Politics

Salem, Massachusetts, will no longer arrest people for psilocybin mushrooms…

Lucas Miller, the Chief of Police for the City… endorsed the measure before the city’s final vote… Members of the City Council voted unanimously… to pass an activist-led measure making it the local government’s official policy to deprioritize enforcement of laws prohibiting the possession and cultivation of psilocybin. Salem just became the sixth Massachusetts city…

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Politics

Psilocybin dispensaries… what does that mean for psychedelic therapy?

…psilocybin dispensaries… what will this mean for psilocybin therapy? If we see psychedelic therapy centers emerge first, followed by psilocybin dispensaries selling magic mushrooms for personal, non-medical use, will this affect psychedelic therapy in any way? If new to psychedelics and struggling with a mental health condition, one may be wary about having a bad trip……

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Politics

…drug decriminalization… Washington state…

After voting down a bill last month [April 2023] to keep drug possession illegal and boost services for people struggling with addiction… Washington lawmakers are entering a special legislative session to find a compromise before a temporary law keeping the possession of small amounts of drugs outlawed expires. If a new law is not passed,…

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Modern Culture

Psychedelic… trust… information

In a new study just published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Kruger and colleagues are the first to systematically examine the sources of information used by people using psychedelics… articles published in scientific journals, psychedelic non-profits, and researchers based in colleges or universities were the most trusted sources of psychedelic information. Government agencies and pharmaceutical…

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Biography/Memoir

London’s first magic mushroom dispensary opened its doors downtown…

Experts draw parallels between illegal pot shops that preceded legalization of marijuana… open seven days a week, sells magic mushrooms, psilocybin… gummies and chocolates, and micro-dose capsules that contain smaller amounts of psilocybin… …the store’s first-time customers, ranging from twentysomethings to seniors, began filing into the… business at 11 a.m. to browse… inside the Fun…

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Biography/Memoir

…DEA license to grow psilocybin

Ohio State University is about to grow psychedelic mushrooms… the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a license to Ohio State University that allows researchers to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms for use in scientific studies. The new license issued by the DEA allows Ohio State and Inner State, Inc. to grow whole psilocybin mushrooms to…

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Science

Magic mushrooms seem to have a strange effect on color blindness

After self-administering a color blindness test, known as the Ishihara Test, the subject took five grams of dried mushrooms, which is considered a relatively high dose of psilocybin. He then took the Ishihara Test periodically over the next four months. This test is composed of a series of flashcards that each feature a number made…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon’s first [adult-use] psilocybin… center to start serving clients

Licensed… centers mean that the first-of-its-kind industry can now be tested… …the Eugene center would be serving clients this month [May 2023]. Cathy Rosewell Jonas is the founder and owner of Epic Healing Eugene [LLC] and is also a licensed social worker. Original Article (Seattle Times):Oregon’s first psilocybin treatment center to start serving clientsArtwork Fair…

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Biography/Memoir

Why psilocybin is… prime option… Oregon

Availability, natural occurrence and longevity of studies were among the chief logistical reasons with almost every person… “…the abuse and danger potential of psilocybin product is less than cannabis and far less than alcohol. So, I would image that at some point these products might become more widely available, even recreationally available. And the program…

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