Biography/Memoir

Oregon lawmakers seek to recriminalize psychedelics and other drugs by repealing Measure 110

January 19, 2023By

Two years after Measure 110 was enacted, four state senators want to repeal it [against the will of Oregon voters who supported the measure]. Sponsored by Representative Lily Morgan… would reinstitute criminal penalties for possessing small, personal amounts of controlled substances. Representatives Jami Cate, Rick Lewis, and Anna Scharf, have co-sponsored the bill. …would eliminate the Class E violation…

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Politics

New Hampshire lawmaker files psychedelics legalization bill

January 18, 2023By

…psilocybin mushrooms have been found to be some of the safest recreational drugs, even compared to alcohol and cannabis… …an act legalizing certain controlled substances for persons 21 years of age or older… would legalize the possession and use of a list of psychedelics including psilocybin, mescaline… also reduces the penalties for the possession and…

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Biography/Memoir

…on the leading edge of a ‘shroom boom

November 29, 2022By

Long-time drug reform advocate Dana Larsen… was at the forefront of cannabis activism. “Vancouver had a convergence of activism in the 1990s,” he says. Legal cannabis activism, alongside drug user liberation groups like VANDU (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users), helped to shift the local climate from one where bong shops were raided to one…

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Politics

Move to decriminalize LSD in Berkeley under discussion

November 28, 2022By

A project to decriminalize natural psychedelics that lingered for three years in the Berkeley City Council will come back to life in a few weeks. But unlike other jurisdictions that have taken steps to chip away at the national and state ban on psychedelics, Berkeley is about to consider an even broader proposal: one that could make it…

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Science

Psychedelic users tend to have greater objective knowledge about climate change, study finds

November 3, 2022By

…the research team recruited 641 participants… published in Drug Science, Policy, and Law… …the results of these efforts found that those with a history of psilocybin, followed by LSD, scored highest in “nature relatedness” and knowledge of climate change… has made new inroads into understanding the relationship between taking psychedelics and feeling connected to nature… Original…

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Science

Love drugs might be the future of relationships

October 20, 2022By

…a new wave of research is exploring the therapeutic uses of other substances such as magic mushrooms, MDMA and LSD, not just as party drugs but as real-life neurotechnologies that can act as a chemical nudge on the brain systems involved in love and attachment. …let’s not forget, love itself is also not to be taken lightly. Instead of…

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Psychology

Microdosing with acid…

October 20, 2022By

 …people are exploring alternative medicines to help them function and live happily in today’s fast-paced, tech-warped world. …people don’t like to drink anymore. People don’t like to be hungover. Alcohol is a toxin, so it does tend to be stressful for the body. We have other things to enjoy and alter our consciousness for fun…

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Science

Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressants

October 20, 2022By

…researchers have built a virtual library of 75 million compounds related to these drugs. This approach yielded two molecules that showed antidepressant properties in mice, but without the hallucinogenic activity of psychedelic drugs. Original Article (Nature):Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressantsArtwork Fair Use: Jimmy-neutron

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