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Magic mushrooms… next

Psilocybin [known as psilocybe mushrooms] is following marijuana in legalization pattern, too, as more cities… move to decriminalize… There is a massive historical precedent with a growing number of the municipalities adjusting their laws on the decriminalization… largely in recognition that prohibition does not work for a myriad of reasons – good news for proponents…

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City… decriminalizes psychedelic plants and fungi

City Council voted unanimously Sept. 21 2020 in favor of a resolution declaring… …that authorities won’t investigate and arrest anyone for planting, cultivating, buying, transporting, distributing, engaging in practices with or possessing “entheogenic plants” [ayahusaca, psilocybin mushrooms, iboga, etc], or plant compounds. Original Article (AP & MSN):City of Ann Arbor decriminalizes psychedelic plants and fungiArtwork…

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How the psychedelic community is coping…

That something we’re all missing is community. Like many persecuted subcultures, the psychedelic scene has already gone digital. Although, while we still can’t sit in circle and trip together, and the idea of taking shrooms with friends while wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) and following social distancing rules sounds like a bad trip waiting to happen,…

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…psychedelics… climate grief?

…part of what psychedelic therapy [ie, particularly in clinical settings] seems to do for individuals is reconcile them to death. And that sort of acceptance is the last thing you want in a climate activist! You are less likely to objectify nature after a psychedelic experience. A high dose psychedelic experience often shrinks the ego.…

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Cannabis edibles… potent tips to make your experience more enjoyable

Cannabis is a beautifully complex plant that contains hundreds of therapeutic compounds known as cannabinoids and terpenes. When consumed these compounds work together in an interactive synergy called the “entourage/[ensemble] effect.” This means the plant’s individual therapeutic benefits are magnifying and expanding each other, so that the medicinal impact of the whole plant is greater than the sum…

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…it is time to normalize drug counterculture in society

When we hear the phrase “dropping acid,” we immediately think of the counterculture essentials: flower print, Volkswagen buses and religiously-doled-out peace signs. In light of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, anti-establishment culture promoted several progressive ideologies, including environmentalism, feminism, gay liberation and even psychoactive drug experimentation.  Considered forms of radicalism at the…

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Psychedelics in your neighborhood

How may we legitimize our curiosity and excitement? I believe the power to do so is in the hands of the people. May we remain leery and methodological regarding the process of legalization, then, to the extent that it does not inhibit personal growth, freedom of expression, cognitive liberty, and the propagation of love. While…

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Why… grow your own mushrooms

One way to ensure access is for individuals to become psychedelically/entheogenically/ethnobotanically self-sufficient by growing psilocybin mushrooms at home… with Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz all having decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms… home cultivation for personal use… by growing for yourself, you… reward yourself with the peace of mind of consuming something that you’ve been in full control…

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