“I like to say nature is always the best chemist…” says Alex Sherwood… [of] a non-profit drug manufacturer… gearing up to synthesize enough medical-grade hallucinogenic molecules to supply the world. …what they’ve created is… replica of the compounds found in a mushroom harvested from the forest… FDA approval, and… mass production… Original Article (WPR):Inside the…
The influence Christian had on global drug research can hardly be measured. Countless researchers built up their own scientific fields based on Rätsch’s work and made careers in this area. Without the findings and publications of this passionate and truly independent scientist numerous important researches would never have been initiated or even completed. Original Article…
Veronica Lightning Horse Perez said that some minors will try mushrooms – regardless of whether they’re illegal – but they shouldn’t risk long-term legal consequences because of it. While the initiative limits use to people over 21, it also envisions a non-punitive approach to younger people who are caught possessing or giving away mushrooms… Original…
In order for policymaking to support the people it is designed for, reform should be led by the most impacted communities through an equitable, participatory process. …recklessly introducing psychedelics into a broken system under the governance of corporations that have a track record of putting profit over collective care would surely be disastrous for Colorado…
The Navajo Nation Council is considering a measure that states the tribe is against the decriminalization of peyote… as states continue to decriminalize [and legalize] marijuana… If the legislation passes, it would put the Navajo Nation firmly in opposition to any state decriminalizing the use of peyote. The measure would urge all states to limit…
Coloradans will vote on a… ballot measure… …decriminalize for personal possession, growing, sharing, and use—but not the sale—the natural psychedelic fungal and plant… containing psilocybin; DMT, ibogaine… by individuals aged 21 and over… Original Article: ChacrunaWhy Colorado’s natural medicine health act is the right measure to access to natural psychedelic medicine: responding to critics of…
As the psilocybin movement… continues to grow… residents can now order magic mushrooms online, delivered right to their door… psilocybin is in a similar place to cannabis when considerations were first made to legalize the substance… Moms who microdose are among the fastest growing groups of followers in the psychedelic movement, according to industry observers…
“Our evidence indicates that cannabis use does not appear to have an effect on motivation for recreational users. The participants in our study included users who took cannabis on average four days a week and they were no more likely to lack motivation,” said Professor Barbara Sahakian, researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the…
For many mycophiles, psychonauts, and avid foragers, the start of shroom season is the highlight of the year… unlike cannabis grown from seed, hundreds, if not thousands, of unique subspecies can result from a single multi-spore inoculation. …magic mushrooms can be found on every continent except Antarctica. In the United States, psychedelic shrooms can be…
Psychologists distinguish radical transformative experiences as “quantum changes,” as opposed to incremental behavioral-based shifts. But the two are not mutually exclusive. An epiphany prompted by psilocybin can give rise to a new enthusiasm, curiosity, or sense of wonder that can trigger behavioral changes. Psilocybin offers a route to an alternate view of reality, in which…
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