients

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a lawsuit over a Washington State doctor’s petition to reschedule psilocybin. The court said DEA failed to explain its reasoning when it denied the petition, and it ordered the agency to provide a more complete justification… “Given the inadequacy of the DEA’s denial…

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Spirituality

Divinity… how shroom churches offer meaning

It’s the search for meaning, purpose, and spirituality outside conventional religious institutions. Many non-religious people are finding solace in psychedelic churches. There, psychedelic journeys and communal connections allow them to experience key elements of religious life. [For example]… don’t require belief in God or the supernatural. Instead, they aim to address questions of purpose, meaning,…

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Politics

Eureka City Council… decriminalizes psychedelic…

Eureka City Council approved a measure decriminalizing entheogenic plant medicines and fungi such as psilocybin mushrooms within the Eureka city limits. A local teacher, Rachel Riggs, told the council that she believes psychedelics can provide unparalleled healing in a community with an elevated rate of adverse childhood experiences… “Entheogens are anti-addictive [and are] among the…

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