Science

What does kratom do?

While there is always room for more research to be conducted, as of now, studies have shown that kratom has many benefits… kratom leaf has been chewed for at least 150 years in Southeast Asia… Kratom has been shown in studies to have antidepressant and appetite-suppressant properties. In one animal research, researchers discovered that kratom…

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How does psilocybin rewire the brain?

60 people participated in two psilocybin trials and had their fMRI brain scans analysed by scientists… scans were taken before and after treatment… The results showed that the psilocybin treatment reduced connections within brain areas that are tightly connected in depression. According to this research, scientists found that psilocybin rewires the brain for up to…

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Politics

What is Colorado proposition…

…the supervised therapeutic use of psilocybin and psilocin, two psychoactive compounds in magic mushrooms, for adults ages 21 [&] decriminalize the personal possession, growing, use and sharing of those substances, as well as ibogaine, mescaline and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, for adults 21 years old and up. Denver became the first city in the U.S. to…

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Science

How MDMA resensitizes the brain

…in mice, MDMA can reopen the critical period for social learning after it should have closed permanently. In 2019, neuroscientist Gül Dölen’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, found that the psychedelic drug MDMA resensitizes the brains of adult mice so they can learn from their social environment in a way that’s normally…

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Politics

…proposed magic mushrooms legal landscape in New Jersey

It would also be permissible for New Jersey citizens to grow mushrooms at home… …“authorizes production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness; decriminalizes, and expunges past offenses involving psilocybin production, possession, use and distribution,” the use of psilocybin, if this bill were to be enacted, would be governed by the Department of…

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Politics

5 cities in Lane County might ban psilocybin-related businesses allowed under M109

…local governments can ask voters to prohibit psilocybin-related businesses through ballot measures. Voters in Cottage Grove, Creswell, Dunes City and Junction City will cast ballots on a full ban of psilocybin-related businesses within city limits… Coburg voters will decide whether to enact a two-year ban while the state develops a licensing and regulatory program. Original…

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Science

Decreases in state and trait anxiety post-psilocybin: a naturalistic, observational study…

Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric disorders among Western countries. Evidence-based treatment modalities including pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral therapy result in deficient treatment responses… the raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation… the authors declare that the research was conducted in the…

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Spirituality

Can psilocybin challenge our pharmaceutical dependence?

The more trust and confidence people have in themselves and their guides on the journey… the more impactful it will be. While our collective attitude about marijuana has continued to shift over the past decade, more recent and, when it comes to the potential for healing, even more exciting is what is happening with psilocybin.…

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Spirituality

Magic… psilocybin… the brain…

Of all the entheogens, psilocybin is the oldest and the least toxic. You’d have to consume your body weight in the stuff for it to actually kill you, and you’d have vomited it all up many times over before then.  …I have generally been gentler with myself as if by reflex. I’m far more able…

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Politics

Colorado Revised Statutes… Article 170

12-170-109. Personal Use. (1) Subject to the limitations in this Article 170, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following acts are not an offense under State law or the laws of any Locality within the State or subject to a civil fine, penalty, or sanction, or the basis for detention, search, or arrest,…

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