Biography/Memoir

Weed warriors: meet six women shaping the cannabis industry

“Being at the forefront of something like this,” she says, “as a woman, is unbelievable.” ​As a product, cannabis “crosses genders, ethnicities, economic backgrounds and political views,” says Sally Nichols, a leading pot investor. ​Original Article (Rolling Stone):Weed Warriors: Meet Six Women Shaping the Cannabis IndustryArtwork Fair Use: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

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Spirituality

How to begin the end of the war on drugs

Federal marijuana laws have long undermined our nation’s promise of liberty and justice for all. Our nation’s arbitrary efforts to criminalize a substance that is less dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes or fast food, has not only made our country less just, but our communities less safe. Our broken marijuana [and other drug] laws have…

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Psychology

Magic mushrooms as a treatment for depression

Writing in Scientific Reports (13 October 2017), the researchers said the findings were the first time that psilocybin had been shown to change brain activity outside of the active treatment period The team found that depressive symptoms were significantly reduced in all patients at one week, and 47% showed a response at five weeks. There…

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Biography/Memoir

U.N. not a place to find good policy

“No, the U.N. leadership is not that open to reform… the U.N. was confiscating copies of the letter calling for the end of the drug war that were being handed out in front of the U.N.” UN Security was apparently ordered to confiscate the letter, and attendees were ordered to hand over their copies upon…

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Psychology

Can ‘magic’ mushrooms ease the pain of rejection?

“Lead researcher Katrin Preller of the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich explained that psilocybin has much more specific targets than antidepressants currently on the market.” It’s too small of a study to draw any strong conclusions from, and the participants were all healthy — they didn’t actually suffer from severe social anxiety or depression. But…

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