I draw on the records of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center LSD Training Program Study and the papers of Grof to explore the “unexpected entanglements” between psychiatry, midwifery, and psychedelics. Grof observed “astounding parallels” between psychedelic experiences and the clinical stages of delivery, believing that the common denominator between the two was the trauma of…
Like many critics, Wheeler is scapegoating Measure 110 for Portland’s problems, Hurst alleges. Repealing Measure 110, an option Mayor Ted Wheeler suggested at a town hall on Saturday [3/25/2023], would cost Multnomah County $58 million in drug treatment funds in the two years ending in December, says Tera Hurst, executive director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery…
Georgina Martin said she knows psychedelics can carry a stigma and some of the First Nations communities the centre has approached have not wanted to work with them. She said the use of psychedelics for healing will likely go through growing pains similar to what cannabis went through when it was being legalized. Researchers at…
One cannot talk about María Sabína’s public memory without talking about the impact of colonization and patriarchy. In many cultures under colonized rule, syncretism is the practice of an attempted amalgamation of different religions. In Sabina’s case, she took the religion of the Spaniards, Catholicism, and used that to mask their Indigenous practices. Original Article…
Ricardo Pereyda accepted the role of vice president and COO of the veteran-focused Weed for Warriors Project (WFW). He brought along another veteran named Sean Kiernan – who had also been involved with Sue Sisley and MAPS – to act as CFO for WFW (Kiernan would later become the CEO of the organization.). When it…
Both men were well-respected, longtime players in the Oregon cannabis scene and contributed greatly to the development of Oregon’s regulated cannabis industry. Two longtime Oregon cannabis industry figures were murdered in January in Houston, Texas, in crimes some believe are possibly connected to illicit cannabis. Dana Ryssdal, co-founder of Oregon-based cannabis distribution company LTRMN Inc,…
“In Vancouver, there are magic mushroom stores operating openly. Not long before cannabis was legalized, we had cannabis stores openly operating,” Ben Lightburn says. …consumers will want naturally extracted psilocybin over synthetic is because of something called the “entourage effect,” which is the idea that a natural plant has more than just one active ingredient… they…
Like many Oregonians who voted to approve psilocybin treatments through Measure 109, Noah Heller was excited about the possibility… Rose City is the first lab in the state to apply for a license and meet Oregon Health Authority requirements for testing the purity and potency of psilocybin mushrooms. “It’s super expensive,” Daniel Huson said of launching…
Oregon Health Authority (OHA)… has issued… the state’s first psilocybin [cubensis] license… Satori Farms PDX LCC, a women owned business… received a manufacturer license… Original Article: March 21, 2023; EDELIC Center. March 22, 2023; EDELIC Center (9:32 AM PDT) & FOX KPTV News Channel 12 (9:34 AM PDT) & NBC KTVZ News Channel 21 (10:55…
Derek Chase started making mushroom gummies about two and a half years ago. Previously, he worked corporate jobs at Johnson & Johnson and L’Oréal… I, for one, was simply interested in the scalable dosing for chill long weekends and maybe a slight creativity boost – both of which the gummies provided, from the lowest dose…
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