“All ICPR 2016 speakers are now on the website.” Good news for psychologists in the Netherlands: ICPR 2016 has been acknowledged as an official training program for psychologists by the NIP. Questions like ‘How can psychedelics be employed for therapeutic purposes?’, ‘In which ways can they be used to understand underlying brain mechanisms?’ and ‘What…
“We must seriously consider shifting resources away from criminalizing tens of millions of otherwise law abiding citizens and more towards an approach based on health, harm-reduction, cost effectiveness, and respect for human rights.” The drug-free world so confidently predicted by supporters of the war on drugs is farther than ever from attainment. It’s time to…
“Their advice to people who want to get involved? Just do it.” The founding members include Laura Huskey (Math and Computer Science freshman), Misa Smith (Sociology Senior), and Michael Worcester (Political Science Senior, dual-enrolled at Lane Community College). “Heroin overdose and opiate overdose in general is a huge problem in Oregon and on campus,” Misa…
For some, discovering the sweat lodge came at the lowest point in their lives. Originally designated only for men of the tribe, leaders now welcome anyone to the lodge, especially soldiers. Special Agent Kevin Cheek of the Air Force, now the military liaison for the sweat lodge, says, “I’ve deployed five times. I’ve been there…
“Estimates on the number of U.S. Herion Addicts Range from 300,000 to 500,000.” The resurgence of the deadly drug has sparked a flurry of action from governors’ mansions and statehouses across New England and the Midwest to small-town police stations from northern Kentucky to Wisconsin. “It’s really on the top of everyone’s radar from a…
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented data on drug overdose death rates from 2001-2014, and it does not look good”. “Prescription drug overdose deaths have nearly tripled since 2001 Opioid overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled since 2001 Benzodiazepine overdose deaths have increased by more than 600% since 2001 Cocaine overdose deaths are up…
To put Garcia’s formulation in terms of a contemporary Silicon Valley venture capitalist might understand, LSD was a disruptive technology. And where did Kesey get the idea to conduct experiments on human beings with LSD? In 1959, he was an LSD [test participant] himself in tests conducted by the CIA. Original Article (Boingboing.net): The CIA’s…
Last week, the acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration called medical marijuana “a joke…” …during a Q&A with reporters. Now, medical marijuana patients are calling for his head, with an online petition demanding his resignation attracting nearly 10,000 signatures on change.org “What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal —…
Roger Liggenstorfer, a friend of Dr. Hofmann’s, says the late chemist wanted researchers flocking to his archive. The current situation is “not really the wish of Albert,” he says. The archive’s tortuous path, from Switzerland to Los Angeles, to the suburbs of San Francisco, and then back to Europe for an anticlimactic ending, reflects the…
Some people in the Valley and elsewhere have begun viewing these substances as practical tools for harnessing creativity and solving complex problems. A few years ago, Dr. Fadiman started collecting surveys from professionals who undertake six weeks of a standard micro-dosing regimen on their own–dose on day one, abstain on day two and three, dose…
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