Roland Griffiths, a professor of behavioral science and psychiatry whose pioneering work in the study of psychedelics helped usher in a new era of research into those once banned substances – and reintroduced the mystical into scientific discourse about them – died on Monday [10/16/2023] at his home in Baltimore. He was 77. This work…
Marianne Williamson, a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, says the federal government should “fully legalize” certain psychedelics like psilocybin for therapeutic use and cover the costs for patients under a universal healthcare system. “In states where psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy has been legalized, it is still so costly that many cannot afford it. We cannot allow cost to impede…
…the use of psychedelics falls somewhere in between social acceptance and outright prohibition among Muslim communities… and cultural perceptions of the psychedelic plant Peganum harmala. …the present study explores the historical as well as the current perspective on the use of plant medicine in Muslim communities and cultures, specifically focusing on Sufism… Original Article (Springer):Muslim…
As Priest positioned himself on a sofa, Richards asked, “How do you feel?” “I’m a little nervous,” Priest told Richards, who held a degree in theology and was an ordained minister. Richards said with a smile, “You’re about to meet God.” He offered Priest a tablet of psilocybin in a chalice, as if it were…
The Supernova Sukkot Gathering was a weekend-long outdoor trance music festival that began on 6 October 2023. Thousands of young men and women gathered at a vast field in southern Israel near the Gaza border to dance without a care. Old and new friends jumped up and down, reveling in the swirl of the bass-heavy…
My introduction to the intersection of psychedelics and Judaism came some five years before that best-ever Purim. The energy of Purim alone is enough to engender a psychedelic experience; but as we are commanded, substances like alcohol – or trippier substitutes – are an integral part of the program. I started to feel the blessed…
“In 2022, we were $170 million in tax dollars to Oregon, and we’re tracking the same for this year,” Hudson said of the cannabis industry’s impact on the Oregon economy. “And those funds go to education, they go to law enforcement and they go to health and rehabilitation.” …the lion’s share of cannabis tax dollars…
The OLCC announced several changes to the tax compliance rule this weekend at the Cannabis & Psychedelic Section of the Oregon Bar Association’s annual conference… On June 15, 2023, the OLCC approved temporary rules requiring marijuana retailers to obtain a Certificate of Tax Compliance (“Certificate”) from the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) as a condition…
“Should we be threatening people with arrest and incarceration for using mushrooms? Of course we should not,” says Scott Weiner [who introduced the bill] “If you want drugs to be unsafe, the most effective thing you can do is criminalize them and push everyone within the shadows where they’re where they’re less likely to ask…
The bill, which passed the California Assembly and Senate was introduced by California state Senator Scott Wiener and amended in various committees, would have decriminalized natural psychedelics, such as psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca tea, allowing adults of age 21 or older to grow, possess and use them without fear of prosecution. Senate Bill 58 also…
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