Biography/Memoir

The whole fungus : history ought not to repeat.

South America 1599 – Marching inland, [Governer of Santa Marta] Juan Guiral Velon attempted to vanquish an entire civilization [Tairona]. In the midst of the carnage, the Spaniards never forgot their ultimate mission.  United States 2018 – Jeff Sessions Drug War “Power Grab” Bill, SITSA, if passes, would give him have unchecked power to ban drugs [and plants] and…

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Politics

The whole fungus: …nor does She neglect, the children, our future.

World 2018 -International Centre for Science in Drug Policy-United Nations Development Programme-Mexico-Switzerland-African Union-United Kingdom-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes-Global Comission on Drug Policy-Colombia-President of the General Assembly-UNAIDS-Panama-European Union-Ecuador-International Narcotics Control Board-United States-Uruguay-Union of South American Nations-Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights-Brazil Original Article (ECfES Newsletter):Magic mushrooms… entourage effect(citations within)Artwork Fair Use:…

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Spirituality

Why doctors give you pills and not ancient plant remedies

*for example, Chrisian Ratsch reports that Psilocybe azurescens (dry weight) contains 1.29 to 1.78% psilocybin, 0.18 to 0.37% baeocystin, and 0.27 to 0.5% psilocin. As a professional neuroscientist with an interest in psychedelic medicines, it is clear to me that the attempt to reduce organisms to single active principles is challenged by the sheer complexity…

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Psychology

[Substance] consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence

Supervised… consumption facilities, where [currently] illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades … A number of features are common to the majority of drug consumption facilities, irrespective of where they are located. For example, access is typically restricted to registered service users, and…

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Biography/Memoir

China joins [in Philippines] controversial drug war

Soon after Duterte was elected, dead bodies mummified in packaging tape and signed with a warning, “Drug addict. Don’t be like me,” turned up in ditches and dark corners. According to a statement released… by the Philippine Department of Finance, the [Chinese] funds will be equally divided between the Department of Health (DOH) for the…

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Psychology

“Ten Commandments” of safer drug use

*the following is ONLY an exerpt, please visit this link for the full article*above image is a compound of ten tetrahedra (geometric shape) People are dying because of ignorance. They are dying because unremitting propaganda is denying them essential safety information. They are dying because legislators and the media are censoring the science, and are ruthlessly…

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Psychology

Top Kratom researcher discusses potential medical use in opioid withdrawal

“But the compounds in kratom aren’t particularly potent opioids like prescription opioids, morphine or fentanyl. So we started investigating its traditional use from Malaysia where people used it as an opium replacement or to wean themselves off of opium–a different type of methadone or Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone) maintenance therapy,” says McCurdy. ​(McCurdy was able to secure…

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