The lawsuit filed Sept. 11, 2001, alleges to show the impact on civilians of a two-decades- long drug-suppression tool wielded by U.S. and Colombian authorities. The spraying peaked in 2006 when more than 405,000 acres were hit, according to White House data. “This is a historic case,” said plaintiffs attorney and International Rights Advocates Director…
Like Wayne, Mary religiously reads every accredited study on the benefits of psychedelics that she can get her hands on. “I come from a science family,” she says. “People report they form better sleeping habits, better eating, improved stress response,” he says. “One man said he looked at a menu and said, ‘By God, I…
The War on Drugs hollows out the criminal justice system, and it creates an atmosphere of fear amongst whole communities, overwhelmingly poor communities. Police are becoming more detached from the people who live in communities. The vast majority of the use of informants is not for conventional investigation however. It is for drugs offences.…
In a dramatic display that stretched across two committee hearings…, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) subpoenaed the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration for documents on its confidential sources program. Members of Congress have been seeking copies of the DEA’s informant guidelines since last year, following an eye-opening report by the Department of Justice watchdog. The…
This could not have come at a better time. America is not well, and psychedelics possess a therapeutic power uniquely suited for critical transitions—most notably the one from life to death. …also offers insight into navigating the critical cultural and historical shifts currently at play in America. These transitions and the conflicts they create are…
Among volunteers who take ayahuasca for studies, scientists have documented a rise in certain key traits that mirror those of experienced meditators. These changes include increases in openness, optimism, and a particularly powerful ability known as decentering. At the end of a dark earthen trail in the Peruvian Amazon stands a round structure with a…
“Now, those cabinets also include naloxone [an opiate overdose medication], an antidote for people who are overdosing on opioids like heroin. Given as an injection or a nasal spray, naloxone can quickly revive someone who is not breathing. The city keeps it in every nurse’s office, including in its elementary schools.” But the numbers of…
“I don’t need clinical studies to convince me ayahuasca is good medicine, that it’s helping people, but you can publish them [and it’s] a good way to convince skeptical colleagues in biomedicine” Is it ethical to try and take a medicine like this and stuff it into a biomedical research structure? Is that the right…
…[in Brazil] the potion itself was legalised in the 1992, after studies found it had positive effects on religious communities who drink the “tea” as their sacrament. Ayahuasca is also considered a medicine – even “the great medicine” of the Amazon basin. It has intense purgative effects and may work against parasites, as well as…
The church has been licensed as a federally registered branch of the Oklevueha Lakota Sioux Nation Native American Church, which has a religious exemption allowing its members to use psilocybin mushrooms and peyote cactus. Each of the 120 members of the church carries a photo ID that identifies them as protected under this exemption. Last…
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